This Is Beirut 2024-02-20 11:34 - Reading : less than a minute
Andreas Brehme, who scored from the penalty spot to seal victory for West Germany against Argentina in the 1990 World Cup final, died overnight into Tuesday at the age of 63, his former club Bayern Munich said. "FC Bayern is deeply shocked by the sudden death of Andreas Brehme," the club said in a statement. "We will always keep Andreas Brehme ...
2024-02-20 09:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Struggling Napoli sacked Walter Mazzarri on Monday and brought in Slovakia coach Francesco Calzona just two days before hosting Barcelona in the Champions League. The 62-year-old Mazzarri became the second man to be sent packing this season by the ailing Italian champions. Mazzarri took charge in November after Rudi Garcia was dismissed but ...
2024-02-19 20:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese national team kicked off the West Asian Women's Football Championship with a hard-fought victory over Guam, with four goals to three in Group A. Layla Iskandar, a professional player in the Saudi league, scored a hat-trick, including a goal in the last minute of second-half stoppage time, to secure the team's first win of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
With 150 days to go until the Summer Olympic Games in Paris, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Games' organizing committee, is launching "La Course du Relais" in 133 countries around the world. The global event will take place over 24 hours, starting at 9:00 AM local time in each country. Among the emblematic ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 17:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Italian coach Gennaro Gattuso is to leave Ligue 1 side Marseille following their 1-0 defeat at Brest at the weekend, a source close to the negotiations told AFP on Monday. Gattuso said after Sunday's defeat that Marseille, who have now gone six games without a win had "hit rock bottom". According to a source close to Monday's talks, the Italian ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
La Liga leaders Real Madrid stumbled to a frustrating 1-1 draw at neighbours Rayo Vallecano on Sunday but stretched their lead at the top to six points. Joselu fired the visitors in front early on but former Madrid youth player Raul de Tomas levelled for Rayo from the penalty spot in coach Inigo Perez's first match at the helm. Carlo Ancelotti's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 11:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Damian Lillard scored 39 points to lead a record scoring performance by the Eastern Conference in a 211-186 rout of the Western Conference in Sunday's 73rd NBA All-Star Game. Boston's Jaylen Brown added 36 points off the bench and Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton had 32 to help spark the East past the old All-Star Game one-team record of 196 set by ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Bayern Munich slumped to a shock 3-2 loss at lowly Bochum on Sunday, suffering a third successive defeat for the first time since 2015 and leaving them eight points behind Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga title race. The result followed a 3-0 league defeat to Leverkusen last weekend and a 1-0 loss against Lazio in the Champions League as coach ...
Jad Ramadan 2024-02-18 19:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Lebanese and Palestinian national basketball teams met for the second game of the Beirut International Cup on Sunday, February 18. Game-day two ended 84-55 in favor of Lebanon, thanks to an impressive display by the Cedars. Quick Recap In the first of three games of the Beirut Cup, Lebanon went up against Iraq and won with a narrow 71-68 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-18 12:33 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Mohamed Salah returned with a goal as Premier League leaders Liverpool routed Brentford 4-1 despite a rash of injuries, while Manchester City's title defence was damaged by a 1-1 draw against Chelsea on Saturday. Arsenal demolished Burnley 5-0 to keep the pressure on Liverpool, who are two points above the second-placed Gunners and four-ahead of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-18 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
World number two Carlos Alcaraz slumped to a shock straight sets loss to Chile's Nicolas Jarry in the semi-finals of the ATP Buenos Aires tournament on Saturday. Defending champion Alcaraz, playing in his first tournament since losing in the Australian Open quarter-finals, was beaten 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 by his 28-year-old opponent. Two-time Grand ...
Jad Ramadan 2024-02-17 20:56 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Lebanese and Iraqi national basketball teams went head to head in the inaugural match of the Beirut International Cup on the afternoon of the 17th of February. The game ended 71-68 in favour of the Lebanese national team in a very defensive and low-scoring game. As many stars like Arakji, Ezzeddine, Zeinoun and Haidar were out for this game, ...