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After Conquering Europe, PSG Now Have Sights on Club World Cup Glory

This is Beirut, 14/06 17:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Los Angeles United States Football PSG Atlético

Freshly crowned kings of Europe, Paris Saint-Germain arrived this week in the United States for the Club World Cup and are treating FIFA's lucrative new competition not as a nuisance at the end of an exhausting season but as a serious objective. "I think it is an incredible competition," PSG coach Luis Enrique said of the Club World Cup in the ...

Liverpool Agree Club-Record Deal to Sign Wirtz

This is Beirut, 13/06 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Football Premier League Liverpool

Liverpool have agreed a club-record deal worth up to £116 million ($157 million) to sign attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, it was widely reported on Friday. British media reported that the Premier League champions would pay an initial £100 million, comfortably surpassing their own record outlay, but the ...

Spurs to Name Brentford Boss Frank as New Head Coach

This is Beirut, 12/06 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Football Premier League Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham have reached an agreement with Premier League rivals Brentford to make Thomas Frank their head coach following the sacking of Ange Postecoglou, it was widely reported on Thursday. Spurs set their sights on Frank after dismissing Postecoglou last week, just 16 days after he won the Europa League, and made an official approach to ...

Pochettino Problems Mount as US Routed 4-0 by Switzerland

This is Beirut, 11/06 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United States Pochettino World Cup Football

An experimental United States line-up crashed to a 4-0 friendly home defeat to Switzerland on Tuesday, deepening the gloom around Mauricio Pochettino's squad one year out from hosting the World Cup. A game intended as a morale-boosting send-off before the USA takes part in the CONCACAF Gold Cup unraveled in a disastrous first half that saw ...

World Cup 2026 Host Cities Say Fans 'Welcome'

This is Beirut, 10/06 19:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Donald Trump USA World Cup Football

American World Cup host city officials assured Monday that overseas fans would be welcome at next year's tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico despite "uncertainty" amid ongoing concerns over visas, border controls, and social unrest. In a briefing in New York that came just over a year from the opening game of the tournament on June ...

Belgium Battle Past Wales, Italy Win in World Cup Qualifying

This is Beirut, 10/06 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Italy Football Moldova World Cup Qualifiers

Belgium held off a battling Wales, and Italy gave sacked coach Luciano Spalletti a winning send-off in World Cup qualifying on Monday. Elsewhere Manchester City star Erling Haaland's goal lifted Norway past Estonia, Luka Modric was among the scorers in Croatia's 5-1 rout of the Czech Republic, and the Faroe Islands left it late to down Gibraltar ...

2027 Asian Cup: Lebanon Put to the Test by Yemen

Makram Haddad, 10/06 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Football Yemen Lebanon Asia Cup

It all comes down to this. On Tuesday at 8:30 PM (Beirut time), the Lebanese national team takes on Yemen at Jaber al-Ahmad Stadium in Kuwait City, in what is arguably the most important match of this third qualifying round for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup. At stake: first place in Group B, which means a direct ticket to Saudi Arabia. Lebanon kicked ...

Lewandowski to Boycott National Team Under Current Coach

This is Beirut, 09/06 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Lewandowski Football Poland

Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski said Sunday he would not play for his national team Poland so long as coach Michal Probierz remained in charge. The 36-year-old has played 158 times for Poland, scoring 85 goals, but earlier in the day was replaced as team captain by Piotr Zielinski. "Taking into account the circumstances and a loss of trust ...

Italy Coach Spalletti Says Moldova Match Will Be His Last

This is Beirut, 09/06 15:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Italy Football Spaletti World Cup

Italy coach Luciano Spalletti has said that Monday's World Cup qualifier against Moldova would be his last. Spalletti had come in for criticism after the Italian side lost 3-0 to Norway in their opening World Cup qualifying match last week. "We spoke with the president of the Italian federation on Saturday, and I was told that I would ...

Portugal Beat Spain on Penalties to Win Nations League

This is Beirut, 09/06 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Football Cristiano Ronaldo

Ruben Neves scored the decisive spot kick after Alvaro Morata missed as Portugal beat Spain 5-3 on penalties following a 2-2 draw in Munich on Sunday to claim their second Nations League title. Portugal twice went behind in regulation time but twice fought back to level the scores. "Our fighting spirit and togetherness were decisive today," ...

Mbappe Fires France Past Germany for Nations League Bronze

This is Beirut, 08/06 20:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

France Kylian Mbappé Football

Kylian Mbappe bagged a goal and an assist as France beat Germany 2-0 in the Nations League bronze-medal match in Stuttgart on Sunday. Mbappe wove his magic in a heavily changed France squad. Germany dominated the opening half but Mbappe provided the breakthrough just before half-time, carving a shot through a crowded penalty box to bring up his ...

Spain-Portugal Final More Than Just Cristiano vs Yamal Says Ronaldo

This is Beirut, 08/06 13:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)