par Jad Ramadan, 25/05 16:44 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Europe football Premier League
As this series comes to a close, there are still two uncovered teams in Europe that have defied the odds throughout the season, making a name for themselves on the biggest stage. These underdogs are none other than England’s Aston Villa and Italy’s Bologna, who have both offered their fans a season to remember. While Aston Villa gradually ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/05 16:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Barcelona Bayern Munich football
Barcelona appointed former Bayern Munich and Germany boss Hansi Flick as coach on Wednesday on a deal which runs until June 2026, after sacking Xavi Hernandez last week. FC Barcelona and Hansi Flick reached an agreement for the German to become the men's first team football coach until June 30, 2026. The new coach signed a contract at the club's ...
par This Is Beirut, 06/06 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Euro 2024 favorites France beat Luxembourg 3-0 in an international friendly on Wednesday with superstar striker Kylian Mbappé on the score sheet. In the tournament that starts in Germany next Friday, France are in Group D with Netherlands, Austria and Poland, all far more challenging rivals on paper than Luxembourg, who however stood firm until ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/06 11:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An 89th-minute winner from Pascal Gross snatched Euro 2024 hosts Germany a 2-1 win against Greece in a friendly in Moenchengladbach on Friday, one week out from the tournament's curtain-raiser. Brighton midfielder Gross blasted a rocket past German-born Greece goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos in the final minute to win the match for the home side, ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/06 16:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti denied on Monday that the Champions League winners would refuse to play in next season's expanded Club World Cup, claiming comments he made to an Italian newspaper had been misinterpreted. "In my interview with Il Giornale, my words about the FIFA Club World Cup have not been interpreted in the way I intended," ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/06 10:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Bangladesh football Hassan Maatouk
The captain and star of the Lebanese national football team, Hassan Maatouk, concluded his international career in the best possible way by leading his country to a resounding 4-0 victory against Bangladesh in his final match of the Asian qualifiers for Group I. In their final match of the combined qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/06 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United States bounced back from their 5-1 defeat to Colombia to earn a morale-boosting 1-1 draw with Brazil in their final warm-up game before the Copa America on Wednesday. US skipper Christian Pulisic's rasping first half free-kick ensured a share of the spoils for Gregg Berhalter's side after Brazil had taken the lead through Real Madrid ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/06 10:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Switzerland moved within touching distance of a place in the last 16 at Euro 2024, as Xherdan Shaqiri's stunning strike earned a 1-1 draw against Scotland on Wednesday. Murat Yakin's side trailed to an early Scott McTominay goal that took a hefty deflection off Swiss defender Fabian Schaer. But Shaqiri produced one of the goals of the ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/06 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Luciano Spalletti said on Wednesday his Italy team will try to take the game to Spain as the two teams prepare for the biggest match so far of Euro 2024. The Azzurri have played Spain at each of the last four Euros and will face a serious test of their credentials as reigning champions on Thursday in Gelsenkirchen. Spain hammered Croatia 3-0 in ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/06 21:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Euro 2024 football Marko Arnautovic Robert Lewandowski
Austria boosted their hopes of reaching the Euro 2024 knockout rounds on Friday as Marko Arnautovic scored in an impressive 3-1 win over Poland, for whom Robert Lewandowski only managed an ineffective substitute appearance. Ralf Rangnick's Austria will likely secure qualification for the last 16 if they can avoid defeat in their final Group D ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/06 09:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Top match in Group F, the clash (at 7 PM) between Turks and Portuguese will send the winner to the Round of 16 of the Euro. A second match where they must already confirm their performance. It is almost in the same mindset that Turkey, Portugal, Romania, Belgium, and notably the Czech Republic present themselves on Saturday for their second match ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/06 10:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Euro 2024 football Kylian Mbappé
N'Golo Kante was the unlikely star of the show in the absence of a frustrated Kylian Mbappe as France and the Netherlands edged towards the last 16 of Euro 2024 after a 0-0 draw in Leipzig. Recalled from a two-year international exile, Kante has rolled back the years in Germany with back-to-back man-of-the-match awards to become the fulcrum of ...
