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Arsenal player ratings vs Atletico Madrid: Gabriel sensational as Viktor Gyokeres shows huge improvement
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Penalty drama reigns as Arsenal draw with Atletico Madrid
Arsenal had a late penalty controversially overturned following a VAR check in a pulsating 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.Referee Danny Makkelie pointed to the spot for the third time in the game when Eberechi Eze went down following a challenge by David Hancko in the 78th minute, but changed his decision after being sent to the monitor and deeming the contact insufficient.
PSG edge out Bayern in first-leg nine-goal classic
PSG edge out Bayern in first-leg nine-goal classicTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedPSG edge out Bayern in first-leg nine-goal classicClose00Ousmane Dembele and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia both score twice to give PSG a 5-4 lead in their Champions League semi-final tie against Bayern Munich after a pulsating first leg at the Parc Des Princes.MATCH REPORT: Champions League Semi-final 1st leg - PSG 5-4 Bayern MunichAvailable to UK users only.Sec...
Atletico Madrid 1-1 Arsenal: Gunners held in tense Champions League first leg
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Atletico Madrid 1 Arsenal 1 — Why was Eze 'penalty' overturned? Were other decisions controversial?
It wasn’t the nine goals we were treated to on Tuesday, but this week’s second Champions League semi-final was not short of drama, with two penalties given and one controversially overturned.Atletico Madrid’s spot kick was similar to the one Paris Saint-Germain received against Bayern Munich on Tuesday, with the ball striking Ben White’s hand. Arsenal’s came when David Hancko bundled over Viktor Gyokeres.Advertisement
CAF Reschedules First Leg of AS FAR-Sundowns Champions League Final
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has officially changed the date of the first leg of the 2025-26 CAF Champions League final, giving both finalists an updated roadmap ahead of African football’s biggest match at club level. The opening match between Morocco’s AS FAR and South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns will now be played on Sunday May 17 instead of the originally scheduled Friday May 15. The return leg remains unchanged and will take place on Sunday, May 24 in Rabat. The first leg will...
The Giants are getting into hitter's counts, but they aren't cashing in on them
By now, you’ve probably read Baggs on the San Francisco Giants’ league-worst walk rate and its sobering implications for the lineup. Players who used to draw walks are suddenly swinging at (and through) everything. The inability to make pitchers work has downstream effects for the rest of the game, getting the opposing team’s high-leverage relievers into clean, comfortable innings, which complicates their task even more.Advertisement
Tigers place Javier Báez and Casey Mize on injured list
The Tigers’ roster is in flux after a turbulent Tuesday in Atlanta.Detroit placed both infielder/outfielder Javier Báez (sprained right ankle) and right-handed pitcher Casey Mize (right adductor strain) on the injured list Wednesday afternoon. The team recalled infielder Jace Jung and left-handed pitcher Enmanuel De Jesus in their places.Advertisement
Iowa State locks in HC T.J. Otzelberger with massive new deal
The Iowa State Cyclones aren't going to let head men's basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger go anywhere.
PSG's Achraf Hakimi to miss Bayern Munich second leg with thigh injury, set for 'weeks' out
Paris Saint-Germain full-back Achraf Hakimi will miss the second leg of his side’s Champions League semi-final tie against Bayern Munich due to a thigh injury.PSG confirmed in a club statement Hakimi, 27, would be sidelined for “the next few weeks” after sustaining a right thigh injury during his side’s 5-4 first-leg victory over Bayern on Tuesday.Advertisement
Steve Kerr meets with Warriors owner Joe Lacob, GM Mike Dunleavy about future
Steve Kerr and Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy met Monday and will reconvene again later next week to discuss whether Kerr will return for a 13th season as head coach, a league source told The Athletic. That same source said the conversations were “good” and “productive.”ESPN initially reported the meeting.Advertisement
The influence of Super League half-backs: Which partnership is on top?
When teams are riding high, on a run of form, or 'clicking', there are two players on the field that get looked at more than most - the ones starting at No 6 and No 7.Indeed, they are just as much in the spotlight when teams are in a slump, with questions arising about whether the combination between the scrum-half and stand-off is working, whether their kicking games are on point, whether they are throwing the right passes and whether other options would be better.
Women's Super League: Arsenal decimate Leicester to close gap on Man City and Chelsea at top
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Blackstenius and Holmberg doubles fire Arsenal to 7-0 WSL win over Leicester
Arsenal condemned a broken Leicester to a bottom-place finish in the WSL and kept the pressure on Manchester City at the top with a dominant win. Two goals each from Sweden’s Smilla Holmberg and Stina Blackstenius and one apiece from Frida Maanum, Mariona Caldentey and Leah Williamson, helped Arsenal reduce their goal-difference deficit with the league leaders from 13 to six.“I’m so happy,” said the Arsenal head coach, Renée Slegers. “We wanted to win today, we needed to win today, so we did tha...
Bubba Wallace on life with two young children, and wishing for more time: 12 Questions
Each week, The Athletic asks the same 12 questions to a different race car driver. Up next: 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace, who enters this week’s race at Texas Motor Speedway ranked 12th in the NASCAR Cup Series standings. This interview has been edited, but the full version is available on the 12 Questions Podcast.Advertisement
Glenn Hoddle reveals stunning Tottenham manager offer before Roberto De Zerbi appointment
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The Kentucky Derby is the most consistent — and unpredictable — event in sports
Horse racingThe Kentucky Derby is the most consistent — and unpredictable — event in sportsWhile some heavy favorites have won the race, many longshots like Rich Strike in 2022 show anything is possible at Churchill Downs. Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Horses train beneath the Twin Spires during morning workouts ahead of the running of the 152nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Monday in Louisville, Ky. Michael Reaves / Getty ImagesShareAdd NBC News to GoogleApril 29, 2...
How can the Buffalo Sabres replace Noah Östlund's role in the lineup?
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres hoped they would be waking up on Wednesday morning getting ready for the second round of the playoffs. Instead, after a 2-1 overtime loss, the Sabres are heading back to Boston for Game 6 on Friday. And they are going to be doing so without Noah Östlund, the 22-year-old rookie who sparked their lineup when he returned from injury to play Game 3.Advertisement
How F1 drivers and strategists tackle the Miami Grand Prix
In Formula 1, performance is decided in moments where conditions change instantly, and decisions carry consequence. The difference isn’t just speed – it’s perspective.
PSG and Bayern’s box-fresh talents or Premier League title tussle: you can only have one | Barney Ronay
The Premier League isn’t as fun and fizzy as PSG v Bayern but that’s the price of the twice-weekly churn that rewards discipline and sacrificeIn the novel Rabbit, Run, John Updike has one of his characters, a groovy and progressive 1960s priest, calling round to talk to his fellow minister, a hard German Lutheran, about the secret doubts he harbours about his faith. Is the doctrine really necessary? Is hell just, you know, a metaphor? He likes Jesus. But maybe he also likes sinful things, like s...