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Getty Images The Champions League draw is almost upon us, but this is not Europe’s premier competition as you know it. Rather than an eight group, six game path to the last 16 as has been the case since 2004, this year all 36 teams who have qualified for the competition proper will be battling it out against each other …

Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, left, and Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, ahead of their meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met in Berlin on Wednesday with a view to deepen ties amid a broader reset of relations …

Liverpool officially signed Georgian goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili from Valencia on Tuesday, completing an unconventional first signing of the window that feels like a focus on the future for his new club — and an emphasis on the present for his old side. The Reds will pay a transfer fee of £25 million for the 23-year-old Mamardashvili, per The Athletic, in …

Workers in July 2019 expand a mine in Germany intended to increase supplies of tungsten and fluorspar.  Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images BEIJING — U.S. government researchers recently visited a South Korean mine to assess progress towards boosting supply of a critical metal called tungsten from areas outside China, the mine operator said Wednesday. The Sangdong Mine, …

Getty Images Dani Olmo returned to Barcelona in memorable fashion on Tuesday, scoring the game-winning goal in the team’s come-from-behind 2-1 win at Rayo Vallecano. The game’s final goal came in the 82nd minute when Olmo combined with club and country teammate Lamine Yamal for the strike. Yamal made a run to the endline on the right side of the …

Customers at a Lego store in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 3, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images An inflation-fueled sales slump hit the toy industry in the first half of 2024, but one company is gaining market share brick by brick. On Wednesday, Lego said revenue during the first six months of the year jumped 13%, reaching 31 billion …

Getty Images Star goalkeepers were something that U.S. Soccer has been known for but since the retirement of Tim Howard and the international retirement of Brad Guzan, that hasn’t been the case. Matt Turner and Zack Steffen’s moves to Europe were supposed to see the position be set for success moving forward but things have changed. Steffen is back in …

Nongfu Spring’s bottled water in a supermarket in Hangzhou, China. Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Images Shares of China’s largest bottled water producer Nongfu Spring slumped on Wednesday, a day after the company reported a sharp slowdown in profit growth in the first half of the year. Shares of Nongfu Spring listed in Hong Kong, which have declined over …

Getty Images Nacional defender Juan Izquierdo has passed away at age 27 just days after collapsing on the field, his club announced on Tuesday night. Izquierdo suffered cardiac arrest during a Copa Libertadores match last Thursday in Sao Paulo, Brazil against Sao Paulo. After being resuscitated, Izquierdo was taken to the hospital in critical condition where his condition worsened as …

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – 2024/04/23: People walk past the Hybe Building in Seoul.  Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Kospi-listed Hybe popped as much as 4.97% on Wednesday after Min Hee-jin, the former CEO of sublabel ADOR, stepped down on Tuesday after market hours. This represented a gain of about 376.02 billion won ($282.05 million) in market …