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After victories by the New York Red Bulls and Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS Cup is set. The Galaxy will have a chance to add to their record five MLS Cup titles while the Red Bulls search for their first MLS Cup in club history in an away trip to Carson, Calif. It will be quite a clash of unlikely participants …

With six fingers raised to a delirious Anfield crowd, Pep Guardiola offered defiance and belief. He would not be laughed out of town. Write off a man with half a dozen Premier League medals at your peril. If only his charges had shown such qualities. Their title challenge might no longer seem like a pipe dream. It is not so …

Pep Guardiola has shrugged off taunts from rival supporters, joking that perhaps they have a point in chanting that he is “getting sacked in the morning.” That was the chant that rang around Anfield as Manchester City slumped to their sixth defeat in seven games, Liverpool’s 2-0 win securing them an 11-point lead over the champions, who now find themselves …

Getty Images Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed in the 17th minute of the match against Inter on Sunday and the player is in intensive care. Bove, the Viola’s young talent, was quickly tended to by medical staff and was surrounded by players from both teams as medical professionals tended to him. He was then stretchered off the pitch and placed into …

Getty Images Inter’s game against Fiorentina was suspended after midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed in the 17th minute on Sunday. Bove, the Viola’s young talent on loan from Roma, was quickly tended to by medical staff and was surrounded by players from both teams as medical professionals tended to him. He was then stretchered off the pitch and placed into an …

LONDON — This time, Michail Antonio is not letting go. It’s Arsenal’s third corner of the match and the West Ham No. 9 has already discovered more than enough about what happens if he cannot keep Gabriel Magalhaes in his vicinity. Antonio gets his arms around his opponent’s trunk, taking hold of man rather than shirt. Declan Rice fires towards …

Getty Images The New York Red Bulls will visit the Los Angeles Galaxy next Saturday for MLS Cup 2024. The Eastern Conference champions defeated Orlando City 1-0 on Saturday afternoon on Andres Reyes’ goal in the 47th minute as the visitors scored on their only shot on frame. In the West, the Galaxy beat the Seattle Sounders by the same …

Getty Images Botafogo won the Copa Libertadores for the first time and in dramatic fashion on Saturday at Buenos Aires’ Estadio Monumental, beating Atletico Mineiro 3-1 despite playing most of the game with just 10 men. The game got off to a chaotic start when Botafogo’s Gregore received a red card just two minutes into the game. The midfielder received …

PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain completed a disappointing week with a 1-1 draw at home to FC Nantes in Ligue 1 just days after a 1-0 loss away at Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League. Luis Enrique’s men might remain unbeaten and a provisional seven points clear of AS Monaco at the summit but they are now winless in two …

Sunday sees Liverpool and Manchester City meet at Anfield with the defending champions needing to win on Merseyside to stand any chance of reeling in the Premier League leaders. Pep Guardiola’s men are eight points adrift coming into this one while Arne Slot’s side are eyeing an 11-point cushion which would potentially end any lingering hope of a fifth consecutive …