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Happy Friday, everybody! The final round of UEFA Champions League games of 2024 have just played out with two more to come in early 2025 and the stage set perfectly for further drama. Club soccer is not going into hibernation, though, with this one of the busiest periods of the season for English Premier League sides and this weekend is …

Getty Images The 2024-25 Serie A season is in full swing as the usual giants aim to fight for the title, while other clubs hope they can pull off what Bologna did last season and surprisingly qualify for the Champions League. Inter and Napoli look like the favorites to win the league on paper, but teams like Atalanta, Lazio and …

Erling Haaland, Bukayo Saka and Lois Openda had tried and failed. Even Florian Wirtz looked like he might have found the task beyond him but then it got to Bayer Leverkusen time. It might not be Invincible season but this team never quite kicked its habit for late drama. Wirtz flicked one last cross in, the ball deflecting into towards …

The FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifying groups for the UEFA zone teams based in Europe are now set with the UEFA Nations League still likely to determine the final makeup of those groups. Germany, Italy, Portugal, Denmark, France, Croatia, Spain and the Nertherlands all have two potential pathways open to them with most looking straightforward enough with the possible exception …

Getty Images Qualifying for the 2026 World Cup has gotten underway around most of the world, but UEFA will just be getting going in the new year now that the UEFA Nations League has come to a close. The road to the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada is starting around Europe as nations are beginning …

Stade Brestois 29 are the UEFA Champions League side punching above their weight that everyone is currently raving about, after their 1-0 win over PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday for their fourth victory from six games in the inaugural league phase. Not only is it a first time for this new-look format but it is also a first time for Les …

Getty Images Fulham winger Reiss Nelson is facing an extended spell on the sidelines with a hamstring injury. According to sources with knowledge of the situation, Nelson could be out for up to 12 weeks with the issue and is facing a recovery timescale that at the very least would sideline him for much of a hectic festive period. Arsenal …

Omar Vega / Getty Images Club America are one step closer to their 16th Liga MX title following a 2-1 victory over Monterrey. The first half saw Sergio Canales score and have his goal canceled out by Kevin Alvarez before Alex Zendejas scored the go-ahead goal. While there is more work to be done in the second leg away in …

On Sunday, December 1 the match between Fiorentina and Inter was interrupted and the abandoned in the 17th minute when Italian midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed on the pitch. The 22-year-old was stretchered off the pitch and placed into an ambulance in the corner before leaving the Stadio Artemio Franchi and being transported to Careggi hospital in Florence.  Later, after the …

Getty Images While scoring goals is the most important aspect of soccer for teams to win, it does take selflessness to make sure that that happens and one player who embodies that is Weston McKennie of Juventus. He scored an important insurance goal to help Juventus defeat Manchester City 2-0 in Champions League play on Wednesday but had to come …