Davide Frattesi fired Inter Milan one step closer to the Serie A title with his last-gasp winner in Monday’s comeback 2-1 victory at struggling Udinese. Italy midfielder Frattesi poked home the decisive goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time in Udine to maintain Inter’s 14-point lead at the top of the table with seven … Read more
Last Updated: April 23, 2024, 11:35 IST Inter raced off into the distance at the turn of the year. (AP Photo) Goals from Francesco Acerbi and Marcus Thuram gave Inter a 17-point advantage over closest challengers Milan and secured their 20th league crown with five matches of the season remaining. Inter Milan sealed the Serie … Read more
Published By: Aakash Biswas Last Updated: April 21, 2024, 10:09 IST Napoli lose 0-1 to Empoli Alberto Cerri scored the only goal of the game after just four minutes when he rose unchallenged to head in at the back post. Napoli’s hopes of squeezing into the Champions League suffered another setback on Saturday when they … Read more
Published By: Aakash Biswas Last Updated: April 20, 2024, 09:25 IST Juventus claw themselves to a 2-2 draw The draw is another of a number of disappointing recent results for Massimiliano Allegri’s side whose season is petering out towards a drab ending after for a time promising a league title race. Juventus came back from … Read more
Roma’s French defender Obite Evan Ndicka Roma said it would fight what it perceived as an “unjustified hardship”, but did not specify how it would do so. Roma criticised on Friday Serie A’s decision to stage the final 18 minutes of their match at Udinese, which was suspended after defender Evan Ndicka collapsed on the pitch, … Read more
Last Updated: April 18, 2024, 11:13 IST Cristiano Ronaldo was the world’s highest-paid sportsman in 2023. (AFP Photo) Cristiano Ronaldo spent three seasons in Italy with Juventus (2018-21) before joining Manchester United (2021-22) and then the Saudi club Al Nassr. Juventus must pay Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo 9.7 million euros ($10.4 million) in back wages … Read more
The Premier League will introduce semi-automated offside technology next season in the hope of reducing the time it takes to make VAR decisions. At a shareholders’ meeting on Thursday, top-flight clubs unanimously agreed to introduce the system, which is expected to cut the average length of a VAR check for offside by about 30 seconds. … Read more
An important thing to remember about Andre Villas-Boas is that he had ridiculously good hair. You don’t spend a record-shattering €15 million (£12.9; $16.3m) fee to sign a rookie manager away from Porto unless you’re pretty sure you know what you’re getting, and one thing Chelsea knew for certain, back in the heady days of … Read more
Convicted rapist and former Brazil international Dani Alves left a prison near Barcelona on Monday after posting the one-million-euro bail set by a court to ensure his release pending appeal. The 40-year-old has been in jail since his arrest in January 2023 on suspicion of raping a young woman in the VIP bathroom of a … Read more
This is the first article in a six-part series looking at some of European football’s most innovative up-and-coming managers. Thiago Motta knows a thing or two about success. When your CV includes two La Liga titles, one Serie A title, five Ligue 1 titles and two Champions League winners medals, you tend to command instant … Read more
