Soccer Jun 16, 2020
UEFA to pick Lisbon as Champions League knockout rounds host
European soccer's governing body is expected to make a number of decisions intended to get its club and national team competitions back on track.
Soccer Apr 24, 2020
UEFA says Champions League qualification should be determined 'on sporting merit'
UEFA on Thursday left the door open for leagues to bring an early end to their seasons during the coronavirus pandemic but said qualification for the next Champions League should be "based on sporting merit." The announcement by European soccer's governing body came after a ...
Soccer Mar 3, 2020
Arsenal bounced back from its Europa League heartache to reach the F.A. Cup quarterfinals as goals from Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Eddie Nketiah sealed a 2-0 win at Portsmouth on Monday. Mikel Arteta's side desperately needed a morale-boosting success after Olympiakos snatched a late winner to ...
Soccer Sep 12, 2019
Top European clubs concentrate transfer spending on young players
The clubs involved in this season's Champions League and Europa League group stages invested more than half of their transfer spending in the last window on players age 24 and under, a report by European soccer body UEFA said on Thursday. UEFA's club competition report ...
Soccer Apr 13, 2018
Japan defender Hiroki Sakai netted a goal on his birthday Thursday as Marseille beat Leipzig 5-2 to book a spot in the final four of the Europa League. Sakai, who turned 28, scored Marseille's final goal during injury time of the second leg of the ...
Soccer Apr 6, 2018
Substitute Takumi Minamino scored for Salzburg in the first leg of its Europa League quarterfinal against Lazio on Thursday, but it was not enough to prevent a 4-2 loss in Rome. With Salzburg trailing 2-1,the forward came off the bench in the 70th minute at ...
Soccer Nov 3, 2017
Cologne's Yuya Osako nets pair of goals in rout of BATE Borisov
Halftime substitute Yuya Osako scored a brace and provided an assist in a dominant second half for Cologne, which beat BATE Borisov 5-2 Thursday in its second Europa League home match of the season. After the Belarusian visitors scored two goals in two minutes to ...
Soccer | PREMIER REPORT May 12, 2017
Mourinho puts United's season on the line
by Christopher Davies
The gamble had to pay off for Jose Mourinho and it did, or rather it has so far. The Manchester United manager had prioritized the Europa League over a top-four finish in the Premier League, and for someone who has made pragmatism an art ...
Soccer Dec 9, 2016
Schalke right-back Atsuto Uchida returned to action after a 21-month injury break in the German side's 2-0 defeat to RB Salzburg in the final match of UEFA Europa League Group I on Thursday. Uchida, who had not played in an official match since March 2015 ...
Soccer Sep 30, 2016
Mainz's Muto bags first Europa League goal in win over Gabala
Japan forward Yoshinori Muto scored his first Europa League goal, helping Mainz beat Azerbaijan side Gabala in a 3-2, Group C thriller on Thursday. In Baku, Muto put Mainz in the lead in the 41st minute with a left-footed shot into the bottom corner that ...
Soccer Aug 28, 2015
Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa scored twice and Marco Reus hit a hat trick as Borussia Dortmund hammered Norway's Odd Grenland 7-2 to qualify for the Europa League with an 11-5 aggregate win on Thursday night. Ole Jorgen Halvorsen headed Odds in front against the run ...