Lionel Messi scores goal in return, but Inter Miami turns sights on Monterrey after draw

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Lionel Messi emphatically made his return, scoring a goal within his first 13 minutes of action – reminding fans and Inter Miami’s Concacaf Champions Cup opponent next week... Read more »

Messi ‘wanted to fight me’ and had ‘face of the devil,’ Monterrey coach says in audio leak

Lionel Messi’s return to action Saturday isn’t a coincidence. The Inter Miami star apparently has a score to settle, and he wants to do it on the pitch against LIGA MX club... Read more »

‘Nothing to lose’ for Athletic after so many Copa final defeats says coach Valverde

Athletic Bilbao’s Spanish coach Ernesto Valverde spoke ahead of Saturday’s Copa del Rey final clash with Mallorca (Jaime Reina) Athletic Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde said his team have nothing to lose against... Read more »

Guardiola still deciding over Haaland, De Bruyne returns for Man City

Pep Guardiola says he is unsure whether to restore Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne to the Manchester City line-up at Crystal Palace on Saturday with Real Madrid looming. The pair were... Read more »

Athletic aiming for seventh time lucky in Mallorca Copa final

Athletic Bilbao are the second most successful team in Copa del Rey history but they have tasted defeat in each of their last six final appearances. Ernesto Valverde’s side are aiming to... Read more »

Monterrey hands Champions Cup soccer loss to Inter Miami; Messi misses game

Monterrey midfielder Maximiliano Meza (R) dribbles against Inter Miami on Wednesday at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Photo by Cristobal Herrera-Ulashkevich/EPA-EFE April 4 (UPI) — Liga MX club Monterrey scored two... Read more »

Full time for football comic ‘Captain Tsubasa’ in print

Japanese football comic “Captain Tsubasa” ended its 43-year print serialisation on Thursday, but its creator said the stories that inspired Lionel Messi will continue on online. Yoichi Takahashi started the comic about... Read more »

Messi misses Miami’s Champions Cup quarter-final

Lionel Messi was not in Inter Miami’s squad for Wednesday’s CONCACAF Champions Cup quarter-final game against Mexico’s Monterrey. (Johnnie Izquierdo) Lionel Messi was forced to sit out Inter Miami’s CONCACAF Champions Cup... Read more »

Martino says Messi a game-day decision against Monterrey

Inter Miami star forward Lionel Messi, still struggling with a right hamstring injury, will be a mtch-day decision regarding playing against Monterrey in the CONCACAF Champions Cup first-leg match at Miami (Chris... Read more »

Ten-man PSG wins 2-0 at Marseille to keep 12-point lead in French league, Brest moves back into 2nd

PARIS (AP) — Leader Paris Saint-Germain gave Marseille a lesson in clinical soccer and beat its bitter rival 2-0 in the French league’s “Le Classique” on Sunday despite playing with 10 men... Read more »