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Yassine Bounou's PK save helps Al Hilal tie Real Madrid
Yassine Bounou stopped a penalty kick by Real Madrid's Federico Valverde in the second minute of second-half stoppage time to allow Al Hilal to earn a 1-1 tie in Club World Cup Group H play in Miami Gardens, Fla.,Ruben Neves scored on a penalty kick for Al Hilal, a Saudi Arabian team.,Gonzalo Garcia...
Yassine Bounou's PK save helps Al Hilal tie Real Madrid in Club World Cup
Yassine Bounou stopped a penalty kick by Real Madrid's Federico Valverde in the second minute of second-half stoppage time to allow Al Hilal to earn a 1-1 tie in Club World Cup Group H play in Miami.,Ruben Neves scored on a penalty kick for Al Hilal, a Saudi Arabian team.,Gonzalo Garcia had a goal f...
Man City strike early in Club World Cup win over Wydad
Phil Foden's second-minute strike sparked Manchester City's 2-0 victory over Morocco's Wydad AC in the Club World Cup opener for both teams on Wednesday in Philadelphia.,The Premier League powerhouse added a goal by Jeremy Doku in the 42nd minute off a corner kick from Foden.,Foden converted from in...
Sergio Ramos, Monterrey secure draw with Inter Milan
Sergio Ramos scored on a header in the 25th minute and Monterrey held on for a 1-1 draw against Inter Milan on Tuesday in Pasadena, Calif., in the Club World Cup opener for both teams.,A 42nd-minute goal from Lautaro Martinez leveled the contest.,The result leaves River Plate alone atop Group E afte...
Club World Cup: Mamelodi Sundowns beat Ulsan for Group F lead
Iqraam Rayners scored in the 36th minute and Ronwen Williams made two saves to guide Mamelodi Sundowns to a 1-0 victory over Ulsan HD at the Club World Cup on Tuesday in Orlando, Fla.,A striker for the South African national team, Rayners had a pair of would-be goals disallowed for a handball and an...
River Plate score 3 headers, dominate Urawa in Club World Cup
River Plate netted a trio of headers to defeat Urawa Red Diamonds 3-1 on Tuesday in the teams' Group E opener of the Club World Cup in Seattle.,Facundo Colidio struck first for Argentina's River Plate (1-0-0, 3 points) with a header in the 12th minute assisted by a precise cross from Marcos Acuna. R...
Four goals, three red cards as Benfica draw with Boca Juniors
Nicolas Otamendi headed in the equalizer in the 84th minute to deliver SL Benfica a 2-2 draw against Boca Juniors in a Club World Cup match that featured three red cards Monday in Miami Gardens, Fla.,Otamendi's goal, a direct strike off Orkun Kokcu's corner kick, came when each side was down a man. ...
Chelsea tops Los Angeles FC 2-0 in Club World Cup opener
ATLANTA -- Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez each scored goals to propel Chelsea to a 2-0 victory over Los Angeles FC in the Group D opener for each team in the Club World Cup in Atlanta on Monday afternoon.,Chelsea struck first in the 34th minute, as Neto received a perfect downfield pass from Nicolas ...
Botafogo score early, hold off Sounders at Club World Cup
Botafogo was not intimidated by the home crowd and used first-half goals by Jair Cunha and Igor Jesus to hold off the host Seattle Sounders, 2-1, in the Group B opener for each in the Club World Cup on Sunday night.,Cunha scored in the 28th minute and Igor Jesus doubled the score in the 44th. Seattl...
Botafogo scores early, holds off Sounders 2-1
First-half goals by Jair Cunha and Igor Jesus were enough for Botafogo to hold off the Seattle Sounders, 2-1, in the Group B opener for each in the Club World Cup in Seattle on Sunday night.,Cunha scored in the 28th minute and Jesus doubled the score in the 44th. Cristian Roldan made it 2-1 in the 7...
Palmeiras, FC Porto play to scoreless draw at FIFA Club World Cup
Palmeiras and FC Porto played to a 0-0 draw in the group stage of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.,The contest was played before an announced crowd of 46,275 at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.,Palmeiras enjoyed a slight edge in play, recording 19 shots and putting six on target while FC Porto...
Paris Saint-Germain rolls past Atletico Madrid in CWC play
Fabian Ruiz and Vitinha scored first-half goals and Paris Saint-Germain opened Club World Cup Group B play with a 4-0 victory over Atletico Madrid on Sunday afternoon at Pasadena, Calif.,Senny Mayulu added another goal in the final minutes and Lee Kang-in made a penalty kick in stoppage time as PSG ...
LaLiga president decries Club World Cup as 'completely absurd'
LaLiga president Javier Tebas will not be cheering FIFA's Club World Cup when play begins this week.,Tebas largely has concerns over his own product because two of the 32 teams in the draw -- Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid -- play in Spain's top flight and might face delays to the start of their se...
Players union rips MLS' 'retaliatory' response to CWC proposal
The MLS Players Association responded Sunday against the league's most recent offering in the ongoing battle over prize money and compensation around the upcoming Club World Cup competition.,"The timing, substance, and retaliatory nature of the proposal sends a clear message: MLS does not respect or...
PIF partners with FIFA for 2025 Club World Cup
A week before the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup begins, Saudi Arbia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has signed on as an official partner of the month-long tournament that takes place at stadiums across the United States.,PIF, the kingdom's sovereign wealth fund, makes this move partially in preparati...
Report: FIFA slashes prices for Inter Miami's CWC opener
Hoping to fill a lot of empty seats, FIFA is reportedly slashing ticket prices for the June 14 Club World Cup opener hosted by Inter Miami.,The Athletic reported Wednesday that "tens of thousands" of seats at the 65,326-capacity Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., remain unsold for the 8 p.m. ...
FIFA: Club World Cup winner to claim up to $125M of $1B pool
The 32 teams competing in the Club World Cup this summer will be vying for as much as a $125 million first-place check from a $1 billion prize pool.,FIFA announced the financial incentives on Wednesday of the tournament scheduled to be played in June and July at venues around the United States.,FIFA...
FIFA adds TNT to air top Club World Cup matches
FIFA's Club World Cup this summer will be carried on TNT Sports for 24 of the expanded tournament's 63 matches in an agreement announced Wednesday.,DAZN, a streaming platform better known in the United States for boxing, had in December acquired global rights to the 32-team tournament. DAZN will str...
Goku Doppelgänger Ivan Rakitić Is A Big Hit In Japan
Barcelona are currently in Japan for the Club World Cup, and though the locals had to be disappointed that neither Lionel Messi or Neymar were fit enough to make an appearance in the team’s first game, they discovered a new favorite player thanks to Ivan Rakitić’s halfway resemblance to Dragon Ball ...