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From Harry Kane to Lionel Messi: What we’re hearing on 10 potential summer transfers

The frenzy is already underway. Real Madrid are eager to prise Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund. Lionel Messi is leaving Paris Saint-Germain and, most likely, bound for Saudi Arabia. A flurry of England internationals, from Harry Kane to Declan Rice, James Maddison to Mason Mount, might also be on the move. The transfer window may …

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Barcelona’s season is over – but the hard part has just started

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Barcelona’s season has ended, which is possibly the best news for a club who have been thinking about the summer break for a long time. Since Xavi’s side clinched the title against local rivals Espanyol midway through last month, they have lost three of the four games they had left. That culminated in last night’s …

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Club León defeats LAFC to win CONCACAF Champions League final: Who were the notable players?

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Club León beat Los Angeles Football Club 1-0 (3-1 on aggregate) on Sunday to win the CONCACAF Champions League for the first time in their history. Here’s what you need to know: LAFC coach Steve Cherundolo opted to switch his favored 4-3-3 formation in the second leg to a 3-4-3, with Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini …

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Newtown Pride FC wins The Soccer Tournament, $1 million prize

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Newtown Pride FC has won the inaugural edition of The Soccer Tournament and the resulting $1 million prize with a 2-0 victory over SLC FC in the championship game. The result wraps up the four-day 7-v-7 tournament that featured amateur domestic teams and teams representing well-known clubs from around the world at WakeMed Soccer Park …

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How John Stones’ double role brought City one step closer to the treble

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In years to come, when people look back at this version of Manchester City, a few things will stand out. Erling Haaland will probably be the first. Wide players who can control the tempo in Riyad Mahrez, Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva will be the second. Monstrous pressing and counter-pressing will come after that. Kevin …

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Manchester United needed a striker like Kane to try to save them, not Weghorst

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It was the fifth minute of stoppage time when Erling Haaland took possession of the ball and drove forward one last time. For once, the leading scorer in this season of English football chose not to go towards the penalty area. He was aiming for the corner flag, running down the clock. He knew exactly …

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West Ham players take knee after alleged racial incident during Dallas match: This is ‘bigger than football’

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West Ham United players took a knee before their match against Culture by Mo Ali FC on Friday following an alleged racist incident that occurred during a game against Dallas United on Thursday. Officials at The Soccer Tournament (TST) in North Carolina who were in proximity to the incident Thursday told The Athletic that a …

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Lionel Messi leaving Paris Saint-Germain this summer – Christophe Galtier

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Christophe Galtier has confirmed that this weekend’s Paris Saint-Germain game will be Lionel Messi’s last for the club. The Ligue 1 champions, who secured an 11th league title last weekend, conclude their 2022-23 campaign against Clermont Foot on Saturday night. The former Barcelona forward and PSG had the option of extending his two-year deal by …

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Ronald Araujo, exclusive interview: ‘Until I was 16, football passed me by’

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It is two o’clock in the afternoon and The Athletic is in the bowels of the impressive Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper. Even if you have been here many times before, Barcelona’s training ground is impossible to get to know completely. It is easy to feel lost. Every day, by the entrance to the car park …

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Everton’s Premier League survival fuels desire for faster, tighter financial regulation

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Even in the intense heat of the moment at Goodison Park, breathless euphoria and overwhelming relief quickly turned into anger and indignation. Within minutes of the final whistle on Sunday evening, as a nerve-shredding 1-0 victory over Bournemouth kept their team in the top flight for what will be a 70th consecutive season, Everton supporters …

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