Defending European Champions, Real Madrid booked their spot in the last eight of the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League on Tuesday as they beat Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) 2-1 at the Parc des Princes. Cristiano Ronaldo put Real’s tie with PSG to bed when he netted a powerful header in the 51st minute to keep his extraordinary […]
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The world’s most expensive footballer, Neymar Jr., was stretchered off 10 minutes from time at the Parc des Princes on Sunday night as Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) beat Marseille 3-0 and opened up a 14-point lead in Ligue 1. The 26-year-old was on his own when he innocuously rolled his ankle and flopped to the ground […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in Real Madrid’s 3-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League round-of-16 first-leg tie on Wednesday, giving his team the advantage for the second leg in France. In the other game of the night, Sadio Mane scored a hat-trick, while Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino also found the net, […]
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Manchester City and Paris Saint Germain are the top two most expensive squads in the world. The clubs, according to CIES Football Observatory, have spent over £700 million to assemble their current squads. While City have spent £777 million, PSG have spent £713 million. Manchester United, Barcelona and Chelsea make up the top five with […]
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North London side, Tottenham have completed the £25m signing of winger Lucas Moura from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on a five-and-a-half-year deal. Moura is Tottenham’s first winter transfer window signing since 2015 when they bought Dele Alli from MK Dons and becomes the second PSG player to arrive at the club this season after Serge Aurier’s […]
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Edinson Cavani broke Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s all-time goalscoring record for Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday, while Neymar scored twice in a 4-0 thrashing of Montpellier. The Uruguay striker tapped in his 157th PSG goal in the 11th minute at the Parc des Princes to spark wild celebrations, having levelled the Swede’s previous mark 10 days ago. Neymar, […]
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Chelsea booked their spot in the next round before the bulk of Wednesday’s matches even got underway, courtesy of an easy win in Azerbaijan over Qarabag. The hosts hung with the Premier League giants for 20 minutes, but after Rashad Sadygov was sent off for a foul inside the box, the team fell apart. Eden […]
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Layvin Kurzawa scored an unlikely hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain powered into the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday with a 5-0 rout of Anderlecht, while Bayern Munich joined them in the knockout stage. Marco Verratti curled in a terrific opening goal — his first in Europe since September 2014 — on the half-hour […]
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Former Paris Saint-Germain star, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, said the rivalry between the club’s forwards Neymar and Edinson Cavani is “healthy” and they should be left to sort things out themselves. Cavani and world-record signing Neymar squabbled over a penalty during PSG’s 2-0 win over Lyon last weekend, which Cavani took and missed, and Neymar is […]
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It rained goals as the Champions League returned on Tuesday night, with Lionel Messi finally scoring a goal against Gianluigi Buffon, as Barcelona outclassed Juventus 3-0 at the Nou Camp. It was Messi who opened the scoring almost on the stroke of half time, after exchanging passes with Luis Suarez. The Argentine helped to set […]
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