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Saudi Arabia to host AFC Champions League final in November
Saudi Gazette reportKUALA LUMPUR — The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced on Friday that the quarterfinals, semifinals and final match of the 2021 AFC Champions League for the Western Region would be held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The AFC Executive Committee ratified the AFC Competitions Committee’s decision to host centralized matches in the knockout stages in the AFC Champions League for the current version.Saudi Arabia will host the final of this year’s Asian Champions League on Nov. 23, the AFC confirmed on Friday. No venue city has been announced, but the quarterfinal and semifinal matches involving teams from the west of Asia — due to be held on Oct. 16 and 19 respectively — will also be played the Kingdom.In the past few days, the Emirates and Tajikistan had...
August 20, 2021

Saudi Arabia to host AFC Champions League final in November

Gerd Muller, who took Bayern Munich and the West Germany national team to the top of the footballing world in the 1970s, has died aged 75.
German World Cup hero Gerd Muller dies aged 75
BERLIN — Gerd Muller, who took Bayern Munich and the West Germany national team to the top of the footballing world in the 1970s, has died aged 75.Nicknamed ‘Der Bomber’ for his scoring-prowess, the striker helped his country to win the 1974 World Cup along with three European club titles between 1974 and 1976."I am convinced that people will still be talking about him in a hundred years' time," said his close friend Franz Beckenbauer in November 2020."In my eyes, he is the most important player in the history of Bayern," he said, "It is thanks to his goals that the club has reached the international level where it still plays.”For Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, one of his successors in the Ballon d'Or and current Bayern boss, "Gerd Müller was the...
August 15, 2021

German World Cup hero Gerd Muller dies aged 75

Chelsea beat Villarreal 6-5 in a penalty shootout to lift the Uefa Super Cup for a second time on Wednesday after a draining 120 minutes in Belfast.
Chelsea wins UEFA Super Cup on penalties 
BELFAST — Chelsea beat Villarreal 6-5 in a penalty shootout to lift the Uefa Super Cup for a second time on Wednesday after a draining 120 minutes in Belfast.The teams played out on level terms 1-1 for a pulsating 120 minutes of regulation and extra time before settling the issue via the set pieces 6-5.For just the second time in their history, Chelsea emerged European Super Cup winners.Chelsea opened the scoring in the 27th minute of the match by Hakim Ziyech, But as soon as the 73rd minute came, Villarreal decided to calm Chelsea's enthusiasm by hitting the equalizer via Gerard Moreno.The first half of the match saw a lot of attacks, as Villarreal missed the opportunity to take a penalty in the first half, but Moreno's kick hit the crossbar. Alonso hit a powerful shot from...
August 12, 2021

Chelsea wins UEFA Super Cup on penalties 

Lionel Messi speaks to CNN on Paris Saint-Germain move.
Paris Saint-Germain ideal place for me: Messi
PARIS — In an interview with Amanda Davies, Lionel Messi told CNN that Paris Saint-Germain is the "ideal" place for him to win the UEFA Champions League once again.Following the end of his 19-year spell at FC Barcelona, the Argentinian said that his departure from the Catalan giants left him “living with a lot of doubt”."The truth is, it's hard to put into words what I've had to live through this week," Messi told Davies.Messi stressed that both his and his new club's ambitions are aligned — to win the trophy that has so far eluded PSG and which Messi himself has won four times."For me on a personal level, I would love to win another Champions League, like I've said in previous years, and I think I've come to the ideal place that's...
August 11, 2021

Paris Saint-Germain ideal place for me: Messi

The club has announced that Messi will be presented to the press on Wednesday at 11 a.m. local time in the Parc des Princes auditorium.
Argentine superstar Messi signs two-year contract with PSG  
PARIS — Argentine football star Lionel Messi on Tuesday signed with Paris Saint-German to play until at least 2023. His contract includes the option for an additional year, PSG announced on Twitter. He will wear the no30 jersey. #BREAKING: #LionelMessi signs a two-year contract with #PSG, with an option for a third year. (@PSG_English) pic.twitter.com/LByW9R6DVp — Saudi Gazette (@Saudi_Gazette) August 10, 2021 Messi and his family arrived in Paris at 15:30 local time, wearing a shirt emblazoned with the club's slogan "Ici, c'est Paris" (Here is Paris). At the same time, the club posted a 13-second video on social media filled with references to the player including his six Ballon d'Or awards and the Argentinian flag. Another post shows the six Ballon...
August 10, 2021

Argentine superstar Messi signs two-year contract with PSG  

Lionel Messi has reached an agreement to sign for French club Paris Saint-Germain, bringing his long-term association with Barcelona to an end. — Courtesy file photo
Messi reaches agreement to join Paris Saint-Germain: Reports
PARIS — Lionel Messi has reached an agreement to sign for French club Paris Saint-Germain, bringing his long-term association with Barcelona to an end, French media reported on Tuesday.French outlet L'Equipe says on its website that the football superstar will sign an initial two-year deal with the French giants.L'Equipe and Le Parisien add the Argentine is expected to arrive in Paris on Tuesday afternoon. Paris Saint-Germain said they had no comment over the reports. Messi's move to Paris brings his historic 20-plus-year spell at Barcelona to an end.The Argentine, widely considered one of the best players of all time, failed to sign a new contract with Barcelona.Barcelona said the club's dire financial situation and La Liga's Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations...
August 10, 2021

Messi reaches agreement to join Paris Saint-Germain: Reports


Speaking at a press conference in Barcelona, a very emotional Messi entered the room to applause from those in attendance and delivered his final speech as a Blaugrana player.(Screengrab)
Messi bids tearful farewell to Barcelona
BARCELONA — As he bid a tearful farewell to Barcelona on Sunday, football superstar Lionel Messi said a move to Paris Saint-Germain was "a possibility."It's been widely reported that Messi has been offered a two-year contract by PSG, though the 34-year-old Argentine said no arrangements had been made with the Parisian giant, nor with any of the other interested clubs regarding his next move.Speaking at a press conference in Barcelona, a very emotional Messi entered the room to applause from those in attendance and delivered his final speech as a Blaugrana player, describing it as one of the most difficult moments of his career."In these days, in this last day I have been thinking ... to see what I was going to say, what I could say," Messi said."The truth is...
August 08, 2021

Messi bids tearful farewell to Barcelona

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo waves the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics Sunday. Hidalgo was joined by Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and IOC President Thomas Bach for the flag handover ceremony. — courtesy Twitter
Summer Olympics say Sayonara Tokyo and Bonjour Paris
TOKYO — After 17 days of sporting action held a year late and with the specter of COVID-19 hanging over them, the Tokyo Summer Olympics came to an end on Sunday.They will mostly be remembered for the empty stadiums but there were plenty of other noteworthy events including athletes taking a stand on mental health and other issues, Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's dramatic exit to Poland and Italy rising as an unexpected sprinting powerhouse.Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto has hailed what she called the "can-do" attitude of this year's Olympics, held despite all the problems associated with the coronavirus pandemic.Tokyo passed the Summer Olympics baton to Paris with a drum-inflected closing ceremony with a "Worlds We Share" theme designed to...
August 08, 2021

Summer Olympics say Sayonara Tokyo and Bonjour Paris

Brazil beat Spain in extra-time for back-to-back Olympic football gold.(Credit: @timebrasil)
Brazil beat Spain in extra-time for back-to-back gold medals
TOKYO – It took a goal deep in extra-time from super-sub Malcom to see Brazil beat Spain 2-1 and claim their second (and second-straight) gold medal in men’s Olympic football at the International Stadium Yokohama. The deciding strike, scored from a tight angle, settled the heavyweight contest after regular time ended tangled at 1-1 thanks to earlier goals from Spain’s Mikel Oyarzabal and Brazilian star Matheus Cunha. "I came with the boys to live the dream with them," said Brazil's 38-year-old captain Dani Alves after winning his first Olympic gold medal. "And we have managed it, after a lot of effort and sacrifice, and we are taking the biggest prize back home, back to our people." The first quarter-hour of the game saw little by way of attack as...
August 07, 2021

Brazil beat Spain in extra-time for back-to-back gold medals

Bahrain’s Kalkidan Gezahegne won the Kingdom’s first medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games. (bahrainolympic)
Bahrain' s Gezahegne wins silver in 10,000m
TOKYO – Bahrain’s Kalkidan Gezahegne won the Kingdom’s first medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday after clinching silver in the Women’s 10,000 metres final.Kalkidan ran a brilliant race to finish in a time of 29 minutes 56.18 seconds. She was right behind gold-medallist Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands, who won in 29:55.32. Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia, who was leading for much of the event, came third in 30:01.72.Kalkidan stormed to a fine finish after pacing herself amongst the leaders for much of the distance. She and Hassan then closed the race out with a devastating kick that left Gidey unable to challenge over the home straight.Kalkidan’s silver medal was her first in the Olympic Games. It is also Bahrain’s fourth medal in the history of the Olympiad. – Agencies
August 07, 2021

Bahrain' s Gezahegne wins silver in 10,000m

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