par This Is Beirut, 21/03 10:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Defending champions Barcelona faced a tough challenge against Norwegian side Brann, securing a narrow 2-1 victory in the first leg of their Women's Champions League quarter-final clash on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain also clinched a 2-1 win on the road against Hacken in Sweden. Barcelona dominated the match with an impressive 34 ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/03 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Former Brazil international footballer Dani Alves, convicted of rape in Spain, has paid his bail of one million euros and can leave jail pending his appeal, a court said on Monday. One of the world's most decorated footballers, Alves, 40, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail last month for raping a young woman in the VIP bathroom of a ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/04 15:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Barcelona Champions League football PSG
The Paris Saint-Germain of Kylian Mbappe and Barcelona clash in the first leg of their blockbuster Champions League quarter-final tie on Wednesday, in the latest installment of the growing rivalry between the two clubs. It is the fifth time the sides have been drawn against each other in the knockout stage of Europe's elite club competition in ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/04 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Barcelona Champions League football Real Madrid
Aurelien Tchouameni's long-range strike earned Real Madrid a 1-0 victory over Mallorca on Saturday, which kept them eight points clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga ahead of the upcoming Clasico. The France midfielder, who is suspended for the second leg of Madrid's Champions League quarter-final away to Manchester City next week, scored ...
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Carlos Alcaraz's hopes of a third successive Barcelona Open title have been dashed, as he withdrew from the tournament on Sunday due to a right arm injury, organizers announced. It is the same injury that forced Alcaraz to pull out of this week's Monte Carlo Masters, and comes just weeks away from the French Open. "Despite having tried until the ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/04 10:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique said on Monday that his players were strong enough to turn around the Champions League clash against Barcelona and reach the semi-finals. Spanish champions Barcelona triumphed 3-2 in Paris in the quarter-final first leg last week, leaving PSG needing to triumph at the Olympic Stadium. "PSG have never come ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/04 21:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
World number six Casper Ruud defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5, 6-3 to win the Barcelona Open on Sunday, the biggest title of his career. The Norwegian earned revenge after his defeat by the Greek world number seven in the Monte Carlo Masters final last weekend. Ruud, a three-time Grand Slam runner-up, had won 10 titles at the 250 level with the ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/04 10:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Jude Bellingham snatched Real Madrid a dramatic 3-2 Clasico win over champions Barcelona on Sunday with a "fundamental" goal to take them 11 points clear at the top of La Liga. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti hailed the England midfielder's decisive intervention to take Los Blancos to the brink of the Spanish title. Madrid twice came from ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/04 10:22 - Reading : less than a minute
Xavi will remain the coach of Barcelona despite having announced in January that he planned to quit at the end of the season. Spanish media reported that the 44-year-old, who had signed a contract extension until 2025 last autumn, decided on his dramatic change of mind after a day of meetings with club president Joan Laporta and sporting director ...
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World number three Carlos Alcaraz withdrew on Friday from next week's ATP Italian Open due to ongoing pain in his right forearm, an injury that sidelined him in Monte Carlo and Barcelona. This setback comes just weeks before the second Grand Slam of the season, the French Open. The Spaniard shared on X, previously known as Twitter, that he ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/05 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Barcelona sacked coach Xavi Hernandez on Friday after the Catalan giants failed to win a trophy this season but just weeks since he and club president Joan Laporta agreed he would stay in the post. Xavi will take charge of the team's final La Liga match on Sunday at Sevilla before departing. "Barcelona president Joan Laporta has told Xavi ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/05 16:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Barcelona Bayern Munich football
Barcelona appointed former Bayern Munich and Germany boss Hansi Flick as coach on Wednesday on a deal which runs until June 2026, after sacking Xavi Hernandez last week. FC Barcelona and Hansi Flick reached an agreement for the German to become the men's first team football coach until June 30, 2026. The new coach signed a contract at the club's ...
