The two early matches of Wednesday's UEFA Champions League action delivered plenty of drama with Inter Milan beating Viktoria Plzeň 4-0 to condemn Barcelona to the Europa League and Porto beating Club Brugge to put Atlético in a similar position, but the highlight of CBS Sports' coverage was from its ongoing "Destination Brooklyn" viewing party.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola joked he wanted striker Erling Haaland to lay off the food and drink during the mid-season break for the World Cup and come back fit to spearhead the club's hunt for trophies in the second half of the season.
Norway's Haaland, who has scored 22 goals in 15 games across all competitions so far, will not be heading to Qatar for the Nov. 20-Dec. 18 tournament after his country failed to qualify.
Miguel Almirón has had himself a proper start to the 2022-23 Premier League season.
The Paraguayan has scored six goals in 12 games with five in his last five appearances — his best goalscoring season since arriving at Newcastle United in 2019.
Only Erling Haaland has more Premier League goals than Miguel Almiron this month
What a turnaround pic.twitter.com/YaQffBpYOv
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's self-styled "first fan" Marcelo Martinez is so keen to see Lionel Messi and teammates at the World Cup that he arrived in Qatar six months early.
The first traveling Argentinian fan — and possibly the first visiting fan full stop — flew into Doha on May 3 with his blue-and-white wig, and has been having a blast ever since.
"Wonderful things have been happening," said the 54-year-old lawyer, who has found plenty of Qataris and expatriates sporting Argentina shirts. "They all love Messi and Argentina here."
En vista de los últimos acontecimientos, los clubes de la Liga MX deberían prohibir a sus jugadores celebrar goles con el icónico ¡SIUU! de Cristiano Ronaldo. Esto luego de que en menos de una semana, dos jugadores que lo intentaron vieron como sus dianas era anuladas segundos después.
If you're having trouble visualizing what Canada's Alphonso Davies is about to do to the old man legs of Belgium and Croatia in World Cup Group F, Wednesday's DFB-Pokal match between Bayern Munich and Augsburg offered the perfect illustration.
Augsburg took an early lead at its home ground but Bayern struck back through an Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting brace and one from Joshua Kimmich to go up 3-1 with 30 minutes still to play. A Dayot Upamecano own goal gave Augsburg hope at 3-2, but it's the hope that kills you.
If I had a nickel for every time an EFL Championship match had a goal that was too big, I'd have two nickels — which isn't a lot, but it's weird it's happened twice.
For the second weekend in a row, a Championship match had a delayed start as one goal was larger than the other, again by two inches. This time, the inconsistency occurred in Kingston upon Hull, where Hull City hosted Birmingham City. Referee Leigh Doughty noticed the issue during his pre-match check.
Pachuca eliminated Tigres in an exciting match Sunday that decided the last team to go through to the Liga MX semifinals.
With a combined three goals, three comebacks and two red cards, it was classic Liga MX.
⌚️ MF | PACHUCA 2(2) - 1(2) Tigres
¡SE ACABÓ! ¡GANAMOS EN EL HURACÁN Y ESTAMOS EN SEMIFINALES! ¡VAMOS PACHUCA, QUEREMOS LA COPA!
En busca de su título número 14, el América parece imparable. Las Águilas volvieron a demoler al Puebla y se convirtieron en el equipo que más goles ha anotado en una llave de liguilla en la historia de la Liga MX para un global de ¡11-2!.
El conjunto azulcrema había vencido 6-1 en la ida y en la revancha, con equipo mixto, le pegó sin piedad a La Franja con un 5-1 en el Azteca. Cinco jugadores distintos convirtieron y bien pudieron ser seis, si no es por la acción del cuerpo arbitral que le arruinó un gol y un festejo a lo CR7 a Jürgen Damm.
It was an eventful Thursday for 21-year-old Arsenal talent Bukayo Saka.
It all started with news of the England international gracing the cover of TIME magazine's "Next Generation Leaders" issue.
How @BukayoSaka87 became the inspiring new face of British soccer. Meet TIME’s latest class of Next Generation Leaders https://t.co/QZAXRmpNZX pic.twitter.com/gMGVdcs55s