BERLIN — Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen battled past second division Kaiserslautern 1-0 on Saturday to win the German Cup and secure the club's first ever domestic double.
Leverkusen missed out on a treble after losing 3-0 to Atalanta in the Europa League final on Wednesday in their first defeat of the season after a European record 51-game unbeaten run.
Christian Pulisic assisted Milan’s third goal in their 3-3 draw vs. Salernitana to add an exclamation point to his first season with the Italian giants. The 2023-24 Pulisic stats reflect a forward playing with supreme confidence.
In the 77th minute the United States men’s national team star swung in a cross that Davide Calabria flicked into the opposition’s net with a header.
Pulisic assist vs Salernitana
Christian Pulisic ➡️ Davide Calabria
BILBAO — Second-half goals from Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas earned Barcelona a 2-0 win over Olympique Lyonnais in the Women's Champions League final on Saturday, their second straight victory in the competition.
Barca, who beat Vfl Wolfsburg 3-2 in last year's final, came into the game seeking to go one better than their 2019 and 2022 finals against French powerhouse Lyon, which they lost 4-1 and 3-1 respectively.
Manchester United did the unthinkable and stunned their biggest rival Manchester City 2-1 in the FA Cup final on Saturday to end a tumultuous season on a high note.
Guardiola had won four Premier League titles in-a-row and was looking for a second straight FA Cup, however a feisty, scrappy and determined Red Devils side pulled off the biggest shock in the final in over a decade.
The A-League All Stars vs Newcastle game was a massive waste of time as the Premier League side fielded a team of youngsters that got annihilated 8-0.
Despite the Premier League season finishing literally a week ago, Newcastle are already doing a world tour with their first stop in Australia. On Wednesday the team’s usual starters played Tottenham to a 1-1 draw in Melbourne.
Barcelona sacked manager Xavi Hernandez on Friday, four weeks after confirming their former midfielder would honor the last year of his contract and lead them through next season.
The decision ended months of arguments between Barca and Xavi who made 767 appearances for the club over 17 seasons and helped them win 25 major trophies.
Xavi sacked by Barcelona
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Salah has let go of his iconic afro.
Mohamed Salah debuts new hairstyle on social media
Mohamed Salah shocked the soccer world on Friday after debuting his new look on social media, showing he had cut off his distinctive afro ahead of the summer holiday and the new era at Anfield.
PRAGUE — The Czech football association said on Thursday it had launched an investigation following Sparta Prague's 2-1 win over Viktoria Plzen in the Czech Cup final after supporters from both sides fought with each other on the pitch after the final whistle.
The Czech FA said it would take into account information from both clubs as well as the police, who eventually dispersed the dozens of supporters, many wearing hoods covering their faces, who stormed the pitch.
Czech Cup final fight
Atalanta have done what no team had accomplished all season: they defeated Bayer Leverkusen. A historic Ademola Lookman hat trick vs Leverkusen paired with terrific defending was enough to secure Atalanta’s 3-0 victory and their first European trophy.
This was Atalanta’s first major trophy since winning the Coppa Italia in 1963. The Italian underdogs lost in the Coppa Italia final to Juventus this season but bounced back with an even larger reward.
Los vemos antes de casi cada partido en la televisión. Salen caminando de las manos de los jugadores y se ven muy adorables. Son niños, pero los que conocen los llaman mascotas. ¿Pero cuál es su propósito? ¿Los jugadores conocen a los niños antes de que se conviertan en mascotas? ¿Ganan algo los niños además de sostener las manos de un atleta profesional? Es algo simple, ¿pero por qué los jugadores de fútbol caminan con niños en primer lugar?