England defender Lucy Bronze has joined Barcelona on a free transfer after leaving Manchester City, the Spanish club said on Saturday.
Bronze, the FIFA Best Women's Player of the Year for 2020, has signed a two-year contract. She has Champions League winning pedigree having won the competition three times in a row with Olympique Lyonnais.
Paris Saint-Germain signed Lieke Martens on a three-year contract after the Dutch forward left Barcelona, the French club announced on Friday.
Martens joins PSG on a free transfer after her contract at Barcelona was set to expire this month. The 29-year-old had earlier confirmed her Barca exit on Instagram, saying it was "time for another adventure."
The 2010 World Cup smash hit “Waka Waka (Time for Africa)” is how Colombian pop star Shakira and Spanish defender Gerard Piqué met and the two eventually started dating. Now 11 years later the couple, who never married, are splitting up.
Shakira and Gerard Pique confirm they are separating in a joint statement.
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Another week, another batch of cool jerseys dropped in the soccer world for the 2022-23 season.
Barcelona is in the headlines after unveiling a very decent, Olympic-vibe kit for next season, one that luckily is letting us forget the monstrosity they donned in the last campaign.
The Champions League — formerly the European Cup — is the premier club soccer competition in the world, annually anointing a new champion to the team in Europe able to navigate a gauntlet of matches to reign supreme. The Champions League list of winners is a history of club football at its best — the teams that defined eras as much as any World Cup winner.
At 22, Catarina Macario has already won two NCAA titles, two SheBelieves Cup titles, an Olympic bronze medal and now, as of Saturday, a Women’s Champions League trophy. She’s won individual accolades as well, including a rare repeat performance as the Hermann Trophy winner (best college player) and SheBelieves Cup MVP in 2022.
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American stars Catarina Macario and Lindsey Horan became the fourth and fifth USWNT players to win the UEFA Champions League as Lyon defeated the seemingly unstoppable Barcelona 3-1 on Saturday in Turin.
Macario and Horan played the entire game and the 22-year-old phenom made history as the first American to score in the final.
Catarina Macario made history on Saturday when she became the first American to score in a UEFA Champions League final. Macario and her club Lyon faced Spanish powerhouse and defending champions Barcelona in Turin, Italy, and had a sensational first half.
With Lyon leading 2-0, Macario netted the third goal in the 33rd minute with a poacher’s finish at the far post. Lyon went on to win 3-1.
The 2021-22 UEFA Women's Champions League has been a watermark edition of the competition.