May 7—Hayward Middle School's drone soccer team members showed off their skills to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio State Buckeye football standout and Springfield native Braxton Miller on Tuesday afternoon following a national competition in Virginia against 16 other teams April 27. Coach Luke Kelly said the drone soccer team is proud to call themselves pioneers in the sport, having hosted and ...
Kylian Mbappé leaned forward with his head bowed and hands on his thighs. Another Champions League dream with Paris Saint-Germain was over, ruined by the ruthless efficiency of a Borussia Dortmund team that stopped him scoring in both legs of their Champions League semifinal and recorded a 1-0 win in each. “We always want to win at PSG, we feel sad,” Mbappé said after Tuesday's defeat.
Eleven years after losing 2-1 to German rivals Bayern Munich in the 2013 Champions League final, Mats Hummels, Marco Reus and Borussia Dortmund have overcome the odds and are heading back to Wembley.A Dortmund junior product who broke through at Borussia Moenchengladbach before returning in 2012, Reus made it to the Champions League final in his first season at the club.
They brought flares and drums, banners and tifos. They brought a fresh generation of players, unscarred by the past. They brought Kylian Mbappe, the most formidable footballer on the planet. But still it was not enough for Paris St-Germain, a club so desperate for Champions League glory yet so unable to handle the decisive moments of this competition.