Dortmund are not even the best team in North Rhine-Westphalia, yet are two results from unlikely European glory as they prepare to face PSG in their semi-final second leg
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is searching for the formula to take his team's performance up several notches to get past Bayern Munich on Wednesday and reach the Champions League final.Ancelotti only started Nacho against Cadiz from the line-up he deployed in Munich, so his players will be fresh and chomping at the bit to reach the final.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Monday Major League Soccer needs to sign more top players in order to boost the profile of the sport in the United States.However the league has faced growing calls -- not least from broadcast partner Apple TV -- to relax those rules in order to enable clubs to target more top talent.
A wave of crimes against South American footballers has underscored the risks faced by players loath to return home from overseas clubs to a region where they, or their loved ones, risk being kidnapped, blackmailed or targeted by gangs with a message to send.They left a threatening message for the footballer in what was also interpreted as gangs flexing their muscle.