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West Ham lost 2-1 away to the Greek side a fortnight ago but their win at the London Stadium put them level on nine points with second-placed Freiburg, who crushed bottom side Backa Topola 5-0. "If I was being honest, I don’t think we made enough chances or opportunities and I need to look to see why that was the case," West Ham manager David Moyes said. The West Ham fans then held their breath late on as the visitors nearly equalised when Mady Camara's close-range header struck the post when he should have scored. Marseille secured a second victory with their win in Athens thanks to goals from Chancel Mbemba and Ismaila Sarr. The Italians are unbeaten in Group D on 10 points, three ahead of Sporting who beat 10-man Rakow Czestochowa 2-1.

Persons: Ham United's Lucas Paqueta, Said Benrahma, Emerson Palmieri, Vladimir Coufal, Isabel Infantes, David Moyes, Paqueta, James Ward, Prowse, Mady Camara's, Mbemba, Sarr, Jarell Quansah, Alexis Mac Allister, Klopp, Atalanta, Berat Djimsiti, Pedro Goncalves, Bogdan Racovitan, Danilo Pereira, Todd Cantwell, Janina Nuno Rios, Tommy Lund, Ed Osmond, Ken Ferris Organizations: Soccer, Europa League, Ham United, Olympiacos, London, REUTERS, Olympiakos Piraeus, Olympique de Marseille, AEK Athens, West Ham, Backa, Olympiakos, Marseille, Ligue, Brighton & Hove Albion, Ajax Amsterdam, LIVERPOOL, Liverpool, French, Toulouse, Sturm Graz, Berat, Sporting, Rangers, Sparta Prague, Real Betis, Aris Limassol, Betis, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Freiburg, Ham, Athens, European, Czestochowa

☆ Marseille down 10-man AEK, Olympiakos end West Ham's unbeaten European run
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MARSEILLE, France, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Olympique de Marseille overcame AEK Athens 3-1 in the Europa League with two penalties after a red card for the visiting goalkeeper, while Olympiakos Piraeus beat West Ham United 2-1 on Thursday to end the Londoners' 17-match unbeaten run in Europe. WEST HAM LOSEOlympiakos beat Europa Conference League holders West Ham in Group A as the visitors suffered a rare European defeat. Kostas Fortounis delivered the opening goal for Olympiakos with a powerful right-foot strike from outside the box, finding the bottom corner after 33 minutes. West Ham got a consolation goal in the 87th minute courtesy of a powerful Lucas Paqueta volley from the edge of the box. Freiburg and West Ham are top of the group with six points, while Olympiakos have four.

Persons: Vitinha, Orbelin Pineda, Cican Stankovic, Jordan Veretout, Nordin Amrabat, Renan Lodi ., Kostas Fortounis, Angelo Ogbonna, Angelo Ogbonna . West Ham, Lucas, SC Freiburg's Vincenzo Grifo, Ayoze Perez, Luis Muriel, Sturm, Sporting, Fabian Piasecki, Sebastian Coates, Viktor Gyokeres, Tommy Lund, Ken Ferris Organizations: Olympique de Marseille, AEK Athens, Europa League, Olympiakos Piraeus, West Ham United, Marseille, AEK, Brighton & Hove Albion, Ajax Amsterdam, WEST HAM, Olympiakos, Europa Conference League, West Ham, SC Freiburg's, Serbian, Real Betis, Aris Limassol, Sparta Prague, Rangers, Sturm Graz, Rakow, Sporting, Thomson Locations: MARSEILLE, France, Europe, Renan Lodi . Marseille, Angelo Ogbonna . West, Backa Topola, Freiburg, West Ham, Czech, Austria, Rakow Czestochowa, Portuguese, Gdansk

☆ Liverpool thump Toulouse 5-1, Brighton earn first European win
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The rest of the match belonged to Liverpool as Wataru Endo headed them back in front just past the half-hour mark. That goal took the Egyptian's tally to 43 for Liverpool in major European competitions, a record for any player at an English club. Liverpool top the group by five points over Union Saint Gilloise and Toulouse, who both have four points. BRIGHTON ROCKBrighton achieved a European milestone by beating Ajax and reigniting their chances of reaching the knockout stages. They are now level on four points with second-placed AEK Athens in Group B, a point behind Olympique de Marseille.

Persons: Diogo Jota, Wataru Endo, Darwin Nunez, Nunez, Ryan Gravenberch, Mohamed Salah, LASK, Cameron Puertas, Christian Burgess, Joao Pedro, Diant Ramaj, Ansu Fati, Maurice Steijn, Kostas Fortounis, Rodinei's, Angelo Ogbonna, Angelo Ogbonna . West Ham, Lucas Paqueta's, Edoardo Bove, Romelu Lukaku, Jose Mourinho's, Alejandro Grimaldo, Stade Rennais, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Tommy Lund, Ken Ferris Organizations: Liverpool, Brighton, Ajax, Olympiakos, West, Marseille, Leverkusen, Rennes, LIVERPOOL, Toulouse, Europa League, Brighton & Hove Albion, Ajax Amsterdam, Union Saint Gilloise, Union, BRIGHTON ROCK Brighton, AEK Athens, Olympique de Marseille, AEK, Seagulls, Olympiakos Piraeus, Europa Conference League, West Ham United, Freiburg, Backa Topla, AS Roma, Slavia Prague, Slavia, Bayer Leverkusen thumped Qarabag, Stade, Panathinaikos, Villarreal, Maccabi Haifa, Thomson Locations: Roma, England, Anfield, Brighton, Liverpool, Toulouse, Europe, Angelo Ogbonna . West, Gdansk

Scott McTominay moved ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Kane as the joint leading scorer in European Championship qualifying with Scotland on the brink of securing a place at next year's tournament. Manchester United midfielder McTominay claimed his sixth goal in qualifying for Euro 2024 as Scotland stayed ahead of Spain in the group on a maximum 15 points after five straight wins. Scotland needs two more points to ensure its place at the tournament, which will be held in Germany. McTominay has also been involved in more goals than any other player during qualifying, having provided one assist. He made history by overtaking Real Madrid and Wales great Gareth Bale as the youngest scorer in European qualifying.

Persons: Scott McTominay, Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, McTominay, Lamine Yamal, Spain —, Rasmus Hojlund, Romelu, Ronaldo, Kane, Steve Clarke, “ He’s, “, Ryan Porteous, John McGinn, Gareth Bale, Bale, Yamal, Gavi, ” Yamal, Alvaro Morata’s, Bruno Fernandes, It's, Roberto Martinez, Luxembourg's, Bruno Petković, Turkey, Bertug Yildirim, ___ James Robson Organizations: Scotland, Spain, Georgia . Manchester United, AEK Arena, Georgia, Real Madrid, Wales, Slovakia, Portugal's, Portuguese, Iceland, Latvia, Armenia Locations: Cyprus, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Scotland, Larnaca, Norway, Georgia, Liechtenstein, Bosnia, Herzegovina, CROATIA, Croatia, Turkey

☆ Liverpool handed favourable draw in Europa League group stage
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Soccer Football - Europa League - Group Stage Draw - Monaco, Monaco - September 1, 2023 General view of the completed draw Valerio Pennicino/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsSept 1 (Reuters) - Liverpool will take on LASK, Union Saint-Gilloise and Toulouse in the Europa League group stage while debutants Brighton & Hove Albion will face Ajax Amsterdam and Olympique de Marseille following the draw on Friday. Liverpool, who have lifted the trophy on three occasions, will be hot favourites to qualify top from Group E.Brighton face a tough task in their bid to progress past the group stage on their debut in European competition. Europa Conference League champions West Ham United were drawn with Olympiacos, Freiburg and TSC Backa Topola in Group A. Third-placed teams in the Europa League groups will drop to the third-tier Europa Conference League where they will play the group runners-up from that competition in the knockout round playoffs. The Europa League final will take place at Dublin's Aviva Stadium on May 22 next year.

Persons: Valerio Pennicino, Brighton's, Aadi Nair, Toby Davis Organizations: Soccer, Europa League, Monaco, REUTERS Acquire, Brighton & Hove Albion, Ajax Amsterdam, Olympique de Marseille, Liverpool, E, Brighton, Ajax, Marseille, AEK Athens, Europa Conference League, West Ham United, Olympiacos, TSC Backa, AS Roma, Slavia Prague, Sheriff Tiraspol, Servette, Bayer Leverkusen, Germany, Qarabag, Molde FK, BK Hacken, League, Dublin's Aviva, Thomson Locations: Monaco, Handout, Liverpool, LASK, Union, Toulouse, Freiburg, Bengaluru

☆ UEFA's Ceferin calls on Europe to end "cancer" of soccer violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Soccer fans detained following violent clashes between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb soccer fans, that lead to the death of a man, are taken to a magistrate, in Athens, Greece, August 11, 2023. "This is the cancer of football and those are not football fans," Ceferin said. "Violence and hooliganism are not only a Greek problem," he said adding European countries, institutions and media had to work together to help end football violence. Greece has made repeated efforts to reform soccer, which has been plagued by violence on and off the pitch. Mitsotakis said that Greece was exploring a further tightening of rules to help end violence at sporting events.

Persons: Louiza, Alexander Ceferin, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Ceferin, Michalis Katsouris, George Gerapetritis, Mitsotakis, Renee Maltezou, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Soccer, AEK Athens, Dinamo Zagreb soccer, REUTERS, Rights, UEFA, Dinamo Zagreb, Greek, AEK, Croatian, Aris Thessaloniki's, Thomson Locations: Athens, Greece, Europe, Croatia

☆ Greek soccer fan dies as soccer fans clash in Athens
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ATHENS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - A 22-year-old fan died on Tuesday after being seriously injured in violence among fans of AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb soccer clubs in Athens, semi-state Athens News Agency reported on Tuesday. The man was stabbed several times in clashes among fans of both clubs outside AEK's football pitch in Nea Philadelphia late on Monday, a police official said. Police said 100 to 120 Dinamo Zagreb fans showed up late on Monday near the AEK stadium, and where AEK fans had gathered. A UEFA Champions League qualifying-round match between AEK and visiting Dinamo Zagreb is scheduled to take place at AEK's stadium on Tuesday. Greek soccer has been plagued by violence on and off the pitch and authorities have repeatedly promised to clean up the game.

Persons: Angeliki Koutantou, Gerry Doyle Organizations: AEK Athens, Dinamo Zagreb, Athens News Agency, Police, AEK, UEFA Champions League, Thomson Locations: ATHENS, Athens, Nea Philadelphia, AEK's

☆ Rodolfo Pizarro: As US soccer goes crazy over Lionel Messi’s arrival, one Inter Miami player suffers brutal consequence of superstar’s signing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Fans turned out in their droves to watch Lionel Messi’s official unveiling as an Inter Miami player. When Pizarro signed for Inter, he filled one of the club’s three ‘Designated Player’ spots. The rule is also known as the ‘Beckham Rule’ after David Beckham – now Inter’s co-owner – became the first designated player when he joined LA Galaxy in 2007. So, with Messi signing a contract reportedly worth between $50 to $60 million per year, the 35-year-old Argentine fills one of Inter’s designated player spots. Either Inter can look to move one of their designated players on or they can “buy down” a player’s contract.

Persons: CNN —, Lionel Messi’s, Rodolfo Pizarro, Pizarro, Beckham, David Beckham –, –, Messi, Ira L, Matías Almeyda, “, ”, Messi’s, Sergio Busquets, – Messi, Busquets, Josef Martínez, Blaise Matuidi, Andrés Reyes, Leandro González Pirez, Nicolás, Julián Carranza, Jorge Mas, ” Mas, Chris Henderson Organizations: CNN, Inter Miami, Argentine, Inter, Major League Soccer, MLS, LA Galaxy, Messi, Philadelphia Union, AEK Athens, Mexican, Chivas, ” Inter, Soccer, Sporting, “ Inter Miami Locations: Argentine, Mexican, Instagram, Barcelona, America’s

☆ Mexico name injured Jimenez in World Cup squad
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Mexico coach Gerardo Martino named striker Raul Jimenez in his squad travelling to the World Cup in Qatar as he continues his recovery from injury problems. Jimenez, 31, has only played four matches this season for Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers after sustaining knee and groin injuries. Real Betis midfielder Andres Guardado will lead Mexico in his fifth World Cup after becoming his country's most capped international. Mexico will be without Sevilla forward Jesus Corona due to an ankle injury and youngsters Santiago Gimenez and Diego Lainez did not make the cut. Mexico play Sweden in their last warm-up match on Wednesday before heading to Qatar where they are in Group C along with Poland, Argentina and Saudi Arabia.

☆ Croatia's Dalic mixes youth and experience in bid for World Cup success
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Croatia finished top of their Nations League group ahead of world champions France and Denmark, and the 2018 runners-up will be riding a wave of momentum heading into the tournament. "However, there are other national teams that have such ambitions, the most important is the first match with Morocco. "The team from Russia was second in the world, and when you look at where those players played, they were all top clubs. One player was from the Croatian league, and now there are seven or eight of them. Luck is that young players have older players alongside them to mature...

☆ Moldoveanul Oleg Reabciuk este la un pas să câștige al doilea trofeu cu Olympiacos Pireu
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-29 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Oleg Reabciuk este foarte aproape să câștige al doilea trofeu cu Olympiacos Pireu. Echipa la care evoluează internaționalul moldovean s-a calificat în finala Cupei Greciei, după ce a învins-o pe PAS Giannina cu 3-1 în a doua manșă din semifinale. Youssef El Arabi a înscris de la punctul cu var, iar pe finalul primei reprize atacantul marocan și-a trecut în cont dubla.PAS Giannina a redus din diferență în minutul 50, prin Alexandros Kartalis, însă în câteva momente campioana Greciei a trecut din nou în avantaj. Reabciuk a participat la faza ofensivă care s-a încheiat cu golul lui Bruma.În ultimul act al Cupei Greciei, Olympiacos Pireu va juca cu învingătoarea celeilalte partide din semifinale, ce dintre PAOK și AEK Atena. În tur, gruparea din Salonic s-a impus cu 1-0, iar returul este programat în această seară.

Persons: Oleg Reabciuk, . Reabciuk, Georgios Karaiskakis, El Arabi, Alexandros Kartalis, Reabciuk Organizations: Olympiacos Pireu, Cupei, AEK Atena Locations: Cupei Greciei, Greciei, PAOK, Salonic

☆ CFR Cluj a ratat dramatic calificarea în șaisprezecimile de finală ale Ligii Europei
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-11 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

CFR Cluj a ratat dramatic calificarea în șaisprezecimile de finală ale Ligii Europei. În urma protestelor, portarul echipei oaspete a fost eliminat. Golul egalizator a fost marcat de Jean Pierre Nsame.Young Boys a marcat și golul doi, prin Gaudino, care a adus victoria în minutul șase al prelungirilor.CFR Cluj s-a clasat pe locul 3 în grupa A, iar AS Roma și Young Boys s-au calificat în faza următoarea a competiției.Tottenham Hotspur a câștigat grupa J după ce a dispus aseară de Antwerp cu scorul de 2-0. Ambele echipe s-au calificat la braț în șaisprezecimile de finală ale competiției.Real Sociedad a obținut și ea calificarea după remiza pe terenul lui Napoli, scor 1-1. Gazdele au deschis scorul în prima repriză prin Zielinski, iar gruparea spaniolă a egalat abia în prelungirile partidei prin Willian Jose.

Persons: Gabriel Debeljuh, Bălgrădean, Jean Pierre Nsame.Young Boys, Young Boys, Hotspur, Carlos Vinicius, Lo, Milanezii, Jens Hauge.Tot aseară Organizations: CFR Cluj, Ligii Europei, Young Boys, CFR, AS Roma, Real Sociedad, AZ Alkmaar, AC Milan, Sparta Praga, Lille, Celtic, Leicester City, AEK, Bayer Leverkusen, Slavia Praga, Dinamo Zagreb, ȚSKA Moscova Locations: Berna, Cluj, Antwerp, Napoli, Jose, Rijeka, Praga, Leicester, AEK Atena, Nyon

Televiziunea ESPN a anunțat, citând surse anonime, că Diop ar fi fost diagnosticat cu scleroza laterala amiotrofica (ALS). Diop a avut 63 de apariții pentru Senegal și momentul său de glorie pentru echipa națională a statului african a fost în 2002, la Cupa Mondială, când a marcat primul gol al turneului împotriva Franței, campioana mondială en-titre. Papa Douba Diop a mai înscris două goluri pentru Senegal la acel turneu, iar echipa sa a ajuns până în sferturile de finală. Diop și-a început cariera fotbalistică în Senegal, iar de acolo a ajuns la cluburi din Franța și Elveția. Supranumit „Dulapul" - avea 1,96 metri înălțime, Diop a câștigat Cupa Angliei cu Portsmouth.

Persons: Diop, -, Papa Douba, . Diop, Portsmouth . Organizations: ESPN, Cupa Mondială, FIFA, Cupei Mondiale, Premier League, Fulham, Portsmouth ., AEK Atena, West Ham United, Birmingham City Locations: Senegal, Franței, - titre, Franța, Elveția, Portsmouth, Angliei, Anglia, West Ham, Birmingham

Potrivit fostului agent FIFA Giovanni Becali meciul cu scandinavii va fi ultimul de acasă pentru selecționerul României, Mirel Rădoi. Indiferent de ce se va întâmpla, Rădoi va pleca!”, a declarat Giovanni Becali pentru digisport.ro. Meciul România - Norvegia va fi arbitrat de o brigadă din Turcia condusă de Ali Palabiyik. El a condus partida Portugalia U21 - România U21 din 2018, care a fost debutul lui Mirel Rădoi ca selecţioner al naţionalei de tineret. Din păcate, unii joacă obligați de UEFA și FIFA, iar alții își pot anula meciurile când vor”, a declarat selecționerul României, Mirel Rădoi.

Persons: FIFA Giovanni Becali, scandinavii, Mirel Rădoi, Giovanni Becali, Rădoi, digisport.ro, Ali Palabiyik, El, Omar Elabdellaoui, Elabdellaoui, Ciprian, David Lazar, Valentin Cojocaru, Cristian Ganea, Valentin Crețu, Vasile Mogoș, Iulian Cristea, Bogdan, Ionuț, Alin, Vlad, Mario, Bogdan Mitrea, Răzvan Marin, Alexandru Maxim, Alexandru, Erik Bicfalvi, Dan Nistor, Alexandru Albu, Dennis Man, Florin Tănase, George Pușcaș, Denis Alibec Organizations: fotbal, Ligii Națiunilor ., FIFA, Euro, Liga Națiunilor, Arena Naţională, Windsor Park, Liga Naţiunilor, România U21, Arena Națională, Galatasaray, UEFA, AC Milan, Astra Giurgiu, FC Viitorul, CFR Cluj, FC, Universitatea Craiova, UTA Arad, Norvegiei Locations: României, Norvegiei, Irlanda de Nord, Belfast, Craiova, Craiovei, România, Austria, Norvegia, amicalul, Belarus, Bucureşti, Irlandei de Nord, Turcia, Portugalia U21, Mogoșoaia, Israel, israelian, Norvegia Portari, Italia, Aris Salonic, Verona, Polonia, Atena, Grecia, Cagliari, Ungaria, FC Ural, Rusia, Anglia

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