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MADRID, Aug 11 : Spain's World Cup confetti has barely been swept away, but LaLiga is looming large with Barcelona defending their domestic title and Real Madrid, bruised by two trophyless seasons, throwing money, muscle and Jose Mourinho at the problem.
MADRID: Spain’s World Cup confetti has barely been swept away, but LaLiga is looming large with Barcelona defending their domestic title and Real Madrid, bruised by two trophyless seasons, throwing money, muscle and Jose Mourinho at the problem. A little under a month after Spain beat Argentina to claim their second global trophy in New Jersey, adding global supremacy to their European Championship triumph, the country’s football gaze has swung from national euphoria to club intrigue. At the center of it all are familiar combatants: back-to-back champions Barcelona and a Real Madrid side whose summer has carried the unmistakable whiff of urgency. Newly re-elected Real President Florentino Perez has overseen one of the club’s most aggressive transfer windows in years, bringing Mourinho back to the Bernabeu from Benfica in a move that is bold, nostalgic and loaded with risk. Once known as “The Special One,” Mourinho returns to old territory with plenty to prove. He has gone 11 years without winning a league title and four without any trophy, bouncing between jobs and collecting controversies rather than medals. For Perez, the gamble is equally stark. Real’s 2024 LaLiga and Champions League double, which delivered their 15th European Cup and sixth in 11 seasons, feels oddly distant after two successive campaigns without silverware. The signing of Kylian Mbappe had looked like the rich getting richer, especially alongside Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Jr, but the glittering attack failed to produce the expected trophies. Perez has responded with a summer of high stakes.
Lisandro Martinez has joined up with Manchester United’s pre-season training camp in Dublin as the last of the players afforded an extended break following the World Cup.
Aug 10 : Rain has forced the cancellation of two Canadian Open men's quarter-finals scheduled for Monday in Montreal, tournament organisers said.
Aug 10 : Liverpool have signed Uruguay defender Ronald Araujo from Spanish champions Barcelona on a season-long loan, the Premier League club announced on Monday, as they moved to strengthen an injury-ravaged defence.
Canadians Duncan Chan and Alexis Galarneau saw their impressive run in doubles competition at the men's National Bank Open tennis tournament come to an end with a 6-2, 6-4 quarterfinal loss to Croatia's Mate Pavic and El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo on Monday.
LONDON, Aug 10 : It is 50 years since a female driver last competed in Formula One, with Italian Maria Grazia "Lella" Lombardi finishing 12th in the Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg's old Oesterreichring on August 15, 1976.
Aug 9 : Paris St Germain have re-signed France defender Lucas Digne from Aston Villa on a deal until 2029, the Ligue 1 champions said on Sunday.