Al-Hilal roar back to storm into Asian Champions League Elite last eight
RIYADH: Al-Hilal thrashed Pakhtakor 4-0 in the second leg of the second round of the Asian Champions League Elite on Tuesday to progress to the quarterfinal stage.
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Yamal, Raphinha fire Barca past Benfica into Champions League last eight
BARCELONA: Lamine Yamal and Raphinha dazzled as Barcelona thumped Benfica 3-1 on Tuesday, reaching the Champions League quarter-finals 4-1 on aggregate. Raphinha netted either side of a stunning Yamal strike as the Catalans dominated in the first half, building on their 1-0 last 16, first leg win in Lisbon. Nicolas Otamendi had quickly levelled Raphinha’s opener but the visitors were blown away at the Olympic Stadium as Barcelona progressed comfortably from the tie and produced some moments of brilliant attacking football. Hansi Flick’s side will face Borussia Dortmund or Lille in the quarter-finals as they aim to win the competition for the first time since 2015 and the era of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez. “We are candidates to win everything,” Raphinha told Movistar, with the club in the hunt for a potential treble. “For me the most important thing is what we did as a team and I am very happy with this victory,” he continued, before praising teenager Yamal. “His goal was spectacular, it shows what Lamine is — he’s a spectacular player with tremendous quality.” Flick said Barca would play for late club doctor Carles Minarro, who died suddenly on Saturday ahead of the team’s match against Osasuna, which was postponed, and the players observed a silence in his honor before kick-off. “What happened made us arrive at this game even more determined to win,” added Raphinha. Five-time Champions League winners Barca took the lead after 11 minutes when Spain international Yamal burst into the area, chopped his way past Florentino and then mishit the ball across to Raphinha for a simple finish. Benfica levelled within two minutes when Otamendi escaped Ronald Araujo to head home from a corner. Barcelona goalkeeper
Manchester United to leave Old Trafford for 100,000-seat stadium
LONDON: Manchester United on Tuesday announced plans to build a new 100,000-capacity stadium close to their historic Old Trafford home, which co-owner Jim Ratcliffe promised would be the “world’s greatest” football ground. The momentous decision by the Premier League club comes after an extensive consultation process on whether to develop their creaking current ground or move. The stadium, which will be built on land surrounding Old Trafford, will cost around £2 billion ($2.6 billion) and the project timescale is five years. United, 20-time English league champions, are one of the world’s most iconic football clubs but have fallen behind rivals such as Manchester City and Liverpool over the past decade. They are having a dismal season under current manager Ruben Amorim, languishing 14th in the Premier League table and knocked out of both domestic cup competitions. Ratcliffe himself this week told the BBC some of the club’s players are “not good enough” and some are “overpaid.” Scaled models and conceptual images for United’s new stadium were revealed on Tuesday at the London headquarters of architects Foster + Partners, appointed in September to design the stadium district. “Today marks the start of an incredibly exciting journey to the delivery of what will be the world’s greatest football stadium, at the center of a regenerated Old Trafford,” Ratcliffe said in a club statement. “Our current stadium has served us brilliantly for the past 115 years, but it has fallen behind the best arenas in world sport.” United said the stadium and a wider regeneration project had the potential to deliver an additional £7.3 billion per year to the UK economy, including the possible creation of 92,000 new jobs. Old Trafford, which has
Tyson Fury and Wayne Rooney to lead England squad at Soccer Aid 2025
MANCHESTER, England: Former world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury and ex-Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney will coach an England squad made up of athletes and celebrities for Soccer Aid 2025 at Old Trafford. UNICEF says the charity match pitting England against a World XI will take place on June 15 at United’s home stadium. Former England Women players Jill Scott and Steph Houghton, One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson, singer Tom Grennan, Olympic great Mo Farah, ex-England goalkeeper Joe Hart and former Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci are among those who have confirmed their commitment to the event created by pop star Robbie Williams in 2006. Former United players Gary Neville and Paul Scholes will also be back at Old Trafford alongside ex-England international Rooney, who will take on a player-manager role. UNICEF says it has raised more than £106 million ($137 million) for children worldwide since the first game. The money raised helps it deliver crucial programs providing food, health care, safe spaces and crisis support to young people in need. “The prospect of leading my England team to victory this June fills me with just as much excitement as any heavyweight fight,” said Fury.
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