MADRID (AP) — The Spanish soccer club owned by former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow secured promotion to the top tier of the Spanish league on Sunday. Leganes beat Elche 2-0 to win the second-division title. Its promotion came four years after it was relegated, and two years after the investment group led by Luhnow bought the modest club based in a neighborhood of southern Madrid. Leganes finished with 74 points after 42 matches, two points more than Valladolid, the club owned by fo
Another glittering showpiece at Wembley, another unalloyed triumph of security planning. Even with a £5 million ring of steel constructed around the stadium, with beefed-up checks and 2,500 stewards all responsible for averting a repeat of the Euros disgrace in 2021, it took just 26 seconds for a pitch invader to shatter the illusion of control. So much for the draconian policing: one of the trespassers gatecrashing the Champions League final was so untroubled that he had time to run the length
MADRID (AP) — For the second time in three seasons, and sixth in 10 years, Real Madrid is celebrating a Champions League title with its fans on the streets of the Spanish capital.
Real Madrid lifted the trophy and may dominate for some time to come, while PSG are about to enter an uncertain era