• The Independent

    Barcelona vs PSG LIVE: Champions League result and reaction as Kylian Mbappe brace completes comeback

    Barcelona 1-4 PSG (4-6 agg): PSG will know face Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals

  • The Canadian Press

    Barcelona's Champions League exit sends Atletico Madrid to 2025 Club World Cup in the United States

    ZURICH (AP) — Barcelona’s exit from the Champions League on Tuesday sent Atletico Madrid to the inaugural 32-team Club World Cup in the United States next year. Europe will have 12 teams at the lucrative monthlong tournament — title winners of the Champions League in the four seasons through this one plus high-ranked teams based on overall results in the competition in this period. Barcelona began play Tuesday trailing Atletico in the rankings to take the second Club World Cup entry from Spain a

  • The Canadian Press

    Mbappé scores twice as PSG beats Barcelona to reverse 1st-leg loss and reach Champions League semis

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Kylian Mbappé scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain reversed its first-leg loss at home to return to the Champions League semifinals with a 4-1 win over Barcelona on Tuesday. PSG took advantage of a first-half red card to Barcelona defender Ronaldo Araujo to advance 6-4 on aggregate and keep its title hopes alive in Mbappé's last season in Paris. Former Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembélé and Vitinha also scored for PSG after Araujo was sent off in the 29th minute for fouling

  • The Canadian Press

    Pulisic and McKennie face each other as rivals in Italy before joining forces again for US

    Weston McKennie thought back to when he first met Christian Pulisic, a pair of 13-year-olds on a bus from a hotel to training camp in Carson, California. “I used to sit behind him. I used to squirt empty air with a little bit of water into his ear,” McKennie said. “I was scared to take the elevator, so he used to walk with me up the stairs, like 11 flights of stairs, after training all the time.” A dozen years later, they are mainstays on the U.S. national team as it prepares for this summer's C