Barcelona – Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said on Monday he is an “optimist” as his team bid to stun Barcelona at the Camp Nou and snatch a place in the Champions League last 16. The Premier League outfit have kept their hopes of qualification alive with dramatic back-to-back wins over PSV Eindhoven and Inter Milan,…
MADRID — It took the former World Cup winner Ronaldo Luíz Nazário de Lima only weeks to realize that he would have to choose his words carefully now that he was a team owner. A short time after he spent roughly $30 million to become majority owner of the Spanish first-division club Real Valladolid in…
Newcastle – Matt Doherty snatched victory deep into stoppage time as 10-man Newcastle succumbed to a 2-1 defeat against Wolves at James’ Park on Sunday. The Magpies looked to have claimed a hard-earned point despite having DeAndre Yedlin sent off in the 57th minute but wing-back Doherty headed the visitors to a second straight victory…