Soccer is the ultimate prize in Saudi Arabia’s push in sports. Karim Benzema’s signing offered a glimpse of the price tag. Lionel Messi’s rejection showed its limits.
Category: Soccer
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Champions League Final: Inter Milan Tries to Live in the Now
Inter made the Champions League final with Italy’s oldest squad and its highest debts. Whatever happens in Istanbul cannot stop the financial squeeze to come.
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How Apple and David Beckham Beat Saudi Arabia in the Race for Messi
A complex arrangement, involving Apple, to bring the soccer star to Miami shows how to trump the free-spending kingdom — and how hard that may be to duplicate.
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Lionel Messi, Soccer’s Most Coveted Free Agent, Picks Inter Miami
Days after he announced he would not return to Paris St.-Germain, Messi, Argentina’s World Cup hero, said his next stop would be Inter Miami of M.L.S.
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Lionel Messi, Soccer’s Most Coveted Free Agent, Picks Miami
Days after he announced he would not return to Paris St.-Germain, Messi, Argentina’s World Cup hero, said his next stop would be Inter Miami of M.L.S.
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Karim Benzema Joins Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ittihad
The acquisition of Benzema is part of a billion-dollar project to lure global stars to Saudi Arabia’s top league and expand the kingdom’s sports profile.
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Saudi Soccer League Creates Huge Fund to Sign Global Stars
A coordinated effort financed by the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund is offering huge paydays to some of the sport’s biggest stars if they join Saudi Arabia’s best teams.
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Women’s Champions League: Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmatí Chases Perfection
In her quest to become a “complete” player, Aitana Bonmatí wants to know everything. As she prepares for a fourth Champions League final, it’s working.
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Chelsea Says Executive Accused of Bullying Has Left the Club
A Premier League team confirmed the departure after an investigation into workplace behavior, but employees said they had received little information about its findings.
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L.A. Galaxy Fire Chris Klein, a Target of Fans’ Anger
Last in the standings and facing a boycott from fans, the Los Angeles Galaxy ousted Chris Klein.
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Everton Saved Its Premier League Status. But for How Long?
A win on the final day of the season kept Everton in the league and relegated Leicester and Leeds. But those results may be subject to change.
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For Everton and Premier League, Relegation Battle Isn’t the End
A club’s battle to avoid relegation is being shadowed by an investigation into its spending, and nudges to announce a resolution before next season.