Soccer

11/20/2025 |  Liverpool’s title defense in disarray but benign fixture run coming in the Premier League (Associated Press (AP)) Three months in and it has already been a season of extreme highs and lows for Liverpool.
A run of five straight wins to start the Premier League title defense. Then a streak of four consecutive losses.
Before the international break an impressive 1-0 victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League was celebrated as some sort of revival. That was immediately shot down in a dispiriting 3-0 defeat at Manchester City, a result Arne Slot has had to stew over for two weeks.

11/20/2025 |  2026 World Cup Group Stage Draw: How to Watch? How Does It Work? (Fox Sports) Your country has qualified for the 2026 World Cup. You're excited about seeing your nation play with the best of the best.  But the biggest question is, how will each team know their opponents?

11/20/2025 |  Why a 1994 rule loophole continues football ticket resale issue (Insider Sport) The UK is introducing a new ban on reselling tickets for entertainment events, but for football fans, a 30-year-plus ban prevents football tickets from being covered.
The UK is set to ban the resale of tickets on platforms above face value in a bid to curb the rising costs for sports and entertainment events.
The government intends to halt ticket resale sites, such as StubHub and Viagogo, to avoid consumers from being “ripped off”. The ban on resale tickets above face value will apply to sporting events, concerts, theatre, comedy and other live events. 

11/20/2025 |  Juventus board approves 10% capital increase via share sale (Reuters Sports) Nov 20 (Reuters) - Juventus (JUVE.MI)
, opens new tab said on Thursday that its board approved a capital increase of up to 37.9 million new ordinary shares, equivalent to roughly 10% of its existing stock, through a sale of shares to institutional investors.
The Serie A club said controlling shareholder Exor, holding approximately 65.4% of the club, pledged to fully subscribe to the capital increase.

11/20/2025 |  Toulouse's Donnum under investigation for alleged racist gesture (Reuters Sports) PARIS, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Toulouse winger Aron Donnum is under preliminary investigation for an alleged racist gesture, the Toulouse prosecutor told Reuters on Thursday, following initial reports by L'Equipe.
The inquiry stems from an incident during Toulouse's Ligue 1 fixture against Le Havre on November 2, where Donnum, who has denied his actions were racist, waved his hand in front of his nose in the direction of Le Havre's Cameroonian midfielder Simon Ebonog, who is Black.