Just 18 gamers have ever received a European Cup and FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship double in the identical yr, with Raphaël Varane the most recent member of an elite membership following his triumphs with Real Madrid and France in 2018.This month there's a new double up for grabs, with simply two gamers nonetheless capable of win the inaugural UEFA Nations League eight days after lifting the UEFA Champions League trophy with Liverpool: the Netherlands' Virgil van Dijk and Georginio Wijnaldum. England had three hopefuls of their very own – Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez and Jordan Henderson – earlier than Gareth
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Barcelona in sight of distinctive double
Barcelona will play their first UEFA Women's Champions League closing on 18 May in Budapest and will assist the membership midway to a novel double.Never earlier than have a membership reached the key males's and girls's UEFA finals in the identical season, and no facet have planted each titles on their roll of honour. But ought to Barcelona get previous Liverpool on Tuesday within the males's semi-finals, they'll have achieved the previous of these feats. Then, if Barcelona beat ladies's holders Lyon and the lads declare their sixth European crown, historical past will actually have been made. Arsenal are presently the one
Ronaldo opens Juventus account as big guns impress
Ronaldo hits double for Juventus in fourth straight Serie A win Paris, Liverpool retain 100% records after five league games Bayern have three wins from three in the Bundesliga Suárez and Dembélé seal Barcelona turnaround David Silva scores 50th Premier League goal for Man. City PICK YOUR #UCLFANTASY TEAM NOW Group A
Red Sox Notes: Rick Porcello, Alex Cora React To Pitcher’s Three-Run Double
Show of hands: Entering Monday’s game, who had Rick Porcello as the Boston Red Sox’s most important offensive contributor? Of course, such a belief would have been nonsense in the first place, but coupled with the fact that the Sox were facing Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer, such a notion would’ve bordered the line of lunacy. But there it was, the Nats intentionally walked Jackie Bradley Jr. to load the bases and get to Porcello, and he responded by launching a ball to deep left field on an 0-2 count to empty the bases. Given the Red Sox ultimately won 4-3, it’s clear how important the double was to the eventual result of the
Who’s on for a Champions League-World Cup double?
European Cup-World Cup double winners1974: Sepp Maier, Paul Breitner, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Uli Hoeness (Bayern & West Germany)1998: Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid & France)2002: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid & Brazil) To qualify, players must have featured in both winning finals. It's an elite club which Sami Khedira so nearly joined four years ago, an injury in the warm-up preventing him from turning out for Germany in their FIFA World Cup final win against Argentina. ... UEFA.com - News
Who is on for a #UCL/World Cup double in 2018?
Having played as Real Madrid won the 2014 UEFA Champions League, Sami Khedira had a bittersweet experience with Germany a few weeks later, pulling up injured during the warm-up before his country's FIFA World Cup final win against Argentina."I hurt my calf during the warm-up; I could have tried to play, but I had to put my team first," he said afterwards. "The moment I realised I wouldn't play was the most devastating of my career."
Celtics Wrap: Boston Drops Third Straight, Fall To Clippers 129-119
The Boston Celtics will be heading into the All-Star break with a bad taste in their mouth. The C’s dropped their third straight game as they fell to the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 129-119 at TD Garden on Wednesday night. Kyrie Irving scored a game-high 33 points and was one of six Celtics in double figures. DeAndre Jordan was one of seven Clippers that scored in double digits, posting a career- and team-high 30 points. The Celtics fall to 40-19 with the loss, while the Clippers climb to 30-26. Here’s how it all went down: STARTING FIVEPG: Kyrie IrvingSG: Jaylen BrownSF: Jayson TatumPF: Al Horf... NESN.com