Wednesday December 11
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE:
With a 3-1 victory over Tottenham
Hotspur, Bayern Munich become
only the sixth team to win all six
group games in the competition,
following in the footsteps of Milan,
Paris Saint-Germain, Spartak
Moscow, Barcelona and Real
Madrid (twice).
USA: Not to be confused with the
new MLS side Inter Miami which
is part-owned by David Beckham,
Miami FC purchase the franchise
rights of disbanded Ottawa Fury
and will play in the USL.
Thursday December 12
SCOTLAND: Alfredo Morelos’ goal
in Rangers’ 1-1 Europa League draw
with Young Boys is his 14th of the
campaign – the most ever scored
by one player in a UEFA club
competition before Christmas.
SPAIN: Three former players offourth-tier Arandina – Raul Calvo,
Victor Rodriguez and Carlos
Cuadrado – receive 38 years in
prison for sexually assaulting a
15-year-old girl at a flat in 2017.
Friday December 13
BRAZIL: Chapecoense defender
Neto, who was one of just six
survivors of the air crash that killed
71 people in 2016, announces his
playing retirement. The 34-year-old
spent two years rehabilitating and
returned to training in March but
explains: “My body couldn’t take it
anymore. The pains were bigger
than the pleasure.”
Saturday December 14
GERMANY: Cologne striker Jan
Thielmann becomes the first player
born in 2002 to feature in the
Bundesliga as his side beat local
rivals Bayer Leverkusen 2-0.
SOUTH AFRICA: Uruguay’s
Mauricio Affonso gets both goals^as Mamelodi Sundowns beat
Maritzburg United 2-1 in the
Premier League Cup Final.
TURKMENISTAN: Altyn Asyr
complete a domestic treble, beating
Ahal 3-0 in the Turkmenistan Cup
Final and have now won 14 of the
18 trophies on offer since 2014.
ZIMBABWE: FC Platinum win
their third league title on the trot,
beating Caps United 1-0 on the
last day of the season.
Sunday December 15
HOLLAND: International striker
Memphis Depay looks set to miss
the rest of the season and the
summer’s European Championship
after rupturing anterior cruciate
ligaments while playing for Lyon
against Rennes.
ITALY: For the second time in Serie
A this season, all three subs score
for a team, as Verona come back
to draw 3-3 with Torino thanks to
goals from Giampaolo Pazzini,Valerio Verre and Mariusz Stepinski.
SPAIN: Rayo Vallecano’s Segunda
Division game is abandoned at
half-time after home supporters
chant that Albacete’s Roman
Zozulya is a Nazi. The Ukraine
international striker, who has always
denied links with far-right groups,
joined Rayo on loan in 2017 but the
deal was cancelled hours later after
fans turned up at training with a
banner claiming that the town was
“not a place for Nazis”.
Monday December 16
FIFA: Claims are filed in the Swiss
courts by FIFA against ex-president
Joseph Blatter and former vice-
president Michel Platini, seeking
restitution of the 2m Swiss francs
paid to Platini in February 2011.
FRANCE: Saint-Etienne are banned
from staging games at their Stade
Geoffroy-Guichard until further
notice after fans set off a barrage
of fireworks in Sunday’s 4-0 home
loss to Paris Saint-Germain.
Tuesday December 17
USA: The North Carolina city of
Charlotte is handed MLS’ latest
expansion franchise and will join
the league in 2021.
Wednesday December 18
EAFF E-1 CHAMPIONSHIP: Japan
need just one point in their final
game to be crowned East Asian
champions, but a solitary goal from
Hwang In-beom gives opponents
South Korea their fifth regional title.
ITALY: Cagliari name Gigi Riva
honorary president ahead of their
upcoming centenary year to markA comprehensive record of recent events around the world
DECEMBER 11, 2019-JANUARY 15, 2020
Triumphant...Mamelodi Sundowns celebrate winning the South African Premier League Cup Final against Maritzburg United