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Dec 12, 2025, 12:24 AM ETMEXICO CITY — Former Atlético Madrid winger Ángel Correa scored a second-half goal on Thursday, and the Tigres UANL defeated reigning champion Toluca 1-0 in the first leg of the Liga MX Apertura final.The 30-year-old Correa, who scored 88 goals with 65 assists in 469 matches with Atletico, joined the Mexican side in the summer and scored the game-winner in the 46th minute on a cross from former Real Betis player Diego Lainez.The Argentine winger helped Atletico to win the Spanish league title in the 2020-21 season and reach the final of the Champions League…

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Ask many Chileans how their country fared in the past several years and they’ll describe a descent into disaster: Venezuelan gangs surged across porous borders, bringing unprecedented kidnappings and contract killings to one of the region’s safest nations. A social uprising unleashed violent chaos on once-sleepy streets. An economy long vaunted for its rapid growth sputtered into a stall.These are the voters who hope to elect their country’s most right-wing president since its military dictatorship on Sunday. Former lawmaker José Antonio Kast, 59, they argue, can bring back the simple, stable life that Chileans lost to…

Jeff KassoufDec 11, 2025, 09:28 PM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.The NWSL’s board of governors approved a new roster mechanism to pay select star players above the current salary cap, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN.The proposed mechanism still requires consultation with the NWSLPA, however, because of its effect on the salary cap and per the terms of the league’s collective bargaining agreement.ESPN first reported Wednesday that the NWSL’s board…

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Days of torrential rain in Washington state has caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic.Washington is under a state of emergency and evacuation orders are in place for tens of thousands of residents. Gov. Bob Ferguson on Thursday urged everyone to follow evacuation instructions as yet another river neared record levels.“I understand that many in our state have experienced significant floods in the past,” he said on the social…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — There’s a saying in Mexico: “Not all Mexicans are Catholic, but all are Guadalupan.”The phrase conveys the deep connection between Our Lady of Guadalupe and the country’s identity. In the nation of 130 million people — the majority of whom identify as Catholic — this apparition of the Virgin Mary carries a symbolic force that often surpasses religious belief.“After Mexico emerged as an independent nation, she came to embody not just religious devotion but a sense of national identity,” said Nydia Rodríguez, director of a museum dedicated to the Virgin at Mexico City’s Basilica. The sanctuary…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — World shares rose on Friday, tracking Wall Street’s climb to records despite a sell-off for Oracle as worries persisted about a potential bubble in artificial-intelligence technology.The future for the S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1%, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.3%In early European trading, Germany’s DAX added nearly 0.6% to 24,427.67. Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.4% to 9,737.25, and the CAC 40 in Paris gained 0.4% to 8,141.66.Japan’s Nikkei 225 index climbed 1.4% to 50,836.55, rebounding from the previous session’s losses.Investors remain cautious ahead of next week’s policy meeting of the Bank…

DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon was one of six Colorado players to score and the Avalanche cruised to a 6-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night. Sam Malinski, Brock Nelson, Gavin Brindley, Artturi Lehkonen and captain Gabriel Landeskog also had goals. The Avalanche saw 13 different players record at least a point. Colorado (22-2-7) now has a league-leading 51 points this season and became the sixth team over the last 20 years to reach the 50-point mark in 31 games or fewer.Before the game, the Avalanche honored the 1995-96 Stanley Cup team, which captured the Mile High City’s…

Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy understood why his team were booed off following a 3-0 home loss to Roma but said he was not worried about the heavy defeat that left their hopes of staying in the Europa League hanging by a thread.Nancy became the first Celtic manager to lose his opening two games, with the Scottish champions in disarray in the opening 45 minutes, trailing by three goals going into the break as Evan Ferguson netted twice to add to an early own goal from Republic of Ireland team-mate Liam Scales. The supporters made their feelings clear at both half-time…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers.Premier LeagueMLS commissioner Don Garber has urged Mohamed Salah to speak to Lionel Messi about life in the United States amid uncertainty surrounding the 33-year-old’s future at Liverpool – Daily Mail Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports chief correspondent Kaveh Solhekol explains how a move for Mohamed Salah to Saudi Arabia may come about, or could he even be tempted by a move to Europe or another club in the Premier League Manchester United have no interest in signing Sergio Ramos on a free transfer despite…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers.Mohamed Salah’s futureMohamed Salah and Jordan Henderson have been pictured meeting in a restaurant in Chelsea and spoke for around 90 minutes, amid uncertainty over the Liverpool forward’s future – The Sun. MLS commissioner Don Garber has urged Salah to speak to Lionel Messi about life in the United States amid uncertainty surrounding the 33-year-old’s future at Liverpool – Daily Mail Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports chief correspondent Kaveh Solhekol explains how a move for Mohamed Salah to Saudi Arabia may come about, or could…