Ben Arfa stars in PSG’S 4-1 win

KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIA: New signing Hatem Ben Arfa was among the scorers as Paris Saint-Germain romped to a one-sided 4-1 win over Lyon in the Champions Trophy, the

Published on: Aug 8, 2016, 07:41:35 IST

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KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIA: New signing Hatem Ben Arfa was among the scorers as Paris Saint-Germain romped to a one-sided 4-1 win over Lyon in the Champions Trophy, the traditional French season-opener, on Saturday. Javier Pastore, Lucas Moura and Layvin Kurzawa got the other goals before Corentin Tolisso grabbed a consolation as the champions won the trophy for the fourth year running.

HUMMELS SET FOR DORTMUND JEERS

BERLIN: Mats Hummels expects to run a gauntlet of boos and whistles next Sunday on his first game back in the Bayern Munich shirt -- away to his ex-club Borussia Dortmund. The 27-year-old Germany defender, a product of the Bayern academy, signed for Dortmund in 2008, but has rejoined the Munich giants after eight years at their Bundesliga rivals.

BARCELONA ANGRY OVER UEFA AWARD SNUB

BARCELONA: FC Barcelona’s vice-president Jordi Mestre has said the Spanish champions are “very disappointed and angry” with European football governing body UEFA’s decision to overlook stars strikers Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez for the continent’s Best Player award which he termed as “scandalous”.

Messi and Suarez were not among the three finalists for the prize, with arch-rivals Real Madrid duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, and Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann selected.

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