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Newcastle Hosts Man City in League Cup. Madrid Looks to Bounce Back against Las Palmas

24 September 2023, United Kingdom, Sheffield: Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes celebrates with team-mate Anthony Gordon after scoring his side's seventh goal during the English Premier League match between Sheffield United and Newcastle United at Bramall Lane. (dpa)
24 September 2023, United Kingdom, Sheffield: Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes celebrates with team-mate Anthony Gordon after scoring his side's seventh goal during the English Premier League match between Sheffield United and Newcastle United at Bramall Lane. (dpa)
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Newcastle Hosts Man City in League Cup. Madrid Looks to Bounce Back against Las Palmas

24 September 2023, United Kingdom, Sheffield: Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes celebrates with team-mate Anthony Gordon after scoring his side's seventh goal during the English Premier League match between Sheffield United and Newcastle United at Bramall Lane. (dpa)
24 September 2023, United Kingdom, Sheffield: Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes celebrates with team-mate Anthony Gordon after scoring his side's seventh goal during the English Premier League match between Sheffield United and Newcastle United at Bramall Lane. (dpa)

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Wednesday:

ENGLAND

Newcastle hosts Manchester City in the third round of the English League Cup on Wednesday. City has made a 100% start to the season, while Newcastle routed Sheffield United 8-0 on Sunday. Newcastle was beaten by Manchester United in last season’s final and is still waiting for its first major trophy since 1969. City won everything but the League Cup last season when it completed a trophy treble of the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup. Other all-Premier League clashes include Aston Villa vs. Everton, Brentford vs. Arsenal and Chelsea vs. Brighton. Liverpool hosts Leicester.

SPAIN

Real Madrid looks to rebound from its first loss of the season when it hosts promoted Las Palmas in the Spanish league. Madrid had won its first five league games before losing 3-1 at city rival Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Vinícius Júnior is expected to make his return after missing the match against Atletico because of a stomach illness. The Brazil forward had been out before that with a hamstring issue. Las Palmas defeated Granada in the previous round for its first win of the season. Girona, which entered the midweek games tied at the top with Barcelona, visits Villarreal looking for its six straight victory. In other matches, Athletic Bilbao hosts Getafe, Rayo Vallecano visits Cadiz and Real Sociedad is at Valencia.

ITALY

Inter Milan will be looking to continue its perfect start to the Serie A season when it hosts Sassuolo. Inter has won all five of its Italian league matches, conceding just one goal in the process. However, it found it harder than perhaps expected before winning 1-0 at bottom club Empoli at the weekend and faces a Sassuolo team full of confidence after a 4-2 victory over Juventus. AC Milan is just three points behind its city rival and hosts Claudio Ranieri’s Cagliari, which is still seeking its first win back in Serie A. Udinese and Salernitana are also winless and play defending champion Napoli and Empoli respectively. Last season’s runner-up Lazio is surprisingly struggling and it hosts Torino, while Atalanta travels to Hellas Verona.

GERMANY

Two-time champion Leipzig begins its German Cup defense at Wehen Wiesbaden, which has lost its last two games and failed to win any of its last four in the second division. Leipzig has made a fine start to season, winning its last four Bundesliga games after an opening defeat at Bayer Leverkusen. Wiesbaden will be hoping the visitors are distracted by their upcoming league game against Bayern Munich on Saturday.

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Harry Kane Out of Bayern's Next Game with Calf Injury

Harry Kane of Munich celebrates after scoring the 1-1 equalizer during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich in Dortmund, Germany, 28 February 2026. EPA/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL
Harry Kane of Munich celebrates after scoring the 1-1 equalizer during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich in Dortmund, Germany, 28 February 2026. EPA/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL
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Harry Kane Out of Bayern's Next Game with Calf Injury

Harry Kane of Munich celebrates after scoring the 1-1 equalizer during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich in Dortmund, Germany, 28 February 2026. EPA/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL
Harry Kane of Munich celebrates after scoring the 1-1 equalizer during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich in Dortmund, Germany, 28 February 2026. EPA/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL

Harry Kane will miss Bayern Munich's game against Borussia Moenchengladbach on Friday with a calf injury in a blow to his hopes of breaking the Bundesliga record for most goals in a season.

Bayern coach Vincent Kompany said on Thursday the problem wasn't serious but means Kane will play no part in Friday's game, which could see Bayern open up a 14-point lead at the top of the table.

“He got a knock on his calf and hasn’t recovered yet,” The Associated Press quoted Kompany as saying. "It’s nothing serious for the time being but we’d need maybe another a day for him to be involved. We’re pretty relaxed. Of course we would have liked Harry to be involved but these things happen.”

Kompany didn't express concern Kane would miss Bayern's visit to Atalanta in the Champions League round of 16 next week.

Kane has scored 30 goals in the Bundesliga and is 11 short of Robert Lewandowski's record of 41, with 10 games remaining.

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Verstappen Says Too Late to Change Tack on New F1 Era

Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 5, 2026 Red Bull's Max Verstappen during the photoshoot ahead of the Australian Grand Prix REUTERS/Mark Peterson
Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 5, 2026 Red Bull's Max Verstappen during the photoshoot ahead of the Australian Grand Prix REUTERS/Mark Peterson
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Verstappen Says Too Late to Change Tack on New F1 Era

Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 5, 2026 Red Bull's Max Verstappen during the photoshoot ahead of the Australian Grand Prix REUTERS/Mark Peterson
Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 5, 2026 Red Bull's Max Verstappen during the photoshoot ahead of the Australian Grand Prix REUTERS/Mark Peterson

Four-times Formula One champion Max Verstappen is no fan of F1's technical reset but believes it is here to stay.

During off-season testing, the Red Bull driver was critical of the more electrified engines, which put more onus on drivers to be tactical with energy deployment and regeneration, describing it as "Formula E on steroids" and "anti-racing.”

Other drivers have also expressed concern in the lead-up to Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix where they will contend with the changes under race conditions for ⁠the first time.

Williams' ⁠Carlos Sainz told reporters at Albert Park that the governing FIA needed to listen to driver feedback and be flexible to tweak the regulations from race to race.

Verstappen said it was a "bit late" for that.

"Everything, the amount of money that has been ⁠invested as well into these regulations, it will be around for a while," he told reporters, according to Reuters.

"Suddenly, now things are raised, it's a bit late."

Verstappen, however, gave a glowing review of Red Bull's RB22 cars which will race with their own engine for the first time in Australia.

"I was really positively surprised with how basically everything felt," he said.

"Also, the rule changes have been really complex for everyone, but in terms ⁠of the ⁠feeling in the car, the driving experience between the engine and the car was good."

Mercedes and Ferrari appeared to have the edge over rivals in winter testing, and Verstappen acknowledged that Red Bull was unlikely to be the fastest team.

"Looking on the performance side of things, I think we want to be a little bit faster," he said.

"And naturally, I think everyone always wants to be faster, but from the things we learned in Bahrain (testing), at least we're not the quickest."

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Djokovic Says he Will Keep Playing as Long as he Has 'Fire and Flair'

INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 04: Novak Djokovic of Serbia fields questions form the media during Day 1 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 04, 2026 in Indian Wells, California. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images/AFP
INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 04: Novak Djokovic of Serbia fields questions form the media during Day 1 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 04, 2026 in Indian Wells, California. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images/AFP
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Djokovic Says he Will Keep Playing as Long as he Has 'Fire and Flair'

INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 04: Novak Djokovic of Serbia fields questions form the media during Day 1 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 04, 2026 in Indian Wells, California. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images/AFP
INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 04: Novak Djokovic of Serbia fields questions form the media during Day 1 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 04, 2026 in Indian Wells, California. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images/AFP

Novak Djokovic said he sees no reason to retire from tennis given that he is still motivated to compete and capable of beating the best players in the world.

The 38-year-old Serb defeated defending champion Jannik Sinner in a thrilling semi-final at the Australian Open in January before falling to world number one Carlos Alcaraz in the final, proving he is still a force on ⁠the sport's biggest ⁠stages.

"It was an incredible feeling to be able to beat Sinner in five sets in one of the epic matches that I played in recent times in Australia, and then have another great match with Carlos, who was just too good in the end," Djokovic told ⁠reporters at Indian Wells.

"For me, that has been a phenomenal result. So I have proven to myself primarily and to others that I can still compete at the highest level and beat these guys," Reuters quoted him as saying.

"So my logic is why not keep going as long as I have that fire and flair and quality and the motivation to do that."

The 24-times Grand Slam champion said he enjoys picking and choosing his schedule, which revolves mostly ⁠around the ⁠four Grand Slams and tune-up events. He also makes space for the Indian Wells tournament in the California desert, where he is a five-time champion.

"I really enjoy the thrill of competition," he said.

"I enjoy still getting out there in front of the fans and being competitive. Still number three in the world, so I don't think it's too bad in terms of the ranking and results and performances.

"So I'm still competitive. I still have that edge, and I'll keep on going as long as I feel like it."