Messi's Miami face double Mexican meeting in Leagues Cup / Photo: CHANDAN KHANNA - AFP
-
'Black day': French workers protest Michelin plans to close two plants
-
Manchester United fans in favour of leaving Old Trafford
-
Saudi Aramco's quarterly profit drops 15% on low oil prices
-
Kenya court jails Olympian Kiplagat's killers for 35 years
-
Dutch, French authorities raid Netflix offices in tax probe
-
Barcelona to replace flood-hit Valencia for MotoGP finale
-
Spain unveils aid plan a week after catastrophic floods
-
Neymar to miss two weeks' training in fresh setback: coach
-
Injured Djokovic gives up on ATP Finals title defence
-
Indonesia volcano erupts again after killing nine day earlier
-
Injured Djokovic to miss ATP Finals
-
South Korea fines Meta for illegal collection of user data
-
UK parliament to debate world's first 'smoke-free generation' bill
-
Stock markets rise, dollar pressured as US votes
-
'Incalculable' bill awaits Spain after historic floods
-
Europe auto struggles lead to cuts at Michelin, Germany's Schaeffler
-
Award-winning Cambodian reporter quits journalism after arrest
-
Kenyan athletes' deaths expose mental health struggles
-
Start without a shot: PTSD sufferers welcome marathon effort
-
Norway speeds ahead of EU in race for fossil-free roads
-
Harris or Trump: America decides in knife-edge election
-
Smog sickness: India's capital struggles as pollution surges
-
Most Asian markets rise as US heads to polls in toss-up vote
-
World's first wooden satellite launched into space
-
Myanmar junta chief visits key ally China
-
Nintendo lowers sales forecast as first-half profits plunge
-
Most Asian markets rise ahead of toss-up US election
-
Greenland seeks to capitalise on 'last-chance tourism'
-
Saudi Aramco says quarterly profit drops 15% on low oil prices
-
Greenland eyes tourism takeoff with new airport runway
-
Boeing union says approves contract, ending over 7-week strike
-
Harris, Trump end historic campaigns with final pitch to voters
-
Cavs down Bucks to improve to 8-0, Thunder unbeaten in West
-
New Hampshire hamlet tied in first US Election day votes
-
Outsider Knight's Choice wins Melbourne Cup photo-finish thriller
-
Chiefs stay perfect with overtime win over Bucs
-
Uncertain Inter with questions to answer before Arsenal clash
-
With Mbappe gone, misfiring PSG are under pressure in Champions League
-
China's premier 'fully confident' of hitting growth targets
-
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile salvo ahead of US election
-
Taiwan couple charged with trying to influence elections for China
-
Indonesian President Prabowo to visit China this week
-
Critically endangered Sumatran elephant calf born in Indonesia
-
The marble 'living Buddhas' trapped by Myanmar's civil war
-
How East Germany's 'traffic light man' became a beloved icon
-
Japan expresses concern to China over Russia-North Korea ties
-
Asian markets swing ahead of toss-up US election
-
Palau polls open as pro-US president faces election test
-
'Panic buttons,' SWAT teams: US braces for election unrest
-
Hundreds of UK police sacked for misconduct
NYSE - LSE
Messi's Miami face double Mexican meeting in Leagues Cup
Inter Miami and Lionel Messi will face Mexican teams Tigres and Puebla in this season's Leagues Cup, Major League Soccer announced on Wednesday.
Inter Miami are defending champions in the tournament, which brings together all 47 top-flight teams from MLS and Mexico's Liga MX.
Messi led Miami to victory over Nashville in last year's tournament final, the club's first trophy since signing the Argentine World Cup winner.
The dates and venues of the games will be announced at a later date but the tournament kicks off on July 26 and the final will be held on August 25.
The tournament will again be held only in the United States and Canada with Mexican clubs on the road throughout.
However, four of the Liga MX teams, including Tigres, will play "home" games at a "hub" in the United States to reduce travel.
The teams are split into 15 groups of three with MLS champions Columbus Crew and Liga MX winners Club America receiving byes into the next round.
The top two teams from each group progress to the knockout round of 32.
The draw has also attempted to limit travel by keeping teams from the East and West coasts together.
Among other eye-catching matchups, 2022 MLS champions Los Angeles FC will face Club Tijuana and Canada's Vancouver Whitecaps in West 7.
Mexican international Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez, is set for a reunion with his former club, Los Angeles Galaxy, when they face Chivas in West 2, which also features the San Jose Earthquakes.
CONCACAF Champions League winners Club Leon will take on the Portland Timbers and the Colorado Rapids while in the East, Pachuca are up against New York Red Bulls and Toronto FC.
All the games will be broadcast globally on Apple TV's MLS Season Pass with some games also broadcast on networks in the US, Canada and Mexico.
Full draw for group stage of Leagues Cup:
West
West 1: CF Monterrey, Pumas UNAM, Austin
West 2: Chivas de Guadalajara, San Jose Earthquakes, LA Galaxy
West 3: St. Louis City, FC Dallas, FC Juarez
West 4: Toluca FC, Sporting Kansas City, Chicago Fire
West 5: Club Leon, Portland Timbers, Colorado Rapids West 6: Seattle Sounders, Minnesota United, Club Necaxa
West 7: LAFC, Vancouver Whitecaps, Club Tijuana
West 8: Houston Dynamo, Real Salt Lake, Atlas
East
East 1: FC Cincinnati, New York City, Queretaro FC
East 2: Orlando City, Atlético de San Luis, CF Montreal
East 3: Tigres UANL, Puebla, Inter Miami
East 4: Philadelphia Union, Charlotte FC, Cruz Azul East 5: New England Revolution, Nashville, Mazatlan
East 6: Pachuca, New York Red Bulls, Toronto FC
East 7: Atlanta United, Santos Laguna, D.C. United
B.Finley--AMWN