Madrid (AFP) – Gareth Bale's move to Chinese side Jiangsu Suning collapsed on Sunday after Real Madrid cancelled the proposed deal due to wrangling over the fee, a source told AFP on Sunday. Bale, 30, who has been in the Spanish capital since 2013, was expected to join the Chinese Super League outfit on a […]

Paris (AFP) – Neymar will not feature in Paris Saint-Germain's last two games of their pre-season tour of Asia, French media reported on Sunday. PSG play Sydney FC in Suzhou on Tuesday but, sports daily L'Equipe reported, Neymar, who missed Brazil's victorious Copa America campaign with an ankle injury, and defender Presnel Kimpembe will stay […]

Lille (France) (AFP) – Arsenal target Nicolas Pepe is also weighing an offer from Napoli and will decide his future at the start of the coming week, a source close to the deal told AFP on Sunday. A second source said French champions Paris-Saint Germain had also entered the race to sign the 24-year-old. The […]

Madrid (AFP) – Gareth Bale's family have blocked the Real Madrid forward's move to Chinese side Jiangsu Suning, Spanish media reported on Sunday. The BBC also reported the forward's transfer had been cancelled, but not by the family but the La Liga giants themselves. Daily newspaper Marca said those close to Bale have asked his […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool have completed the signing of 16-year-old winger Harvey Elliott from Fulham, the European champions announced on Sunday. “To have joined the club that I supported as a boy is a dream come true for me and all of my family and it’s an incredible feeling to now officially be able to […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Malian Moussa Kone and Namibian Elmo Kambindu scored twice each as their countries built first-leg leads with away wins this weekend in 2020 African Nations Championship qualifying. While Mali, Namibia, Uganda and Ethiopia returned home with aggregate advantages and Mauritania and Zambia forced away draws, Burundi were the only home side to […]

Macau (AFP) – Portuguese midfielder Joao Mario scored the final spot-kick as Inter Milan beat Neymar-less Paris Saint-Germain on penalties in Macau on Saturday. With their want-away Brazilian superstar left out of the trip to the former Portuguese colony, PSG were seconds from victory before Samuele Longo's injury-time equaliser made it 1-1. Inter goalkeeper Samir […]

New York (AFP) – Diego Costa scored four goals as Atletico Madrid embarrassed La Liga rivals Real Madrid 7-3 Friday in a pre-season friendly at MetLife Stadium. Costa had a hat-trick by halftime and added one more goal before he was sent off in the 63rd, when both teams were reduced to 10 men after […]

Paris (AFP) – Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale was Friday on the verge of signing a "£1 million a week" deal with Chinese Super League outfit Jiangsu Suning, reports claimed. The 30-year-old Welshman has already been told by Real coach Zinedine Zidane that he does not form part of his future plans at the Spanish […]

Miami (AFP) – Former England football star David Beckham's MLS expansion club, Inter Miami, announced its first two player signings on Friday, 19-year-old Argentine players Matias Pellegrini and Julian Carranza. Pellegrini, a left wing, was dubbed "El Primero" in a tweet welcoming him to the club while forward Carranza will join him on the attack when […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Veteran former Italy international Daniele De Rossi has signed a one-year deal to join Boca Juniors, the Argentine giants revealed on their Twitter account on Friday. De Rossi, who turned 36 two days ago, brought to an end an 18-year career with his hometown club Roma at the end of last season. […]

Paris (AFP) – FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura has backed her boss Gianni Infantino and recommended the women's World Cup be expanded to 32 teams, according to documents seen by AFP on Friday. Samoura, the first female second-in-command at the governing body of global football, urged the FIFA Council to "approve the decision to expand […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal footballers Sead Kolasinac and Mesut Ozil faced down masked and armed attackers who targeted their car and chased them through London. Kolasinac insisted Friday that the English Premier League stars were both fine as police tried to track down the assailants. In footage circulating on social media, the Bosnia defender is […]

London (AFP) – QPR director of football Les Ferdinand has branded the "loophole" that allows English Football League clubs to sell their stadiums to their owners in order to meet league spending limits "an absolute joke". Last year, QPR finally settled their long-running dispute with the league over the Championship club's overspending when they were […]

Seoul (AFP) – Juventus drew 3-3 in a friendly with a K League all-star team on Friday but 60,000 spectators couldn't hide their upset after Cristiano Ronaldo failed to play. Ronaldo remained on the bench throughout the game ignoring appeals from the crowd to lace up his boots. It was understandable on the Portuguese superstar's […]