London (AFP) – Liverpool and Tottenham fans are calling on sponsors to return a portion of their Champions League ticket allocations so more supporters can attend next month's all-English final in Madrid. Both clubs have received around 16,600 tickets apiece for the June 1 meeting at the Wanda Metropolitano, which has a capacity of 63,500 […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City said Thursday they were "disappointed" but "not surprised" after being referred to UEFA's adjudicatory chamber for alleged breaches of financial fair play rules. In 2014, the Premier League champions were fined £49 million ($63 million) and subjected to squad, wage and spending caps in a settlement agreed with football's European […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has received offers from both Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United, according to a report in German football magazine Kicker on Thursday. Kicker reported that Lewandowski, whose current deal at Bayern runs until 2021, was unhappy with the club's plan to extend his contract by a single year, […]

Décines-Charpieu (France) (AFP) – Women's football is a bet that's paying off for French club Lyon and their president Jean-Michel Aulas. Lyon's women's team can win a fourth consecutive Champions League title when they face Barcelona in the final in Budapest on Saturday. As many as eight members of that team will be in the […]

Shanghai (AFP) – The clink of champagne glasses in the Southampton boardroom could almost be heard in China after the Premier League team this week announced "the biggest sponsorship deal in the club's history". Chinese-owned Southampton said it was "delighted" at the agreement with LD Sports, though financial details were not disclosed of the deal that […]

Seoul (AFP) – South Korea have abandoned their bid to stage football's Asian Cup in 2023, authorities said, leaving the sole other bidders China with a free run to become hosts. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said in a statement it had pulled out to "strategically focus" on a joint bid with North Korea to […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City have not yet held their victory parade after edging Liverpool in a thrilling Premier League title race but already they are plotting for next season. The champions are not alone. A huge summer splurge on transfer fees is likely after Premier League spending fell last year, in part due to […]

Rome (AFP) – Lazio lifted the Coppa Italia for the seventh time on Wednesday after late goals from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Joaquin Correa guided them to a 2-0 final win over Atalanta on a night in Rome dogged by fan violence. Milinkovic-Savic's fine header set Lazio on their way with eight minutes left at the Stadio […]

London (AFP) – Jack Marriott scored twice as he started and finished a dramatic revival that saw Derby County beat Leeds United 4-2 on Wednesday to complete a 4-3 aggregate comeback win and reach the English Championship play-off final. Former Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard is now one game away from taking the Rams […]

Rome (AFP) – Lazio lifted the Coppa Italia for the seventh time on Wednesday after late goals from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Joaquin Correa guided them to a 2-0 final win over Atalanta on a night in Rome dogged by fan violence. Milinkovic-Savic's fine header set Lazio on their way with eight minutes left at the Stadio […]

London (AFP) – Jack Marriott scored twice as he started and finished a dramatic revival that saw Derby County beat Leeds United 4-2 on Wednesday to complete a 4-3 aggregate comeback win and reach the English Championship play-off final. Former Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard is now one game away from taking the Rams […]

Doetinchem (Netherlands) (AFP) – Ajax were crowned Dutch champions for the 34th time on Wednesday after they cruised to 4-1 win at De Graafschap that completed a domestic double a week after their crushing Champions League exit at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur. Goals from Lasse Schoene, Nicolas Tagliafico and Dusan Tadic, who bagged a […]

Madrid (AFP) – Spain's domination of men's football in Europe may be over but in the women's game it leads the way after a season of unprecedented interest and swelling financial support. Barcelona will play their first Champions League final against Lyon on Saturday, two months after a European record crowd of 60,739 watched them […]

New York (AFP) – The Buffalo Sabres unveiled Ralph Krueger as the NHL franchise's new head coach on Wednesday, just weeks after his dismissal as chairman of English Premier League side Southampton. The Canada-born former Germany international has been on an extended sabbatical from ice hockey, spending five years in English football's top flight with […]

Berlin (AFP) – The German Football League (DFL) and its member clubs have unanimously rejected proposals to reform the UEFA Champions League. In a statement given after its AGM on Wednesday, the DFL declared that all 36 +German professional clubs were against the proposed reforms, which would see the Champions League restructured into a three-tiered […]