Milan (AFP) – AC Milan revived their Champions League hopes with a 2-1 win over Bologna on Monday as tempers flared with three players sent off and a bust-up between French midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko and coach Gennaro Gattuso on the sidelines. Gattuso's side move back into fifth place — three points behind Atalanta who occupy […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City moved to within one win of retaining the Premier League title as captain Vincent Kompany's thunderous strike earned a nervy 1-0 win over Leicester City on Monday. The English champions were not as their fluent best, but got the one moment of real quality they needed from an […]

Lyon (AFP) – Former Manchester United defender Rafael Da Silva has extended his stay at French Ligue 1 outfit Lyon by a further two seasons, the club said on Monday. Now 28 Rafael arrived in Manchester in 2008 when Alex Ferguson brought the Da Silva twins Rafael and Fabio to Old Trafford where they helped […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool must turn to unlikely heroes to overturn a 3-0 Champions League semi-final, first leg deficit against Barcelona on Tuesday according to defender Trent Alexander-Arnold after top scorer Mohamed Salah was ruled out with concussion. Roberto Firmino will also be absent against the Spanish champions leaving Jurgen Klopp without two of his […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Barcelona striker Luis Suarez returns to Anfield on Tuesday hoping to dump Liverpool out of the Champions League semi-finals, but remains eternally grateful to the Reds for helping him win a move to the Catalan giants. Suarez shone on the field during a turbulent three-and-a-half years at Liverpool, that included long bans […]

Madrid (AFP) – With radical changes proposed to the Champions League, creating the possibility of a competition largely reserved for Europe's elite, domestic leagues and at least 150 clubs will gather for talks Tuesday in Madrid, ahead of a crucial meeting with UEFA 24 hours later. European Leagues, the association of the continent's professional leagues, […]

Porto (Portugal) (AFP) – Spanish goalkeeping great Iker Casillas left hospital in Portugal on Monday and said that his football future is uncertain, five days after suffering a heart attack during training with his club. The 37-year-old, who has played for Porto since 2015, was admitted to hospital last Wednesday after suffering what the Portuguese […]

Paris (AFP) – South Korea international forward Ji Dong-won will join Mainz at the end of the season on a free transfer, the German club announced on Monday. Ji, 27, who has 54 caps to his name has signed a three-year deal with the Bundesliga outfit as his contract with current side Augsburg comes to […]

Milan (AFP) – Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis on Monday called for the Champions League and Europa League to be abolished and replaced with a new 80-team competition in order to revive "boring" European football. Napoli sealed second place in Serie A for the second consecutive season on Sunday, after a last-gasp 2-1 win over Cagliari. But […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool will be without top scorer Mohamed Salah for Tuesday's Champions League semi-final, second leg against Barcelona after manager Jurgen Klopp revealed he was concussed in a 3-2 win at Newcastle. The Egyptian was stretchered off at St James' Park on Saturday due to a head knock sustained as he challenged Newcastle […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United legend was built on scoring the goal that won the Champions League, but, 20 years on, the Norwegian now concedes the United side he has inherited as manager are not even fit to grace that competition. The scale of the task now facing Solskjaer was […]

Paris (AFP) – Reigning African Footballer of the Year Mohamed Salah is poised to become the leading English Premier League scorer for the second successive season. The Egyptian netted before being carried off following a blow to the head as Liverpool triumphed 3-2 at Newcastle to keep the title race with Manchester City alive. His […]

San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (AFP) – Diego Maradona's hopes of winning his first coaching title were dashed Sunday as his Dorados team lost the Mexican second-division finals, along with their shot at promotion. Rivals Atletico San Luis scored the lone goal of the second leg in extra time to clinch the title and a spot […]

London (AFP) – Clubs or countries whose fans racially abuse players should be fined millions, docked points or even expelled from competitions, Viv Anderson, the first black footballer to play for England, told AFP. The 62-year-old former full-back lambasted UEFA's decision to fine Montenegro's football authorities 20,000 euros ($22,400) for their fans' racial abuse of […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool emerged victorious from a bruising battle against Newcastle to remain in the hunt for the Premier League title, but may have sustained too many wounds to summon a Champions League semi-final comeback against Barcelona on Tuesday. A late double from Lionel Messi in the Camp Nou on Wednesday has left Jurgen […]