Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich rising star Alphonso Davies will miss out on Canada's upcoming game against French Guiana after picking up a knee injury, the German club confirmed on Wednesday. Davies, 18, was set to earn his tenth cap for Canada in the CONCACAF Nations League qualifier on March 24, but will now stay […]

London (AFP) – Paul Pogba hopes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is given the Manchester United manager's job on a permanent basis after the Norwegian turned the club's fortunes around. The former United striker has transformed the mood and results at Old Trafford, leading the club into the Champions League quarter-finals and lifting them into contention for […]

Lisbon (AFP) – Spain's World Cup-winning goalkeeper Iker Casillas has extended his contract with Porto to 2020, the Portuguese champions announced Wednesday. The prolonged deal for Casillas, who turns 38 in May, also includes an option for a further year, according to club president Jorge Pinto da Costa. "It's not easy to count on someone who's […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says Mohamed Salah should use Sadio Mane as inspiration as the Egypt star looks to hit peak form after an inconsistent season. Salah scored 44 times in his debut season with Liverpool, but his second campaign has not been so smooth. Although Salah has 20 goals in the […]

Berlin (AFP) – Former Germany star Thomas Mueller has said that he is looking to the future after his exclusion from the national team under coach Joachim Loew. Mueller and his Bayern Munich team-mates Jerome Boateng and Mats Hummels were all ruled out of Loew's future plans in a shock announcement earlier this month. The […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc has said that talisman Marco Reus will stay at the club until the end of his career. "Marco is someone who identifies with the club and has strong roots in Dortmund," Zorc told Sport Bild on Wednesday. "I can't imagine that he will ever play for […]

London (AFP) – Euro 2020 qualifiers get under way on Thursday with 24 places up for grabs at next year's tournament, which will be held in 12 countries across Europe. How does it work? UEFA's 55 nations have been split into five groups of six teams and five groups of five. Each team plays home […]

Burton-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – England should embrace their new-found status as one of the favourites for a major tournament, believes captain Harry Kane. The Three Lions open their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign at home to the Czech Republic on Friday fresh from a run to the last four of the World Cup last summer […]

Paris (AFP) – Adrien Rabiot's agent has accused Paris Saint-Germain of holding the midfielder "hostage" after he was suspended for going to a nightclub following their Champions League defeat by Manchester United. The French international has been in conflict with PSG as he wants to leave the club at the end of the season when […]

Paris (AFP) – Patrice Evra has hit back at accusations of homophobia after Paris Saint-Germain blasted the former France captain for calling the Ligue 1 club "a bunch of queers" in the aftermath of their Champions League exit to Manchester United. Earlier, PSG condemned "Patrice Evra's homophobic insults aimed at us... on social media" after […]

Pyla (Cyprus) (AFP) – Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci snubbed a football match Tuesday aimed at fostering dialogue on the divided island, in a row over where the game was played. "It was not possible for us to take part after it had no longer any links to the principles put forward in advance," Akinci […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain have condemned the behaviour and comments of Patrice Evra as a social media spat turned nasty with the former France captain calling the Parisians "a bunch of queers". Tensions began to mount when Evra posted a video on Instagram, where he has 5.8 million followers, from PSG's stadium celebrating Manchester […]

Milan (AFP) – Inter have been handed a suspended stand closure on Monday for racist abuse by their fans towards AC Milan's Ivorian midfielder Franck Kessie during last weekend's city derby. The Italian football federation's sports judge said three officials in different parts of the stadium twice heard the "racist chants" directed at Kessie after […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain won a major victory Tuesday when the world's top sports court backed the French champions against European football's governing body UEFA over club finances. The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld PSG's appeal against a UEFA decision to reopen a probe into the club's compliance with Financial Fair Play regulations. […]

Milan (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus teammate Federico Bernardeschi said Tuesday it would be "crazy" for UEFA to suspend the Portuguese forward for his controversial goal celebration. Ronaldo faces UEFA charges for "improper conduct" after mimicking Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone's crotch-grabbing 'cojones' gesture after his hat-trick in Juventus' Champions League comeback win. "It's something […]