Lausanne (AFP) – Double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya on Monday accused the International Association of Athletics Federations of breaching confidentiality rules at a hearing that could define the rest of the South African's career. Semenya appeared at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne to challenge proposed IAAF rules that would force […]

Lyon (AFP) – Lyon coach Bruno Genesio says his team's performances against Manchester City in the group stage prove they can compete with Barcelona in Tuesday's Champions League last 16, first leg. The French club are in the knockout phase of the competition for the first time in seven years after emerging from their group […]

Asuncion (AFP) – Former Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao boss Eduardo Berizzo has been named as the new Paraguay head coach, the country's football federation announced on Monday. The 49-year-old last coached Bilbao, but was sacked in December after just one win in 14 league matches. He takes over from Colombian Juan Carlos Osorio, who quit […]

Berlin (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski hopes to torment his mentor Jurgen Klopp when Bayern Munich face Liverpool in Tuesday's Champions League clash. Lewandowski, Bayern's top-scorer with 25 goals in 30 games this season, is relishing playing at Anfield when he leads the Germans' attack in the last 16, first leg. "I know that their fans […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp has buried the hatchet of his old Bundesliga rivalry with Bayern Munich but wants Liverpool to show they are Champions League contenders by beating the German giants when the sides meet in the first leg of their last 16 tie on Tuesday. Bayern have won the Bundesliga for the past […]

Lausanne (AFP) – Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya of South Africa went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday to challenge proposed rules that could force her to lower her testosterone levels. Semenya made no comment as she arrived at the court in Lausanne for the start of a week-long hearing that […]

Milan (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Spain ready to bury the demons of his nightmare Champions League debut for Juventus on Wednesday against one of his favourite victims Atletico Madrid. The former Real Madrid player was sent off after 28 minutes in his first European game for Juventus in Spain last September against Valencia […]

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Bayern Munich jetted to Liverpool for Tuesday's Champions League, last-16 first leg without centre-back Jerome Boateng and hoping French winger Kingsley Coman will be fit. Boateng is out with an upset stomach, leaving Mats Hummels to partner Niklas Suele at Anfield. Boateng and Franck Ribery were the biggest names missing when […]

Lausanne (AFP) – Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya of South Africa went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday to challenge proposed rules that could force her to lower her testosterone levels. Semenya made no comment as she arrived at the court in Lausanne for the start of a week-long hearing that […]

Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesia's top football official, who has been in the job less than a month, was questioned by police Monday over a match-fixing scandal that has rocked the Southeast Asian nation's domestic league. Joko Driyono became acting president of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) in late January after former chairman Edy Rahmayadi […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Clement Lenglet should be untouched by Barcelona's Champions League failure last season but disappointment reverberates around the club to the extent that he feels it too. "You can just sense around the place there is this scar," Lenglet told AFP. "It still hurts." Lenglet describes it like he was there but he […]

Lyon (AFP) – Gone are the days when Lyon were France's dominant club, winning seven straight league titles in the last decade, and Tuesday's last 16, first leg against Barcelona will be their first Champions League knockout match in seven years. Unable to keep up with Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1, it would be a […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich head to Liverpool for Tuesday's crunch Champions League tie at Anfield demanding improvements and shouldering Germany's flagging hopes of having a club in the quarter-finals. Since the 2005-06 season, at least one German side has always made it to the last eight. That proud run will be under threat if […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Fortress Anfield has become even more impenetrable for visiting sides in the 13 months since Liverpool made Virgil van Dijk the world's most expensive defender, but the commanding Dutchman's absence for Bayern Munich's visit in the Champions League leaves Jurgen Klopp with a selection headache. Van Dijk is banned for the last […]

Paris (AFP) – Kylian Mbappe's excellent volley secured Paris Saint-Germain a hardfought 1-0 win at Saint-Etienne on Sunday as the runaway Ligue 1 leaders moved 12 points clear at the summit. The 20-year-old Mbappe fired home his league-leading 19th goal of the campaign with 17 minutes remaining. "He (Mbappe) shows his quality every day in […]