Åre (Sweden) (AFP) – American ski queen Lindsey Vonn, in her final season, crashed out of the world championships super-G in dramatic fashion on Wednesday. The 34-year-old, who has announced she will retire after the championships in Are, Sweden, went down hard, but was able to ski down after receiving medical attention. Vonn misread a […]

Madrid (AFP) – Ex-Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has avoided jail for tax fraud as part of a deal with Spanish prosecutors revealed Tuesday but will pay a fine of close to two million euros. The 56-year-old is accused of committing tax fraud in 2011 and 2012 when he coached Spanish giants Real Madrid. According […]

Shanghai (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo's move from Real Madrid has seen Juventus's popularity rocket in China, up nearly 70 percent by one measure, as top European clubs vie for supremacy in the Asian country. The Portuguese forward has made his presence felt on the pitch, netting 17 goals in 22 Serie A games to put […]

Moscow (AFP) – Many thought the football craze in Russia would not last and the shiny new stadiums built for the World Cup would rapidly become "white elephants" the country could not afford. But in the six months since the hosting of the month-long football extravaganza some of the stadiums have attracted big crowds and […]

London (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp pinpointed a mounting injury list as the explanation for Liverpool's sub-par performance in a 1-1 draw at West Ham on Monday that leaves the league leaders just three points clear of Manchester City. Less than a week after missing the opportunity to go seven points clear of City with a […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp tried to preempt questions about the Premier League leaders' ability to cope with pressure after they again dropped points in the title race in a 1-1 draw away to West Ham on Monday. This result left Liverpool three points in front of second-placed Manchester City less than a […]

Paris (AFP) – Neymar celebrated his 27th birthday with a glittering party in Paris on Monday evening joined by family, Paris Saint-Germain teammates and a smattering of celebrities. DJ Bob Sinclair, Brazilian singer Wesley Safadao and world surf champion Gabriel Medina were among the 200 guests at the fashionable Pavillon Gabriel near the Champs-Elysees. The […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany expects to play a part in the club's quest for four trophies this season despite a frustrating injury setback. The City skipper has been out for the past month with what club officials have labelled a "muscular" problem. No date has been set for the […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool wasted another chance to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League as a sub-par performance from Jurgen Klopp's men was punished in a 1-1 draw at West Ham on Monday. Less than a week after missing the opportunity to go seven points clear of Manchester City with a […]

Monaco (AFP) – Princess Stephanie of Monaco's son Louis Ducruet has been appointed assistant to the club's vice-president Vadim Vasilyev, the Principality outfit announced on Monday. Ducruet, 26, moves from his position at the Ligue 1 strugglers' international recruitment department which he has held since 2015 to working with the Russian on general recruitment and […]

Paris (AFP) – Former France international Hatem Ben Arfa is seeking millions of euros of damages from Paris Saint-Germain for allegedly freezing him out in the final year of his contract, his lawyer told AFP on Monday. The 31-year-old former Newcastle United midfielder lodged his claim with the Paris industrial tribunal last week, lawyer Jean-Jacques […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ilkay Gundogan may have won a league title under Jurgen Klopp but is determined to do all he can to deny his old boss this season. Manchester City midfielder Gundogan was a member of the Borussia Dortmund side that Klopp guided to the second of two Bundesliga championships in 2012. […]

London (AFP) – Ander Herrera has urged Manchester United to maintain their concentration on the task facing them at Fulham this weekend as they head into a month of crunch games. Sunday's 1-0 win at Leicester extended caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's unbeaten start to 10 games and saw United move up to fifth place […]

Paris (AFP) – Ivorian veteran Gervinho was the star African in Europe at the weekend, scoring two late goals as mid-table Parma snatched a 3-3 Serie A draw at runaway leaders Juventus. The 31-year-old former Arsenal winger trimmed the home side's 3-1 lead on 74 minutes and equalised three minutes into stoppage time. After launching […]

London (AFP) – British investigators said Monday they had spotted a body in the wreckage of a plane that disappeared in the Channel two weeks ago carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala and his pilot. Sala, 28, was flying from France to join his new club, Premier League side Cardiff City, when the light aircraft disappeared […]