Paris (AFP) – Russia will discover Tuesday whether they are to face fresh sanctions over December's missed deadline to allow WADA investigators access to the Moscow laboratory at the epicentre of the state-sponsored doping scandal. The World Anti-Doping Agency meets via conference call at 1300 GMT to discuss recommendations on the compliance of the Russian […]

Paris (AFP) – Contract rebel Adrien Rabiot is hoping to force Paris Saint-Germain to allow him to train with the first-team squad again amid ongoing uncertainty about his future at the French club. The 23-year-old French international midfielder has not played for PSG since early December and has been ordered to train with the reserves […]

Al-Ain (United Arab Emirates) (AFP) – Goalkeeper Mat Ryan brilliantly saved two penalties as defending champions Australia won a dramatic shoot-out with Uzbekistan to reach the Asian Cup quarter-finals on Monday. Australia had the better of a goalless 120 minutes before Brighton's Ryan stopped spot-kicks from Islom Tukhtakhujaev and Marat Bikmaev in a tense shoot-out […]

Milan (AFP) – Fabio Borini and Suso scored late as AC Milan bounced back from last week's Italian Super Cup defeat to Juventus by reclaiming fourth spot in Serie A with a 2-0 win at Genoa on Monday. Gennaro Gattuso's side have 34 points from 20 games and sit in the final Champions League berth, […]

Madrid (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo will have to enter a Madrid courthouse on foot on Tuesday after he was refused special treatment, officials at the court where he will appear for tax fraud said. According to a court document dated January 18 and unveiled on Monday, the 33-year-old Juventus forward and former Real Madrid player […]

London (AFP) – Premier League strugglers Huddersfield have appointed Jan Siewert as their new head coach following the departure of David Wagner, the club announced on Monday. The 36-year-old has left his role as Borussia Dortmund's reserve-team coach and signed a two-and-a-half year deal with the Terriers, who parted ways with Wagner last week by […]

London (AFP) – Scott McTominay has signed a new contract with Manchester United that will keep him at the club until 2023, with the option to extend for a further year, the Premier League club announced on Monday. "Manchester United has been my life since the age of five and playing for the club I've always […]

London (AFP) – Eric Dier has called on his Tottenham Hotspur teammates to step up in the absence of Harry Kane as the club sweat on the fitness of midfielder Dele Alli. Top-scorer Kane is out until March with an ankle injury and fellow forward Son Heung-min is on duty with South Korea at the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Ghanaian forward Kevin-Prince Boateng is on the verge of joining Barcelona in a shock loan move from Italian side Sassuolo, according to media reports in Spain on Monday. Catalan daily Sport reported that the leaders of La Liga had agreed a deal to take Boateng on loan until the end of the […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal announced on Monday that head of recruitment Sven Mislintat would be leaving the Premier League club next month. In a statement on their website, Arsenal said the German, who has been in his position for less than 14 months, had "done a truly outstanding job". Mislintat, who was appointed in the […]

Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) (AFP) – Takehiro Tomiyasu's lone strike sent Saudi Arabia crashing out of the Asian Cup as Japan beat the three-time champions 1-0 to reach the quarter-finals on Monday. Tomiyasu's first-half header was enough to seal it for Japan as the last-16 game between two teams with seven titles between them failed […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has taken his "warriors" to Dubai for a warm-weather training camp where he will search for a solution to his defensive dilemma. The Premier League leaders, four points ahead of Manchester City, are not in action this coming weekend because they were knocked out of the FA Cup […]

Paris (AFP) – Barcelona needed Lionel Messi to play the role of super sub as they maintained their five-point lead atop La Liga, while not all was rosy for Paris Saint-Germain despite a record-breaking home win on Saturday. As Monaco plumbed new depths, and Borussia Dortmund kept their Bundesliga title push on track, AFP Sport […]

London (AFP) – Kevin De Bruyne has described how coming back from successive knee injuries was "mentally hard" but says he is happy with the way he is playing. The Belgium playmaker was pivotal to Manchester City's title success last season but has been restricted to just eight league appearances during this campaign due to […]

London (AFP) – Maurizio Sarri has the full support of the Chelsea players who have signed up to his philosophy says David Luiz despite the manager blasting them in the wake of Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Arsenal. Luiz, who has become a pivotal figure in Sarri's team after being sidelined last season by Antonio Conte, […]