Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain have decided to allow unsettled France midfielder Adrien Rabiot to leave the club at the end of the current season, when he will be a free agent, their sporting director Antero Henrique said on Monday. The 23-year-old with more than 150 top flight appearances has been agitating for a transfer […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain have refused press conference entry to journalists from popular sports daily L'Equipe ahead of a French League Cup match, the newspaper said on Monday. L'Equipe claims the measure was taken as a reprisal after they published an article titled "Financial Fair Play: PSG under pressure to sell Kylian Mbappe or […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid defender Filipe Luis has suffered a minor thigh strain, the club announced on Monday. Filipe had to come off in the 60th minute of Atletico's 3-2 win over Real Valladolid on Saturday although no timescale has been given for his return. Atletico play Espanyol in La Liga on Saturday before […]

London (AFP) – Leicester City manager Claude Puel said on Monday he does not feel under pressure despite his side's poor run which has seen them win just once in their last six Premier League games. The 57-year-old Frenchman — whose side's 1-0 defeat by Crystal Palace on Saturday left them only 10 points above […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona have confirmed Thomas Vermaelen will be out for around four weeks with a calf injury. Vermaelen had to be substituted during the second half of Barca's 5-0 win away at Levante on Sunday. The club wrote in a statement on Monday: "Tests carried out on the defender show that he has […]

Paris (AFP) – Neymar will miss Tuesday's French League Cup last 16 encounter against second division Orleans to nurse a nagging groin injury, Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel said. The Brazil forward underwent tests at hospital on Monday and "is not at 100 percent" according to Tuchel, who said the results were otherwise reassuring. The […]

Paris (AFP) – Sadio Mane captured the headlines among Africans in Europe at the weekend by opening the scoring as Liverpool beat Manchester United 3-1 to regain the Premier League leadership. It was the eight goal of the season for the Senegalese winger, but his first in nine matches in all competitions. Mane was […]

London (AFP) – Xherdan Shaqiri says scoring a double in the 3-1 win over Manchester United on Sunday for Liverpool was a "beautiful feeling" and puts him on course for his most prolific Premier League campaign. The 27-year-old Swiss international midfielder came off the bench to take his tally to five goals in 13 league […]

Nyon (Switzerland) (AFP) – Former champions Chelsea will face Malmo in the last 32 of the Europa League while Arsenal will lock horns again with BATE Borisov. The two sides met in the Europa League last season, the Gunners hammering the Belarussian side 6-0 at the Emirates. Five-time champions Sevilla, currently second in La Liga, […]

London (AFP) – Holders Manchester City will take Tuesday's League Cup quarter-final with Leicester City seriously, says manager Pep Guardiola, even though they are in a tight duel with Liverpool for the Premier League title. Guardiola — whose Premier League champions trail Liverpool by a point — says it is only by winning trophies the […]

Nyon (Switzerland) (AFP) – Liverpool will take on fellow five-time winners Bayern Munich in the last 16 of the Champions League, while Jose Mourinho's struggling Manchester United face French giants Paris Saint-Germain. Holders Real Madrid were paired with Ajax in Monday's draw in Nyon as the Spaniards attempt to lift the trophy for the fifth […]

Nyon (Switzerland) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho's Manchester United will take on French giants Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 of the Champions League, while Liverpool were drawn against fellow five-time winners Bayern Munich in Nyon on Monday. Holders Real Madrid will face Ajax as the Spaniards attempt to lift the trophy for the fifth time […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Manchester United had not lost to Liverpool in the Premier League for eight games and over four years prior to Sunday's 3-1 defeat, but the current chasm between the two sides was exposed as Jose Mourinho's men fell 19 points behind the league leaders at Anfield. Match-going United fans have been reluctant […]

Paris (AFP) – Lyon dominated struggling Monaco from beginning to end on Sunday to climb back into the Ligue 1 top three and bury Thierry Henry's side deeper in the relegation zone. Lyon kept pace with Lille, who won 3-2 at Nimes earlier despite playing much of the match with 10 men. Lille are three […]

Milan (AFP) – Roma battled back for a 3-2 Serie A victory over Genoa to give beleaguered coach Eusebio Di Francesco a lifeline at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday despite goalkeeper Robin Olsen's early blunder. It ended Roma's five-match winless streak dating back to a 4-1 triumph over Sampdoria on November 11, and lifted Di […]