Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has laughed off a suggestion his coaching is "better than sex". The comment was reportedly made by Paris Saint-Germain defender Dani Alves, who is currently promoting a documentary about his time at Barcelona playing under Guardiola. Before Sunday’s Premier League home match against Manchester United, […]

Tunis (AFP) – Saad Bguir was the unlikely two-goal star as Esperance of Tunisia defeated Al Ahly of Egypt 3-0 Friday in Rades to win a third CAF Champions League title. Bguir has been a reserve for most of the African campaign and started in the second leg of the final only because Cameroonian Franck […]

London (AFP) – Raheem Sterling has committed his long-term future to Manchester City after signing a three-year contract extension with the Premier League champions on Friday. Sterling had been in negotiations with City for several months and the England winger has finally agreed the bumper new deal after being linked with a move to Real […]

London (AFP) – Leicester's late owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha will be immortalised with a memorial statue at the King Power Stadium after his death in a helicopter crash. Thai billionaire Vichai was among five people killed when his helicopter crashed outside the King Power following Leicester's match against West Ham on October 27. Mourning fans have […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool have slammed a report that claimed the club's principle owner John W Henry is looking to sell the Premier League club. The New York Post on Friday reported Henry, who heads the Fenway Sports Group that owns Liverpool, had given the go-ahead to find a buyer for the five-time European champions. […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich star Jerome Boateng says he still suffers racism, including enduring regular monkey chants, despite having helped Germany to the 2014 World Cup. The 30-year-old, who has a Ghanaian father, told lifestyle magazine 'Boa', which he himself launched, that the explosive issue of immigration in the country has only made the […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain said Friday it would deliver the results next week of a probe into claims that players were subject to racial profiling by club recruiters. The internal investigation was launched in response to revelations by French investigative website Mediapart that club talent scouts operated a system of racial profiling for years. […]

Berlin (AFP) – Long-time Germany stalwart Jerome Boateng has been left out of national coach Joachim Loew's squad for internationals in November and been told he could do with a break. The 30-year-old 2014 World Cup winner, also struggling for form at Bayern Munich, was in the side that slumped at Russia 2018. "I have […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – The bombshell allegations about Manchester City's financial conduct will not tarnish his team's reputation, coach Pep Guardiola said on Friday. A series of reports in the German news magazine Der Spiegel has claimed City artificially inflated sponsorship deals in order to comply with UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations. City, who […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal forward Danny Welbeck remains in hospital after suffering a "significant" ankle injury during his side's Europa League clash against Sporting Lisbon, the Premier League club announced on Friday. Welbeck was stretchered off during the first half of Thursday's 0-0 draw with what looked like a bad break, his foot twisted backwards […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – The thumping pulse of Argentine football passion will be unleashed in all its raucous glory Saturday when fierce rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors clash in a "Game of the Century" Copa Libertadores final. Boca's La Bombonera stadium will be packed to its towering rafters for the first leg as the […]

Tunis (AFP) – Tunisian police deployed more than 6,000 officers as well as drones and canine units for a hotly anticipated CAF Champions League final on Friday after a controversial first leg. Between 50,000 and 55,000 fans are expected to pack Rades stadium in a southern suburb of the capital for the battle between Tunisia's […]

London (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp admits he is frustrated that the high expectations surrounding Liverpool's Premier League title bid have overshadowed their strong start to the season. Klopp's third-placed side have won eight of their 11 matches in an unbeaten opening to the league campaign. But despite their position among the leading title contenders, Liverpool […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho has described the quality of Manchester City's work on the pitch as "untouchable" while refusing to get embroiled in the controversy about alleged Financial Fair Play breaches made by his rivals. Mourinho's Manchester United side travel across the city on Sunday for a Premier League derby against their […]

Tehran (AFP) – Japan's Kashima Antlers pledged to keep their focus and finish off Persepolis in the Asian Champions League final as they head to Tehran's imposing Azadi Stadium with a 2-0 advantage from the first leg. The eight-time Japanese champions go into the game with a handy cushion but they will face a test […]