London (AFP) – Manchester United crashed to a 3-1 defeat at West Ham on Saturday to record their worst league start in 29 years, leaving Jose Mourinho desperately seeking answers to a mounting crisis at the club. United have just 10 points after seven Premier League games — that meagre haul plus their negative goal […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United crashed to a 3-1 defeat at West Ham on Saturday to record their worst league start in 29 years, leaving Jose Mourinho desperately seeking answers to a mounting crisis at the club. United have just 10 points after seven Premier League games — that meagre haul plus their negative goal […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho defended his decision to play Anthony Martial instead Alexis Sanchez after a 3-1 loss away to West Ham on Saturday condemned Manchester United to a third defeat in seven Premier League games — their worst start to a domestic campaign in nearly 30 years. United have 10 points from seven […]

London (AFP) – Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand said the club faced some "big decisions" over manager Jose Mourinho's future after a damaging 3-1 loss away to West Ham on Saturday. United's third defeat in seven Premier League games left them eight points behind leaders Liverpool and three adrift of the top four, with […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United's dire week ended in a damaging 3-1 defeat at the hands of West Ham on Saturday as Jose Mourinho failed to arrest a growing sense of crisis surrounding the club. United, who kicked off eight points behind leaders Liverpool, already look out of the Premier League title race and a […]

Milan (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo believes the overhead bicycle kick he scored for Real Madrid against his current club Juventus last season was better than Mohamed Salah's which won the FIFA goal of the year award. "Salah deserved to win the Puskas award, it was a good goal. But let's be honest, let's not lie […]

Berlin (AFP) – Police in Germany are expecting more than a thousand hooligans to clash with trouble already brewing ahead of Sunday's league match when Hamburg and St Pauli meet in the city's first derby for seven years. After 55 years in the Bundesliga, Hamburg's relegation last May means there will be a league derby […]

London (AFP) – British Prime Minister Theresa May signalled her "full support" Friday for a potential joint bid by the United Kingdom and Ireland to host the 2030 football World Cup. May's comments serve up a formidable challenge to a Latin American plan that Argentina agreed with Paraguay and Uruguay in April. England's fans have […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho believes Manchester United have been found wanting for motivation in a difficult start to the season, but is expecting a big response from his side in Saturday's visit to West Ham. United begin the weekend sitting seventh, eight points off the top of the Premier League, after defeats […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola claims the rise of social media is a significant threat to the fragile relationship between managers and players. Jose Mourinho's strained relations with Paul Pogba at Manchester United came under the spotlight again this week after posts placed on Instagram by the controversial France star. […]

Saint-Étienne (France) (AFP) – Monaco slumped to their sixth defeat in all competitions this season when they lost 2-0 at Saint Etienne, a worrying setback just days before they face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. Monaco, runners-up in Ligue 1 to Paris Saint Germain last season, remain third from bottom of the table with […]

Berlin (AFP) – Hertha Berlin midfielder Ondrej Duda scored his fifth goal in as many league games on Friday as Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich suffered a shock 2-0 away defeat. Berlin were deservedly 2-0 up at half-time at the sold-out Olympic Stadium in front of 74,669 fans, stunning Bayern thanks to a Vedad Ibisevic penalty […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Manchester City center-back Nicolas Otamendi was recalled to the Argentina squad on Friday but as expected, Lionel Messi was left out of the group due to play arch-rivals Brazil in Saudi Arabia. After Argentina's disappointing last-16 elimination by eventual winners France from the World Cup in Russia, Messi was granted time […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Hearts boss Craig Levein labelled the decision to host both semi-finals of the Scottish League Cup on the same day at Hampden as a "madness", while Aberdeen have also derided the controversial scheduling as "appalling." The matches have been programed for Sunday October 28 as both Celtic and Rangers are in Europa […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola has warned Benjamin Mendy after the France defender turned up late for treatment on the foot injury that is currently keeping him out of the Manchester City team. Mendy has been sidelined for City's last four games with what has been described as a "bruised metatarsal". But the […]