Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United cross paths with Villarreal once more on Wednesday in desperate need of a win to avoid another European embarrassment and ease the rising pressure on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The Yellow Submarine emerged 11-10 winners from a marathon penalty shootout when the sides last met in the Europa League final […]

Madrid (AFP) – Ronald Koeman’s future as Barcelona coach may already be decided but the outcome of the next two games, starting with Benfica in the Champions League on Wednesday, could buy him some extra time. Three matches without a win and a press conference in which Koeman cancelled questions and demanded support felt more […]

London (AFP) – Neal Maupay snatched a last-gasp equaliser as Brighton rescued a dramatic 1-1 draw against arch rivals Crystal Palace on Monday. Trailing to Wilfried Zaha's first half penalty, Brighton avoided defeat in the most remarkable fashion. With just seconds left at Selhurst Park, French striker Maupay punished a poor clearance from Palace keeper […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris saint-Germain and Manchester City have an early chance to lay down a marker in the Champions League when they meet in a heavyweight group game at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday that sees Pep Guardiola and his old pupil Lionel Messi come face to face once again. Qatar-owned PSG and […]

Paris (AFP) – Mohamed Salah shares first place in the Premier League Golden Boot race with Jamie Vardy and Michail Antonio after scoring his fifth goal for Liverpool this season at the weekend. The Egyptian star put the Reds ahead in the second half and the visitors later led again in a thrilling 3-3 draw […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino admits his team remains far from its best following the arrival of Lionel Messi in the summer, as the French club get ready to face Manchester City in a blockbuster Champions League clash on Tuesday. "It is a fact, not an opinion, that we are a work […]

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola says he does not know how to stop the deadly attacking trident of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar as he prepares for Tuesday's blockbuster Champions League clash at Paris Saint-Germain. The match is a repeat of last season's semi-final, which City won 4-1 on aggregate to reach their first […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said Monday his team needs to "evolve and change" to prevent opponents from designing specific plans to frustrate the Spanish champions. "We're coming off a season in which teams got to know us and they're working as a result on our strong points," Simeone told a news […]

London (AFP) – Wolves striker Raul Jimenez said it felt "fantastic" to score his first Premier League goal in almost a year after recovering from a career-threatening head injury. The Mexico international scored an impressive solo goal to give Wolves a 1-0 win at Southampton on Sunday — his first Premier League strike in 11 […]

London (AFP) – Marcus Rashford said Monday he hopes to return imminently to light contact training with Manchester United as he continues his recovery from shoulder surgery. The England forward is yet to play this season after an operation last month. The 23-year-old posted a message on Twitter that read: "Happy Monday. I see the […]

Tiraspol (Moldova) (AFP) – This year's Champions League features an improbable upstart: FC Sheriff, a club run by an eponymous company built on murky money in a pro-Russian separatist enclave of Europe's poorest country, Moldova. The would-be state, which harkens back to its Soviet past with a towering Lenin statue in the centre of its […]

Madrid (AFP) – No country in the world has made as much money from transfers over the last decade as Portugal yet the heartland of super-agent Jorge Mendes has still struggled to turn eye-watering profits into success on the pitch. According a to a FIFA report last month to mark the tenth anniversary of the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Carlo Ancelotti called it his "honeymoon period" at Real Madrid and club and coach want to enjoy it while it lasts. Madrid face Sheriff Tiraspol on Tuesday in the Champions League on the back of a 1-0 win away at Inter Milan that already appears to have put Ancelotti's team in charge […]

Dortmund (Germany) (AFP) – Jude Bellingham only turns 19 next June, but the England midfielder has already emerged as a leader on and off the pitch for Dortmund, where he shares a flat with his mum who keeps his feet firmly on the ground. Bellingham is in his second season in Germany, but will be […]

London (AFP) – Harry Kane knew he could ill afford to waste another season of his prime years at Tottenham, but Spurs' refusal to entertain Manchester City's interest has left the England captain stuck in a side going nowhere fast. Yet to score in the Premier League this season, Kane cut a frustrated figure as […]