Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman has undergone surgery to correct an irregular heartbeat, the German champions announced Friday. The 25-year-old French international is expected back in training within two weeks, said coach Julian Nagelsmann. "He had a slightly irregular heartbeat, a minor heart irregularity. We did a long-term ECG and carried out […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward said Friday he had "great optimism" for the future as the club published financial results revealing the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Annual financial figures showed total revenue for the year to June 30 — related to a full season played during the global health […]

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola says he will not apologise for urging fans to fill empty seats at Manchester City's Etihad stadium after his comments irritated some of the club's supporters. The City boss said this week that he wanted a bigger crowd at Saturday's home game against Southampton than the 38,062 who watched his […]

Paris (AFP) – The reaction in France to the all-star Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League bow against Club Brugge in midweek has been unforgiving. PSG, football's new galacticos following the arrival of Lionel Messi, were dismissed as "ghost-like" by sports daily L'Equipe as they escaped with a 1-1 draw against the Belgian champions on what was […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund coach Marco Rose says he will do everything to keep Jude Bellingham and Erling Braut Haaland at the Bundesliga club as the young stars attract the attention of Europe's top clubs after forging an impressive partnership. Dortmund, third in Germany's top flight, host Union Berlin on Sunday looking to build […]

Madrid (AFP) – Ronald Koeman is adamant Barcelona will be better soon but he heads to Granada in La Liga on Monday under pressure, with his team accused not just of losing but of losing their identity. Barca were outplayed in a 3-0 defeat by Bayern Munich on Tuesday, the gulf in class so obvious […]

Rennes (France) (AFP) – Substitute Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's equaliser allowed Tottenham Hotspur to come away with a 2-2 draw from their trip to France to play Rennes in the new Europa Conference League on Thursday. Loic Bade's own goal had given Spurs the lead in Brittany but Flavien Tait equalised and Gaetan Laborde put Rennes ahead […]

London (AFP) – Victor Osimhen scored twice as Napoli came from 2-0 down to salvage a 2-2 draw at Leicester, while Lyon cruised to a 2-0 win at Rangers on the opening night of the Europa League group stages. Earlier, Celtic threw away a two-goal lead to lose 4-3 to Real Betis and West Ham […]

London (AFP) – Celtic threw away a two-goal lead to lose 4-3 to Real Betis in a pulsating start to the Europa League group stages, while West Ham cruised to a 2-0 victory over Dinamo Zagreb. Eighteen years on from reaching the UEFA Cup final in Seville, Celtic returned to Andalusia and got off to […]

Rennes (France) (AFP) – Substitute Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's equaliser allowed Tottenham Hotspur to come away with a 2-2 draw from their trip to France to play Rennes in the new Europa Conference League on Thursday. Loic Bade’s own goal had given Spurs the lead in an entertaining encounter in Brittany but Flavien Tait equalised and Gaetan […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City's Nathan Ake revealed Thursday that his father passed away just moments after the Dutch international had scored his first Champions League goal. Ake opened the scoring in the 16th minute of Wednesday's 6-3 rout of RB Leipzig. However, the 26-year-old's golden moment was tinged with sadness after his […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said he sees a bright future for the club despite suffering their worst start to a season for 67 years. The Gunners climbed off the bottom of the Premier League table with their first goal and first points of the campaign by beating Norwich 1-0 last weekend. However, […]

Berlin (AFP) – Germany's 2014 World Cup winner Jerome Boateng has filed an appeal against his conviction for assault and 1.8 million euros ($2 million) fine, a court official in Munich confirmed Thursday. A spokesperson for Munich regional court told AFP subsidiary SID that both Boateng's lawyer and the state prosecutor have contested the verdict. […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – A Manchester City fans' group has reacted angrily to Pep Guardiola's plea for bigger attendances at the Etihad, telling the City manager to concentrate on coaching. Guardiola was frustrated by the turnout for City's 6-3 win over RB Leipzig on Wednesday to begin their Champions League campaign. A crowd of […]

London (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits Manchester United must "do better" after their embarrassing midweek Champions League defeat as he prepares to take his Premier League leaders to face West Ham. Aaron Wan-Bissaka was sent off against Young Boys in Tuesday's opening Group F encounter, with Jesse Lingard's errant back-pass gifting the Swiss hosts […]