London (AFP) – Mohamed Salah has scooped up yet another award after his fabulous first season with Liverpool as the Egypt star was named the Premier League's Player of the Year on Sunday. Salah had already won the PFA Player of the Year voted for by his fellow players, as well as the Football Writers' […]

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City became the first Premier League side to reach 100 points as the champions capped their memorable season in style thanks to a 1-0 win at Southampton on Sunday. Pep Guardiola's side have been focused on rewriting the record books since clinching the English title almost a month ago […]

London (AFP) – Mohamed Salah set a new Premier League record of 32 goals in a 38-game season to guarantee Liverpool's place back in the Champions League next season by beating Brighton 4-0 at Anfield on Sunday. Victory for Liverpool meant it didn't matter what fifth-placed Chelsea did at Newcastle, but they failed to put […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Mohamed Salah scored a record-breaking 32nd goal of the Premier League season on Sunday as the Liverpool star set a new mark for the most goals in a 38-game campaign. Salah went into the last day of the season at Anfield with a share of the record alongside Alan Shearer (Blackburn in […]

Saint Petersburg (AFP) – Roberto Mancini quit as Zenit Saint Petersburg coach on Sunday, saying he now felt free to open talks with Italy over the vacant national team job. Mancini was said to have reached agreement to become the next Italy coach last Tuesday, Gazzetta dello Sport reported, but he denied that on Sunday. […]

Paderno Dugnano (Italy) (AFP) – When the World Cup is held aloft in July, it won't be an Italian lifting the trophy. The eliminated Azzurri will not brighten the tournament, but Italians will still make the cup shine. The four-time winners' humiliating exit in November's playoff defeat to Sweden cast a pall over one of […]

Rome (AFP) – When Italy clinched World Cup victory in 1982 their superstar goalkeeper Dino Zoff became the oldest player ever to lift the trophy at the age of 40. In an interview, Zoff tells AFP how he is planning on watching this year's World Cup, which he says without Italy just doesn't feel like […]

Paris (AFP) – With the 2018 World Cup in Russia starting in a month, AFP Sport takes a look at how the biggest names — who between them have won 13 of the last 20 tournaments — are shaping up: – Germany – Germany's build-up has been marred by uncertainty as to the fitness of […]

Moscow (AFP) – Robert Ustian knows that neo-Nazi hooligans who have run riot through Russian football for decades could take him out on any given day. The 34-year-old CSKA Moscow supporter sends out handfuls of secret spotters to the Red Army club's matches to chronicle racist abuse. Ustian then forwards the videos of Nazi salutes […]

Moscow (AFP) – The World Cup kicks off in Russia in a month's time with the hosts at loggerheads with the West and intent on using the football showpiece to trumpet their superpower status. Russia was a controversial choice when it was handed the rights to the world's most watched event in a 2010 vote […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Joe Hart is poised to return to Manchester City for talks about his future in a week which promises to have a major impact on the England goalkeeper's career. City manager Pep Guardiola, whose first act when he arrived in the summer of 2016 was to displace the popular and […]

Paris (AFP) – Lyon blew the chance to secure a place in next season's Champions League as Strasbourg staged a thrilling late comeback to snatch a 3-2 victory and ensure safety in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Fourth-placed Marseille's 3-3 draw at Guingamp on Friday had left the door open for Lyon, but instead they lost […]

Rome (AFP) – Inter Milan crashed to a 2-1 defeat to Sassuolo at the San Siro on Saturday which ensured that Roma get to play Champions League football next season. Matteo Politano and Domenico Berardi scored in either half with Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli proving heroic for the visitors to severely undermine Inter's slim hopes of […]

Madrid (AFP) – Gareth Bale scored twice as Real Madrid routed Celta Vigo 6-0 on Saturday to give coach Zinedine Zidane a selection headache for the Champions League final. With Cristiano Ronaldo again sidelined with an ankle injury, Welsh star Bale stepped into the limelight with two first-half strikes to push his case for a […]

Rome (AFP) – Fiorentina have created a trust fund to help support the daughter of late captain Davide Astori, the Italian club said on Saturday. The Italy international and Fiorentina defender was found dead in his hotel room in the north-eastern city of Udine on March 4 ahead of a Serie A match against Udinese. […]