Istanbul (AFP) – Turkish football authorities on Thursday banned the country's best known player Arda Turan, on loan at Super Lig contenders Basaksehir from Barcelona, for a record 16 games after he shoved and verbally abused a referee. Turan — who will now miss the last two rounds of this season and almost half of […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea have been charged by the Football Association after their furious protests at referee Lee Mason during their damaging 1-1 draw against Huddersfield. Mason infuriated Chelsea's players when, with the score 0-0, he awarded them a corner but then blew for half-time before it was taken. Cesar Azpilicueta, Cesc Fabregas and Antonio […]

London (AFP) – Ian Holloway has been sacked by QPR amid reports that former England manager Steve McClaren is set to take charge of the Championship club. Holloway joined the west London team for a second spell in November 2016. But the former Millwall boss leaves Loftus Road with 12 months remaining on his contract […]

Monaco (AFP) – Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim has given injured Djibril Sidibe a timely boost by claiming the France defender will be fit in time for this summer's World Cup. Right-back Sidibe suffered a meniscus injury on his right knee during a 7-1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain last month, but has fought back and is […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is recovering after successful surgery on the knee injury that ruled him out for the rest of the season. Oxlade-Chamberlain will miss Liverpool's Champions League final clash with Real Madrid later this month and the World Cup in Russia following his operation. The 24-year-old England international sustained the […]

Madrid (AFP) – The current Spain manager Julen Lopetegui and his predecessor Vicente del Bosque have been summoned as witnesses in a corruption investigation into Angel Maria Villar, former head of the national football federation (RFEF). The judge in the Spanish National Court responsible for corruption, summoned the two managers to a hearing on May […]

London (AFP) – Manager Carlos Carvalhal is set to leave Swansea at the end of the season, with the club facing almost certain relegation from the Premier League, reports said Thursday. Defeat at home to fellow-strugglers Southampton this week coupled with Huddersfield's draw against Chelsea leaves Swansea needing an unlikely sequence of events to survive in the English top flight. The […]

London (AFP) – Arsene Wenger admits his long goodbye from Arsenal has been a bittersweet experience as he prepares to finally say farewell on Sunday. The Frenchman will take charge of Arsenal for the last time as his 22-year reign comes to an end with the Gunners' Premier League clash at Huddersfield this weekend. The […]

London (AFP) – Wayne Rooney has agreed a "deal in principle" to join Major League Soccer side DC United from Premier League club Everton, reports said Thursday. It has been suggested a £12.5 million ($17 million) deal has been agreed that could see the 32-year-old leave his boyhood club just 12 months after rejoining them […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid defender Filipe Luis admits the club would be letting Antoine Griezmann go on the cheap if his 100 million euro buyout clause is met this summer. Griezmann has insisted he wants his future resolved before the start of the World Cup, amid speculation the striker is set for a move […]

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino said they were delighted that former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is out of intensive care following surgery on a brain haemorrhage. United announced on Wednesday that Ferguson no longer needed intensive care following his emergency operation at the weekend and would continue rehabilitation as an inpatent. […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola is targeting 100 points to cap an "almost perfect season" after champions Manchester City set a hat-trick of Premier League records and home fans said farewell to veteran midfielder Yaya Toure. City's 3-1 win against Brighton on Wednesday took them to 97 points and 105 goals for the […]

Sao Paulo (AFP) – At 21, Brazil's Gabriel Jesus may be apprehensive about next month's World Cup — but legendary striker Romario wants him to know the key to success is simple: concentration, goals and plenty of sex. He says that's how he helped Brazil clinch the 1994 World Cup — and it seemed to […]

Rome (AFP) – Juventus ran riot in Rome beating blundering AC Milan 4-0 on Wednesday at the Stadio Olimpico to win a fourth consecutive Italian Cup. It was the 13th Cup win for Juventus, who are also poised to become the first Italian team to complete the double for four years in a row. Massimiliano […]

Rome (AFP) – Juventus ran riot to beat blundering AC Milan 4-0 on Wednesday in Rome's Stadio Olimpico and lift the Italian Cup for a fourth consecutive year. Juve are now poised to become the first Italian team to complete the league and cup double four years in a row after their 13th Italian Cup […]