Paris (AFP) – Memphis Depay continued his remarkable run of form with a goal and an assist as Lyon beat Nantes 2-0 on Saturday to strengthen their grip on a top-three spot in Ligue 1. Bruno Genesio's men moved into second in the table with three matches to play, two points above stuttering Monaco and […]

Madrid (AFP) – Midfield legend Andres Iniesta is set to quit while arch rivals Real Madrid are prepping for a 13th Champions League, yet Ernesto Valverde insists his Barcelona side are still the best team in Spain. A win at Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday would see Barcelona seal their 25th La Liga title, and first […]

London (AFP) – West Bromwich Albion kept alive their slender hopes of avoiding Premier League relegation with a 1-0 win against Newcastle, while Southampton beat Bournemouth 2-1 to breathe new life into their fight for survival on Saturday. Albion would have been relegated to the Championship if they had failed to take maximum points at […]

Madrid (AFP) – Sevilla sacked coach Vincenzo Montella after just four months in charge on Saturday after a run of nine games without a win, the Spanish La Liga side announced. Former coach Joaquin Caparros, 62, and without a club since leaving Qatar's Al Ahli in December, was named as Montella's successor. "The club took […]

Berlin (AFP) – Youngster Niklas Dorsch scored on debut as a second-string Bayern Munich side cruised to a 4-1 victory over future coach Niko Kovac and Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Saturday, while Cologne were relegated in dramatic fashion after a 3-2 defeat by Freiburg. With all eyes on Tuesday's Champions League clash with […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted his side were below their best against Stoke City as they prepared for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Roma with a goalless stalemate at Anfield on Saturday. The Reds head to the Italian capital on Wednesday with a 5-2 advantage from the first […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool warmed up for their Champions League semi-final second leg against Roma with a low-key goalless draw against Stoke at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp's side head to the Italian capital on Wednesday with a 5-2 advantage from the first leg and do so the back of a Premier League match they controlled for […]

London (AFP) – Arsene Wenger says he hopes his farewell match at Old Trafford on Sunday passes off "peacefully" but has admitted he is unsure he will ever be friends with Jose Mourinho. Wenger, 68, made the surprise announcement last week that he will end his 21-year reign at Arsenal when the season is completed. […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Neymar is working hard to recover from the foot injury that sidelined him in February and will be back in action by this summer's World Cup, the Brazil team doctor who operated on him promised Friday. "Neymar is recovering the best way possible," Rodrigo Lasmar told GloboEsporte. "He is working […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Arsene Wenger is unsure of the welcome he will receive on his final visit to Old Trafford as Arsenal boss on Sunday after many "great battles" against Manchester United during his two decades in charge. The 68-year-old Frenchman, leaving the club at the end of the season, will bring a […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Diego Maradona resigned as coach of United Arab Emirates second division club Al Fujairah on Friday after his team failed to gain promotion, his lawyer Matias Morla announced. Argentine legend Maradona, a former World Cup winner and one of football's most divisive figures, said he was stepping down after a 1-1 […]

Paris (AFP) – Saint-Etienne continued their incredible upturn in fortunes on Friday with a 1-0 win at Montpellier in Ligue 1 that stretched their unbeaten run to 13 games and edged them closer to European qualification. Romain Hamouma got the only goal of the game inside 10 minutes, tapping in a Remy Cabella assist, before […]

London (AFP) – American businessman Shahid Khan has said he will do "everything possible" to give Chelsea the option of using Wembley as a temporary home if his £500 million ($698 million) bid to buy the iconic London ground is accepted. England's governing Football Association confirmed Thursday that Khan, the owner of Chelsea's local London […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – President Donald Trump's intervention in the race for the 2026 World Cup has placed North America's bid for the tournament in jeopardy with the FIFA vote to award the showpiece just weeks away, analysts say. In his first public comments on the 2026 race, Trump on Thursday appeared to warn that […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid are set to be without both Isco and Dani Carvajal for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich next Tuesday, coach Zinedine Zidane confirmed on Friday. "It is always annoying to lose two players but there is nothing we can do, that is how it is," […]