Los Angeles (AFP) – Toronto FC overcame an early injury to Jozy Altidore on Tuesday to book their place in the final of the CONCACAF Champions League with a 4-2 aggregate win over Mexico's Club America. Leading 3-1 after the first leg in Canada, Toronto travelled to Mexico City's Estadio Azteca aiming to become only […]

Rome (AFP) – Roma have their sights on Kiev and the Champions League final after completing a miracle comeback against Barcelona on Tuesday to overhaul a three-goal first-leg deficit and take their place in the competition's last four. The Italian capital came alive after a magical night at the Stadio Olimpico in which Roma — […]

Rome (AFP) – Car horns blaring, flags waving, fans singing in the streets and wild cheers pouring from every household, the Italian capital came alive Tuesday night as Roma knocked Barcelona out of the Champions League after a miracle comeback. The incredible 3-0 victory at the Stadio Olimpico saw the home side overhaul a 4-1 […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona skipper Andres Iniesta admitted his crushing disappointment after the Catalans were sent packing from the Champions League by Roma in sensational fashion on Tuesday. "It is very painful because nobody expected it with the lead we had," Iniesta told Catalunya TV. "When you do things badly, you commit lots of mistakes […]

Rome (AFP) – Kostas Manolas sent Roma through to the semi-finals of the Champions League after an incredible 3-0 victory over Barcelona at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday saw them overhaul a 4-1 first-leg deficit and advance on away goals. Manolas, who along with captain Daniele De Rossi scored the two own goals at the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Gianluigi Buffon has admitted he could be playing his final Champions League game when Juventus take on Real Madrid in the quarter-final second leg on Wednesday. But the 40-year-old claims he is not saddened by the prospect, instead insisting there would be few better places to bow out than the Santiago Bernabeu. […]

Rome (AFP) – Kostas Manolas sent Roma through to the semi-finals of the Champions League after an incredible 3-0 victory over Barcelona at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday saw them overhaul a 4-1 first-leg deficit and advance on away goals. The superb Edin Dzeko set the ball rolling in the sixth minute, and after Daniele […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Mohamed Salah ensured Liverpool's return to the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in a decade as a 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday took them through 5-1 on aggregate and ended Manchester City's European dream for another season. On a night of high frustration for free-spending […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Sociedad's legendary captain Xabi Prieto will retire at the end of the current campaign, the La Liga club have announced. Prieto came through the youth system at the Basque side and, after making his debut in 2003, has gone on to play 530 games for the first team. "Xabi Prieto will […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny had his red card against Southampton overturned by the Football Association on Tuesday. Elneny was dismissed in the closing moments of Arsenal's 3-2 win at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday after the Egyptian pushed Southampton defender Cedric Soares. The incident came just after Southampton defender Jack Stephens was […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Ramon Maddoni points to a skinny, swirling orange-shirted figure on the field, jinking one way, then the other, a ball at his feet: "Look at this kid, he's a 'fenomeno'." Maddoni is in the business of discovering the latest 'fenomeno', the next Messi, a new Maradona — players that quicken the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane believes Cristiano Ronaldo will be remembered at Real Madrid in the same glowing terms as Alfredo Di Stefano. Di Stefano was the face of Real´s domination during the 1950s and 1960s, when they won five European Cups and he scored more than 300 goals. Ronaldo is now trying to lead […]

Tokyo (AFP) – Japan's newly appointed national football manager Akira Nishino said Tuesday the Blue Samurai have world-class technique and vowed to build on their organised playing style ahead of the World Cup. Japan appointed the 63-year-old veteran coach on Monday after sensationally dumping Vahid Halilhodzic only two months before the tournament in Russia. "(Japan) […]

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Arjen Robben says Bayern Munich can take nothing for granted against Sevilla in Wednesday's home quarter-final after the Spaniards already dumped Manchester United out of the Champions League. Bayern have one foot in a seventh European semi-final in nine years after earning a 2-1 away win at Sevilla in last week's […]

Moscow (AFP) – Russia intends to spend more than $200 million (or 162 million euros) to make sure stadiums built for the World Cup do not go to waste after the showpiece ends. The hosts are trying to use the football final to revive fan interest in the struggling domestic leagues. Each of the 11 […]