Berlin (AFP) – French striker Jean-Kevin Augustin says hosts RB Leipzig are determined to prevent Bayern Munich being confirmed as Bundesliga champions for the sixth straight year as early as this Sunday. Bayern, who play Besiktas away in the Champions League on Wednesday, will arrive at Leipzig's Red Bull Arena on Sunday with a 20-point […]

London (AFP) – Harry Kane is set to return to training in April after suffering an ankle injury against Bournemouth, meaning the Tottenham and England striker should be fit for the World Cup. "Preliminary assessments have confirmed that Harry Kane has damaged lateral ligaments in his right ankle," the club said on their website. "The […]

Moscow (AFP) – Moscow on Tuesday shrugged off London's decision not to send British ministers and royals to Russia's World Cup over a nerve agent attack on a former double agent. The measure was one of a number announced by British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday in response to the March 4 poisoning of […]

London (AFP) – British police said Wednesday they were probing a spitting incident involving TV football pundit Jamie Carragher as broadcaster Sky Sports suspended the former Liverpool and England defender for the rest of the season. Carragher was filmed leaning out of the driver's window of his Range Rover before spitting at a car containing […]

London (AFP) – Gylfi Sigurdsson's chances of playing for Iceland at the World Cup remained alive on Wednesday, when Everton announced he will be sidelined for up to eight weeks by a knee injury. Sigurdsson picked up the injury during the Premier League victory over Brighton on Saturday and saw a specialist on Monday. "Following […]

London (AFP) – West Ham have vowed to issue life bans to the fans who invaded the pitch at the club's London Stadium during Saturday's 3-0 defeat by Burnley. The Premier League game was marred by four separate pitch invasions as well as protests against West Ham's board as hundreds of supporters congregated beneath the […]

London (AFP) – TV pundit and former Liverpool and England player Jamie Carragher was Wednesday suspended by broadcaster Sky Sports for the rest of the season after he spat at a Manchester United fan's car. In footage widely shown on British media, Carragher is seen winding down the window of his car and spitting at […]

Berlin (AFP) – Jurgen Braehmer is planning a legal challenge in the hope of facing Callum Smith in the super-middleweight final of the world boxing super series (WBSS) final. "I'm assuming I'm going to box and I've already got my lawyer on the case," Braehmer told German newspaper the Maerkische Oder Zeitung. "I will prepare […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho was condemned for his negative tactics after Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League to Sevilla, with Alexis Sanchez anonymous and Paul Pogba's confidence apparently in tatters. United, riding high in the Premier League, started the second leg of their last-16 tie on Tuesday as strong favourites […]

Athens (AFP) – World football body FIFA on Wednesday said Greece's violence-ridden championship was on the "edge of a cliff" and Greek clubs faced exclusion from international competition unless authorities took rapid action. "This behaviour has pushed us to come here to make recommendations," Herbert Hubel, head of the FIFA committee set up last July […]

Frankfurt am Main (AFP) – The chief executive of German sportswear maker Adidas said Wednesday it stood by its sponsorship of this year's football World Cup in Russia, as tensions mount between Moscow and London over the poisoning of an ex-spy on British soil. Football gear makes up a smaller share of Adidas' fast-growing business […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho insisted European disappointment is nothing new for the English giants after losing 2-1 to Sevilla at Old Trafford to crash out of the Champions League by the same scoreline on aggregate. Wissam Ben Yedder struck twice in four second-half minutes on Tuesday to send Sevilla […]

Rome (AFP) – Roma reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in 10 years as Edin Dzeko edged them past Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday and allowed the Italians to win the tie on away goals. The Bosnian striker's 52nd-minute goal proved enough after a 2-1 first-leg loss in […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham face an anxious wait to discover the extent of Harry Kane's ankle injury amid reports the England striker could be sidelined for six weeks. Kane sustained an ankle ligament problem for the third time in 18 months during Tottenham's 4-1 win at Bournemouth on Sunday. According to reports in the British […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Antonio Conte's Chelsea will aim to frustrate Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday but they may find an opponent less expansive than they expect. Barca have set the standard in recent years for the most glittering style of football but Ernesto Valverde has instilled a […]