Bratislava (AFP) – UEFA will not introduce Video Assistant Referees (VAR) for next season's Champions League because of ongoing "confusion" surrounding its use, Aleksander Ceferin, the president of European football's governing body, said on Monday. "Nobody knows exactly how it works yet. There is still a lot of confusion," Ceferin said at UEFA's Congress in […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain are preparing for a race against the clock to get Neymar ready for their Champions League crunch clash with Real Madrid next week after he suffered an ankle injury against Marseille on Sunday. The Brazilian superstar was stretchered off in anguish towards the end of PSG's 3-0 victory over their […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal's all-time top scorer Thierry Henry said it would be a "dream" to manage the club, whose season is threatening to unravel after their capitulation to Manchester City in the League Cup final. Arsene Wenger's side crumbled 3-0 at Wembley on Sunday and languish 10 points off the top four in the […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku says he deserves "more respect" for his goalscoring record, hitting back at critics who have highlighted his lack of goals against the Premier League's top clubs. The 24-year-old scored a goal and set up Jesse Lingard's winner in a 2-1 victory against Chelsea Old Trafford on Sunday […]

Paris (AFP) – Egyptian Mohamed Salah demonstrated again why is the top African performer in the major European leagues this season by scoring in a sixth consecutive match for Liverpool at the weekend. The 2017 African Footballer of the Year struck the second goal during a 4-1 Premier League thrashing of West Ham, taking his […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United inflicted a miserable weekend on Chelsea as Jose Mourinho won his personal duel with Antonio Conte and helped shunt the champions out of the Premier League's top four. Former Chelsea man Romelu Lukaku scored and set up the winner for Jesse Lingard in a 2-1 defeat for Conte's team, whose […]

Madrid (AFP) – Eight senior citizens huddled around a table stare at a photo of a young Diego Maradona in a red and blue FC Barcelona jersey projected onto a screen at a Madrid retirement home. Former Atletico Madrid defender Roberto Solozabal, a member of Spain's gold medal football squad at the 1992 Olympics in […]

Milan (AFP) – Gennaro Gattuso has sparked a fire in AC Milan. Unbeaten in 12 games with five wins in a row, the Italian coach has transformed the demoralised squad he took over three months ago from Vincenzo Montella. Sunday's 2-0 win against AS Roma in the Stadio Olympico was an important one, against a […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino leapt to the defence of Dele Alli after the midfielder was once again accused of diving in his side’s 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Sunday. Alli left the pitch to jeers following the win secured by Harry Kane’s 89th minute header after going to ground easily […]

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola's League Cup triumph against Arsenal could usher in an era of dominance for Manchester City but he had three veterans to thank for a comprehensive win at Wembley. City were not at their best in a scrappy first half on a bitingly cold February day on Sunday, failing to hit […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Romelu Lukaku quietened questions over his ability to deliver against the best opposition by scoring and setting up the winner for Jesse Lingard as Manchester United came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 on Sunday. Lukaku hadn't netted in any of his six previous matches against top six Premier League […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery remains optimistic that superstar Neymar will be fit to face Real Madrid in their do-or-die Champions League clash despite suffering an ankle injury in Sunday's 3-0 victory over Marseille. Neymar, the world's most expensive footballer, was stretchered off 10 minutes from time at the Parc des Princes […]

Milan (AFP) – Champions Juventus's Serie A game was snowed off on Sunday as Lazio moved third with a 3-0 win over Sassuolo at the expense of AS Roma who were beaten 2-0 by AC Milan. Juventus are a point behind leaders Napoli, who play Cagliari in Sardinia on Monday, and had been looking to […]

Thessaloniki (Greece) (AFP) – Olympiakos coach Oscar Garcia will spend the night at a heavily-guarded Thessaloniki hospital following the postponement of the derby between PAOK and Olympiakos on Sunday. Garcia was struck in the face by a toilet roll thrown by a spectator minutes before kick-off. Police are guarding Garcia’s room and the hospital has […]

Paris (AFP) – Neymar was worryingly stretchered off with an ankle injury on Sunday, marring Paris Saint-Germain's 3-0 victory over Marseille that increased their Ligue 1 lead to 14 points. Just 10 days before the French leaders' Champions League last 16, second leg against Real Madrid, there was concern over the world's most expensive player […]