London (AFP) – Chelsea have secured the signing of left-back Emerson Palmieri from Roma on a four-and-a-half year deal, the Premier League champions said on Tuesday. The 23-year-old played just twice for Roma this season after missing the first three months of the campaign with a serious knee injury. "I came here because it's a […]

London (AFP) – Petr Cech's howler rocked Arsenal as they crashed to a shock 3-1 defeat at Swansea, while Liverpool cruised to victory over Huddersfield on Tuesday. Arsenal goalkeeper Cech's miscued attempt to clear allowed Jordan Ayew to slot home Swansea's second goal at the Liberty Stadium. It was the killer blow for Arsenal, who […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho has revealed Juan Mata's contract at Manchester United has been extended for another year. Spain midfielder Mata was in the last six months of the deal he signed when he joined the club from Chelsea in 2014, but United had the option of keeping him for an extra season and […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola has refused to deny Manchester City are considering a deadline day move for Leicester winger Riyad Mahrez. City broke their club record transfer on Tuesday with the £57 million ($80 million, 65 million euros) signing of centre-back Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao. In order to sign Algeria international […]

Bergamo (Italy) (AFP) – Gonzalo Higuain scored after three minutes and Gianluigi Buffon saved a penalty as Juventus stayed on track for a fourth straight Italian Cup on Tuesday with a 1-0 semi-final, first leg win at Atalanta. Buffon — making his first appearance in goal since turning 40 and after a two-month layoff with […]

Paris (AFP) – Holders Paris Saint-Germain edged into the French League Cup final by beating Rennes 3-2 at Roazhon Park on Tuesday, despite seeing Kylian Mbappe sent off on his return from injury. Thomas Meunier put the visitors ahead with a magnificent volley, before Rennes winger Wahbi Khazri had a goal ruled out for handball […]

Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Petr Cech's awful mistake and two goals from Sam Clucas condemned Arsenal to a shock 3-1 defeat at Swansea as the resurgent hosts climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone on Tuesday. Arsenal goalkeeper Cech horribly miscued an attempted clearance that allowed Jordan Ayew to give Swansea a crucial […]

Huddersfield (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Liverpool got back on track with a clinical 3-0 win at Huddersfield thanks to goals from Emre Can, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah on Tuesday. The Reds had stuttered in their past two matches with a Premier League defeat by lowly Swansea and an FA Cup exit at the hands […]

Ankara (AFP) – Antalyaspor announced Tuesday they have released former Cameroon international striker Samuel Eto'o, who is expected to sign with fellow Turkish top-flight club Konyaspor. "Our team separated ways with our captain Samuel Eto'o by mutual agreement," Antalyaspor, who are in the relegation zone in Turkey's first division, said in a statement on the […]

Lisbon (AFP) – Portuguese investigators charged Benfica president Luis Filipe Vieira with influence peddling on Tuesday as they widen a corruption enquiry, an informed source told AFP. Portugal's most popular club, which won back-to-back European Cups in the early 1960s, confirmed police had searched its premises while adding the club itself was not being targeted by the […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli said Tuesday he expects captain and star striker Lionel Messi to arrive at the World Cup in peak form after he battled fatigue at the 2014 tournament. "We've spoken with Leo about what's happening and that he doesn't find himself in the same situation four years ago […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City completed the signing of Aymeric Laporte on Tuesday as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reportedly arrived at Arsenal's training ground to finalise his transfer from Borussia Dortmund, with clubs scrambling to beat Wednesday's deadline. Premier League leaders City are reported to have paid a club record £57 million ($80 million, 65 million euros) […]

Rome (AFP) – Italian football plunged further into crisis two months after the country's dramatic World Cup exit with the failure to elect a new federation chief amid scenes of chaos in Rome. "We've managed to do worse than the national side eliminated from the World Cup, and that's a difficult feat to achieve," said […]

Bologna (Italy) (AFP) – Bologna's Italy international Simone Verdi has been ruled out of action with a hamstring injury, the Serie A club confirmed on Tuesday. The 25-year-old forward — reported to have turned down an offer from Napoli this month — picked up the injury in last weekend's defeat to Maurizio Sarri's side. "The […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City midfielder Leroy Sane will be out of action for at least six weeks with an ankle injury he picked up in his side's FA Cup win against Cardiff, Pep Guardiola said Tuesday. The Germany international suffered ligament damage following a bad tackle from Joe Bennett in Sunday's FA […]