Madrid (AFP) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was grilled by a judge in Spain on Friday over accusations of a 3.3 million euro ($3.8 million) tax fraud during his time in charge of Real Madrid in 2011 and 2012. The 54-year-old did not speak to reporters as he arrived for the court hearing in […]

Milan (AFP) – Leaders Napoli turn their focus back to Serie A after a bruising Champions League defeat to Manchester City midweek in which defender Faouzi Ghoulam picked up a serious knee injury. Algerian international Ghoulam could be out for months after tearing a cruciate ligament in his right knee during the 4-2 defeat which […]

Berlin (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski is set to return to action for Bayern Munich this weekend as they look to score an important victory over troubled title rivals Borussia Dortmund. The Polish star missed Tuesday’s Champions League clash against Celtic with a back problem, but is expected to be fit to face his former club […]

Paris (AFP) – Lyon head into Sunday's Rhone-Alpes derby with fierce rivals Saint-Etienne on a terrific run of form sparked by the return to prominence of captain and leading scorer Nabil Fekir. The 24-year-old has helped fill the considerable hole left by the sale of prolific striker Alexandre Lacazette in the summer and dragged Lyon […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos warned those writing off the European champions will be "put in their place" despite an alarming slump in form that has left them eight points off Barcelona at the top of La Liga after just 10 games. A 3-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League […]

London (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp believes in-form Egypt winger Mohamed Salah holds the key to Liverpool maintaining their recent revival at West Ham on Saturday. After a spluttering start to the season, Klopp's side have eased the pressure on their German coach with successive 3-0 wins over Huddersfield and Maribor. The Reds head to east […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea and Manchester United go head to head this weekend in a match neither club dare lose as Manchester City entertain Arsenal eyeing a chance to stretch their lead at the top of the Premier League. Pep Guardiola's unbeaten City are smashing records with impunity and are already five points clear of […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United defender Chris Smalling's international future is in doubt after England manager Gareth Southgate said he had been overlooked for the latest squad due to concerns about his passing. Southgate on Thursday included uncapped Liverpool defender Joe Gomez in an experimental 25-man squad for England's friendlies against Germany and Brazil later […]

Paris (AFP) – Arsenal reached the Europa League last 32 Thursday as Everton crashed out and Patrice Evra was red-carded for a karate kick at one of his own Marseille fans — before the match had even started. Arsene Wenger's Arsenal fought out a drab 0-0 draw with Red Star Belgrade at the Emirates but […]

Milan (AFP) – Italian international Eder has extended his contract with Serie A challengers Inter Milan until June 2021, the club confirmed on Thursday. The deal adds a further twelve months to the 30-year-old forward's deal at the San Siro. The Brazilian-born player joined Inter on an 18-month loan deal from Sampdoria in January 2016 before […]

Guimaraes (Portugal) (AFP) – Marseille defender Patrice Evra was sent off after launching a karate-style kick at one of his team's own supporters before Thursday's Europa League match against Vitoria Guimaraes. Evra, 36, was engaged in a heated exchange with a group of fans from an area reserved for around 500 Marseille supporters in Portugal […]

Paris (AFP) – Struggling Everton crashed out of the Europa League group stage on Thursday with two matches still to play after a 3-0 defeat in Lyon, while AC Milan missed a chance to clinch a spot in the last 32. Languishing in the relegation zone in the Premier League and without a permanent manager […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Boca Juniors strikers Dario Benedetto and Cristian Pavon were called into the Argentina squad on Thursday for the November 11 friendly international against World Cup hosts Russia in Moscow. They join the likes of Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Paulo Dybala and Angel Di Maria in Jorge Sampaoli's squad who will also […]

Istanbul (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin on Thursday announced his international retirement after Turkey's failure to reach the World Cup, despite being just 29 years old. "I'd like to announce that I am putting an end to my career with the national team," Sahin wrote on Twitter and Instagram, adding that he wanted […]

Berlin (AFP) – After more than two months of testing video assistant referees (VAR) in the Bundesliga, the German Football Association (DFB) has ruled that video referees should intervene more often, even if the onfield referee did not commit an obvious error. "In complicated situations, in which the referee's decision cannot be classified as an […]