Madrid (AFP) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was on Tuesday accused by Spanish authorities of failing to pay 3.3 million euros ($3.7m, £2.9m) in taxes during his time in charge of Real Madrid. The 54-year-old Mourinho, who coached Madrid from 2010 to 2013, was accused of "two offences against the public treasury," the prosecutor's […]

Madrid (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo's woes deepened Tuesday when the star striker was summoned to appear before a judge investigating tax fraud. Ronaldo, 32, said to have vowed that he would never play for Real Madrid again, was ordered to appear in a Madrid court on July 31 to answer four counts of tax evasion […]

Moscow (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal take on Confederations Cup hosts and Group A leaders Russia on Wednesday with a tax storm scandal clouding the superstar's Real Madrid future. Having opened their Confed Cup campaign with a 2-0 win over New Zealand, Russia face a step up against Euro 2016 winners Portugal and their troubled […]

Madrid (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo's woes deepened Tuesday when the star striker who reportedly wants to quit Real Madrid was summoned to appear before a judge investigating tax fraud. Ronaldo, 32, said to have vowed that he would never play for Real Madrid again, was summoned to appear in a Madrid court on July 31 […]

Sochi (Russia) (AFP) – New Zealand coach Anthony Hudson says the All Whites must be brave against Mexico, knowing defeat on Wednesday will effectively end their Confederations Cup hopes. Their 2-0 loss to hosts Russia in Saturday's opening Group A match means Oceania champions New Zealand have now gone a record 10 games without a […]

Madrid (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo will be staying at Spanish giants Real Madrid and no offer has been received to tempt him away, club president Florentino Perez insisted Tuesday. Unhappy Ronaldo has been linked to Manchester United and other top clubs after reportedly threatening to leave Real and quit Spain after running into problems with […]

Beijing (AFP) – Chinese investors have spent millions acquiring storied European football clubs such as AC Milan, Inter Milan and Aston Villa. But when Europeans finally took a stake in a Chinese club they aimed lower. Much lower. A group of Spanish investors, including the former president of Barcelona, recently bought into the team of […]

Dèni Biram Ndaw (Senegal) (AFP) – Long before Sadio Mane and Diafra Sakho battled for Premier League supremacy, the two footballers made their mark at a Senegalese club increasingly recognised as a west African pipeline to the top of the game. Generation Foot began life as an academy in 2000 and the side became national […]

Madrid (AFP) – There has been no interest from any club in Real Madrid's star player Cristiano Ronaldo, who has threatened to leave Spain after running into problems with tax authorities, according to club president Florentino Perez. "No one has sent us an offer for either Cristiano or anyone else," Perez told Onda Cero radio […]

Sochi (Russia) (AFP) – Australia head coach Ange Postecoglou cut a disappointed figure after their 3-2 opening Confederations Cup defeat to Germany, but expects the Socceroos to bounce back against Cameroon on Thursday. Having been hammered 4-0 by Brazil in Melbourne last week in a friendly ahead of the tournament in Russia, Australia stumbled again, […]

Madrid (AFP) – There has been no interest from any club in Real Madrid's star player Cristiano Ronaldo, who has threatened to leave Spain after running into problems with tax authorities, according to club president Florentino Perez. "No one has sent us an offer for either Cristiano or anyone else," Perez told Onda Cero radio […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Argentinian footballing legend Maradona said Monday that he preferred compatriot Lionel Messi to Cristiano Ronaldo all the while dubbing the Portugal captain an "incredible" player. "I can't remember having seen Lionel Messi play badly," Maradona told TyCSports. "I prefer Messi to Cristiano Ronaldo but I acknowledge that the latter is an […]

Kazan (Russia) (AFP) – FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Monday strongly defended the use of video assistant referees (VAR) during the first round of group-stage matches at the Confederations Cup in Russia. The latest of the five decisions to go to review was when the video assistant awarded Australia a goal in their 3-2 defeat […]

Sochi (Russia) (AFP) – A youthful Germany side weathered a second-half fightback by Australia to open their Confederations Cup campaign with a 3-2 win over the Socceroos on Monday in Sochi. Goals by Lars Stindl and Leon Goretzka, either side of a penalty by Julian Draxler, saw Germany home to leave them second in Group […]

Lausanne (AFP) – FIFA's ethics team had been investigating the role played by the organisation's president, Gianni Infantino, in the Confederation of African Football's presidential elections before being removed from office, sources said on Monday. Swiss prosecutor Cornel Borbely, who was chairman of the ethics committee's investigatory chamber, had opened an invstigation into suggestions Infantino […]