West Bromwich (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Sam Allardyce will leave relegated West Bromwich Albion when their ill-fated Premier League campaign ends on Sunday. Albion boss Allardyce confirmed his departure immediately after Wednesday's 3-1 home defeat against West Ham. The 66-year-old held talks over his future with Albion hierarchy following their relegation earlier in May. Allardyce […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain have a domestic double in their sights after they won the French Cup by beating Monaco 2-0 in Wednesday's final at the Stade de France. Goals from Mauro Icardi and Kylian Mbappe won a largely uninspiring final for PSG who now go into the weekend's final round of Ligue 1 […]

Reggio Emilia (Italy) (AFP) – Dethroned league champions Juventus beat Atalanta 2-1 to win the Italian Cup for the 14th time on Wednesday as fans returned to the stadium for the first time in over a year. Goals in either half from Dejan Kulusevski and Federico Chiesa gave coach Andrea Pirlo his second second trophy […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain won the French Cup on Wednesday after beating Monaco 2-0 in the final at the Stade de France. Goals from Mauro Icardi and Kylian Mbappe won a largely uninspiring final and mean PSG can end the season with the domestic league and cup double. The French champions have now won […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool set up a dramatic final-day battle to qualify for the Champions League with a vital 3-0 win at Burnley, while Tottenham's bid to reach the Europa League suffered a blow in a 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa on Wednesday. Jurgen Klopp's side moved into fourth place in the Premier League thanks […]

Burnley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Liverpool moved into the Premier League top four for the first time since February with a 3-0 win at Burnley as Jurgen Klopp's men remain on course to salvage a place in next season's Champions League. Roberto Firmino and Nathaniel Phillips struck either side of half-time before Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain smashed […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Pule Mmodi scored a superb goal as third-place Golden Arrows stayed on track for their highest South African Premiership finish by hammering TS Galaxy 3-0 in Durban on Wednesday. Mmodi claimed his fifth league goal of the season with an unstoppable half volley from just outside the box that flew past goalkeeper […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham's bid to qualify for the Europa League suffered a blow in a 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa on Wednesday in what could be Harry Kane's last home game for the club. With fifth and sixth place finishes securing a place in next season's Europa League, Tottenham are involved in the scramble […]

London (AFP) – Frank Lampard believes he built the platform for Thomas Tuchel, his successor as Chelsea manager, to succeed at Stamford Bridge. Lampard, Chelsea's all-time top goalscorer, was sacked in January with the Blues languishing ninth in the Premier League. Tuchel has lifted his side to third in the table and reached the Champions […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United co-chairman Joel Glazer said he is hoping for a "new era of positive dialogue" with supporters after agreeing to attend his first fans' forum. The Glazer family have been deeply unpopular since their leveraged takeover of the Red Devils in 2005. Anger towards the Americans was reignited last month by […]

Berlin (AFP) – Sami Khedira will retire when the Bundesliga season finishes this weekend, the former Germany midfielder announced on Wednesday. "It's a pretty tough step, but the only right one. 15 years of professional football have left their mark," Hertha Berlin's Khedira told reporters in the German capital. Khedira, a World Cup winner in […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy admitted he lost sight of the club's "DNA" after a backlash from fans over the club's role in the failed European Super League project. Spurs will welcome supporters back to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first time this year when a crowd of 10,000 see them take […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Argentine giants River Plate will have to play a Copa Libertadores match with an outfield player in goal after CONMEBOL rejected their request to call up youth team goalkeepers following an outbreak of coronavirus in the squad, local press said. River are due to play Colombians Independiente Santa Fe in Buenos […]

Helsinki (AFP) – Finland's star striker Teemu Pukki's prospects of recovering from an ankle injury in time for the European Championships are "looking good", manager Markku Kanerva said on Wednesday as he announced his squad. "We'll see when he fully returns to training how good his ankle is," Kanerva told a press conference, but said […]

Berlin (AFP) – Two years after being exiled from the Germany squad on the back of their woeful performance at the 2018 World Cup, Thomas Mueller is back and heading to the Euro 2020 finals. With his deadly eye for space in the box and outstanding form for Bayern Munich, Mueller's return to international football […]