London (AFP) – Five highs and lows of former England captain John Terry's 19-year career at his beloved Chelsea after it was announced Monday he would be leaving at the end of the season: HIGHS Captain Fantastic Chelsea's most successful skipper after being appointed in 2004 captained them a record 578 times and to four […]

Middlesbrough (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Goals from Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil ended Arsenal's run of four successive away defeats with a scratchy 2-1 victory over struggling Middlesbrough in their Premier League clash on Monday. The Gunners' performance was far from convincing but will still bring some relief to their beleaguered manager Arsene Wenger. There […]

London (AFP) – Gianfranco Zola resigned as manager of Birmingham City on Monday after a dreadful run of results since he took over at the Championship club just four months ago. The 50-year-old Italian was a controversial appointment by the club's Chinese owners after they sacked Gary Rowett, who had Birmingham well placed to challenge […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid will be without Gareth Bale as they look to book their place in a record seventh straight Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich on Tuesday. However, the visitors' chances of overcoming a 2-1 first-leg deficit were handed a huge boost as Bayern boss Carlo Ancelotti confirmed top scorer Robert Lewandowski […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Diego Godin is not worried about Atletico Madrid's abysmal recent record with penalties, he said on Monday ahead of his side's Champions League quarter-final second leg at Leicester City. Antoine Griezmann scored from the spot to give Atletico a 1-0 win in last week's first leg, but he had squandered […]

London (AFP) – Brighton and Hove Albion saw their 34-year wait for a return to the top flight of English football end with promotion to the Premier League on Monday. Championship leaders Brighton beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 and their promotion was confirmed when Huddersfield could only manage a 1-1 draw at Derby in the day's […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester City must strike the right emotional and tactical balance if they are to make more history against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, manager Craig Shakespeare said on Monday. Exactly eight years on from a 2-0 win at Southend United that saw Leicester promoted from the third tier, England's […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Kevin Gameiro is in line to return for Atletico Madrid's Champions League quarter-final second leg at Leicester City on Tuesday after taking part in training on Monday. Gameiro, 29, has missed Atletico's last five games due to a groin problem, with Fernando Torres deputising alongside Antoine Griezmann. But he trained […]

London (AFP) – Gianfranco Zola resigned as manager of Birmingham City on Monday after a dreadful run of results since he took over at the Championship club just four months ago. The 50-year-old Italian was a controversial appointment by the club's Chinese owners after they sacked Gary Rowett, who had Birmingham well placed to challenge […]

London (AFP) – Brighton and Hove Albion all but confirmed their promotion to the Premier League after a 2-1 victory at home to Wigan Athletic on Monday. The Championship leaders will definitely go up if Huddersfield fail to win against Derby County in Monday's late kick-off. But even if Huddersfield beat Derby, it will likely […]

Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Monday adopted a law to bar foreign hooligans from the country as it tries to clamp down on fan violence ahead of the 2018 World Cup. The legislation — approved by President Vladimir Putin — hands authorities the right to block entry for anyone previously found guilty of hooliganism abroad. […]

Brussels (AFP) – Standard Liege have sacked their Serbian coach Aleksandar Jankovic after the iconic Belgian top-flight outfit could only finish ninth in the regular season. "Negative results led the two parties to accept the consequences," a club statement said on Monday. Jankovic, a former Red Star Belgrade coach, took over the ten-time Belgian champions […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Scottish Premiership strugglers Dundee have sacked manager Paul Hartley, the club announced on Monday. Dundee have lost their last seven matches and are second-bottom of Scotland's top flight, five points above basement club Inverness Caledonian Thistle with five games of the season remaining. The bottom club at the end of the season […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester City must strike the right balance both emotionally and tactically if they are to conquer battle-hardened Atletico Madrid in their Champions League quarter-final, manager Craig Shakespeare said on Monday. Leicester approach Tuesday's return leg trailing 1-0 after Antoine Griezmann's disputed penalty in Madrid last week gave Atletico a slender […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester City's Christian Fuchs professed his admiration for Antoine Griezmann on Monday, but says last week's encounter with the Atletico Madrid hotshot helped his side get the measure of him. Griezmann scored the only goal — a disputed penalty following a foul outside the box — as Atletico won 1-0 […]