London (AFP) – Chelsea set up an all-English Champions League final against Manchester City as goals from Timo Werner and Mason Mount beat Real Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to seal a 3-1 aggregate victory at Stamford Bridge. If anything, the scoreline flattered Madrid as the 13-time European champions had no response to Chelsea's speed on […]

London (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane handed Eden Hazard a start on his return to Stamford Bridge as Real Madrid aim to prevent Chelsea setting up an all-English Champions League final against Manchester City on Wednesday. The semi-final is delicately poised after a 1-1 first-leg draw in Madrid last week. A series of injuries have prevented […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United will have to play three Premier League matches in five days after their postponed clash with Liverpool was rearranged for May 13. United were due to host bitter rivals Liverpool on Sunday, but the game was postponed after hundreds of fans broke into Old Trafford in protest at the club's […]

Rome (AFP) – Paulo Fonseca has backed Jose Mourinho to thrive at Roma when the former Tottenham boss replaces him as manager at the end of this season. Mourinho signed a three-year contract on Tuesday and will take charge of the Serie A club after Fonseca sees out the current campaign. Sacked after just 17 […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has been racially abused on Instagram less than 48 hours after the Premier League's social media boycott ended. Sterling suffered the abuse following City's Champions League semi-final second leg victory against Paris St Germain on Tuesday. A spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, said: "The racist abuse […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has revealed his family were scared by his weight loss after he contracted malaria while on international duty in March. The Gabon forward missed four games following the diagnosis after a feeling of lethargy left him questioning the cause. He returned off the bench in the Europa League […]

London (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said the anti-Glazer protest that forced the postponement of Manchester United's clash against Liverpool went "too far" but reiterated his call for supporters' voices to be heard. Anger at American owners the Glazers, who took charge of the club in 2005, spiked after their recent attempt to join the […]

London (AFP) – A police officer accused of murdering former Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson claimed the player threatened to take him "to the gates of hell", a court heard on Wednesday. The second day of a trial at Birmingham Crown Court in central England heard that Police Constable Benjamin Monk made the claim while […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Belgian Hugo Broos will replace sacked Molefi Ntseki as coach of South Africa, national football association chief executive Tebogo Motlanthe said in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Broos, 69, coached Cameroon to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations title, but was fired the following year after poor showings in the Confederation Cup and 2018 […]

London (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer called for protests to remain "civilised" after Sunday's anti-Glazer demonstration forced the postponement of Manchester United's Premier League match against Liverpool. Fan anger at the American owners has been stirred up by the European Super League fiasco, with thousands of protestors descending on Old Trafford demanding change in the […]

London (AFP) – Wales caretaker boss Robert Page said Wednesday he has taken full control of preparations for Euro 2020 in the absence of manager Ryan Giggs, who last week appeared in court on assault charges. Former Manchester United winger Giggs, who stepped aside from his Wales role in November, is due to appear at […]

London (AFP) – Fans will return to Premier League stadiums for the season's final two rounds of fixtures later this month, subject to the UK government's expected easing of lockdown restrictions. Under the government's roadmap out of lockdown, crowds of up 10,000 or 25 percent of capacity will be permitted from May 17. As a […]

Berlin (AFP) – Outgoing Bayern Munich trainer Hansi Flick is the hot favourite to become Germany's next head coach after receiving the backing of Oliver Bierhoff, who will ultimately decide Joachim Loew's replacement, in a podcast Wednesday. Flick, Loew's assistant coach when Germany won the 2014 World Cup, has told Bayern he wants to leave […]

London (AFP) – Mikel Arteta believes his Arsenal side can take their "biggest step forward" under his management if they end a turbulent season by booking their place in the Europa League final. The Gunners welcome former manager Unai Emery back to the Emirates Stadium on Thursday for the second leg of their semi-final with […]

Berlin (AFP) – Former Arsenal and Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has been dismissed from the supervisory board of Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin after making a jibe about a TV pundit's race via WhatsApp, it was confirmed Wednesday. Lehmann had sat on the Hertha Berlin supervisory board as an adviser to the club's major shareholder Lars […]