London (AFP) – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has refused to rule out a ban from next season's Champions League for all 12 clubs involved in trying to set up a breakaway European Super League. But Ceferin also told Britain's Mail on Sunday that the six English clubs — Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester […]

London (AFP) – English football clubs will stage a three-day social media boycott next weekend as part of a protest against racism, several national governing bodies announced Saturday. The blackout, encompassing England's governing Football Association, clubs in the Premier League, English Football League and Women's Super League, will begin at 1400 GMT on Friday, April […]

Milan (AFP) – Nigerian forward Simy scored twice as Crotone delayed their Serie A relegation on Saturday with a 4-3 win over fellow strugglers Parma. Both clubs look destined for Serie B next season with second-last Parma 11 points off safety with five games left, and Crotone two points behind. A defeat would have seen […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid handed the initiative back to Atletico Madrid in La Liga on Saturday by drawing at home to Real Betis, a result that raises doubts about the team's condition ahead of Tuesday's Champions League game against Chelsea. Eden Hazard was thrown on for the last 15 minutes of the 0-0 draw […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United fans protested against the club's American owners outside Old Trafford on Saturday as the row over the collapse of a proposed breakaway European Super League (ESL) rumbled on. United were one of 12 clubs to initially sign up to the planned ESL, only to withdraw within 48 hours […]

Paris (AFP) – Kylian Mbappe scored twice for the second game in a row but picked up a thigh injury as Paris Saint-Germain climbed top of Ligue 1 on Saturday with a 3-1 victory at Metz. The France striker was rested for the midweek cup rout of Angers and returned to bolster PSG's title hopes […]

London (AFP) – Watford bounced back to the Premier League at the first time of asking after Saturday's 1-0 win over Millwall sealed promotion. Brentford's win at Bournemouth earlier in the day meant that only three points would be good enough for Xisco Munoz's men to be promoted alongside Norwich, who came down with them […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich blew the chance to clinch the Bundesliga title on Saturday as the club world champions crashed to a 2-1 defeat away to Mainz. Victory at Mainz, where Bayern last lost nearly a decade ago, would have secured a ninth successive German title for Hansi Flick's side. First-half goals by Jonathan Burkardt […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea are the latest Premier League club to issue a grovelling apology to supporters for their involvement in plans for a breakaway European Super League (ESL), that collapsed within 48 hours this week. The Blues were one of 12 clubs included in the proposals released on Sunday that would have seen 15 […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – The announcement of a new coach for South Africa's football team, scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed until next week because of "global Covid-19 travel issues", the national association said. Former Real Madrid manager and twice Manchester United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz is favourite to succeed sacked Molefi Ntseki just over a […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo insisted on Saturday that his team did not fear UEFA sanctions over the failed Super League project, designed to supplant the Champions League. "We are not afraid of this, we are calm and focused on our work," Pirlo told a press conference ahead of the team's Serie A […]

Quang Ninh (Vietnam) (AFP) – Legs stiff from long days in the rice terraces of northern Vietnam, scores of female farmers dressed in colourful cloth headbands and skirts gather on a gravel pitch for a game of football. The all-female squads of Huc Dong commune, a mountainous village only 40 kilometres from the Chinese border, […]

London (AFP) – "Soccernomics" economist Stefan Szymanski says the "pent-up demand" underpinning the concept of a European Super League will not disappear, despite the launch in Britain of a wholesale review into the running of English football. The 12 elite European clubs pushing the much-vilified concept fell afoul of an arrogant failure to consult and […]

London (AFP) – An own-goal from Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno handed Everton a 1-0 Premier League win on Friday as around 2,000 fans protested against Gunners owner Stan Kroenke outside the Emirates Stadium. With both sides chasing places in Europe next season, it was Carlo Ancelotti's side who came out on top with a first […]

London (AFP) – An own-goal from Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno handed Everton a 1-0 Premier League win on Friday as around 2,000 fans protested against Gunners owner Stan Kroenke outside the Emirates Stadium. With both sides chasing places in Europe next season, it was Carlo Ancelotti's side who came out on top with a first […]