Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach coach Marco Rose on Wednesday promised not to take any 'Foals' stars with him after he leaves to take charge of Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund next season. One of the worst-kept secrets in German football was confirmed Monday when Gladbach announced Rose will leave to coach Dortmund next season. "I […]

Budapest (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp has urged Liverpool to build on their impressive Champions League last 16 away win against Leipzig which ended the Reds' miserable run of recent results. Liverpool threw off the shackles of three straight Premier League defeats with a slick performance and clinical finishing to dominate Leipzig in the first-leg tie […]

Madrid (AFP) – Ronald Koeman said Barcelona were not ready yet to win the biggest trophies but Paris Saint-Germain showed them on Tuesday how far they have to go. Kylian Mbappe ran riot at Camp Nou, his hat-trick signing off one of the great invididual performances of the Champions League era and elevating his status […]

Paris (AFP) – Europe's media lavished praise on PSG's "hurricane" superstar Kylian Mbappe after a stunning Champions League hat-trick blew away Lionel Messi's Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Tuesday. The 22-year-old's goals in the round of 16 first-leg tie made him the first-ever player to score a hat-trick against Barcelona in the knockout stages […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United and Arsenal face tough ties when the Europa League returns for the knockout stages on Thursday amid complaints over the relocation of various matches due to coronavirus restrictions. Both legs between Arsenal and Benfica have been moved to neutral venues with Thursday's first clash taking place in Rome and the […]

Paris (AFP) – Kylian Mbappe had already won the World Cup and scored in the final, but he had not yet produced a Champions League performance on the level of his devastating display that blew away Lionel Messi and Barcelona on Tuesday. His hat-trick, capped by the emphatic finish at the end of an 85th-minute […]

Budapest (AFP) – Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson insisted the "job is only half done" after the Reds' 2-0 win over RB Leipzig on Tuesday gave them a commanding lead in their Champions League last-16 tie. Goals by Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane in a five-minute spell early in the second half sealed Liverpool's first-leg victory […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Kylian Mbappe believes the best is still to come from Paris Saint-Germain after his stunning hat-trick helped the French club to a memorable 4-1 win over Barcelona in their Champions League last 16, first leg at the Camp Nou on Tuesday. "We are very pleased. It was a very important match for […]

Budapest (AFP) – Liverpool seized the initiative against RB Leipzig in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash by cruising to a 2-0 win in a chilly Budapest on Tuesday. Clinical early second-half strikes from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, both courtesy of dreadful defensive errors, proved decisive and leave the German side […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Kylian Mbappe ripped Barcelona apart on Tuesday by scoring a stunning hat-trick in a 4-1 rout to put Paris Saint-Germain on the brink of the Champions League quarter-finals. Mbappe underlined his status as the coming superstar of world football with a ruthless display of finishing at Camp Nou that will go down […]

Budapest (AFP) – Liverpool seized the initiative against RB Leipzig in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash with a comfortable 2-0 win in Budapest on Tuesday. Clinical strikes from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane in the space of five minutes early in the second half, both courtesy of dreadful defensive errors, were decisive […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Mohamed 'Afsha' Magdy broke the deadlock after 57 minutes as holders Al Ahly of Egypt romped to a 3-0 CAF Champions League victory over Al Merrikh of Sudan on Tuesday. The midfielder headed a Mohamed Hany cross into the net at the Cairo International Stadium to break the resistance of the […]

Lausanne (AFP) – Swiss prosecutors are appealing the acquittal of Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi on accusations of corruption in the attribution of football broadcasting rights, a spokeswoman told AFP on Tuesday. Khelaifi, head of broadcasting group beIN Media, was acquitted in October after a trial in which he appeared alongside former FIFA secretary general […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Gerard Pique was picked to start his first game in almost three months for Barcelona against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday. Centre-back Pique has been out since November with a knee ligament injury but Barca coach Ronald Koeman decided to gamble on the 34-year-old, who returned to […]

Rome (AFP) – Lazio winger Manuel Lazzari has joined Roma's Bryan Cristante in being banned for a game for making blasphemous comments during a match, Serie A announced on Tuesday. Lazzari's remarks, which came during the second-half of Sunday's loss at Inter Milan at an almost empty San Siro, were picked up on television. Cristante […]