Buenos Aires (AFP) – Argentina World Cup winner Leopoldo Luque died on Monday of a heart attack while he was receiving treatment for Covid-19, hospital sources said. Luque, who was 71, contracted coronavirus, which led to a pneumonia that provoked his death, a hospital source from the western city of Mendoza said. Striker Luque scored […]

London (AFP) – West Ham boosted their unexpected bid to qualify for the Champions League with an emphatic 3-0 victory against lowly Sheffield United on Monday. David Moyes' side made six wins from their last eight Premier League games as they swept aside the bottom of the table Blades at the London Stadium. An injury […]

Tbilisi (AFP) – Former France and Bayern Munich defender Willy Sagnol has been named manager of Georgia's national football team, the Caucasus country's federation said in a statement Monday. "The high quality of the exchanges with the committee (of the federation) and the potential of the team convinced me to take on this incredible challenge," […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino said on Monday his side remained "excited" for this week's Champions League last 16 first leg at Barcelona despite the absence of Neymar. The world's most expensive player as well as fellow attacker Angel Di Maria will miss Tuesday's trip to the Camp Nou with injuries. "You […]

Budapest (AFP) – For Budapest and Bucharest, acting as unexpected hosts of round-of-16 matches in a Champions League disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic offers a moment in the football floodlights at, they insist, little risk. With some countries unwilling to make travel exceptions for football teams, UEFA and the clubs have been scrambling to avoid […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called on football to "make sure your house is in order" on Monday following allegations Rangers players attended a house party which was broken up by police. The Scottish Premiership leaders issued a statement on Sunday saying they were aware of an alleged incident and had launched […]

Milan (AFP) – Colombian midfielder Juan Cuadrado will miss Juventus's midweek Champions League last 16, first leg trip to Porto, the Italian team said Monday. Cuadrado picked up "a low-grade lesion of the hamstring of the right thigh (and) will be reevaluated again in 10 days," the club said. The 32-year-old came off during Juventus's […]

Madrid (AFP) – Spain right-back Dani Carvajal suffered a fourth injury of the season in the weekend's win over Valencia, his club Real Madrid said on Monday. Carvajal, 29, was making his return from another leg problem but the Spanish giants did not disclose the length of his unavailability with local reports claiming he will […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach's highly coveted coach Marco Rose will take over at Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season, the two clubs announced on Monday. Leipzig-born Rose, 44, has long been favourite to succeed interim coach Edin Terzic in the Dortmund dugout. "We have had a lot of discussions about […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach's highly coveted coach Marco Rose will take over Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season, Gladbach announced Monday. "We have had a lot of discussions about Marco's future in the last weeks. Sadly, he has decided...that he would like to join Dortmund in the summer," Gladbach sporting […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insisted he still has the energy to turn around the English champions' season after three consecutive defeats ended the Reds' realistic chances of defending their Premier League title. Klopp's men turn their attention to the Champions League on Tuesday when they face RB Leipzig in the first leg […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman insists his resurgent team can still compete with the strongest in Europe as they prepare to take on a Paris Saint-Germain side missing Neymar in their Champions League last 16, first leg on Tuesday. "I don't see other teams who are much better than Barcelona, but I think […]

Paris (AFP) – Romelu Lukaku helped fire Inter Milan to the top of Serie A, while a youthful Barcelona continued their revival and it turned out to be a good weekend for Paris Saint-Germain in France. AFP Sport rounds up some of the main talking points from across the continent: – Advantage Inter before Milan […]

Paris (AFP) – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang decisively put a shortage of goals this season behind him at the weekend by scoring his first Premier League hat-trick as Arsenal defeated Leeds United 4-2 at the Emirates. The Gunners captain and Gabon star had scored just five goals before he punished Leeds' expansive style by netting from a […]

Milan (AFP) – Napoli forward Hirving Lozano and goalkeeper David Ospina are both out injured, the Serie A club announced on Monday. Mexican Lozano picked up a right hamstring problem in Saturday's 1-0 Serie A win over Juventus. The 25-year-old, who has scored 13 goals in all competitions this season, could be sidelined for three […]