Milan (AFP) – Inter Milan's Chinese owners Suning are looking for investors at a "delicate moment" financially for the Italian giants, club CEO Giuseppe Marotta said on Friday. "This is a delicate moment but these are problems that have little to do with (matters on) the pitch," Marotta told Sky Sport before the team's Serie […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich head to the Club World Cup with five successive wins under their belt after Kingsley Coman's first-half winner handed the Bundesliga leaders a 1-0 victory at Hertha Berlin on Friday. The win leaves Bayern 10 points clear of second-placed RB Leipzig, who have a game in hand away to crisis-hit Schalke […]

London (AFP) – Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds' proposed takeover of lowly Welsh football team Wrexham moved a step closer to reality on Friday with approval from a financial regulator. Wrexham play in the fifth tier of English football — far removed from the glamour and worldwide reach of the Premier League. But that did not […]

Lausanne (AFP) – FIFA announced on Friday it is extending its relaxation of rules forcing clubs to release players during international windows until the end of April. Clubs can refuse to release their players if they would have to quarantine on their return to club duty due to coronavirus regulations. "The Bureau of the FIFA […]

Doha (AFP) – African flag-bearers Al Ahly of Egypt admit they will be rank outsiders against Bayern Munich on Monday in the Club World Cup semi-finals, despite boasting a 32-match unbeaten record in all competitions. After a 1-0 quarter-finals victory over Al Duhail from host nation Qatar, South Africa-born coach Pitso Mosimane conceded that […]

Milan (AFP) – Napoli defenders Kalidou Koulibaly and Faouzi Ghoulam have both tested positive for coronavirus, the Serie A club confirmed on Friday. Senegalese international Koulibaly, 29, returned a positive after 30-year-old Algerian Ghoulam's result was announced earlier in the day. The club said that Ghoulam was tested on Thursday and later on Friday announced: […]

Madrid (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane said he was angry and asked for respect for himself and his struggling team on Friday in the face of continued speculation about his future, insisting he was not going to leave. Real lost at home to Levante last weekend and travel to last-place Huesca on Saturday third in the […]

Mönchengladbach (Germany) (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach want to play next month's Champions League knock-out tie with Manchester City in Denmark due to restrictions on foreign arrivals in Germany, sporting director Max Eberl said on Friday. Liverpool have been barred from travelling to RB Leipzig on February 16 due to entry rules, which are in place […]

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola said he expected more of Jurgen Klopp after the Liverpool boss suggested Manchester City had benefited from an enforced rest due to a coronavirus outbreak at the club in December. Premier League leaders City hold a seven-point advantage over fourth-placed Liverpool, with a game in hand, ahead of a clash […]

Madrid (AFP) – A pariah in France after the spectacular collapse of its contract with Ligue 1, troubled Chinese-Spanish broadcaster Mediapro has salvaged its ties with Spanish football league despite its battered reputation. A TV and film producer majority-owned by a Chinese investment fund, Mediapro has pursued an aggressive expansion strategy in European sports and […]

London (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said on Friday Manchester United have immediately refocused after their 9-0 midweek mauling of Southampton, refusing to get "carried away" by the record-equalling Premier League scoreline. United gave their goal difference a huge boost as they put Ralph Hasenhuttl's side to the sword at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Seven […]

London (AFP) – Two months ago Jose Mourinho was fielding questions over whether Tottenham could end a 60-year wait to be crowned English champions but a disastrous run has put his defensive style back under the microscope. Since beating Arsenal to go top of the table in early December, Spurs have won just two of […]

Berlin (AFP) – Talks are reportedly underway to hold Liverpool's Champions League last 16 first leg tie at RB Leipzig in Budapest although the German club said no decision had yet been made. The six-time winners have been stopped from entering Germany for the fixture on February 16 because of strict entry rules imposed due […]

Amsterdam (AFP) – Ajax's Cameroonian international goalkeeper Andre Onana has been suspended for one year for doping, the Dutch club said on Friday. The club said in a statement Onana had "mistakenly" taken his wife's medicine which had led to the banned diuretic Furosemide appearing in his urine. Ajax said they had hoped Onana would […]

Nîmes (France) (AFP) – Ligue 1 strugglers Nimes announced Friday that they had sacked coach Jerome Arpinon after a string of poor results that has left the club bottom of the table. His assistant Pascal Plancque, who only arrived at the club at the beginning of January, "will take over the interim as coach of […]