Marseille (AFP) – Hundreds of angry Olympique Marseille supporters protested at the club's Commanderie training centre on Saturday, briefly breaking into the facility. The fans, who were demonstrating against the club leadership and the team's poor run of results, assembled in the afternoon in front of the Commanderie and threw smoke bombs and firecrackers. "300 […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich dropped World Cup winner Corentin Tolisso on Saturday and hit the France midfielder with an undisclosed "heavy" fine for breaking their hygiene rules during the coronavirus pandemic by getting a tattoo. "Corentin Tolisso has violated our guidelines... which is very annoying and cannot be tolerated," Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge fumed […]

Milan (AFP) – AC Milan will defend Zlatan Ibrahimovic if he faces disciplinary action for racism after the Swede clashed with Inter's Romelu Lukaku during an Italian Cup match this week, team technical director Paolo Maldini said Saturday. "We are ready to defend Ibrahimovic in any way possible if racism should be brought up, which […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Callum Wilson eased the pressure on Newcastle manager Steve Bruce as his late double sealed a vital 2-0 win against Everton on Saturday. Bruce has been under fire from Newcastle fans after a wretched run plunged his team into the Premier League relegation battle. But Wilson netted twice in the last 17 […]

Milan (AFP) – Italy international Stephan El Shaarawy is finalising his return to Serie A club Roma after leaving Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua, coach Paulo Fonseca confirmed on Saturday. The 28-year-old forward left Rome in July 2019 for the Chinese side for a reported 16 million euros ($19.5 million). He scored four goals in 14 […]

Doha (AFP) – Despite only having a handful of fans, Mexico's Tigres will be able to count on the support of the diaspora in Qatar as rivalries are set aside for the Club World Cup underdogs. No supporters will be able to travel to the Gulf for the football showcase because of Qatar's ultra-strict coronavirus […]

New York (AFP) – Former El Salvador football federation chief Reynaldo Vasquez was on Friday extradited to the United States, where he faces bribery charges related to the massive FIFA corruption probe. Vasquez, Salvador's FESFUT football federation head between June 2009 and July 2010, was indicted by the United States in December 2015 over multi-million-dollar corruption […]

London (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has saluted "brilliant" Bruno Fernandes' impact in his first year at Manchester United. Saturday marks the first anniversary of the Portugal midfielder's arrival from Sporting Lisbon. Nobody has scored more for a Premier League club than Fernandes since his debut in January 2020. He has bagged 28 goals in […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has vowed to get Timo Werner back on track after the Germany striker's miserable first season in the Premier League. Werner has scored only once in his last 16 appearances for Chelsea after losing form and confidence. The close-season signing from Leipzig was expected to fire Chelsea's attack, […]

Lyon (AFP) – Leo Dubois struck deep into added time on Friday to give Lyon a 2-1 home victory over Bordeaux and first place in Ligue 1. Lyon jumped from third to first, one point ahead of Paris Saint-Germain and Lille who both on Sunday. "The objective was to retake this first place and that […]

Berlin (AFP) – Congolese winger Silas Wamangituka scored for his fourth consecutive Bundesliga game on Friday as his end-to-end goal after an 80-metre sprint sealed Stuttgart's 2-0 win at home to strugglers Mainz. After striker Sasa Kalajdzic gave Stuttgart the lead ten minutes into the second-half, Wamangituka showed his stamina and skill to score with […]

Lyon (AFP) – Leo Dubois struck deep into added time on Friday to give Lyon a 2-1 home victory over Bordeaux and first place in Ligue 1. Lyon had the best of the first half and took the lead after 32 minutes. Memphis Depay burst down the left. When he was fouled near the corner […]

London (AFP) – West Ham signed Jesse Lingard on loan from Manchester United until the end of the season on Friday. Lingard had fallen out of favour with United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and failed to make a single Premier League appearance for the Old Trafford outfit this season. The 28-year-old midfielder previously worked with […]

London (AFP) – Newcastle striker Joelinton faces punishment from the troubled Premier League club after a social media post appeared to show the Brazilian breaching coronavirus lockdown rules. Joelinton shared a picture of himself getting a haircut on Friday despite hairdressers being closed in England under the virus lockdown. The 24-year-old deleted the tweet, but […]

London (AFP) – United States Women's forward Tobin Heath has been ruled out for up to three months with an ankle injury, Manchester United manager Casey Stoney said on Friday. Heath suffered the injury in training and has not played since scoring in United's Women's Super League victory against Bristol City in December. The World […]