London (AFP) – Manchester United will face Liverpool in the blockbuster tie of the FA Cup fourth round, while League Two Cheltenham host Manchester City. Liverpool and United will clash for two consecutive weekends with the top two also facing off in the Premier League on Sunday. National League North side Chorley's reward for their […]

London (AFP) – Crystal Palace winger Eberechi Eze has admitted "an error of judgement" by attending former club Queens Park Rangers' FA Cup tie against Fulham on Saturday in the latest breach of coronavirus regulations by a Premier League player. Palace said they were unaware of QPR's invitation to Eze and will speak to the […]

Rome (AFP) – Paula Dybala has been ruled out for up to 20 days after suffering a knee ligament injury during Juventus' weekend win over Sassuolo, the Italian champions revealed on Monday. In a statement, Juventus said that Argentina forward Dybala had undergone examinations at the club's medical centre which revealed injury to "the medial […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid's players were finally able to leave Pamplona on Monday after being stuck in the Spanish city for three nights due to the heavy snowstorm that hit the country over the weekend. The team flew straight to Malaga, without returning to their homes in Madrid, to get ready for Thursday's Spanish […]

London (AFP) – Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo fears English football will be changed forever if another season is interrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic. A surge in cases as Britain struggles to contain a new highly infectious strain of Covid-19 has led to some calls for the season to be halted. Forty positive cases […]

London (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says there is no chance his players can think they have "cracked it" if Manchester United go top of the Premier League with a positive result against Burnley on Tuesday. After a truncated pre-season and poor start to the campaign, the Red Devils head to Turf Moor level on […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic will be without manager Neil Lennon and 13 first-team players for Monday's Scottish Premiership match against Hibernian after they were deemed close contacts of defender Christopher Jullien, who has tested positive for coronavirus. A controversial mid-season training camp in Dubai, while Scotland is under a national lockdown to halt rising infection […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur's match against coronavirus-ravaged Aston Villa has been postponed with Jose Mourinho's men instead set to face Fulham in a rearranged fixture on Wednesday. Fulham's match against Spurs on December 30 was itself postponed because of a Covid-19 outbreak among Scott Parker's squad. "Following Aston Villa's request to rearrange the fixture, and […]

Berlin (AFP) – Matthew Hoppe earned instant hero status at Schalke with his hat-trick in the 4-0 win over Hoffenheim on Saturday that saved his club from matching the Bundesliga record for the most consecutive games without a win. So who exactly is this latest young American to break through in Germany? At Schalke the […]

Paris (AFP) – Lionel Messi is bang in form in the new year, Schalke avoided matching the Bundesliga record for the most consecutive games without a win and there was a very rare defeat for Bayern Munich. AFP Sport rounds up some of the main talking points from across the continent: – Messi means business […]

Paris (AFP) – Youssef en-Nesyri became the first African to score a La Liga hat-trick this season, giving sixth-place Sevilla a 3-2 victory over Real Sociedad as they seek only a second league title and first since 1946. The treble from the 23-year-old Moroccan lifted his season league tally to eight, three behind Golden Boot […]

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola says he is baffled by some of the coronavirus rules in the game, admitting he does not understand why certain matches have been postponed while others have gone ahead. Four Premier League matches have so far been called off, including City's trip to Everton last month, but a different approach […]

Tokyo (AFP) – Veteran striker Kazuyoshi Miura, who turns 54 next month, renewed his contract with Yokohama FC on Monday — extending his record as Japan's oldest professional footballer. It means that Miura, better known as "King Kazu" for his spirited onfield style, will kick off his 36th career season this year. "Last season, I […]

Milan (AFP) – Champions Juventus battled to a 3-1 victory over 10-man Sassuolo to close the gap on the top three in Serie A on Sunday. Andrea Pirlo's side won their third straight league match for the first time this season to move fourth, seven points behind leaders AC Milan with a game in hand. […]

Milan (AFP) – Inter Milan's title push took a knock on Sunday as a 2-2 draw at rivals Roma allowed AC Milan to finish the weekend with a three-point lead at the top of the Serie A table. Champions Juventus also benefited from the stalemate, powering up to fourth with a 3-1 win over 10-man […]