Milan (AFP) – Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte brushed aside talk of teams playing for mutually beneficial results in Wednesday's final round of Champions League group matches, fuming 'this isn't pub football'. No team in Inter's Group B have qualified so far, will all four sides having a chance to do so on the final […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach are out to wreck Real Madrid's last 16 hopes in the Champions League on Wednesday with the German visitors chasing a place in the knock-out stages of Europe for the first time since the 70s. Heading into the last round of matches, Gladbach are surprise leaders in Group B, a […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits his team "would have been lost" without the academy players who filled in after injuries wreaked havoc on his squad. At one stage the Reds boss had 10 senior players out, including long-term absentees Virgil Van Dijk and Joe Gomez, and had no option but to use […]

Berlin (AFP) – Left-back Alphonso Davies is set to return from injury for Bayern Munich's home Champions League match against Lokomotiv Moscow on Wednesday with the hosts already through to the last 16 as group winners. Davies, 20, was a key member of the Bayern team which lifted the Champions League last season, but has […]

London (AFP) – Germany defender Robin Koch was due to undergo knee surgery on Tuesday after aggravating an existing injury in Leeds United's Premier League defeat to Chelsea at the weekend. The 24-year-old initially sustained the injury on his debut in the opening game of the season against Liverpool. But after playing through a hectic […]

London (AFP) – Newcastle players were due to return to training on Tuesday following the postponement of last week's match against Aston Villa due to a rise in coronavirus cases. United's training headquarters had been closed as a result of the spike, which forced the first postponement of a Premier League fixture this season due […]

Shanghai (AFP) – A women's university football match in China descended into farce and was eventually called off after players were told that they were not allowed to have dyed hair, state media said Tuesday. The incident trended on the Twitter-like Weibo, angering many people, and comes after the men's national team were ordered to […]

Paris (AFP) – It is impossible to talk to Patson Daka of Red Bull Salzburg without mentioning Erling Braut Haaland, but the prolific striker from Zambia doesn't mind the comparisons, and his own record speaks for itself. "They bring positive energy to me. It is also a great motivation and inspiration for me because it […]

Milan (AFP) – Inter Milan are counting on prolific striker Romelu Lukaku to power the former three-time winners into the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday in a must-win clash against Shakhtar Donetsk. The Belgian scored a double in a 3-2 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach last time out to keep the Italian giants alive in […]

Washington (AFP) – Seattle's Gustav Svensson headed in the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time Monday to lift the defending champion Sounders over Minnesota United 3-2 and into their fourth MLS Cup final in five seasons. The Sounders became the first MLS playoff team in 18 years to rally from a two-goal deficit, crushing the […]

Shanghai (AFP) – High-profile Brazilian striker Hulk has confirmed his exit from Shanghai SIPG as four years at the Chinese Super League club ended in acrimony and a bust-up with the coach. The 34-year-old, whose contract reportedly ends this month, did not feature as SIPG went out of the AFC Champions League at the last […]

Rome (AFP) – Paul Pogba is "unhappy" at Manchester United and should leave in the next transfer window, his agent Mino Raiola said, in comments that may signal the exit of the one-time world's most expensive player. Raiola said the World Cup-winning France midfielder, 27, needs a "change of scene" after struggling to establish himself […]

Amsterdam (AFP) – Atalanta head to Ajax with a slender advantage ahead of Wednesday's showdown for a place in the Champions League last 16 on the final day of group action. Gian Piero Gasperini's Atalanta sit second behind Group D winners Liverpool and one point ahead of third-placed Ajax, and need to avoid defeat in […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid value success in the Champions League above all else, but the 13-time champions head into Wednesday's game against Borussia Moenchengladbach with their qualification hopes hanging by a thread. Should they suffer a humiliating group stage exit, ending their remarkable run as the only team to ever avoid elimination at this […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Footballer Mara Gomez announced Monday she intends to continue progressing "without any kind of ceiling", after becoming the first transgender player to have taken the field in a match in Argentina's women's championship. "Today I started and I can believe that things are happening, that they are succeeding," said Gomez, despite […]