Marseille (AFP) – Marseille broke an unwanted record for the most consecutive Champions League defeats on Wednesday, going down 2-0 at home to Porto to make it an unlucky 13 straight losses in the competition. The French club, who won the inaugural edition of the Champions League in 1993, have now passed the previous record […]

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Holders Bayern Munich booked their place in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday as Robert Lewandowski claimed his 71st goal in the competition in a 3-1 home win over Salzburg. Lewandowski scored just before the break at the Allianz Arena to draw level with Real Madrid great Raul in third […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid's qualification for the Champions League last 16 remains far from secure after they were held to a goalless draw at home to Lokomotiv Moscow on Wednesday. Atletico remain second in Group A, two points ahead of Lokomotiv but with a game against Bayern Munich at the Wanda Metropolitano still to […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool wasted a chance to book their place in the Champions League last 16 as Atalanta earned a shock 2-0 win at Anfield on Wednesday. Jurgen Klopp's side could have guaranteed qualification from Group D with a victory, but they produced a poor display that was deservedly punished by the impressive Italians. […]

Piraeus (Greece) (AFP) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola paid tribute to Diego Maradona's legacy to football after seeing his side earn a place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a 1-0 win at Olympiakos on Wednesday. Maradona, whose daughter Gianinna was previously married to City striker Sergio Aguero, died at the […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – From his birth in 1960 to Argentina's World Cup triumph in 1986 and his positive drug test at the 1994 finals — here are 10 key dates in the colourful life of Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday aged 60: – October 39, 1960 – Maradona is born in Lanus, to the […]

Piraeus (Greece) (AFP) – Manchester City booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League but there were more concerns for Pep Guardiola over his side's lack of ruthlessness in a 1-0 win at Olympiakos on Wednesday. Phil Foden's low strike nine minutes before half-time ensured City deservedly kept up their 100 percent […]

Naples (Italy) (AFP) – Naples on Wednesday bid farewell to its beloved Diego Maradona, who won the hearts of the southern Italian city by leading the club Napoli to its only two league titles in 1987 and 1990. Hundreds of fans flooded into the streets of the city's Spanish Quarters, many of them lighting a […]

Paris (AFP) – Who is the best footballer in history? Nowadays some might argue Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, but neither of the record-breaking pair has ever won the World Cup. Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday aged 60, and Pele each won the sport's greatest prize and were undoubtedly the kings of their eras. […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, died Wednesday at the age of 60, plunging his sport and his native Argentina into mourning. Renowned along with Pele as one of the greatest players ever to play the game, the Argentine World Cup-winning captain died of a heart attack, […]

London (AFP) – The football world united to pay tribute to one of the game's greatest-ever players after Argentine legend Diego Maradona died at the age of 60 on Wednesday. Renowned for inspiring Argentina to win the World Cup in 1986, he was most loved at club level for his spells with Boca Juniors in […]

Milan (AFP) – Napoli on Wednesday bid farewell to Diego Maradona, who won the hearts of the southern Italian city of Naples by leading them to their only two league titles in 1987 and 1990. "For always. Ciao Diego," the club wrote with a blue heart emoji shortly after the news broke that the Argentine […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday at the age of 60, will forever be remembered as one of the greatest footballers of all time but also one of the most controversial. Here, AFP Sport looks at some of the best quotes on Maradona both from the man himself and from others […]

London (AFP) – Former England striker Gary Lineker praised the late Diego Maradona as "arguably the greatest of all time" on Wednesday, but could not resist a reference to the Argentine's infamous "Hand of God" goal at the 1986 World Cup. Maradona's spokesman announced the footballer had died at the age of 60 and President Alberto […]

Lausanne (AFP) – Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Ahmad Ahmad announced on Wednesday he will appeal FIFA's five-year ban for corruption to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Ahmad, from Madagascar, has been head of CAF since March 2017 but was suspended by the global body on Monday for "governance issues". "I challenge the […]