Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid have signed midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia from Valencia, the two clubs announced on Tuesday. Kondogbia, who has played internationally for France and the Central African Republic, has signed a contract until 2024, Atletico said in a statement. La Liga rules allowed Atletico to buy outside the transfer window after Arsenal activated […]

London (AFP) – Brendan Rodgers joked he does not get the credit he deserves because he is not a glamorous foreign manager after outwitting Marcelo Bielsa to take his Leicester side second in the Premier League. Leicester are a point behind Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool after their 4-1 win against Bielsa's Leeds at Elland Road on […]

Leipzig (Germany) (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain announced on Tuesday that Kylian Mbappe has suffered a hamstring injury and will miss their Champions League game at RB Leipzig. The French World Cup -winning forward's last-minute defection is a significant blow for PSG with Neymar and Mauro Icardi already ruled out of Wednesday's game in Germany. Thomas […]

London (AFP) – Wales manager and Manchester United great Ryan Giggs has denied "all allegations of assault" of his girlfriend Kate Greville after being arrested following reports of a disturbance at his home on Sunday. The 46-year-old was co-operating with police, according to a statement released by his representative. "Mr Giggs denies all allegations of […]

Shanghai (AFP) – Referees dished out dozens of yellow cards and at least 12 players were sent off in only eight matches in what state media on Tuesday branded a "miserable" record in the Chinese Super League. The flurry of cards came as the CSL approaches its nervy climax to the coronavirus-hit season, with the […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund and England star Jadon Sancho will be out to silence his critics when his side take on Club Brugge in their third Champions League group game on Wednesday. While fellow youngsters Erling Braut Haaland and Giovanni Reyna have hogged the headlines in Dortmund this season, 20-year-old winger Sancho has come […]

London (AFP) – Wales manager and Manchester United great Ryan Giggs has been arrested on suspicion of assault, according to UK newspaper reports late Monday. The Football Association of Wales issued a statement saying: "The FAW is aware of an alleged incident involving the National Team Manager, Ryan Giggs. The FAW will be making no […]

Paris (AFP) – It took Edouard Mendy five years to go from unemployment to the Champions League and it has taken him just five games to seemingly solve Chelsea's goalkeeping problem. All eyes were on the giant Senegalese shot-stopper when the Stamford Bridge club paid £20 million ($26m) to sign him from Rennes in September […]

London (AFP) – Marcus Rashford's impact now stretches far beyond the football field as the Manchester United and England forward has become a global icon by taking on politicians to fight for an end to child poverty. In the week of his 23rd birthday, Rashford scored his first career hat-trick in a 5-0 thrashing of […]

Leipzig (Germany) (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig meet once again in the Champions League this week with the pressure on Kylian Mbappe to deliver after a run of poor form in front of goal in Europe. The World Cup-winning France superstar burst onto the scene with Monaco in the early months of 2017 […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Argentine football great Diego Maradona was admitted to hospital Monday for medical checks, his personal doctor announced. "It's not a serious situation and we didn't come for an emergency," Leopoldo Luque told reporters outside the clinic in La Plata, south of Buenos Aires. Though he gave no details of Maradona's condition, […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Former Argentine football great Diego Maradona was admitted to hospital Monday for medical checks, Argentine media reported. His hospitalization was not believed to be related to the coronavirus pandemic which is ravaging the South American country, according to several reports. Maradona, who has a history of drug and alcohol abuse and […]

London (AFP) – Leicester swept into second place in the Premier League with an impressive 4-1 victory at Leeds, while Fulham beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0 to finally clinch their first win of the season on Monday. Brendan Rodgers' side are just one point behind leaders Liverpool after winning five of their first seven games […]

The Hague (AFP) – Ajax will be without four key players including captain Dusan Tadic and goalkeeper Andre Onana in their Champions League clash against Midtjylland after testing positive for coronavirus, news reports said Monday. Two other regular starters, midfielders Davy Klaassen and Ryan Gravenberch, were also omitted from Erik ten Hag's 17-man squad to […]

London (AFP) – Fulham finally won their first Premier League game this season as goals from Bobby Decordova-Reid and Ola Aina sealed a 2-0 victory against fellow strugglers West Bromwich Albion on Monday. Scott Parker's side avoided their worst start to a season since 1951 thanks to first half goals from Decordova-Reid and Aina at […]