Madrid (AFP) – Two days before Barcelona were due to face Juventus in the Champions League, their toughest match in Group G, the Catalan club were still bemoaning the one thing they said won the Clasico for Real Madrid – VAR. There was no talk Monday of Barca's lack of creativity that meant Madrid, as […]

London (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has stopped the rot at Manchester United but he must rediscover the winning formula at home as he prepares for Wednesday's visit of RB Leipzig in the Champions League. United's collapse against Tottenham in early October plunged the club back into crisis mode as the Norwegian scrambled to fix […]

Milan (AFP) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice but AC Milan dropped their first points of the Serie A season as Roma came from behind to draw 3-3 at the San Siro on Monday. In a game played in an empty stadium after the imposition of a coronavirus curfew, Milan were without goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Under-pressure Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu suggested Monday that "now would be the worst time" to leave his post. Bartomeu faces a vote of no confidence after turbulent times at the Camp Nou, not least the stand off with club legend Lionel Messi who was blocked from leaving this summer. Speaking after […]

Burnley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Son Heung-min pounced to steal a 1-0 win for lacklustre Tottenham on Monday, linking up with Harry Kane yet again as Jose Mourinho's side climbed to fifth in the Premier League table. The early weeks of the season have seen a string of unusual results and an off-colour Spurs looked […]

London (AFP) – Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has called the Premier League's controversial pay-per-view arrangements "not acceptable" as clubs prepare to discuss the policy at a shareholders' meeting on Tuesday. Matches played after October's internationals that were not selected for regular television broadcast were made available on a pay-per-view basis on Sky Sports or BT […]

Marseille (AFP) – Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero will be out for perhaps as much as a month, coach Pep Guardiola told a press conference in Marseille on Monday. City will be without the Argentine on Tuesday against Marseille in the Champions League. Aguero, who had just returned from injury, suffered a muscle problem in […]

Brighton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Karlan Grant scored his first goal for West Brom as they came from behind to claim their first away point of the Premier League season in a 1-1 draw at Brighton on Monday. An unfortunate own goal from West Brom's Jake Livermore gave Graham Potter's side a first-half lead but […]

Mönchengladbach (Germany) (AFP) – Eden Hazard has travelled with Real Madrid to Germany and could return from injury against Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Champions League, coach Zinedine Zidane said on Monday. "That's good news," said Zidane, looking forward to Tuesday's Champions League game. "We're all pleased he's with us and we'll see how we use him […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has praised his team for their form without Virgil van Dijk. The Premier League champions managed to beat both Dutch giants Ajax and Sheffield United last week despite missing star central defender van Dijk, who is set to be sidelined for several months recovering from knee surgery following […]

Pretoria (AFP) – South African police on Monday arrested five suspects over the 2014 murder of national football captain Senzo Meyiwa, a major breakthrough in a case that stunned the crime-ridden nation. The 27-year-old goalkeeper and national squad captain was gunned down at the home of his pop-star girlfriend Kelly Khumalo, southeast of Johannesburg during […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool's Joel Matip, Naby Keita and Thiago Alcantara won't be fit in time for this week's Champions League clash with Midtjylland, Reds coach Jurgen Klopp said on Monday. Asked if the trio would feature against the Danish league winners, Klopp told a pre-match press conference: "I don't think so. It's still what […]

Marseille (AFP) – Marseille coach Andre Villas-Boas said on Monday Manchester City are "a machine ready to win the Champions League", on the eve of the two teams' group-stage meeting. City have never reached the Champions League final and are yet to even reach the semi-finals in four attempts under Pep Guardiola. "(City) are a […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich forward Thomas Mueller said on Monday the Champions League holders are "happy to be playing in our competition again" ahead of their group-stage game at Lokomotiv Moscow. Bayern visit the Russian capital on Tuesday looking to build on a 4-0 thrashing of Atletico Madrid in last week's Group A opener. […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United's Paul Pogba said on Monday he will be "taking legal action" after reports claimed he had retired from international duty in protest against French President Emmanuel Macron's comments about radical Islam. According to reports in the Middle East picked up by British tabloid The Sun, World Cup winner Pogba wanted […]