Sydney (AFP) – Australia's footballers' union lashed out Wednesday at "unacceptable" chaos after three Melbourne-based A-League teams were prevented from leaving Victoria for a second time with borders shutting as coronavirus cases surge. The top flight A-League is due to resume next week but Melbourne City, Melbourne Victory and Western United remain stranded in the […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United have spent more than £1 billion ($1.2 billion) on new players over the past nine years but the Red Devils latest revival owes much to a home-grown superstar in 18-year-old academy graduate Mason Greenwood. The young forward was the star of the show as United scored five goals in the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid will have to wait to clinch a place in next season's Champions League after being held to a 1-1 draw at Celta Vigo on Tuesday. Alvaro Morata scored in the opening minute before Francisco Beltran equalised for the hosts the other side of the break. The result leaves Atleti four […]

London (AFP) – Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers is hoping Jamie Vardy's late equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw at Arsenal on Tuesday will prove a turning point as the Foxes try to cling on to a place in the Premier League top four. Rodgers's men have now won only once in six games since the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid will have to wait to clinch a place in next season's Champions League after being held to a 1-1 draw at Celta Vigo on Tuesday. Alvaro Morata scored in the opening minute before Francisco Beltran equalised for the hosts the other side of the break. The result leaves Atleti four […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Six years after Brazil suffered their most humiliating experience on a football pitch, the 7-1 World Cup thrashing on home soil at the hands of Germany has become a joke, an expression and even a meme. That infamous scoreline has taken on a meaning of its own to describe any […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea moved up to third in the Premier League table after holding out to win a 3-2 thriller at Crystal Palace, while Leicester could only manage a draw at 10-man Arsenal on Tuesday. Frank Lampard's men edged closer to sealing a place in next season's Champions League as a seventh win in […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus wasted the chance to move 10 points clear at the top of Serie A as the defending champions blew a two-goal lead to lose 4-2 at a Zlatan Ibrahimovic-inspired AC Milan on Tuesday, after second-placed Lazio's shock defeat at Lecce. Maurizio Sarri's men led through goals from Adrien Rabiot and Cristiano […]

London (AFP) – Jamie Vardy salvaged a much-needed point for Leicester in their quest to claim a place in next season's Champions League in a 1-1 draw at Arsenal on Tuesday dominated by VAR reviews. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's strike gave the Gunners a well-deserved first half lead, but Arsenal were reduced to 10 men for the […]

Milan (AFP) – AC Milan great Paolo Maldini admitted on Tuesday he is unsure if he will still be at the club as technical director next season. There have been multiple reports in the Italian media that Milan are looking to replace coach Stefano Pioli with Ralf Rangnick at the end of the season. When […]

Miami (AFP) – Major League Soccer returns from its coronavirus shutdown on Wednesday when Orlando City take on Inter Miami in the opening game of a comeback tournament which has been disrupted by team and player withdrawals. Four months after the league was forced to suspend its season as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across North […]

Madrid (AFP) – South Korean teenager Lee Kang-in scored with two minutes to play to move Valencia to within a point of the Europa League places in a 2-1 win over Real Valladolid on Tuesday. Lee, 19, clinched his side's first victory since Albert Celades was sacked earlier this month and sent his outfit up […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea moved up to third in the Premier League table after holding out to win a 3-2 thriller at Crystal Palace, while Danny Welbeck's stunning overhead kick moved Watford four points clear of the relegation zone by beating Norwich. Frank Lampard's men edged closer to sealing a place in next season's Champions […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona say they have been cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over claims of fraud during the 2013 signing of Neymar from Brazilian club Santos. In the case that came before the CAS Santos claimed Barcelona owed them over 61 million euros ($69 million) from the 2013 transfer. "The […]

London (AFP) – Administrators have requested a meeting with the owner of Wigan, Au Yeung, to explain the circumstances that led to the current crisis at the Championship club. Next Leader Fund, led by Hong Kong businessman Yeung, took formal control of the club on June 4. Twenty days later Yeung's legal representatives set in […]