London (AFP) – Burnley captain Ben Mee marked his 300th appearance for the club by scoring in a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Monday as the Clarets climbed to eighth in the Premier League table. Victory saw Sean Dyche's visitors go level on points with Tottenham Hotspur and keep alive their hopes of European […]

London (AFP) – Burnley captain Ben Mee marked his 300th appearance for the club by scoring in a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Monday as the Clarets climbed to eighth in the Premier League table. Victory saw Sean Dyche's visitors go level on points with Tottenham Hotspur and keep alive their hopes of European […]

Monaco (AFP) – Ligue 1 club Monaco on Monday confirmed they have agreed a deal with Everton for full-back Djibril Sidibe to extend his loan spell until the end of the current Premier League season. Sidibe joined Everton on a season-long loan last year, but the deal was set to end on Tuesday. Instead, the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Valencia fired coach Albert Celades on Monday after a run of bad results culminated with a defeat by the La Liga club's bitter local rivals Villarreal at the weekend. Valencia have picked up a meagre four points from a possible 15 since the restart following the coronavirus lockdown, dropping to eighth in […]

New York (AFP) – Former FIFA vice president Alfredo Hawit was spared further jail time Monday as a US judge told him to return home to Honduras, four years after he pleaded guilty in the "Fifagate" corruption scandal. Hawit, the ex-president of CONCACAF, football's governing body for North and Central America and the Caribbean, pleaded […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona midfielder Arthur Melo will join Juventus at the end of the current season, with Miralem Pjanic moving in the opposite direction, the two clubs announced on Monday. Barcelona said they had paid 60 million euros ($67.4m) plus a potential five million euros more in bonuses for Bosnian playmaker Pjanic after earlier […]

Paris (AFP) – France international Layvin Kurzawa has signed a new deal with Paris Saint-Germain that will keep him at the club until 2024, the Ligue 1 champions announced on Monday. "Paris Saint-Germain are happy to announce the extension of Layvin Kurzawa's contract by four seasons," the capital club said in a statement. Left-back Kurzawa's contract […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona midfielder Arthur Melo will join Juventus at the end of the season in a transfer worth 72 million euros ($81 million), plus a further 10 million euros in variables, the Spanish club announced on Monday. Juventus' Miralem Pjanic is expected to go the other way in a separate deal, allowing both […]

Rome (AFP) – Gianluigi Buffon and Giorgio Chiellini have extended their Juventus contracts until 2021, the Serie A leaders announced on Monday. The new deals, long expected to be confirmed by Juve, mean that former Italy captain Buffon will stay with the Turin-based club beyond his 43rd birthday. "Bianconeri since the beginning. Bianconeri forever. And […]

Madrid (AFP) – The weight of blame may be shifting again towards their coach but Barcelona's failures in the draw away at Celta Vigo on Saturday go deeper than Quique Setien. Setien admitted on Monday he is "new to this situation", a novice when it comes to the challenge of massaging egos of elite players […]

London (AFP) – The Premier League, English Football League and Professional Footballers' Association have set up a scheme aimed at increasing the number of coaches from ethnic minority backgrounds. The placement programme, jointly funded by the Premier League and the PFA, is designed to help footballers make the transition to playing to coaching. It will […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus and Lazio continue their race for the Serie A title on Tuesday as the matches start to come thick and fast amid rising summer temperatures in Italy. AFP looks at some of the key things to look out for in the midweek round of action. Lazio try to peg back Juve […]

New York (AFP) – Major League Soccer confirmed 20 positive player tests for COVID-19 ahead of next week's start of the "MLS is Back Tournament" in Orlando, Florida. In an update announced by the league, MLS said 18 players and six staff members received positive tests prior to travel to Orlando, with 668 players tested since […]

Paris (AFP) – Lille's Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen was on Monday named the top African player in France's coronavirus-curtailed Ligue 1 season. At 21 the Lagos-born forward is the youngest ever recipient of the Prix Marc Vivien-Foe, named in honour of the late Cameroon player who died aged 28 in 2003. With 13 goals in […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona coach Quique Setien insists his relationship with the players is good, despite reports of unrest in the dressing room and tension between Lionel Messi and Setien's assistant, Eder Sarabia. An angry exchange of views reportedly followed Barca's 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo on Saturday, a result that allowed Real Madrid to […]