London (AFP) – Crystal Palace's bid to have their Boxing Day trip to Tottenham postponed due to a coronavirus outbreak has been turned down by the Premier League despite manager Patrick Vieira testing positive. Three games scheduled for the traditional round of matches on December 26 have already been called off due to squads decimated […]

London (AFP) – Crystal Palace's bid to have their Boxing Day trip to Tottenham postponed due to a coronavirus outbreak has been turned down by the Premier League despite manager Patrick Vieira testing positive. Vieira revealed on Christmas Eve his side has suffered a "couple of cases" but that outbreak has reportedly worsened over the […]

Paris (AFP) – Champions Toulouse's home game on Sunday with Stade Francais became the fourth Top 14 clash to be called off due to a surfeit of Covid-19 positive tests in the visiting club. The decimated round of Boxing Day fixtures equates to the English Premier League which has seen three of Sunday's scheduled matches […]

London (AFP) – Aston Villa head coach Steven Gerrard will miss the club's next two Premier League games after testing positive for Covid-19, the club announced on Saturday. "Aston Villa can confirm Head Coach Steven Gerrard will be unable to attend our next two Premier League matches with Chelsea and Leeds United as he will […]

Singapore (AFP) – Indonesia scored twice in extra time to overcome eight-man Singapore 4-2 at the city state's National Stadium on Saturday, as they reached the AFF Suzuki Cup final for the sixth time. The hosts wasted an opportunity to win the semi-final when Faris Ramli missed a stoppage-time penalty and Indonesia capitalised in the […]

London (AFP) – Steven Gerrard said Friday his players deserved the credit for Aston Villa's climb up the Premier League table since he took charge of the Birmingham club. Villa had lost five straight league matches and were just two points above the relegation zone when Gerrard left Scottish champions Rangers to replace Dean Smith, […]

London (AFP) – Antonio Conte has said Harry Kane is "totally involved in the Tottenham project" despite a modest start to the season. Kane was linked with a pre-season move to Manchester City but the deal fell through. Many pundits felt his failure to join the Premier League champions has contributed to Kane's poor form […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick has suggested abolishing the League Cup in a bid to ease fixture congestion in English football. The schedule, traditionally at its busiest over the Christmas and New Year period, has come under severe strain from the impact of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, with several […]

London (AFP) – Burnley's match at home to Everton on December 26 has become the latest Premier League fixture to be postponed due to a coronavirus outbreak, it was announced Friday. Covid-19 cases within the Everton camp had seen the Merseysiders request a postponement on Thursday. But that initial plea was rejected despite Everton manager […]

London (AFP) – Burnley's match at home to Everton on December 26 has become the latest Premier League fixture to be postponed due to a coronavirus outbreak, it was announced Friday. Covid-19 cases within the Everton camp had seen the Merseysiders request a postponement on Thursday. But that initial plea was rejected despite Everton manager […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes Leicester will pose a formidable challenge to his Premier League leaders despite a slump in form. Following two successive fifth-placed finishes, FA Cup-holders Leicester have won just six of their last 16 matches in English football's top flight. Reigning champions City, meanwhile have won their last […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Ghanaian Kwame Peprah raised his goal tally to four from two matches for Orlando Pirates by bagging a brace in a 2-1 South African Premiership victory over AmaZulu on Thursday. The 21-year-old also scored twice three days ago when the Soweto Buccaneers came from behind to triumph 2-1 over Marumo Gallants. Peprah […]

Sao Paulo (AFP) – Brazilian football great Pele was discharged from hospital Thursday after two weeks of chemotherapy for a colon tumor, announced the Sao Paulo hospital that treated him. The 81-year-old ex-player known as "O Rei" (The King) "is stable and will continue the treatment of the colon tumor that was identified in September […]

London (AFP) – Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has voiced his frustration over a series of controversial VAR decisions that have frustrated the northeast side's bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League, saying they had crated a sense of "injustice" among his players. The Magpies have been denied penalties in each of their last two […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick has almost a full squad to choose from for Monday's Premier League clash at Newcastle after a Covid-19 outbreak saw their last two matches postponed. Only the injured Paul Pogba is unavailable to the interim manager for the Red Devils first game in 16 days. […]