Buenos Aires (AFP) – An auction house tasked with selling some 90 items owned by the late football icon Diego Maradona announced on Monday it was extending the deadline to submit bids after the most expensive pieces were unsold. Sunday's virtual auction failed to attract any big bidders with the largest single offer of $2,150 […]

Paris (AFP) – FIFA on Monday claimed staging the World Cup every two years would offer enormous financial benefits for its member federations as president Gianni Infantino expressed hope that the highly controversial plans will not be derailed by opposition from Europe and South America. Infantino was speaking after FIFA held a virtual global summit […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Premier League clubs on Monday decided against a temporary halt to the season despite a surge in coronavirus cases that has forced mass postponements and threatened to derail the season. Just four of the weekend's scheduled 10 games went ahead as Britain battles record numbers of positive Covid cases due […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Premier League clubs have decided against a temporary halt to the season, according to reports on Monday, despite a surge in coronavirus cases that has forced mass postponements. Just four of the weekend's scheduled 10 games went ahead as Britain battles record numbers of positive Covid cases due to the […]

Lausanne (AFP) – FIFA on Monday vowed to hand over an extra $19 million every four years to each of its 211 member federations if world football's governing body succeeds in its attempts to hold the World Cup as a biennial event. The body on Monday held a virtual global summit to discuss its highly […]

Trabzon (Turkey) (AFP) – Trabzonspor supporter Samet Kordali is "100 percent sure" that his unfancied club from Turkey's Black Sea coast will finally lift the first title of his lifetime. And when that day comes at the end of the season in May, the northeastern city of Trabzon "will be on fire", Kordali says with […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Hibernian appointed former Celtic and Aston Villa forward Shaun Maloney as the club's new manager on Monday. Maloney succeeds Jack Ross after working as an assistant manager to Belgium boss Roberto Martinez for the past three years. The former Scottish international has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at Easter Road. "Shaun has been […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Premier League chiefs will meet on Monday to discuss a potential festive "firebreaker" as a result of the escalating coronavirus crisis, with managers voicing fears over player safety and fairness. Just four of the scheduled 10 games took place this weekend due to a number of call-offs caused by outbreaks […]

Paris (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur's European campaign for this season is over after UEFA awarded Rennes a 3-0 victory in their final Europa Conference League group match on Monday. Spurs were unable to fulfil the December 9 fixture due to a swathe of Covid-19 cases in the squad. As a result they finish third in […]

Paris (AFP) – Algeria captain Riyad Mahrez took his Manchester City goal tally to 11 in all competitions this season by scoring the third in a 4-0 rout of Newcastle United at the weekend. The winger is among many Premier League stars set to compete at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon from January […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – A virtual auction of some 90 items owned by late football superstar Diego Maradona on Sunday failed to attract any big bidders, with a seaside apartment, two BMWs and the house he had bought for his parents among the larger items failing to sell. More than 1,500 potential bidders — in […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Victor Letsoalo copied the penalty technique of Chelsea and Italy star Jorginho to score as newcomers Royal AM rose five places to second in the South African Premiership with a 1-0 win over Kaizer Chiefs on Sunday. The South African international ran forward then hopped before sending Nigeria goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi the […]

London (AFP) – Coronavirus forced the postponement of a swathe of Premier League games this weekend but for leaders Manchester City it was business as usual. Pep Guardiola's men hammered Newcastle 4-0 in one of only four games to take place, while Liverpool lost ground with a 2-2 draw at Tottenham. Chelsea also stumbled again, […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich president Herbert Hainer on Sunday ruled out bidding for Dortmund striker Erling Haaland and hopes record-breaking forward Robert Lewandowski finishes his career with the Bavarian giants. Hainer told broadcaster Sport1 that FC Bayern will not sign Haaland "because we have Robert Lewandowski". The Poland striker, 34 next August, has a […]

Berlin (AFP) – Kevin Schade poached a late winning goal on Sunday as Freiburg finished 2021 third in the Bundesliga table after a 2-1 home win over Bayer Leverkusen. The 20-year-old Schade came off the bench and stole a march on Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky at a corner to tap the winner into the net […]