London (AFP) – Premier League clubs will attempt to hammer out a plan to complete their suspended season when they meet via a conference call on Thursday. English football is in lockdown as part of the worldwide bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Top-flight fixtures have been suspended until April 4 at the […]

London (AFP) – Prevented from plying their usual trade by the coronavirus pandemic, English football clubs are turning to their attentions to helping local communities cope with huge disruption to daily life. Liverpool's cruise towards a first league title in 30 years has been put on hold, with the Premier League suspended for the foreseeable […]

Milan (AFP) – Italian football federation (FIGC) president Gabriele Gravina expressed his hope on Wednesday Serie A would resume on May 2 with a possible finish in July at the latest. All Italian sport has been suspended until April 3 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic which has killed 2,978 people in the country […]

London (AFP) – Premier League strugglers Bournemouth made a loss of £32.4 million ($37.74 million) after tax for the financial year ending June 30, 2019. Eddie Howe's side were fighting to avoid relegation and sat in the bottom three before the coronavirus pandemic forced the season to be halted. Off the field, their finances are […]

Paris (AFP) – Europe's top five football leagues could lose as much as four billion euros ($4.33 billion, 3.75 billion pounds) in combined revenue if the coronavirus pandemic completely wipes out the rest of the season, according to a study by KPMG. The accounting firm, one of the world's biggest, calculated the total potential matchday, […]

Lausanne (AFP) – FIFA confirmed the postponement of the new Club World Cup on Wednesday as it pledged to take a series of "exceptional measures" to protect football in the face of the coronavirus crisis, including a possible support fund for financially stricken clubs and associations. World football's governing body accepted it would not play […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City winger Leroy Sane says the knee ligament injury that has wrecked his season is "the longest and hardest" fitness problem of his career. Sane has been sidelined since sustaining the devastating knee injury against Liverpool in the Community Shield in August. The 24-year-old German has yet to play a first-team […]

Berlin (AFP) – German national team footballers said Wednesday they would donate 2.5 million Euros ($2.7 million) to help fight the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. "We need to look after each other in times like this. We in the national team have been thinking and we are going to donate to a good […]

Milan (AFP) – France World Cup winner Blaise Matuidi insisted Wednesday his "morale is good" despite testing positive for coronavirus. "I am positive, I am strong, morale is good, that of my family too," the Juventus midfielder said on Instagram. The 32-year-old's club teammate Daniele Rugani was the first top-flight footballer to be diagnosed with […]

Stockholm (AFP) – AC Milan's evergreen star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said Wednesday he had launched a fundraiser for Italian hospitals battling the coronavirus pandemic. "Italy has always given me so much and, in this dramatic moment, I want to give back even more to this country that I love," the former Swedish international wrote on […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has pledged to ensure the coronavirus outbreak does not damage the future of his club after admitting the pandemic is the biggest challenge of his 20-year reign. Levy was speaking on Wednesday as Tottenham announced financial results for 2018-19 which showed the north London club recorded £460 million […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea will provide free accommodation to staff of Britain's National Health Service in a hotel at the club's Stamford Bridge stadium during the coronavirus pandemic. The Premier League club's owner, Roman Abramovich, will fund the service that will allow medical professionals in London a chance to rest if they are unable to […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool star James Milner has become a social media star in playing up to his no frills image by filming himself doing domestic chores whilst the Premier League is suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak. The 34-year-old former England midfielder first posted images of himself sorting his tea bags one by one […]

Shanghai (AFP) – Hopes that the postponed Chinese football season could start as early as April took a hit Wednesday after a Brazilian tested positive for the coronavirus, reportedly a first in Chinese football. A 30-year-old Brazilian player living in the southern city of Meizhou is in hospital in nearby Guangzhou, health authorities said. They […]

Rome (AFP) – Juventus's France World Cup winner Blaise Matuidi and Hellas Verona's Mattia Zaccagni have both tested positive for coronavirus, their Serie A clubs confirmed on Tuesday. "Matuidi has undergone medical tests that have revealed his positivity to the Coronavirus-COVID-19," the Italian champions said in a statement. Juve added 32-year-old Matuidi, who lifted the […]