Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain players celebrated with supporters gathered outside the ground after Neymar set them on their way to a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund behind closed doors on Wednesday, taking them through to the Champions League quarter-finals 3-2 on aggregate. PSG needed to overturn a 2-1 defeat in the first leg of their […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Atletico Madrid defender Kieran Trippier said his side always believed they could stun Liverpool after the Spanish club sent the holders crashing out of the Champions League on Wednesday. Atletico beat Liverpool 3-2 at Anfield for a 4-2 aggregate triumph in the last 16 second leg. Having won the first leg 1-0, […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus and Italy defender Daniele Rugani on Wednesday became the first Serie A footballer to test positive for coronavirus, the Italian champions confirmed. The 25-year-old "is currently asymptomatic," the Turin giants said, but the club is "currently activating all the isolation procedures required by law, including those who have had contact with […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Champions League holders Liverpool crashed out in the last 16 on Wednesday after a stunning fightback from Atletico Madrid sealed a 3-2 win on the night and a 4-2 aggregate success. AFP Sport looks at three things we learned from Liverpool's unexpected exit: Liverpool slump hits new low For much of this […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Atletico Madrid ended Liverpool's defence of the Champions League on Wednesday as Marcos Llorente's double and Alvaro Morata's late strike stunned Anfield with a 3-2 win after extra time to progress 4-2 on aggregate. The holders looked to have ended Atletico's dogged resistence when Roberto Firmino put them ahead in the tie […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain shrugged off having to play in an empty stadium as Neymar set the French club on their way to a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday that took them into the Champions League quarter-finals 3-2 on aggregate. PSG came into the game at the Parc des Princes needing to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach beat Cologne 2-1 on Wednesday to move back into the Bundesliga top four in the first game in German top-flight history to be played behind closed doors, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Marco Rose's Gladbach sit six points behind leaders Bayern Munich and two points clear of fifth-placed Bayer Leverkusen […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson returned from injury to lead the European champions as they seek to overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday. The England international has been sidelined since injuring a hamstring in the first leg in Madrid three weeks ago and […]

Paris (AFP) – The Europa League has been left in limbo as a result of the coronavirus outbreak with two ties involving Italian clubs called off and four more games scheduled for Thursday to be played behind closed doors. UEFA on Wednesday confirmed that the last 16, first legs between Inter Milan and Getafe in […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool are set to take on Atletico Madrid at a packed Anfield on Wednesday but several Arsenal players are in quarantine after the first postponement of a Premier League game over coronavirus fears. Jurgen Klopp's European champions will play the Spanish side in front of more than 50,000 fans in the northwest […]

Milan (AFP) – Josip Ilicic scored four times in a 4-3 win over Valencia to power the Champions League newcomers into the quarter-finals for a welcome boost back home in Bergamo, at the centre of Italy's escalating coronavirus drama. "We are very happy to have represented a region that in this period suffers so much," […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal's game at Manchester City on Wednesday has been postponed after players from the London club were put into quarantine, making it the first Premier League football fixture to be called off because of coronavirus. Arsenal said players and four staff had been isolated at their homes after coming into contact with […]

Milan (AFP) – Josip Ilicic scored four times in a 4-3 win over Valencia to power the Champions League newcomers into the quarter-finals for a welcome boost back home in Bergamo, at the centre of Italy's escalating coronavirus drama. "We are very happy to have represented a region that in this period suffers so much," […]

Berlin (AFP) – A second division footballer was on Wednesday the first player to test positive for coronavirus in Germany as RB Leipzig became the last Bundesliga side to annouce that they would hold their weekend match behind closed doors. Hanover 96 revealed that defender Timo Huebers had tested positive for COVID-19, saying in a […]

Doha (AFP) – Nine labourers on World Cup 2022 projects died in the past year, Qatari organisers said Wednesday, stressing that none of the deaths were a result of accidents at tournament projects. All but one of the dead who suffered health issues had yet to undergo a new comprehensive medical screening intended to detect […]