London (AFP) – Michel Platini revealed on Friday he is considering a return to football as the former UEFA president bids to restore his tarnished reputation following his ban from the game. Platini was banned for four years from football and had to quit UEFA after being found to have taken a $2 million (1.8 million […]

London (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp has sent a letter to a "cheeky" young Manchester United fan explaining that he can not grant his request for Liverpool to lose matches so they do not win the Premier League. With his side 22 points clear of Manchester City it would take more than a few defeats to […]

Coleraine (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Alex Ferguson and Bobby Charlton were among the mourners at the funeral of Manchester United great Harry Gregg in the Munich air crash hero's home town on Friday. Charlton was one of the United players Gregg pulled from the wreckage of the burning plane that crashed at Munich airport in […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho says delivering Champions League football for Tottenham next season would be among his greatest managerial achievements as he battles what he calls the worst injury crisis in Europe. The Portuguese boss, whose Spurs fifth-placed side face Chelsea on Saturday, previously claimed that finishing second in the Premier League with Manchester […]

Berlin (AFP) – Julian Nagelsmann says RB Leipzig will no longer fly back immediately from future Champions League away games to prevent him and his players suffering from disturbed sleep patterns which feel "like jet-lag". The 32-year-old was unimpressed after a delay leaving London following Wednesday's 1-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur in the last 16, […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea manager Frank Lampard denied on Friday reports of a rift with the club's board over his decision to drop Spain goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga. Kepa cost a world-record transfer fee for a keeper when he joined Chelsea for £72 million ($92 million) in August, but the 25-year-old has fallen out of favour […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona coach Quique Setien has insisted they can win the Champions League, despite Lionel Messi claiming the team are not playing well enough to go all the way in Europe this season. Setien also rejected suggestions his players could be affected by off-field problems at Barca after Messi reiterated his disagreements with […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger says fans must report racist abuse they hear in Germany's football stadiums or be "guilty by association" following two incidents in the country this month. "People must stand up and report such things," the Germany defender told AFP subsidiary SID in an interview in London. "You can't just […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he had no problem with Raheem Sterling expressing his admiration for Real Madrid after the England winger's comments sparked talk of a move to the Spanish club. Sterling was photographed in the Madrid-based sports daily AS with a City shirt on one shoulder and […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson will be sidelined for up to three weeks after suffering a hamstring injury against Atletico Madrid, the Premier League leaders announced on Friday. Henderson picked up the injury towards the end of the 1-0 defeat to the Spanish side in the Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday. […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain go into Sunday's home game with Bordeaux with a comfortable 10-point lead in Ligue 1, but life has been anything but comfortable for the French champions over the last week. Club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi was indicted on Thursday in a Swiss corruption investigation, which does not directly involve PSG but […]

Bruges (Belgium) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is backing Anthony Martial to deliver his most prolific season as the French striker takes on the role of the club's primary goalscorer following a potentially season-ending injury to Marcus Rashford. Martial scored the equaliser as United earned a 1-1 draw at Club Brugge in […]

Frankfurt am Main (AFP) – Japan midfielder Daichi Kamada is eager to break his goal drought in the Bundesliga after hitting a Europa League hat-trick inside 40 minutes to propel Eintracht Frankfurt to a 4-1 home victory over Salzburg in their last 32, first-leg tie. Kamada has not scored in 17 Bundesliga games this season, […]

London (AFP) – All eyes will be on Stamford Bridge and the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League this weekend as the battle to qualify for next season's Champions League heats up, while runaway leaders Liverpool can take another step towards the title. With the league's first winter break done and dusted, it is full […]

Paris (AFP) – Diogo Jota of Wolves and Daichi Kamada of Eintracht Frankfurt hit hat-tricks, but the man at the heart of the most remarkable Europa League display on Thursday night had a familiar name: Ianis Hagi, who inspired an unlikely Rangers fightback. In the first leg of the round-of-32, Wolves beat Espanyol 4-0, Eintracht beat […]