London (AFP) – Stevenage caretaker manager and former England Women head coach Mark Sampson was Wednesday charged by the Football Association over using allegedly racist language. Sampson, who took interim charge of the club, who play in English football's fourth tier, in September, is accused of making the remark about a player during a conversation […]

Madrid (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane faces another crossroads in his handling of Gareth Bale, who appeared to mock Real Madrid after Wales' 2-0 victory over Hungary on Tuesday. After sealing qualification for Euro 2020 with a wild win in Cardiff, an ecstatic Bale celebrated next to his team-mates behind a flag that read "Wales. Golf. […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho is back in the Premier League, replacing Mauricio Pochettino as manager of Tottenham. The Portuguese former Chelsea and Manchester United boss inherits a side packed with quality players but currently 14th in the Premier League table. AFP looks at five of the most pressing issues in his in-tray. Win a […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho was appointed Wednesday to replace the sacked Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham, with a brief to revive the flagging fortunes of a club languishing in the lower reaches of the Premier League. The former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Manchester United manager has signed a contract until the end of the 2022/23 […]

London (AFP) – A brief history of the career of Jose Mourinho, 56, who was named as Tottenham Hotspur manager on Wednesday: – The translator – After an undistinguished playing career in Portugal and a spell as a PE teacher, Mourinho worked as an interpreter for former England manager Bobby Robson at Portugal's Sporting CP […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho, the new man in the Tottenham hot seat, is back in the Premier League with a point to prove. The Portuguese is a serial winner across Europe but his reputation was badly tarnished in the final few months of his Manchester United reign, which ended late last year. The man […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho, one of European football's most successful managers, was appointed Wednesday to replace the sacked Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham, with a brief to revive the fortunes of a club languishing in the lower reaches of the Premier League. The Portuguese former Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Manchester United manager signed […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho was on Wednesday appointed Tottenham's new manager to replace the sacked Mauricio Pochettino, with the club languishing 14th in the Premier League. The Portuguese former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Manchester United manager signed a contract until the end of the 2022/23 season, the north London club said in a statement. […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur sacked manager Mauricio Pochettino late Tuesday following a miserable start to the season with Jose Mourinho hotly tipped to replace the Argentine. The BBC and Sky Sports reported that Spurs and Mourinho, who was sacked by Manchester United 11 months ago, were holding talks late into Tuesday night with both […]

London (AFP) – Mauricio Pochettino paid a heavy price for the high standards he set at Tottenham Hotspur as the Argentine was sacked on Tuesday after five-and-a-half years in charge that transformed the club's fortunes. Pochettino arrived in north London with the task of assembling a team capable of qualifying for the Champions League. He […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur sacked manager Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday following a miserable start to the season for last season's Champions League finalists, with Jose Mourinho reportedly poised to replace the Argentine. Mourinho is the favourite to take over with Sky Sports reporting that Spurs could close a deal with the Portuguese, who has […]

Paris (AFP) – Aaron Ramsey sent Wales to Euro 2020 with a brace to give them a 2-0 win over Hungary and a spot in next summer's finals, while Belgium completed their perfect qualifying campaign with a mauling of Cyprus. Juventus midfielder Ramsey hit his decisive double either side of half-time at the Cardiff City […]

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ryan Giggs hailed Wales' qualification for Euro 2020 as one of the best days of his life after Aaron Ramsey's double beat Hungary 2-0 in Cardiff. The Juventus midfielder was making his first start of the qualifying campaign due to a series of injuries and showed what Wales had missed […]

Frankfurt am Main (AFP) – Serge Gnabry said Germany will head to the Euro 2020 finals in confident mood after he claimed a hat-trick in their 6-1 rout of Northern Ireland on Tuesday that secured them top spot in Group C. Having already booked their berth at the Euro 2020 finals on Saturday by beating […]

Frankfurt am Main (AFP) – Serge Gnabry hit a hat-trick as Germany finished top of their Euro 2020 qualifying group after brushing Northern Ireland aside 6-1 on Tuesday. Having already booked their berth at the Euro 2020 finals on Saturday by beating Belarus, the emphatic win in Frankfurt means Germany finish their qualifying campaign top […]