Liverpool (AFP) – After a miserable start to 2017, Liverpool are in a sorry state ahead of Tottenham Hotspur's visit in the Premier League on Saturday. They have won only one of their last 10 matches, were knocked out of both domestic cups in the space of four days and slipped out of the top […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – David de Gea has challenged Manchester United to get as close as possible to runaway leaders Chelsea as Jose Mourinho's side battle to finish in the top four. It is one of the Premier League's stranger statistics that United have not moved from sixth position for three months, despite being […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal welcome fast-improving Hull City to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday looking to recover from two deeply damaging results that have all but ruined their Premier League title hopes. Defeats at home to Watford and away at Chelsea have left Arsene Wenger's side a mammoth 12 points behind the latter, who lead the way. But Wenger […]

Lisbon (AFP) – Porto on Thursday activated a 20-million-euro clause to make midfielder Oliver Torres's loan move from Atletico Madrid permanent in the second biggest deal in the history of the Portuguese league. The 22-year-old Spaniard's move is just two million euros shy of the record transfer of 22 million euros that Benfica paid Atletico […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona striker Luis Suarez will miss the Spanish Cup final after picking up a two-match tournament ban for his sending off and subsequent refusal to go to the dressing rooms in a tense semi-final with Atletico Madrid in midweek. The Uruguayan picked up a second yellow card for elbowing in a heated […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund's CEO and president met their RB Leipzig counterparts on Thursday to apologise for last weekend's violent attacks by hooligans as police say they have started prosecuting the culprits. Dortmund police have reportedly started criminal proceedings in 32 cases after violent attacks broke out before last Saturday's German league match when […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said Thursday the club was satisfied with goalkeeper Keylor Navas, but refused to deny local press speculation the European champions would sign a replacement. Manchester United stopper David de Gea and Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois have both been linked with a switch to Real Madrid as Coata Rica […]

Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey's football federation on Thursday suspended Fenerbahce's star Dutch striker Robin van Persie for three games and Serbian defender Dusko Topic of Besiktas for four after a standoff in a tense Istanbul cup derby this week. The two had been involved in an off-the-ball incident in the February 5 game which saw […]

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Berlin (AFP) – Arjen Robben is relishing Bayern Munich's forthcoming "week of truth" when they host Arsenal in the Champions League with the German champions currently struggling for form. Bayern scrapped into the quarter-finals of the German Cup on Tuesday with a 1-0 win at home to Wolfsburg, thanks to Douglas Costa's first-half goal and […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United announced record quarterly revenues and profit for the last three months of 2016 on Thursday despite the club's failure to qualify for the Champions League. Revenues climbed to £157.9 million ($198.3 million, 185.6 million euros), up 18 percent on the previous year, with broadcasting revenues up 40.8 percent and match-day revenues […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has urged everyone connected with the Gunners to remain "united" despite seeing the club slip further behind in the Premier League title race. Successive defeats by Watford and leaders Chelsea have left Arsenal 12 points off the summit and only one point ahead of Liverpool in the race […]

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Berlin (AFP) – Holders Bayern Munich will face Schalke 04 in the German Cup quarter-finals while last season's finalists Borussia Dortmund are away to third division giant-killers Sportfreunde Lotte. The quarter-finals will be played on February 28 or March 1 with the final taking place at Berlin's Olympic Stadium on May 27. Carlo Ancelotti's Bayern, […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Claudio Ranieri hopes Leicester's FA Cup victory against Derby can provide a springboard to ease the spluttering champions' relegation fears. Ranieri's side got a welcome boost as they moved into the last 16 of the FA Cup with a 3-1 win in a fourth round replay at the King Power […]