Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid president Florentino Perez insists the European champions' squad is "impossible to improve" after an uncharacteristically quiet transfer window. Perez, known for splashing hundreds of millions of euros in previous years on the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez, has limited his spending to just a 30-million-euro ($33.5 […]

London (AFP) – Joe Hart completed his loan switch to Torino on Wednesday and several international stars were reportedly poised for moves as the clock ticked down towards Europe's transfer deadlines. Spending by English Premier League clubs has broken through the one billion pounds (1.17 billion euros, $1.3 billion) barrier in one window for the […]

Paris (AFP) – French midfielder Moussa Sissoko, a standout at Euro 2016, left a national team training camp on Wednesday to finalise a last-minute transfer from Newcastle United, the French Football Federation said. Just hours from the closure of the transfer window, Sissoko was given permission to quit the French international squad preparing for a […]

London (AFP) – Out-of-favour Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart has joined Italian club Torino on a season-long loan, the Premier League side announced on Wednesday. "Joe Hart has joined @TorinoFC_1906 on a season-long loan — good luck in Italy, Joe," City wrote on their official Twitter page. England international Hart, 29, had been City's first-choice […]

Paris (AFP) – International stars Mario Balotelli, Moussa Sissoko and Jack Wilshere were all reportedly poised for moves on Wednesday as the clock ticked down towards the European transfer deadline. Spending by English Premier League clubs has broken through the one billion pounds (1.17 billion euros, $1.3 billion) barrier in one window for the first […]

Nice (France) (AFP) – Liverpool's outcast Italian striker Mario Balotelli was to have a medical at French side Nice on Wednesday amid transfer deadline day talks between the clubs, l'Equipe newspaper reported. The 26-year-old could be sold or loaned to Nice, the report said. Once one of the biggest hopes in Europe, Balotelli has not […]

Seoul (AFP) – Ambitious China are out to prove that reaching the third round of 2018 World Cup qualifying was no fluke when they take on bogey side South Korea on Thursday. China scraped through thanks to their shock 2-0 win over Qatar and the Philippines' almighty 3-2 upset of North Korea on the last […]

Montevideo (AFP) – Injury-hit Argentina resume their bid for a berth at the 2018 World Cup on Thursday as Brazil head into the latest round of South American qualifiers hoping to build on their Olympic gold medal triumph. In the five months since the last batch of games in South America's marathon qualifying campaign, both […]

Milan (AFP) – Chelsea jokes aside, Giampiero Ventura is hoping to pick up where Antonio Conte left off when he leads a new-look Italy for the first time in a friendly against beaten Euro 2016 finalists France on Thursday. "I want to take Antonio's project forward," Ventura told media Monday, a week before making his […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bastian Schweinsteiger will wear the Germany jersey one last time on Wednesday, insisting he has not given up on his dream of playing for Manchester United despite Jose Mourinho's snub. "My absolute dream is still to play for Manchester United," Schweinsteiger said on the eve of Germany's friendly against Finland in Moenchengladbach, […]

With meager few grains of sand left in the top of the hourglass tracking the time left in this transfer window, plenty associated with Premier League clubs will be on edge up until Wednesday’s 11 p.m. deadline. For supporters, one eye is kept on social media and the other on their television screens, as yellow-clad […]

Saturday night's Súper Clásico between Club America vs. Chivas Guadalajara was watched by a whopping 1.9 million people across Univision and Univision Deportes. The match between the two most high-profile Liga MX teams ended in a 3-0 away victory for Chivas. The win for Chivas helped narrow the gap between 7th-placed Chivas and 5th-placed Club […]

Piraeus (Greece) (AFP) – Mexican striker Alan Pulido has been sold to Guadalajara by Olympiakos, the Greek champions announced Tuesday. No details of the transfer were revealed by the Super League club but Greek media reported that Olympiakos will receive 6.5 million euros for the deal. Pulido, 25, played in eight matches scoring five goals […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal have signed German international central defender Shkodran Mustafi from Valencia, the London club said on Tuesday. "He is at the right age," Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger said of the 24-year-old who was in Germany's 2014 World Cup winning squad. "And he has good experience," Wenger added of the Euro 2016 semi-finalist. […]

Last year at this time, Rob Holding had just made his debut with second-tier side Bolton Wanderers in the Championship. The defender played 79 minutes in his first senior league match with his boyhood club, before being substituted off during an eventual 3-0 victory over Middlesbrough. Despite the successful appearance for the teenager, Holding was […]