London (AFP) – Championship club Cardiff City appointed former Wales international Paul Trollope as their new head coach on Wednesday. Trollope was hired as successor to Russell Slade, who was removed as manager at the end of the season and has taken up a new role as the club's head of football. The 43-year-old former […]

Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) – Spanish football federation president Angel Maria Villar will award the Euro 2016 trophy to the tournament winners in the absence of Michel Platini, UEFA anounced Wednesday. The move follows the resignation of UEFA president Platini after a sports tribunal rejected his final appeal against his ban from football over a suspect […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea captain John Terry signed a new one-year contract with the Premier League club on Wednesday to end speculation he would be forced out of Stamford Bridge. Terry sparked fears he was on the verge of leaving Chelsea against his will when he claimed in January he hadn't been offered an extension […]

London (AFP) – Wayne Rooney insists he is willing to permanently give up his role as the spearhead of Manchester United's forward line to move into a midfield berth. Rooney won the man-of-the-match award for his influential display in midfield during United's 3-1 win against Bournemouth on Tuesday and is keen to keep that role […]

London (AFP) – Relegated Aston Villa could be sold to a Chinese consortium by the end of the week, according to British media reports on Wednesday. Villa crashed out of the Premier League after a miserable season that saw the Midlands club win just three of their 38 matches. US-based owner Randy Lerner has been […]

Bangkok (AFP) – Leicester City's Italian manager Claudio Ranieri on Wednesday joked that it was time for him to boost the culinary incentives from pizza to lobster for his players to keep clean sheets. The genial Italian, 64, has said he rewarded each match without conceding a goal during the Foxes' stunning English Premier League […]

Bangkok (AFP) – Thai fans mobbed newly crowned English Premier League champions Leicester City as they arrived on Wednesday for a publicity blitz after their fairytale title triumph. They also hoped to banish the memory of a sex tape scandal that marred a visit a year ago to the homeland of their billionaire owner. Scores […]

Mexico City (AFP) – Bayer Leverkusen forward Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez headlines Mexico's 23-man squad named Tuesday to compete in next month's Copa America Centenario. PSV midfielder Andres Guardado and Porto fullback Miguel Layun are the other prominent picks, but coach Juan Carlos Osorio left former Arsenal striker Carlos Vela out of the lineup. Hernandez played […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal expressed confidence that he will still be at Old Trafford next season despite his team crawling to an underwhelming fifth-place finish in the Premier League. United beat Bournemouth 3-1 in their final fixture on Tuesday — a game held over from Sunday due to […]

Multiple sources have reported that Rafa Benitez is likely to stay at Newcastle United after club owner Mike Ashley has agreed to give the former Liverpool, Napoli and Real Madrid manager full control of transfers, scouting, the academy, and even medical staff. Why would Rafa stay? Maybe it’s because of the statue. Outside St. James’ […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Louis van Gaal was booed by his club's own fans after Manchester United ended their Premier League campaign by beating Bournemouth 3-1 in Tuesday's re-arranged Old Trafford fixture. In a game carried over from Sunday following a postponement caused by the discovery of a fake bomb accidentally left behind during […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Teenage striker Marcus Rashford celebrated his England call-up with a goal as Manchester United ended their Premier League campaign by beating Bournemouth 3-1 in Tuesday's re-arranged Old Trafford fixture. In a game carried over from Sunday following a postponement caused by the discovery of a fake bomb accidentally left behind […]

London (AFP) – Hull City survived to reach the Championship play-off final on Tuesday despite losing 2-0 at home to Derby County in their semi-final second leg. Hull's 3-0 win in the first leg at the weekend left Derby with too much to do in the return at the KC Stadium as Steve Bruce's side […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Supporters spoke of their anger and terror over Manchester United's abandoned match against Bournemouth as they reconvened at a subdued Old Trafford for Tuesday's rescheduled fixture. Sunday's game was called off at the last minute following the discovery of a suspicious package in a toilet in the stadium's northwest quadrant, […]

Lisbon (AFP) – Bayern Munich-bound starlet Renato Sanches was included in the 23-man Portugal squad for Euro 2016 named by coach Fernando Santos on Tuesday. The 18-year-old Sanches will move to Bayern this summer for an initial 35 million euros ($39.6m, £27.4m) from Benfica after an outstanding breakthrough season with the Portuguese champions and he […]