London (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur are a "long way" towards reaching an agreement that will allow them to play home games at Wembley Stadium in 2017/18, Football Association chairman Greg Dyke said Thursday. Dyke also suggested Spurs, whose White Hart Lane home in north London is just 13 miles (21 kilometres) from Wembley, could play […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – A community meeting on whether to build a new stadium for legendary Argentine football club Boca Juniors descended into a brawl, leaving two people wounded, officials said Thursday. The wounded men, one of whom was stabbed in the neck, are members of a group called Boca is the People that is […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid's Champions League goal hero Antoine Griezmann says he is learning every day from inspirational coach Diego Simeone. Griezmann scored the vital goal as Atletico ousted Bayern Munich on away goals on Tuesday to book their place in a second Champions League final in three years against Real Madrid in Milan on […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester City will celebrate their dream Premier League title in style on Saturday with a pre-match party involving world-famous tenor Andrea Bocelli. The Italian singer will serenade the Foxes’ title-winning players before Saturday's home game with Everton, after which they will collect the Premier League trophy following a fairytale triumph […]

Madrid (AFP) – Madrid's sports papers hailed their city's dominant football teams the day after Real Madrid set up a second Champions League final in the three years against Atletico Madrid on Thursday. Real edged a thrilling final in 2014 for their 10th European Cup in Lisbon as Sergio Ramos's injury-time header denied Atletico their […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool midfielder Emre Can is in contention to face Villarreal in Thursday's Europa League semi-final second leg after overcoming an ankle problem, manager Jurgen Klopp confirmed. Germany international Can was expected to be sidelined for around four weeks after spraining ankle ligaments against Borussia Dortmund on April 14, but he returned to […]