Oslo (AFP) – Norway striker Caroline Graham Hansen announced on Wednesday she was taking a break from international football aged 27, blaming heart problems and exhaustion. "After a year with heart problems and almost 50 matches, I still feel a fatigue that makes me choose to listen to my body. I need rest. I need […]

London (AFP) – Leicester defender Wesley Fofana is training with the Under 23 squad because he has been distracted by interest from Chelsea, said manager Brendan Rodgers. Chelsea had a third offer of reportedly £60-70 million ($82 million) for the 21-year-old French centre-back rejected earlier this week. Rodgers revealed that Fofana failed to turn up […]

London (AFP) – Fulham suffered an embarrassing League Cup exit as the Premier League side were beaten 2-0 by Crawley in a second round shock on Tuesday. Marco Silva's side are 83 places above League Two Crawley and beat Brentford 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday. But the Fulham manager's decision to make 10 […]

Paris (AFP) – Benfica cruised into the group stage of the Champions League after overrunning Dynamo Kyiv 3-0 in the second leg of their playoff on Tuesday thanks to David Neres' assist and goal. The two-time European champions from Portugal will be in the draw on Thursday while Dynamo will be in the Europa League. […]

London (AFP) – West Ham signed Italy defender Emerson Palmieri from Chelsea in a deal worth a reported £15 million ($17 million) on Tuesday. Emerson has agreed a four-year contract with the Hammers, with the option of a further one-year extension. The 28-year-old left-back was born in Brazil, but moved to Italy in 2014 and […]

London (AFP) – England's second most capped played Jill Scott announced her retirement on Tuesday after helping her country to lift last month's Euro 2022. Midfielder Scott, 35, made her international debut in 2006 going on to win 161 caps, 11 shy of Fara Williams' record. She had clubs spells with hometown side Sunderland, Everton […]

London (AFP) – Erik ten Hag insists Cristiano Ronaldo still has a future at Manchester United after the Portugal star suffered the embarrassment of being dropped for his side's rousing 2-1 win against Liverpool. United looked far more dynamic without Ronaldo as they stunned Liverpool to end a dismal run of two successive defeats at […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Three months ago Liverpool stood on the brink of an unprecedented quadruple of trophies. Three games into the new season, they are yet to win a game. A 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford on Monday saw Jurgen Klopp's men leapfrogged in the fledgling English Premier League table by a Manchester […]

Here is where you can find all the information on FX's newest documentary, Welcome to Wrexham, on TV. This documentary highlights Wrexham AFC, a club in the fifth tier of the English soccer pyramid. In late 2020, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took over ownership of the club, despite having no prior knowledge of […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said a change in attitude and spirit from his players was the reason behind a huge 2-1 win over Liverpool on Monday to lift the gloom around Old Trafford. The Dutch coach became the first United manager to lose his opening two games in […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Erik ten Hag secured his first win as Manchester United manager as goals from Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford beat Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford on Monday. United had started the weekend bottom of the Premier League, but moved above Liverpool on a massive night for their new Dutch manager. […]

Rome (AFP) – Juventus were held to an uneventful goalless draw by Sampdoria on Monday, while Chris Smalling headed Roma to a 1-0 win over Cremonese to make it two wins from two. Massimiliano Allegri's side were uninspired and failed to create much against a solid Samp at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa. The […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag responded to an embarrassing 4-0 thrashing at Brentford by dropping Cristiano Ronaldo and captain Harry Maguire for the visit of Liverpool on Monday. Ten Hag made four changes in all with Luke Shaw and Fred also dropping out for Raphael Varane, Tyrell Malacia, Scott […]

Rome (AFP) – Chris Smalling headed Roma to a 1-0 win over Cremonese on Monday but Jose Mourinho's side are sweating over starlet Nicolo Zaniolo after already losing Georginio Wijnaldum to a fractured shin. England international Smalling met Lorenzo Pellegrini's corner in the 65th minute with a perfect header to send a wave of relief […]

Lille (France) (AFP) – Lille have booted striker Mohamed Bayo off their first-team squad and fined him 75,000 euros ($74,400) after he was seen clubbing the night before the weekend's heavy loss to Paris Saint-Germain, a source close to the club told AFP on Monday. Lille bought the Guinea international from Clermont for more than […]