Manchester United have confirmed that captain Wayne Rooney will miss Tuesday's Champions League game against PSV. United fly out to Holland on Monday afternoon ahead of their first Champions League group stage match, but Rooney will not be on the plane. The United forward suffered a hamstring injury last week and was not among the […]

"You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone." Those were the sage words of Joni Mitchell and it certainly applied to Olympique Lyonnais’ case, the big yellow taxi excepted of course. On a cold, rainy evening yesterday at Stade de Gerland, Hubert Fournier’s team huffed and puffed but were left frustrated against a well-drilled […]

Claudio Ranieri hailed the spirit and character of his players after seeing Leicester stage a remarkable comeback to defeat Midlands rivals Aston Villa 3-2. The Foxes looked like losing their unbeaten start to the season after a couple of wonderful curling efforts from Jack Grealish, his first goal for Villa, and Carles Gil put the […]

Ryan Mason fired Tottenham to their first Barclays Premier League victory of the season as Sunderland were made to wait for theirs. The midfielder stabbed home an 82nd-minute winner from substitute Erik Lamela's through-ball to snatch a 1-0 win the Londoners scarcely deserved after being second-best for much of what had gone before. Jermain Defoe […]

Emmanuel Adebayor has been released from his contract with Tottenham by mutual agreement. Adebayor had not been included in the club's 25-man Barclays Premier League squad for this season or given a squad number. A statement on Spurs' official website on Sunday morning said: "We can confirm that we have reached a mutual agreement with […]

Six games into the 2015/16 Championship season and with the transfer window finally closed, Queens Park Rangers' chances of a quick return to the Premier League look remarkably better than any rational person would have believed at the start of the season. After a 2-0 away loss to Charlton on the opening day the truth, the situation really […]

After acquiring Manchester City in September 2008, new owner Sheik Mansour outlined a vision of the club being at the very forefront of the world game in terms of building for the future and developing talented players from within by boldly proclaiming; “We are building a structure for the future, not just a team of all-stars.” […]

The Designated Players from both teams took a backseat to less heralded teammates Saturday night as goals from Tesho Akindele and Michel propelled Dallas to a 2-1 home win. Fouls – 35 total – marred the first-ever visit of NYCFC to FC Dallas. Both teams continue heading in opposite directions in their respective conferences, with […]

Steve McClaren has no intention of allowing striker Papiss Cisse to leave Newcastle as he targets goals. The 30-year-old Senegal international was the subject of persistent speculation over the summer and continues to be linked with clubs in the Middle East, where the transfer window does not close until later this month. However McClaren, who […]

Kelechi Iheanacho followed his manager's instructions to the letter by grabbing a dramatic last-minute winner to preserve Manchester City's 100 per cent start to the season. The 18-year-old Nigerian, thrown on as a substitute moments earlier, announced himself to the Premier League in style with the strike which sank Crystal Palace 1-0. And City boss […]

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes Theo Walcott justified his faith in his striking capabilities with a goal in the 2-0 win over Stoke. Wenger was criticized for refusing to add to his strike options during the transfer window, but both Walcott and his replacement Olivier Giroud were on target at the Emirates Stadium as the […]

Anthony Martial wasted no time in writing himself into Manchester United folklore as he stepped off the bench to score a stunning debut goal against Liverpool. Twenty-one minutes after his introduction, the £58million deadline-day signing turned Martin Skrtel twice before rolling the ball past Simon Mignolet to wrap up a 3-1 win for Louis van […]

Lionel Messi celebrated the birth of his second son by coming off the bench to score the winner as Barcelona came from behind to claim a vital 2-1 win away at Atletico Madrid on Saturday. Messi started on the sidelines having missed training on Friday to attend the birth, a day after returning from Argentina […]

Thomas Mueller converted a controversial 90th minute penalty as Bayern Munich came back from a goal down to defeat Bavarian rivals Augsburg 2-1 while Borussia Dortmund also made it four Bundesliga wins from four on Saturday. Robert Lewandowski began the champions' comeback as the Polish international struck with 13 minutes left after Alexander Esswein had […]

Cristiano Ronaldo opened his account for the season in spectacular fashion with five goals as Real Madrid thrashed Espanyol 6-0 on Saturday. The Portuguese dispelled any doubts over his form by slotting home the opener from Luka Modric's wonderful pass before doubling his tally from the penalty spot after Gareth Bale had been felled inside […]