Madrid (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane's smooth transition from Real Madrid legend as a player to Champions League winning coach has caught many by surprise, but Real president Florentino Perez believes success was guaranteed by the Frenchman's "love story" with the Spanish giants. Zidane dazzled for five years as a Madrid player after being signed by […]

London (AFP) – A former Newcastle United player added his name Wednesday to a growing list of ex-footballers in England who said they had suffered sexual abuse during their time in the sport. David Eatock broke his silence as it emerged that more than a quarter of the UK's regional police forces were looking into […]

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Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain hotshot Edinson Cavani bagged his 100th goal for the club in a 2-0 win over Angers on Wednesday to keep the reigning Ligue 1 champions on the heels of leaders Nice. Cavani scored from the spot, adding to Thiago Silva's opener to round off a win for the Parisians, who […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Anthony Martial scored twice as Manchester United crushed West Ham United 4-1 in the League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday, while Arsenal were unexpectedly humbled by Southampton. United manager Jose Mourinho served a one-game touchline ban after his dismissal for kicking a water bottle during Sunday's 1-1 Premier […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Robbie Muirhead scored twice as Hearts beat Rangers 2-0 at Tynecastle to move into second place in the Scottish Premiership on Wednesday, piling the pressure onto Gers boss Mark Warburton. It was the perfect send-off for head coach Robbie Neilson, who is expected to become English League One club MK Dons' new […]

London (AFP) – Southampton dealt Arsenal a shock defeat in the English League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday as goals from Jordy Clasie and Ryan Bertrand earned Claude Puel's side a 2-0 win. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had been hoping to win the competition for the first time, but instead his decision to make 10 changes […]

Paris (AFP) – A French football supporter who beat to death another fan of French top flight side Paris Saint Germain on Wednesday received a five-year jail term. Jeremy Banh, 35, was convicted of killing 37-year-old Yann Lorence while a second accused, Romain Lafon, was acquitted. Both men had faced up to six years in […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United paid a poignant tribute to the victims of the Colombia plane crash with a minute's silence prior to their League Cup quarter-final against West Ham United on Wednesday. With many of the 71 victims members of Brazilian top-flight team Chapecoense, the tragedy brought back memories of the 1958 […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane's son, Enzo, scored on his senior debut as the European champions brushed aside third tier Cultural Leonesa to progress into the last 16 of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. Enzo, 21, and the oldest of Zidane's four sons, all of whom play at different levels in […]

Moscow (AFP) – Zenit St Petersburg bounced back from a disappointing defeat in their previous Premier League match at Krasnodar beating Ufa 2-0 on Wednesday to narrow the gap on leaders Spartak Moscow. The late goals by Brazilian Giuliano and Russian international forward Alexander Kokorin set Saint Petersburg side on their way to a hard-fought win […]

Milan (AFP) – Serie A strugglers Palermo joined fellow top flight side Empoli in crashing out of the Italian Cup following defeat to second division La Spezia on Wednesday. Palermo sit bottom of Serie A after registering a club record seventh consecutive defeat, a 1-0 reverse at home to Lazio, at the weekend. Coach Roberto […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was hit with a touchline ban for the second time this season and will have to watch Wednesday's League Cup quarter-final with West Ham from the stands. The 53-year-old Portuguese, who served a one-match touchline ban earlier this season after an altercation with referee Mark Clattenburg, has […]

Lausanne (AFP) – A Swiss corruption probe into the awarding of the 2006 World Cup to Germany was broadened on Wednesday to include former FIFA general secretary Urs Linsi after police raided homes. Switzerland's attorney general's office (OAG) opened an investigation last year into fraud and money laundering allegations against four members of the 2006 […]

London (AFP) – Gareth Southgate was appointed England's new full-time manager on Wednesday and will lead the national team's challenge for the 2018 World Cup and 2020 European Championship. The 46-year-old, who has been in charge of the England squad for four games on a temporary basis, signed a four-year contract, the Football Assocation (FA) […]