London (AFP) – New Chelsea signing Kalidou Koulibaly has insisted he will never let anyone stop him playing football for Senegal. The Senegal captain said African nations deserved more respect after the president of his former club, Napoli, said he would only sign African or South American players willing to miss competitions with their national […]

Paris (AFP) – UEFA announced Wednesday that "semi-automated offside technology" will be used from the group stage of this season's Champions League as well as in next week's Super Cup. The optical tracking system was trialled at the FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi in February and last year's Arab Cup. FIFA have confirmed […]

London (AFP) – Erik ten Hag said it was "unacceptable" for Cristiano Ronaldo and other Manchester United players to leave Old Trafford before the end of Sunday's friendly against Rayo Vallecano. After taking a strong team to Oslo to face Atletico Madrid on Saturday, United wrapped up their pre-season preparations against another Spanish side the […]

Frankfurt (AFP) – Star Bayern Munich forward Sadio Mane has wasted no time fitting in with his new teammates, revealing he brought his own lederhosen with him to the Bavarian capital this summer. Speaking with Bayern Munich’s Member magazine 51 in an interview published Tuesday, Mane said he had held onto a pair of traditional […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich kick off their Bundesliga title defence against Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday, hoping an off-season spending spree will account for the loss of star striker Robert Lewandowski. With five Champions League participants for the first time ever this season, German football is in rude health, although Bayern will […]

Sling TV has an exclusive offer just in time for the return of the Premier League season. New and former subscribers who sign up from today through Thursday (August 4) can try out Sling for free through August 20. That’s almost three weeks of English Premier League action. With the Premier League season beginning this […]

Paris (AFP) – Rangers saw their hopes of returning to the Champions League group stage suffer a blow on Tuesday as the Glasgow giants slumped to a 2-0 defeat away to Belgian upstarts Union Saint-Gilloise in the first leg of their third qualifying round tie. French-born Maltese international Teddy Teuma gave the Belgians the lead […]

Rome (Italy) (AFP) – Belgium forward Charles De Ketelaere completed his transfer to AC Milan from Club Brugge on Tuesday, signing a five-year contract with the Serie A champions. The 21-year-old, who has eight international caps, arrived in Milan on Monday night and was greeted by a few fans. He began his medical in the […]

Paris (AFP) – Monaco needed a late equaliser from centre-back Axel Disasi to draw 1-1 with Ruud van Nistelrooy's PSV Eindhoven in the first leg of their Champions League third qualifying round tie on Tuesday. Disasi prodded home from close range when an Ismail Jakobs free-kick fell to him in the penalty area 10 minutes […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire have received the most Twitter abuse of any Premier League players, a report published Tuesday has found. Analysis by British media regulator Ofcom of 2.3 million tweets in the first half of last season found nearly 60,000 abusive posts, affecting seven in 10 top-flight players. […]

London (AFP) – England match-winner Chloe Kelly has said she was never in doubt she would take her shirt off to celebrate scoring the decisive goal in Sunday's Euro 2022 women's final but did fear the video assistant referee (VAR) might spoil her moment in the spotlight. With the game having gone into extra-time, the […]

London (AFP) – The two Conservatives fighting to become UK prime minister on Tuesday vowed to host a reception for England's victorious Lionesses, as Boris Johnson faced criticism for allegedly snubbing the footballers. The women's team won the Euro 2022 tournament at London's Wembley Stadium on Sunday, earning England its first major football trophy since […]

London (AFP) – Diogo Jota has signed a "new long-term deal" with Liverpool, the Premier League giants announced Tuesday. Neither the exact length of the contract, nor its worth, were not disclosed British media reported the Portuguese forward, who joined Liverpool from English rivals Wolves in 2020 would be staying at Anfield until at least […]

Paris (AFP) – Last season's Europa League runners-up Rangers will have to beat either Monaco or PSV Eindhoven to clinch a place in the Champions League group stage, as long as they first make it through the third qualifying round. The Scottish giants play Union Saint-Gilloise of Brussels, last season's surprise runners-up in the Belgian […]

Rome (Italy) (AFP) – Young Belgium striker Charles De Ketelaere was due to complete his transfer to AC Milan from Brugge on Tuesday, Italian media reported. The 21-year-old, who has eight Belgium caps, arrived in Milan on Monday night and was greeted by a few fans. He began his medical in the morning ahead of […]