London (AFP) – Manchester United's teenage striker Marcus Rashford was included in England's final 23-man Euro 2016 squad, which was announced on Tuesday, as Danny Drinkwater and Andros Townsend dropped out. Rashford, 18, scored within three minutes of his England debut in Friday's 2-1 win over Australia, having netted eight times in 18 games since […]

London (AFP) – As the young Harry Kane dominated the penalty area with a dazzling display, the future spearhead of England's attack presented his coach with a welcome thought — 'fantastic I've got a goalkeeper'. Hot on the heels of another brilliant season with Tottenham Hotspur, Kane heads to Euro 2016 established as one of […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 13 of the 2016 MLS season. 1. Owen Coyle Out in Houston Owen Coyle became the first manager to lose his job this season, as the Scotsman and the Houston Dynamo parted ways on Wednesday night. It was a move that had to be made. Coyle […]

Paris (AFP) – France was bracing for fresh transport chaos Tuesday with railway workers striking just 11 days before Euro 2016 in a bitter labour dispute that has sparked months of protests. The rolling train strike called by the powerful CGT union is expected to affect around half of national and regional services by the […]

Les Ulis (France) (AFP) – Les Ulis is not a chic suburb of Paris but it deserves a monument as a nursery of French football talent, after producing Thierry Henry, Patrice Evra now Anthony Martial. It could have been different for the Manchester United star however as he prepares for the European Championship finals. A […]

Ascona (Switzerland) (AFP) – Marco Reus endured more injury heartache with Germany on Tuesday — his 27th birthday — as he was cut from their final Euro 2016 squad, two years after missing the World Cup. A groin injury means Reus joins Julian Brandt, Sebastian Rudy and Karim Bellarabi to make up the four names […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain star Serge Aurier will be tried in September for an alleged assault on a police officer, a judicial source told AFP on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Ivory Coast international defender denies the charge and has himself filed a complaint against the police for violence, the source said. Aurier is alleged to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund could be set to lose another star for next season amidst reports Chelsea and Arsenal target Henrikh Mkhitaryan has turned down a contract extension with the German giants. "Why should we extend now? Micki (Mkhitaryan) still has a contract until 2017 and we'll continue thinking about his future after that," […]

Barcelona (AFP) – The trial of Argentina star Lionel Messi in tax fraud charges opened Tuesday in Spain in his absence just days before Argentina's first match in the Copa America tournament against Chile. Messi, 28, and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, are accused of using a chain of fake companies in Belize and Uruguay […]

Shanghai (AFP) – Former Guam coach Gary White has joined the rush to Chinese football after signing on with second-tier Shanghai Shenxin. White steered tiny Guam to the final round of Asian Cup qualifiers, recording victories against Turkmenistan and India, a country of 1.2 billion, along the way. "The timing to go to China I […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Two years after their traumatic World Cup semi-final exit, Brazil are haunted by the past as they head into the Copa America Centenario aiming for their first title in nearly a decade. In previous eras, Brazil would arrive at the Copa America brimming with confidence, with the only debate revolving around […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid's Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas has been hit by a recurrence of an achilles injury, the club said, raising fears he could miss the Copa America Centenario. Real said Navas, 29, was suffering from the problem in his left foot, without indicating how long he would take to recover. The […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Lionel Messi must shrug off the gruelling demands of a globe-trotting schedule if he is to fulfill his dream of leading Argentina to a first major tournament victory in 23 years at the Copa America Centenario. The Barcelona superstar heads into the tournament having barely had a moment's rest for four […]

Augsburg (Germany) (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman on Monday condemned the claim by a right-wing politician that most Germans would not want footballer Jerome Boateng, whose father is Ghanaian, as their neighbour. "This sentence, which has come out, is vile and sad," Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert told a press briefing in Berlin. "Jerome […]

Nantes (France) (AFP) – West Ham's Dimitri Payet scored a last-gasp wonder free-kick to help Euro 2016 hosts France snatch a dramatic 3-2 victory over Cameroon on Monday. The attacking midfielder stepped up on the stroke of regulation time to curl a magnificent free-kick past Cameroon goalkeeper Fabrice Ondoa. France opened the scoring through Paris […]