Istanbul (AFP) – Leicester City will face Napoli in this season's Europa League, while Celtic found themselves in a tough section alongside Bayer Leverkusen and Real Betis in Friday's draw for the group stage. As well as Napoli, Leicester will play Spartak Moscow and Legia Warsaw in Group C as they look to do better […]

London (AFP) – England manager Gareth Southgate has revealed he has been abused in recent months for supporting the drive to encourage young people to be vaccinated against coronavirus. Southgate led England to a first major tournament final in 55 years at Euro 2020, missing out on penalties to Italy. His decisions to introduce Manchester […]

Milan (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo will not train with Juventus on Friday, the Serie A giants confirmed to AFP, as rumours of an imminent move to Manchester City gather pace. Widespread media reports said that Ronaldo left Juve's Continassa training centre before the start of Friday's session. Sky Sport Italia reported that the five-time Ballon […]

Madrid (AFP) – Despite the continuing devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Real Madrid have still been able to make a 160 million-euro ($188m) bid for Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe and are in a "win-win" position. The offer was rejected with PSG's sporting director Leonardo saying on Wednesday it was "not enough" for the […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool and Chelsea face off in the first heavyweight clash between title contenders of the Premier League season, while Arsenal aim to get off the mark when they visit Manchester City on Saturday. Arsenal suffered at the hands of Chelsea last weekend as Romelu Lukaku scored on his second debut in a […]

Berlin (AFP) – After his hopes stalled at Bayern Munich, New Zealander Sarpreet Singh has kick-started his career on loan this season at Jahn Regensburg where his performances have helped them top Germany's second division. Singh was mobbed by team-mates after his stunning goal sealed a 4-1 home win over Schalke to send Regensburg […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich have implored their fans to stop whistling winger Leroy Sane ahead of the Bundesliga champions' home match against bottom club Hertha Berlin on Saturday. Bayern thrashed fifth-tier Bremer 12-0 in the German Cup on Wednesday with back-up striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scoring four goals, including a first-half hat-trick. Despite setting […]

Paris (AFP) – Lionel Messi could make his hotly anticipated debut for Paris Saint-Germain against Reims in Champagne country on Sunday but it is Kylian Mbappe who is the centre of all the attention just now amid ongoing speculation about his future. Messi has not featured in either of PSG's two Ligue 1 games since […]

Paris (AFP) – Real Madrid on Thursday increased their offer for Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe to 180 million euros, sports daily L'Equipe claimed. Real are willing to pay 170 million euros plus a 10 million euro bonus package, said the report. That would match what PSG shelled out to Monaco to buy French World […]

Paris (AFP) – Premier League champions Manchester City were reported to be closing in on a deal late Thursday to bring Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo back to England. Despite Juventus insisting the 36-year-old was staying with the Serie A giants, media reports in Italy suggested that the former Real Madrid and Manchester United star has […]

Paris (AFP) – Harry Kane netted a double in his first match since announcing that he will stay at Tottenham this season as Spurs beat Pacos de Ferreira 3-0 on Thursday to overturn a first-leg deficit in the Europa Conference League play-off round. Nuno Espirito Santo's men head into Friday's group-stage draw for the inaugural […]

Paris (AFP) – Jose Mourinho's Roma eased into the group stage of the inaugural Europa Conference League on Thursday with a 3-0 play-off round second leg victory over Trabzonspor at the Stadio Olimpico. The Italian side wrapped up a 5-1 aggregate victory to book their spot in Friday's draw and give Mourinho a third straight […]

CBS Sports today revealed its commentator lineup and coverage plans for the final round of Concacaf Men’s World Cup Qualifiers. CBS Sports will provide coverage of 21 matches during the September and October windows, including all U.S. road matches and all Mexico home and away matches. Action kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 2, with every […]

Istanbul (AFP) – Chelsea and Italy midfielder Jorginho was named UEFA men's player of the year at a ceremony in Istanbul on Thursday, beating his club colleague N'Golo Kante and Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne to the prize. Jorginho starred alongside Kante in the Chelsea team that won the Champions League, beating De Bruyne's City […]

Istanbul (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City, two of the leading candidates to win the Champions League, will face each other in the group stage of this season's competition after coming out together in Thursday's draw. Pep Guardiola's City beat PSG in the semi-finals of last season's Champions League on the way to losing […]