Arsenal's new manager for the 2018/19 season will be fielding a team that features a very innovative shirt design for the new season. The Gunners will continue to have Puma manufacturing and designing their shirts. For the 2018/19 Premier League season, Arsenal will be wearing a red and white home shirt that features a band […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has refused to clarify the future of Antoine Griezmann, amid speculation the striker is set for a move to Barcelona. Barca were forced in January to deny publicly they had agreed a deal to sign Griezmann, who has indicated he wants his future resolved before the start […]

Paris (AFP) – Russia's football association has been fined 30,000 Swiss francs (25,000 euros) following racist chants by supporters during a friendly between the World Cup hosts and France in March, FIFA said on Tuesday. Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba and Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele were the target of monkey chants during the match in […]

London (AFP) – Antonio Conte dodged questions over his Chelsea future ahead of Wednesday's clash with Huddersfield, which could be his final home match at the helm of the deposed Premier League champions. Speculation has been rife all season that Conte's tenure will come to an end this summer after periods of public disgruntlement from […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said Tuesday he is pleased his side still have Champions League qualification in their own hands as they prepare for a nervy end to the Premier League season. Spurs are just two points ahead of fifth-placed Chelsea going into the final two games of the season, the first […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola has dedicated Manchester City’s final home game of their championship-winning season to Yaya Toure, a player he has described as one of the most important figures in the club's history. The Ivory Coast international, who turns 35 on the final day of the season on Sunday, will start […]

Yangon (AFP) – Leeds United arrived in Myanmar Tuesday to kick off an end-of-season tour mired in controversy over whether the visitors should be playing in a country the UN accuses of ethnic cleansing against its Rohingya Muslim minority. The second-tier English football club are scheduled to play two friendlies as they seek to build […]

A crucial win for Chelsea on Sunday has ensured a battle for top four honors. The win over Liverpool keeps hope alive heading into the final week of the season. Meanwhile, Tottenham suffered a shock defeat to relegation-bound West Brom. The Blues close the gap to just two points, three points behind the Reds with […]

London (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp is confident Liverpool will recover from a disappointing Premier League run to seal qualification for next season's Champions League in their final game against Brighton. Defeat to Chelsea on Sunday, following damaging draws against Stoke and West Brom, has taken the race for Champions League football next season into the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane believes Cristiano Ronaldo will be fit to play for Real Madrid in the Champions League final. Zidane also said on Tuesday that Mohamed Salah deserves great credit for Liverpool's surprise run in Europe but insisted the match in Kiev will not be a contest of the Egyptian against Ronaldo. Ronaldo […]

London (AFP) – Arsene Wenger said Tuesday he has been surprised at the number of job offers he has received since his departure from Arsenal was announced, urging the club to appoint his successor as soon as possible. The Frenchman will step down as Gunners boss after Sunday's Premier League trip to Huddersfield, with Juventus […]

Milan (AFP) – All roads lead to Rome this week for Juventus who will look to seal the Italian Cup and Serie A double in the space of four days at the Stadio Olimpico. Massimiliano Allegri's Turin giants take on his former club AC Milan in the Italian Cup final on Wednesday, and on Sunday […]

Paris (AFP) – There may never have been a greater mismatch in a Cup final than Tuesday's French Cup showpiece which will see the mighty Paris Saint-Germain take on the minnows of Les Herbiers. It would take a shock of seismic proportions for Qatar-backed PSG, even without the still injured Neymar, to slip up against […]

In cities across the United States, World Cup fever has arrived. It's measurable in the form of Panini soccer stickers that are being bought in stores across the country, and the number of empty boxes being left behind that are quickly selling out of the $1 sticker packs. When I recently attended an event in […]

Berlin (AFP) – Mesut Ozil has joined the list of Germany stars currently injured, but the Arsenal midfielder insisted Monday he will be fit for their World Cup title defence in Russia. "It's a pity I missed yesterday's match with my back injury," Ozil wrote on his Instagram account after sitting out Arsenal's 5-0 rout […]