Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund want their German Cup quarter-final at minnows Sportfreunde Lotte played at an alternative stadium after snow forced Tuesday's game to be postponed just an hour before kick-off. The rescheduled match will be on March 14 but Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke is worried the pitch could again prove dangerously unplayable, presenting […]

Paris (AFP) – Javier Pastore and Edinson Cavani both came off the bench to score late as French Cup holders Paris Saint-Germain waded past second-tier Niort 2-0 in a rain-soaked last-16 tie on Wednesday. The Argentine midfielder bundled in a free-kick from Christopher Nkunku on 78 minutes before Cavani struck his 36th goal of the […]

Turner Sports’ coverage of the UEFA Champions League and Europa League won’t launch until August 2018, so the sports network has plenty of time to execute its plan to bring the world’s number one soccer club competition into the homes of viewers across the United States. While FOX Sports certainly improved the quantity of UEFA […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool announced a pre-tax loss of £19.8 million ($24.5 million, 23.2 million euros) for last year on Wednesday, despite record revenue of £301 million. The loss in the year ending May 2016 was due to investment in the first-team squad and pay-offs to manager Brendan Rodgers, who was sacked in October 2015, […]

When Lucas Perez was brought in from Deportivo La Coruna near the end of the summer transfer window, many fans and pundits assumed that the Spaniard would be a solid addition to the club. While not a world-class striker, Perez is a capable and versatile player. Whether being deployed up front as a center forward, […]

Nouakchott (AFP) – FIFA president Gianni Infantino vows to honour a promise to hike Africa's World Cup finals berths to nine or ten during a visit to the impoverished West African state of Mauritania this week. "We want everyone to have the right to dream and how better to do that that taking part in […]

If you're trying to find out how you can watch US Women's National Team against Germany in the SheBelieves Cup, you've come to the right place. The US Women's National Team competes in its first game on Wednesday in the second-annual SheBelieves Cup. As current holders, the pressure will be on the USA team to […]

London (AFP) – Leicester defender Danny Simpson believes Craig Shakespeare deserves to be seriously considered as the club's permanent manager. Shakespeare was in caretaker charge of Leicester as they beat Liverpool 3-1 on Monday in their first game since the shock sacking of Claudio Ranieri. The Foxes, champions less than a year ago, climbed out […]

Turin (Italy) (AFP) – Paolo Dybala's second-half penalty double put holders Juventus in control with a 3-1 win over Napoli in the first leg of their Italian Cup semi-final on Tuesday. Spaniard Jose Callejon had given the visitors the lead after 36 minutes as the hosts looked out of sorts at home in Turin. But […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola has indicated that England goalkeeper Joe Hart's Manchester City career is over, regardless of how well he performs at Torino. Hart has impressed in Serie A since his arrival on a season's loan in August, having been frozen out by Guardiola. The City manager decided on his arrival […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Sociedad missed the chance to leapfrog Atletico Madrid into fourth in La Liga as Pedro Leon's 93rd-minute equaliser snatched a 2-2 draw for Eibar in a controversial Basque derby on Tuesday. Juanmi's header opened the scoring for Sociedad, but he was booked for showing a t-shirt honouring Pablo Raez. Raez, who […]

Shanghai (AFP) – Big-money Brazilians Hulk and Oscar were among the scorers as Australian sides were brutally put to the sword in the Asian Champions League on a night of goals on Tuesday. Heavy-spending Shanghai SIPG hammered 2014 champions Western Sydney Wanderers 5-1, while the Brisbane Roar fared even worse, crashing 6-0 to Ulsan Hyundai […]

London (AFP) – Hull's DR Congo striker Dieumerci Mbokani will be sidelined for six weeks after suffering a hamstring injury, dealing a blow to their hopes of staying in the Premier League. Mbokani will miss a significant chunk of Hull's battle for survival after being forced off in the second half of Saturday's 1-1 draw […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona boss Luis Enrique insists his side's reliance on Lionel Messi is perfectly normal when you have "the best player in the world" on your side. Messi has kept Barca's La Liga title challenge alive with late winners in 2-1 wins over Leganes and Atletico Madrid in their last two outings to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Philipp Lahm has offered Schalke tips on how to avoid being the next victims of a Bayern Munich pounding in Wednesday's German Cup quarter-final. Holders Bayern have reached the cup's last eight in each of the last 10 years, which no other German club can match. They are bidding to reach the […]