Warsaw (AFP) – Polish international midfielder Pawel Wszolek suffered a broken left hand in training and will miss Euro 2016, the country's football association (PZPN) said Friday. "During training with the national team at Jastarnia, Pawel Wszolek accidentally fell on his left hand," said the PZPN. The 24-year-old Verona player underwent surgery in Warsaw and […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Scottish champions Celtic on Friday named former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers as their new manager with the target of translating their domestic success into solid European progress. Rodgers, 43, replaces Ronny Deila who stepped down at the end of a two-year spell which brought in two league titles and a League Cup […]

Prague (AFP) – Czech Republic coach Pavel Vrba cut his Euro 2016 finals squad down to 25 players on Friday and will trim two more from their number before the May 31 deadline. Sparta Prague defender Ondrej Zahustel, midfielder Jan Kovarik of Viktoria Plzen and Reading utility striker Matej Vydra were the three unfortunate players […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Scottish champions Celtic on Friday named former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers as their new manager on a 12-month rolling contract. Rodgers, 43, replaces Ronny Deila who stepped down at the end of a two-year spell which brought in two league titles and a League Cup crown but just frustration in Europe. "Celtic […]

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London (AFP) – English football giants Manchester United will stage their 2016 annual general meeting in Philadelphia on June 23, the club announced Friday. The Premier League side are owned by the US-based Glazer family. United face Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday as they bid to end a season […]

Zurich (AFP) – FIFA's ethics committee on Friday recommended a two-year ban from all football activities for Wolfgang Niersbach, former president of the German Football Association (DFB), over an alleged corruption scandal around the right to host the 2006 World Cup. FIFA's adjudicatory chamber said they had received a final report from world football governing […]

London (AFP) – Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew says he feels the "weight of history" on his shoulders as he tries to lead the south London side to the first major trophy in their 111-year existence. Palace have the chance to claim that long-awaited piece of silverware when they face Manchester United in Saturday's FA […]

Singapore (AFP) – Asian ownership of European football clubs can be tough because of cultural differences, Valencia's Singaporean president said on Friday after a turbulent period at the Mestalla Stadium. Chan Lay Hoon, who was brought in by Valencia's billionaire owner Peter Lim, said she had had a tough first season at the club marked […]

Milan (AFP) – Uncertainty over the future of AC Milan hovers over the stricken Italian giants as they look to avoid the ignominy of a season without European football by wresting the Italian Cup from Juventus on Saturday. "It would be a huge victory for the team but also in terms of sealing direct entry […]

Paris (AFP) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic will aim to lift one final trophy as the curtain comes down on his record-shattering Paris Saint-Germain career in Saturday's French Cup final against bitter rivals Marseille. Ibrahimovic, who obliterated Pauleta's club goals record earlier this season and now stands on 154 from 179 games, announced he will leave Paris […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Rangers manager Mark Warburton says winning the Scottish Cup final against Hibernian on Saturday wouldn't compare to the euphoria of securing promotion back to the top flight. Warburton's side clinched the Championship title to claim a place in the Scottish Premiership for the first time since they were forced to start life […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund aim to ruin Bayern Munich's plans to farewell Pep Guardiola with a seventh title in three years when Germany's top teams meet in Saturday's crunch German Cup final. Victory over their main rivals at Berlin's Olympic Stadium would give Bayern the league and cup double before Guardiola leaves for Manchester […]

London (AFP) – While the FA Cup final will always inspire a degree of reverence, Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie will have more reason than most to feel emotional at Wembley on Saturday. Bolasie grew up just a few miles from Wembley and could see the famous stadium glimmering in the distance from his parents' […]

London (AFP) – He started the season derided as an expensive panic buy, but Anthony Martial goes into Saturday's FA Cup final against Crystal Palace as the potential saviour of Manchester United's season. The French forward's deadline-day move from Monaco, at an initial cost of £36 million ($52.6 million, 47 million euros), rising to £58 […]