Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid's Welsh striker Gareth Bale has an injured soleus muscle in the back of his left calf, the club said Thursday, without saying how long he would be sidelined. Bale was forced off after just half an hour of Madrid's 4-0 win over Shakhtar that opened the Spanish giants' Champions League […]

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers' Europa League gamble almost paid off as the club's young guns were held to a 1-1 draw in Bordeaux. Adam Lallana's brilliant-but-simple goal midway through the second half was the highlight of a dogged display as the England midfielder capped his first appearance in a month, but the goal was cancelled […]

Manchester United defender Luke Shaw is expected to have a second operation on his broken leg on Friday, Press Association Sport understands. Shaw was taken to the St Anna Ziekenhuis hospital on the outskirts of Eindhoven on Tuesday night after breaking his right leg in two places during United's 2-1 defeat to PSV. The England […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United's revenues fell by 8.8 percent last season, but the club on Thursday predicted record revenues of £500 million ($776.4 million, 686 million euros) to £510 million for 2015-16. United's failure to qualify for the lucrative Champions League saw revenues for the period 2014-15 fall by £38 million to […]

In the past six months, many soccer officials may have regretted having their photograph taken with Chuck Blazer during the decades where he worked hand-in-hand with some of the biggest names in the business. At the time, few would have expected Blazer to become an informant to help bring down many officials within CONCACAF and FIFA. And few […]

There was a moment in Manchester City’s UEFA Champions League opener against Juventus Tuesday when everything seemed to change. Paul Pogba’s inch-perfect pass had just leveled the score after Vincent Kompany’s bulbous forehead had thumped the home side in front. But when a tweak of the calf muscle sent Manchester City’s captain off the field […]

Switzerland ruled Thursday that former FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo should be extradited to face charges in the US, the first suspect facing a forced transfer in the corruption case that has shaken world football. Figueredo, a Uruguayan national, was among the seven FIFA officials arrested in May at a luxury hotel in Zurich after […]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has denied Steven Gerrard's claim that there is a rift between him and captain John Terry. Terry was an unused substitute as the Blues, whose Barclays Premier League defense has begun in miserable fashion, opened their Champions League Group G campaign with a 4-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv at Stamford […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is confident his side can soon recover from another Champions League away performance to forget after seeing striker Olivier Giroud sent off in a 2-1 defeat at Dinamo Zagreb. Dinamo made the most of their numerical advantage to record a first win in the Champions League since September 1999 as the […]

When Everton manager Roberto Martinez described John Stones as “more than a footballer” in the aftermath of his team’s 3-1 win over Chelsea, the majority of the soccer stratosphere would have thought he was being typically over exuberant. But anyone who trained an eye on defender’s situation throughout the past few weeks, from an Everton […]

The continuing battle being waged publicly over the value of Division 1 sanctioning within the US Soccer pyramid has the making of the start of another “soccer war,” which the sport in North America can scarcely afford. While many fans of the game in the United States and Canada simply watch foreign leagues on their […]

Speaking after Chelsea defeated Maccabi Tel-Aviv 4-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday night, Blues defender Gary Cahill said that Chelsea has already used a lot of its lifelines this season ahead of the game against Arsenal this weekend. In an exclusive interview with Garry Hayes, Cahill said: "We should be confident from what we […]

Doha (AFP) – Qatar has begun construction at the site where the 2022 World Cup final will be played, tournament officials said on Wednesday. Preparatory work, including the stationing of site offices and five kilometers of hoarding, have gone up at the site in Lusail, north of the capital, Doha. As well as the final, […]

Marseille (AFP) – Lyon and France playmaker Mathieu Valbuena has gone to court to claim 568,000 euros ($640,000; £414,000) in compensation from his old club Marseille following a dispute with his former agent. Valbuena, 30, believes the money, which he paid to his former agent, Christophe Hutteau, in May as compensation for breaking their contract […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus star Paul Pogba has poked fun at big-spending Manchester City after the English giants' 2-1 Champions League defeat to the Italians on Tuesday. Pogba, formerly of City's local rivals Manchester United, posted a message on his Facebook page which said: "Qatar City 1-2 Juventus. Great win. Thank you for your support." […]