Doha (AFP) – Tickets for two games featuring Lionel Messi's Argentina have been the top attractions for fans at this year's World Cup in Qatar, according to the chief organiser. Argentina's first round group games against arch-rivals Mexico on November 26 and Saudi Arabia on November 22 were the "most requested", Nasser Al-Khater, CEO of […]

London (AFP) – Premier League clubs have shattered their record for summer transfer window spending, according to analysis from sports finance experts Deloitte. Gross spending by the 20 Premier League teams stood at £1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) on Thursday, surpassing the 2017 record of £1.43 billion spent by English clubs in the close-season window. It […]

Rome (AFP) – French international Samuel Umtiti bedevilled by injuries and a loss of form since winning the 2018 World Cup has been sent on a season long loan to Serie A side Lecce by Barcelona. The 28-year-old defender is due to undergo a medical later on Thursday at Lecce, who won Serie B title […]

Milan (AFP) – Paulo Dybala will lead the Roma charge on Saturday as the team seek to build on a perfect Serie A start when he returns to Juventus, the ground he last left in tears. Roma travel to Turin following two single-goal wins from matches with Salernitana and Cremonese but with some of their pre-season […]

Paris (AFP) – Antonio Colak scored the only goal that took Rangers into the Champions League group stages on Wednesday, a year after he had been responsible for knocking the Scottish side out of Europe's elite club tournament. Colak found the target on the hour mark to secure a 1-0 win at PSV Eindhoven and […]

Oslo (AFP) – Norway striker Caroline Graham Hansen announced on Wednesday she was taking a break from international football aged 27, blaming heart problems and exhaustion. "After a year with heart problems and almost 50 matches, I still feel a fatigue that makes me choose to listen to my body. I need rest. I need […]

London (AFP) – Leicester defender Wesley Fofana is training with the Under 23 squad because he has been distracted by interest from Chelsea, said manager Brendan Rodgers. Chelsea had a third offer of reportedly £60-70 million ($82 million) for the 21-year-old French centre-back rejected earlier this week. Rodgers revealed that Fofana failed to turn up […]

London (AFP) – Fulham suffered an embarrassing League Cup exit as the Premier League side were beaten 2-0 by Crawley in a second round shock on Tuesday. Marco Silva's side are 83 places above League Two Crawley and beat Brentford 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday. But the Fulham manager's decision to make 10 […]

Paris (AFP) – Benfica cruised into the group stage of the Champions League after overrunning Dynamo Kyiv 3-0 in the second leg of their playoff on Tuesday thanks to David Neres' assist and goal. The two-time European champions from Portugal will be in the draw on Thursday while Dynamo will be in the Europa League. […]

London (AFP) – West Ham signed Italy defender Emerson Palmieri from Chelsea in a deal worth a reported £15 million ($17 million) on Tuesday. Emerson has agreed a four-year contract with the Hammers, with the option of a further one-year extension. The 28-year-old left-back was born in Brazil, but moved to Italy in 2014 and […]

London (AFP) – England's second most capped played Jill Scott announced her retirement on Tuesday after helping her country to lift last month's Euro 2022. Midfielder Scott, 35, made her international debut in 2006 going on to win 161 caps, 11 shy of Fara Williams' record. She had clubs spells with hometown side Sunderland, Everton […]

London (AFP) – Erik ten Hag insists Cristiano Ronaldo still has a future at Manchester United after the Portugal star suffered the embarrassment of being dropped for his side's rousing 2-1 win against Liverpool. United looked far more dynamic without Ronaldo as they stunned Liverpool to end a dismal run of two successive defeats at […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Three months ago Liverpool stood on the brink of an unprecedented quadruple of trophies. Three games into the new season, they are yet to win a game. A 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford on Monday saw Jurgen Klopp's men leapfrogged in the fledgling English Premier League table by a Manchester […]

Here is where you can find all the information on FX's newest documentary, Welcome to Wrexham, on TV. This documentary highlights Wrexham AFC, a club in the fifth tier of the English soccer pyramid. In late 2020, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took over ownership of the club, despite having no prior knowledge of […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said a change in attitude and spirit from his players was the reason behind a huge 2-1 win over Liverpool on Monday to lift the gloom around Old Trafford. The Dutch coach became the first United manager to lose his opening two games in […]