Madrid (AFP) – Diego Simeone has called for critics of Atletico Madrid's style of play to show more respect ahead of the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City on Wednesday. Atletico were widely lambasted for their ultra-defensive performance at the Etihad Stadium last week, when Simeone's team failed to muster a […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United fans are planning a protest against the Glazer family, the owners of the English football giants, on Saturday. A supporters' group called 'The 1958' has organised a protest march that will end at United's Old Trafford ground before the start of the Premier League game with Norwich. The 1958, trying […]

Madrid (AFP) – "It’s not about advice, says Thomas Lemar. "It’s more when he talks, the way he talks, his honesty. That’s what makes you play out of your skin." Lemar knows better than anyone the power of Diego Simeone. After joining Atletico Madrid for 60 million euros from Monaco in 2018, Lemar struggled. He […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain's veteran Spanish defender Sergio Ramos would like to play four of five more years of top level football before retiring, according to an interview he gave to Prime Video. The 35-year-old Ramos joined PSG in July after winning the Champions League four times with Real Madrid and the 2010 World […]

The Hague (AFP) – Netherlands football coach Louis van Gaal insisted Monday that he was fit enough to lead his nation to the World Cup finals saying his prostate cancer treatment has been successful. Van Gaal, 70, said ten days ago he had been receiving treatment since being diagnosed in 2020, but still plans to […]

FuboTV, the popular streaming service throughout Canada, already has a large footprint with exclusive rights to some of the top soccer leagues in the world. Beginning August 2022, it's adding arguably the biggest and best of them all. The English Premier League will be exclusively available in Canada. Goodbye DAZN. Hello fubo. With Fubo continuing […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Kenny Dalglish has said the return of top scorer Kyogo Furuhashi will give Celtic an additional boost ahead of their Scottish Cup semi-final with arch Glasgow rivals Rangers. Celtic head into this weekend's Hampden Park clash buoyed by a recent 2-1 win at Rangers' Ibrox ground that saw the Hoops go six […]

London (AFP) – A robber threatened to cut off former England full-back Ashley Cole's fingers with a pair of pliers during a violent break-in at his home, a court was told Monday. Nottingham Crown Court heard Cole, 41, was led around the house in just a pair of shorts as intruders demanded jewellery in January […]

London (AFP) – Jordan Ayew believes Crystal Palace's defeat by Leicester will act as a "wake-up call" ahead of their FA Cup semi-final with London rivals Chelsea. The Eagles went down to a 2-1 loss at Leicester last weekend, with Ademola Lookman and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scoring for the Foxes before Wilfried Zaha pulled a goal […]

Athens (AFP) – Greek authorities on Monday called on UEFA to ban Marseille supporters from the Europa Conference League match at PAOK Thessaloniki on Thursday. "The General Police Directorate of Thessaloniki submitted a written request to the competent authorities for a ban on organised and individual movement of Marseille fans, in view of the match […]

FOX Sports World Cup schedule has been revealed. The headline is that every USA game will air on the FOX network. Other than that, there are some changes compared to how FOX Sports televised the previous World Cup. Unfortunately, FOX Sports' conflicts with NFL and college football programming means that there'll be fewer games on […]

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Bayern Munich will look to "punish" Villarreal for their wastefulness in the first leg and produce a "brilliant" display in the return at home on Tuesday to turn around their Champions League quarter-final. By their own admission, Bayern were lucky to only lose 1-0 last week away to Villarreal as Francis […]

Madrid (AFP) – Carlo Ancelotti said on Monday Real Madrid will not under-estimate Chelsea in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final and dismissed Thomas Tuchel's suggestion the tie is over. After Madrid's 3-1 victory against the defending champions at Stamford Bridge last week, a furious Tuchel said "no, not at the moment" when […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Kyle Walker believes Manchester City can take heart from their draw with Premier League title rivals Liverpool. Sunday's 2-2 draw at the Etihad left reigning champions City one point ahead of second-placed Liverpool at the top of the table with seven games remaining. "Of course we want to win every […]

Paris (AFP) – African stars Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane played key roles as Liverpool drew 2-2 at leaders Manchester City in a top-of-the-table Premier League showdown at the weekend. Egypt captain Salah played a sublime defence-splitting pass to Senegal talisman Mane, who celebrated his 30th birthday by equalising with a brilliant finish into the […]