Lisbon (AFP) – Porto on Thursday activated a 20-million-euro clause to make midfielder Oliver Torres's loan move from Atletico Madrid permanent in the second biggest deal in the history of the Portuguese league. The 22-year-old Spaniard's move is just two million euros shy of the record transfer of 22 million euros that Benfica paid Atletico […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona striker Luis Suarez will miss the Spanish Cup final after picking up a two-match tournament ban for his sending off and subsequent refusal to go to the dressing rooms in a tense semi-final with Atletico Madrid in midweek. The Uruguayan picked up a second yellow card for elbowing in a heated […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund's CEO and president met their RB Leipzig counterparts on Thursday to apologise for last weekend's violent attacks by hooligans as police say they have started prosecuting the culprits. Dortmund police have reportedly started criminal proceedings in 32 cases after violent attacks broke out before last Saturday's German league match when […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said Thursday the club was satisfied with goalkeeper Keylor Navas, but refused to deny local press speculation the European champions would sign a replacement. Manchester United stopper David de Gea and Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois have both been linked with a switch to Real Madrid as Coata Rica […]

Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey's football federation on Thursday suspended Fenerbahce's star Dutch striker Robin van Persie for three games and Serbian defender Dusko Topic of Besiktas for four after a standoff in a tense Istanbul cup derby this week. The two had been involved in an off-the-ball incident in the February 5 game which saw […]

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Berlin (AFP) – Arjen Robben is relishing Bayern Munich's forthcoming "week of truth" when they host Arsenal in the Champions League with the German champions currently struggling for form. Bayern scrapped into the quarter-finals of the German Cup on Tuesday with a 1-0 win at home to Wolfsburg, thanks to Douglas Costa's first-half goal and […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United announced record quarterly revenues and profit for the last three months of 2016 on Thursday despite the club's failure to qualify for the Champions League. Revenues climbed to £157.9 million ($198.3 million, 185.6 million euros), up 18 percent on the previous year, with broadcasting revenues up 40.8 percent and match-day revenues […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has urged everyone connected with the Gunners to remain "united" despite seeing the club slip further behind in the Premier League title race. Successive defeats by Watford and leaders Chelsea have left Arsenal 12 points off the summit and only one point ahead of Liverpool in the race […]

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Berlin (AFP) – Holders Bayern Munich will face Schalke 04 in the German Cup quarter-finals while last season's finalists Borussia Dortmund are away to third division giant-killers Sportfreunde Lotte. The quarter-finals will be played on February 28 or March 1 with the final taking place at Berlin's Olympic Stadium on May 27. Carlo Ancelotti's Bayern, […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Claudio Ranieri hopes Leicester's FA Cup victory against Derby can provide a springboard to ease the spluttering champions' relegation fears. Ranieri's side got a welcome boost as they moved into the last 16 of the FA Cup with a 3-1 win in a fourth round replay at the King Power […]

Berlin (AFP) – Salomon Kalou's missed spot-kick put hosts Borussia Dortmund into the German Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday as Hertha Berlin lost 3-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. The Ivory Coast striker gave Hertha a first-half lead in the third-round cup clash in Dortmund when he volleyed home on 27 minutes after the hosts […]

Rome (AFP) – Champions Juventus extended their lead at the top of Serie A to seven points with a 2-0 win at Crotone as nine-man AC Milan stunned Bologna 1-0 on Wednesday. Having seen their lead cut by Roma's 4-0 success over Fiorentina on Tuesday, second-half goals from Mario Mandzukic and Gonzalo Higuain kept Massimiliano […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Wilfred Ndidi put a smile back on Claudio Ranieri's face as the Leicester midfielder's first goal for the troubled champions inspired a 3-1 win over Derby in Wednesday's FA Cup fourth round replay. Ranieri has found himself under fire after Leicester slumped to within one point of the Premier League […]