London (AFP) – Aston Villa fans paid a moving tribute to former star striker Dalian Atkinson who died on Monday after being Tasered by British police. The supporters — now watching Championship football the second tier of British football — broke into a minute's applause in the 10th minute of their game on Tuesday against […]

Paris (AFP) – Italy international striker Alessandro Matri has joined Sassuolo from Serie A rivals AC Milan, the two clubs said on Tuesday. A fee for the 31-year-old journeyman, who had been loaned out to Lazio, Juventus, Fiorentina and Genoa in recent seasons by Milan, was not disclosed but the contract is for two years. […]

Now that the opening weekend of the Premier League season is in the bag, we can look ahead to this weekend's fixtures which will include the first of many regular Friday games as well as the Premier League debut for West Ham United's Olympic Stadium and matches featuring all of your favorite clubs. Schedules are […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Sweden ended Brazil's women's dreams of a first Olympic football gold medal Tuesday with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win to book their place in the gold medal match. Cristiane, the Olympics' all-time top scorer, and Andressa saw spot-kicks saved by Hedvig Lindahl after neither side could score a goal in […]

London (AFP) – Highly-regarded Argentine striker Jonathan Calleri joined ambitious English Premier League side West Ham on a season-long loan from Uruguayan outfit Deportivo Maldonado on Tuesday. The 22-year-old, who played for his country at the Rio Olympics, could make his debut for the Hammers in their Europa League play-off first leg clash with Astra […]

Istanbul (AFP) – Istanbul football giants Fenerbahce said on Tuesday they had agreed a deal with the experienced Dutch coach Dick Advocaat to be the new manager of the Turkish Super Lig side. "Our team as reached an agreement in principle with Dick Advocaat," Fenerbahce said in a statement, adding his signing ceremony would take […]

The 2016/17 season of La Liga is here. Whether you support Real Madrid, Barcelona or any of the teams in Spain, the league always promises and delivers quality, exciting football. Looking ahead, the 2nd leg of the Spanish Super Cup between league champions Barcelona and last season’s Copa del Rey runners-up Sevilla (Barcelona won the Copa) […]

London (AFP) – France international goalkeeper Hugo Lloris could miss Spurs' opening Champions League group match as the Premier League club revealed Tuesday he has a hamstring injury which might sideline him for up to a month. The 29-year-old — who captained hosts France to the heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Portugal in the Euro 2016 […]

London (AFP) – West Ham's record signing Ghanaian international Andre Ayew is to undergo a scan on the thigh he injured in his Premier League debut for them in the defeat by Chelsea. The 26-year-old France-born forward — who cost West Ham £20.5million (24m euros, $26.6m) when they signed him earlier this month from rivals […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bastian Schweinsteiger will play one last game for Germany at the end of August, it was announced on Tuesday, despite the exiled Manchester United midfielder confirming his international retirement. After 120 appearances and having won the 2014 World Cup title with die Mannschaft, the 32-year-old told head coach Joachim Loew at the […]

London (AFP) – Belgian international midfielder Steven Defour became Premier League newboys Burnley's record signing on Tuesday with the English club spending a reported £7.5million (8.6m euros, $9.7m) to lure him away from Anderlecht. The 28-year-old — capped 46 times and played for Belgium at the 2014 World Cup — signed a three-year contract and […]

Berlin (AFP) – Germany winger Marco Reus — who was fined half a million euros in 2014 after it emerged he had been driving for years without a licence — has finally passed his test. The 27-year-old sat out June's European championships with a groin injury as Germany lost to France in the semi-finals, but […]

Madrid (AFP) – Sevilla have a mountain to climb in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup on Wednesday if they are to overcome Barcelona. Goals from Luis Suarez and Munir El Haddadi earned last year's Liga and Copa del Rey winners a 2-0 victory in Andalusia on Sunday and they have one hand […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic will be on familiar ground when they take on Hapoel Beer-Sheva for a place in the Champions League in the first leg of their play-off tie at Parkhead on Wednesday. For the past two seasons the Hoops have reached the play-off round to put themselves within touching distance of the riches […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea manager Antonio Conte defended Diego Costa after the snarling striker found himself at the centre of controversy once again in his side's 2-1 victory over West Ham United. Costa struck an 89th-minute winner in Monday's game at Stamford Bridge to give Conte victory in his first Premier League match at the […]