Danish fans enjoy ‘drive-in’ football despite defeat
With fans barred from entering stadiums due to the impact of coronavirus, Danish league leaders FC Midtjylland took an imaginative approach to their return to...
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Serie A teams face two-games a week marathon
Serie A teams will face two-games a week for the rest of the season once the league restarts following the novel coronavirus stoppage, according to...
Return to contact training a big boost says Liverpool’s Klopp
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said resuming contact training has made a “massive difference” for the Premier League leaders as they step up preparations for...
Anorthosis will miss Rayos if he leaves club
Anorthosis Famagusta’s relationship with Spanish forward Ruben Rayos appears to have reached a breaking point. There have been claims and counterclaims from both sides regarding...
‘I could hardly walk’: Rodgers reveals he had coronavirus
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers has revealed he had coronavirus. The Foxes manager was ill in March and April, soon after the season was halted following...
La Liga back on June 11 as organisers trial virtual crowd noise
Spanish football’s top-flight will resume after a three-month pause due to the coronavirus pandemic on June 11 with the local derby between Sevilla and Real...
FA Cup final to be held on August 1
The FA Cup final will be held on Aug. 1, the Football Association announced on Friday, after the Premier League said on Thursday that its...
Omonia achieved all goals this season, says sporting director
Omonia sporting director Neophytos Larkou said the club had achieved all three main objectives set before the start of the 2019-20 season. These were finishing...
Italy’s Serie A gets green light for June 20 restart
Italy’s top-flight Serie A soccer league has been given the go-ahead to restart on June 20 following the novel coronavirus stoppage, Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora said on...
Premier League to restart on June 17
The Premier League season will restart on June 17 provided all safety requirements have been put in place, the league said on Thursday after meeting...
More European leagues set to return to action
European football will continue its cautious return to play following the COVID-19 stoppage over the next week as a number of the continent’s smaller leagues...
Villa manager Smith’s father dies from Covid-19
Premier League club Aston Villa have said manager Dean Smith’s father Ron has died from COVID-19. “The Aston Villa Family are saddened to announce that...
‘Lifting league trophy without fans would be strange’
Lifting the Premier League trophy without fans there to see it would be a “pretty strange” experience, Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson has said. Liverpool need just...
Hard watching leagues resume while English game suspended, says Mourinho
Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho said it was painful to watch countries resume their top-flight seasons while English soccer remains suspended due to the COVID-19...
Premier League clubs vote for return to contact training
Premier League clubs on Wednesday voted unanimously to return to contact training, including tackling, as the English top flight moved a step closer to a...
Bayern with one hand on league title after 1-0 win at Dortmund
Joshua Kimmich’s sweet first-half lob gave leaders Bayern Munich a 1-0 win at second-placed Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Tuesday to close in on...
Sheringham urges Kane to make the most of his career
Former Tottenham striker Teddy Sheringham has told Harry Kane to make sure he does not waste his career. Kane’s future has been the subject of...
Man United striker Ighalo set for China return next week
Manchester United face losing Odion Ighalo when his loan deal expires at the end of the month. The striker’s deal from Shanghai Shenhua ends on...
Dortmund duo set for return in huge game against Bayern
Borussia Dortmund’s Mats Hummels and Axel Witsel look set to be fit in time for Tuesday’s Bundesliga big game against leaders Bayern Munich, with the...
Leagues must weigh up risk of second Covid-19 wave
The head of the French football players’ union has said European leagues that decide to end their coronavirus shutdown and restart play are gambling there...
