Football

France midfielder Paul Pogba will miss their World Cup title defence after failing to recover from knee surgery in time for next month’s tournament in Qatar, his agent said ...

Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku has injured his hamstring again after making a comeback from two months on the sidelines, the Serie A club said on Monday, three weeks before ...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp played down suggestions that his team are in decline, saying it is “not 100% fair” to judge the squad because they have had a number of injury ...

Arsenal hammered Nottingham Forest 5-0 at the Emirates on Sunday to return to the top of the Premier League, but the win may have come at a cost after Bukayo ...

Manchester United coach Erik ten Hag said he does not save his best players for Premier League matches, insisting the team he puts out in the Europa League is not ...

A stunning free kick from Kevin De Bruyne earned Manchester City a 1-0 victory at Leicester City on Saturday, a win that moved the champions back to the top of ...

Liverpool’s Uruguay international Darwin Nunez has already had plenty of ups and downs since joining the club in the close season, but his manager Juergen Klopp remains happy with ...

Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers in the centre of the capital Doha where visiting soccer fans will stay during the World Cup, workers who were ...

Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira called upon England’s Football Association to be “more ambitious” after a report on Friday showed a decrease in the number of diverse candidates hired ...

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is “feeling better” after sustaining a knock in their last game and will be assessed before Saturday’s Premier League trip to Leicester City, manager ...

Monza’s Spanish soccer player Pablo Mari was stabbed on Thursday along with five other people in a shopping mall in the town of Assago outside Milan, Italy’s Carabinieri ...

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal in Thursday’s 3-0 Europa League win over Sheriff Tiraspol was a fitting prize for his perseverance after the ...

PSV Eindhoven clinched a place in the Europa League knockout phase with a dominant 2-0 home win over Arsenal on Thursday, while Lazio boosted their chances of going through to ...

Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus is not concerned about the potential for burnout during the club’s demanding schedule and says he is ready to play 70 games a season if required. ...

VAR is once again in the crosshairs following the controversial decision to rule out Harry Kane’s last-minute winner in the Champions League on Wednesday, with some players and pundits ...

Goals by Sadio Mane, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Benjamin Pavard earned Bayern Munich a 3-0 win at already-eliminated Barcelona on Wednesday as the German giants clinched a spot in the ...

France defender Raphael Varane will not feature for Manchester United until after the World Cup, manager Erik ten Hag said on Wednesday, adding that forward Cristiano Ronaldo will be involved ...

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri says his side are “sorry and angry” following their 4-3 Champions League loss at Benfica on Tuesday as they miss out on the knockout rounds for ...

Borussia Dortmund drew 0-0 with already-qualified Manchester City on Tuesday to book their spot in the Champions League knockout stage with a game to spare. The result made sure that ...

Qatar has faced unprecedented criticism since winning the bid to host the 2022 World Cup, some of which amounted to slander, its ruler, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, said on ...

Aston Villa have named Unai Emery as manager to succeed Steven Gerrard, the Premier League club said on Monday, as the Spaniard returns to the English top flight for a ...

Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta said the number of games being crammed into the schedule ahead of the World Cup next month is “crazy” and that player welfare is being jeopardised. ...

Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr believes that fans found guilty of racist abuse should be banned for life from attending games. The 22-year-old Brazilian was a victim of abuse in ...

Argentina’s self-styled “first fan” Marcelo Martinez is so keen to see Lionel Messi and team mates at the World Cup that he arrived in Qatar six months early. The ...