Football

A hat-trick by veteran striker Karim Benzema earned Real Madrid an emphatic 3-1 win at reigning European champions Chelsea in their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday. Benzema, 34, scored ...

Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp said on Wednesday he was not interested in trying to sign Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland because the player’s price tag is exorbitant. The 21-year-old ...

Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez sought to keep a lid on expectations as they prepare to face Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie on Thursday, ...

Chelsea are relishing their Champions League quarter-final clash with Real Madrid but manager Thomas Tuchel was adamant their victory over the Spanish giants en route to the trophy last year ...

Liverpool took a firm grip of their Champions League tie with Benfica as goals from Ibrahima Konate, Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz earned them a 3-1 victory in Lisbon in ...

Wayne Rooney said he would pick Paris St Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino over Ajax Amsterdam manager Erik ten Hag to take over his former club Manchester United. British media has ...

Five cases of suspicious matches out of a total of 12 investigated by a special branch of the police have been sent for prosecution, police chief Stelios Papatheodorou said on Tuesday. ...

Pep Guardiola has joked he will field 12 players against Atletico Madrid in a swipe at critics who claim he overthinks crucial Champions League ties. The Manchester City boss teased that ...

Liverpool’s players must show maturity as they chase four titles this season but that is not the only quality they must focus on, manager Juergen Klopp said ahead of ...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta apologised for his team’s “unacceptable” performance in Monday’s 3-0 Premier League defeat at Crystal Palace. Arsenal’s hopes of securing a top-four finish suffered ...

Five Premier League sides return to European action this week with all aiming for glory across UEFA’s three club competitions. Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea are in Champions League ...

Patrick Vieira admits he can scarcely believe Arsenal have gone nearly two decades without winning the Premier League title. Vieira won three championships in a nine-season spell with the Gunners ...

Brentford stung Chelsea as the Bees ended an 83-year wait for victory over their west London neighbours. Liverpool and Manchester City won to remain on course for a huge title ...

Tottenham Hotspur moved into the Premier League top four after a second-half blitz of goals from Matt Doherty, Son Heung-min, Emerson Royal and Steven Bergwijn fired them to an emphatic 5...

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has urged his players to reset ahead of a nine-game mini-season as they attempt to finally kill off their Premier League relegation fears. Those members of ...

England manager Gareth Southgate’s luck of the draw appeared to strike again for this winter’s World Cup finals in Qatar. The Three Lions have been placed in Group ...

Manchester City moved back to the top of the Premier League standings with a convincing 2-0 win at relegation-threatened Burnley on Saturday. Needing a win to reclaim top spot after ...

Liverpool turned up the title race pressure on Manchester City as they went top of the Premier League table for the first time since September with a 2-0 win over ...

Senegal and Holland will open the 2022 World Cup finals on November 21, with hosts Qatar having to wait until later in the day for their big moment. It will be the ...

Global heavyweights were pitted head-to-head and intriguing political storylines drawn as the schedule for the 2022 World Cup was completed at a glitzy ceremony in the Qatari capital on Friday. Four ...

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said on Friday he expects discussions over the Premier League club’s sale to intensify over the coming weeks, but he was unsure if he should ...

England manager Gareth Southgate said they can win the World Cup in Qatar but will have to be “close to perfect” to do so. England were semi-finalists at the 2018 World ...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will learn on Friday their opponents for what is almost certainly their last World Cup finals when the draw is made for November’s tournament ...

Premier League clubs voted in favour of reintroducing the use of five substitutes per game from the start of the 2022-23 season at a shareholder meeting, the organisation said on ...