Football

The Premier League fixture list was thrown into chaos on Thursday as six games were postponed because of COVID-19 outbreaks, taking the total for the past week to nine. Leicester ...

European Championship winners Italy will face Copa America champions Argentina on June 1 in London, Europe’s governing body UEFA and its South American counterpart CONMEBOL said on Wednesday. The game, ...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he is happy with his squad and has options to cover for the absence of key players during the Africa Cup of Nations. The 24-team ...

Gabriel Martinelli and Emile Smith Rowe fired Arsenal to a 2-0 victory over West Ham and into the top four of the Premier League. Brazilian forward Martinelli, profiting from Pierre-Emerick ...

The Premier League’s Covid-19 crisis deepened on Wednesday as Burnley’s home match with Watford became the third game in a week to be postponed. Positive cases in the ...

Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel said he sympathised with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after the striker lost his Arsenal captaincy, saying on Wednesday that he would reach out to his former player when ...

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Antonio Conte described the past week as terrible as the club battled a COVID-19 outbreak that shut the training HQ and forced the postponement of two ...

A tearful Sergio Aguero has announced his retirement from football at the age of 33 due to a heart condition. The Barcelona striker broke down in tears as he announced the ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he was proud of his “brilliant” players after they thrashed Leeds United 7-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday and the Spaniard was particularly ...

Premier League players and staff must take a lateral flow test every time they want to enter their club’s training ground as the competition steps up its efforts to ...

Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard said the club could discuss the vaccine status of potential signings when they look to bolster their squad during the January transfer window, as rising ...

The Premier League has announced 42 new coronavirus cases among club players and staff, the highest weekly figure recorded since testing figures began being circulated in May last year. Only a ...

Paris St Germain will face Real Madrid in a titanic clash in the last 16 of the Champions League while Manchester United take on Atletico Madrid after UEFA declared the original ...

Barcelona will play Napoli in the knockout round playoff of the second-tier Europa League, marking a face-off between the former clubs of late soccer great Diego Maradona. Barcelona, who crashed ...

The draw for the Champions League last 16 ties will be conducted again after a technical error in the software which advises officials which teams can and cannot be paired together, ...

The draw for the Champions League round of 16 will be remade at 4pm on Monday after “technical problems and a material error” resulted in the original draw being declared void, ...

Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea all kept up the pace at the top of the Premier League. Arsenal left out captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but still beat Southampton, while on Sunday, ...

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has admitted only winning games will justify his approach to the task of dragging Newcastle out of Premier League relegation trouble. The 44-year-old will head for ...

Steven Gerrard’s return to Anfield as Aston Villa manager ended in a 1-0 defeat by Liverpool with a 67th minute Mohamed Salah penalty keeping the Merseysiders a point behind ...

England forward Raheem Sterling’s 100th Premier League goal was enough to earn leaders Manchester City a 1-0 win over 10-man Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. Wolves were doing a fine ...

Xavi Hernandez is worried about the performances of the team he once graced as a player and said on Saturday that they must reset to create a new Barcelona. Barca’...

Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick says it is not his job to convince Paul Pogba or any other player to stay at Old Trafford. The midfielder’s future is, ...

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel is unconcerned by his team’s recent form but warned their “average” performances were not good enough for the high standards expected at the London club. ...

West Ham boss David Moyes says he is comfortable living with high expectations at the club. Moyes has turned the Hammers from relegation battlers to top-four challengers in less than ...