Football

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy will spend Christmas in prison after he appeared in court accused of rape by a fourth woman. Mendy, 27, is already facing serious sex offence allegations ...

Eddie Nketiah struck a hat-trick as Arsenal beat League One club Sunderland 5-1 at the Emirates on Tuesday to book a place in the semi-finals of the League Cup. The 22...

Chelsea must “find solutions” on the pitch despite not having a full-strength squad, manager Thomas Tuchel said on Tuesday, as the London side face the busy year-end fixture period short ...

Liverpool assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders said on Tuesday that it was “absurd” that Liverpool have to play two games in four days given the number of COVID-19 cases and injuries ...

Riyad Mahrez has warned Manchester City they cannot afford to let standards slip if they are to achieve their dreams despite strengthening their position at the top of the Premier ...

Premier League clubs have decided against any suspension of the season as a means of bringing the Covid-19 crisis under control, according to reports. Six of the 10 matches due to ...

Tottenham have been eliminated from the Europa Conference League after UEFA announced that the club’s postponed fixture against Rennes would be deemed as a forfeit. The clash at the ...

Manchester City secured the Christmas number one spot with a 4-0 demolition of Newcastle at St James’ Park. Pep Guardiola’s side recorded an eighth straight Premier League win and ...

Unless the Premier League fixture list is further decimated by the COVID-19 surge that has ripped the pre-Christmas schedule to shreds the three-way title race will continue on Sunday with ...

Brazilian forward Gabriel Martinelli’s double helped Arsenal ease to a dominant 4-1 win at Leeds United in the Premier League on Saturday. In the only Premier League game to ...

Aston Villa’s Premier League game at home to Burnley on Saturday has been postponed due to more COVID-19 cases in the Villa squad, the league announced about two hours ...

Robert Lewandowski broke Gerd Muller’s long-standing record for the most Bundesliga goals in a calendar year after notching number 43 in Bayern Munich’s 4-0 thumping of Wolfsburg on Friday ...

Inter Milan have terminated midfielder Christian Eriksen’s contract, the Italian Serie A club said on Friday, after the Denmark international was suspended from playing in Italy because of his ...

The Premier League is under increasing pressure to suspend this weekend’s entire schedule following a raft of coronavirus-enforced postponements. Five of the 10 scheduled matches across Saturday and Sunday have ...

Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold scored a spectacular goal as the Reds bounced back from the loss of three players to suspected positive COVID-19 tests to beat Newcastle United 3-1 in ...

England face a reunion with European champions Italy in next year’s Nations League and another grudge match with Germany. Gareth Southgate’s side were also drawn to face Hungary, ...

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 ...