Football

Premier League club Newcastle United have been taken over by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium, the league announced in a statement on Thursday. “Following the completion of the Premier League’s ...

Roberto Mancini believes Italy’s first defeat in more than three years against Spain will make them stronger, but the manager was unhappy with the Milan crowd for jeering goalkeeper ...

France coach Didier Deschamps is expecting a ‘fight’ against Belgium in their Nations League semi-final clash on Thursday but insisted that both sides respected each other. The Belgians left the 2018 ...

– Spain ended European champions Italy’s world record 37-match unbeaten run as Ferran Torres scored twice in a 2-1 win at the San Siro stadium in their Nations League semi-final ...

Barcelona’s CEO has said the club supported the European Super League to enforce tighter financial controls on teams as UEFA’s financial fair play (FFP) model plays into the ...

Qatar-based broadcaster beIN Sports said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia will soon lift a ban on it, removing a key obstacle behind the collapsed takeover of Premier League football club ...

Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini said he was ashamed “as an Italian” by the racist abuse directed at Napoli players by Fiorentina fans on Sunday. Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly, who is ...

A Brazilian footballer has been charged with attempted murder after he brutally kicked a referee in the head during a lower league game in the south of the country. The ...

Home advantage appears to be back in the Premier League, with the return of crowds bringing a feeling of normality to the game after a season that bucked the trend ...

Fans of international football can be forgiven if it has slipped their attention that four of Europe’s top national teams are about to play off this week for the ...

Four people arrested in relation to a violent incident at the Ael football clubhouse in Limassol ten days ago will face charges at the criminal court, police said on Tuesday. ...

France striker Kylian Mbappe on Tuesday fell short of saying he would leave Paris St Germain when his contract expires at the end of the season. The 22-year-old told the ...

Compulsory breaks to prevent player burnout are urgently needed, world players’ union FIFPRO has said. Its 2020-21 workload report for men’s football shows top professionals are now playing more ...

Tottenham Hotspur’s Lucas Moura joked that Monday’s near six-hour social media outage meant he finally had a chance to connect with his wife, while Everton’s Richarlison saw ...

Watford have appointed Claudio Ranieri as their new head coach following the sacking of Xisco Munoz. The Premier League club have announced the Italian former Chelsea and Leicester boss has ...

Liverpool and Manchester City had to settle for a point each at Anfield after a pulsating 2-2 draw. City dominated the first half but could not find the finishing touch ...

Timo Werner and Ben Chilwell’s late strikes sent Chelsea top of the Premier League as the Blues dispatched 10-man Southampton 3-1 at Stamford Bridge. James Ward-Prowse scored a penalty ...

Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Everton on Saturday after Andros Townsend’s equaliser cancelled out Anthony Martial’s opener for the home side. United, ...

Athletic Bilbao forward Inaki Williams set a LaLiga record of 203 consecutive appearances as he helped his side to a 1-0 win over Alaves at the San Mames Stadium on Friday. ...

If any fixture can refocus Manchester City’s minds after their midweek loss at Paris St Germain in the Champions League it is a visit to Anfield to take on ...

.Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says there is “no common sense” in his team being forced to play the earliest fixture of the weekend after being involved in Wednesday’...

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman said he was in the dark about his future and had not spoken to the club’s president as the under-pressure Dutchman took a swipe at ...

Just a week after getting the better of Champions League-winning manager Thomas Tuchel, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola will aim to do the same to his Liverpool counterpart Jurgen Klopp. ...

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane said he did not expect to feature in Thursday’s 5-1 Europa Conference League victory over Slovenian minnows NS Mura but hoped his second-half hat-trick ...