Football

The consortium BlueCo which purchased Chelsea last year has reached an agreement to become shareholders of French club Racing Strasbourg, the Premier League club said on Thursday. The agreement will ...

Roma head coach Jose Mourinho has been suspended for their next four matches in the Europa League after the Portuguese boss directed abusive language at referee Anthony Taylor while the ...

Ilkay Gundogan will join Barcelona on a free transfer from treble winners Manchester City, the BBC and Sky Sports reported on Wednesday. Gundogan will leave City after captaining the English ...

Arsenal have agreed a deal in principle to sign German forward Kai Havertz from Chelsea for around 65 million pounds, British media reported on Wednesday. The report said personal terms with ...

Norway’s Erling Haaland scored twice in the second half as they cruised to a 3-1 win over Cyprus on Tuesday to get their Euro 2024 Group A campaign back on ...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning late goal as Portugal beat Iceland 1-0 on Tuesday to extend their perfect record in Euro 2024 qualifying Group J on an historic night for the ...

England’s Bukayo Saka netted a hat-trick in a 7-0 rout of North Macedonia as they tightened their grip atop Group C in Euro 2024 qualifying on Monday with a fourth ...

Celtic have appointed Brendan Rodgers as manager on a three-year contract, the Scottish Premiership side said on Monday. Rodgers, who was sacked by Leicester City last season, previously managed Celtic ...

A Dutch court has sentenced Spartak Moscow striker Quincy Promes in absentia to 18 months in jail for assault, in connection with a fight in 2020 in which he stabbed a cousin ...

Serial winner Dani Carvajal converted the decisive spotkick to hand Spain a first title in more than a decade as they edged Croatia 5-4 in a penalty shootout to win ...

Croatia’s experience might prove key when they go up against a youthful Spain in Sunday’s Nations League final in the Netherlands, midfielder Ivan Perisic said on the eve ...

Veteran English soccer commentator Martin Tyler is hanging up his Sky Sports microphone after more than 30 years of bringing the Premier League to living rooms across the country. The 77-year-old ...

World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has agreed to another stint in the dugout, coming out of retirement on Friday to take over at Brazilian Serie A club Atletico Mineiro ...

Treble winners Manchester City will kick off their 2023-24 season against Arsenal on August 6 in the Community Shield, the traditional curtain-raiser to the Premier League season, England’s Football Association (...

Omonia president Stavros Papastavrou on Thursday night announced his resignation from the Nicosia giants in a surprise move that is set to bring about significant changes within the club. In ...

Substitute Joselu scored a fortunate winner three minutes from the end as Spain booked their place in a second successive Nations League final with a deserved 2-1 victory over Italy ...

Former Scotland defender Gordon McQueen, who played for Manchester United and Leeds United, died on Thursday at the age of 70 after a battle with dementia. McQueen began his playing career ...

Manchester City begin their title defence with a trip to promoted Burnley, who are managed by the champions’ former captain Vincent Kompany, the Premier League said on Thursday. City open ...

Premier League club revenues rose by 12% to a record 5.5 billion pounds in the 2021-22 season as European football capitalised on fans returning to stadiums after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ...

Croatia scored twice in extra time to beat the Netherlands 4-2 in their Nations League semi-final in Rotterdam on Wednesday and advance to Sunday’s decider. Croatia will play either ...

Witnesses have reported bomb attacks and being threatened when called to testify on match fixing allegations, the former member of the sports ethics committee Charis Savvides told the House institutions ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday marked the start of the one-year countdown towards Euro 2024 by unveiling a competition he called a “home game for Europe” — an event the hosts ...

Real Madrid officially confirmed the signing of England midfielder Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday in a deal worth 103 million euros plus add-ons, the Spanish giants said. Bellingham, who ...

Croatia could cap a superb season with success in this week’s Nations League finals against a trio of opponents looking to restore lost lustre at the end of a ...