Brazil coach Tite admitted that superstar striker Neymar had “made a mistake” when he clashed with a fan in France...
AFP, Cardiff :Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos says an “appointment with history” awaits his side and Juventus in Saturday’s glamour Champions League final at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. Ramos is hoping to lift the trophy for the third time in four years, which would make Zinedine Zidane’s team the first to have successfully defended it in the Champions League era. Juventus, who have lost four finals since winning the tournament for a second time in 1996, are seeking to complete the...
AFP, Madrid :Atletico Madrid forward Toni Duggan says England’s players are still behind Phil Neville as coach and has warned...
AFP, Madrid :French striker Antoine Griezmann has told Atletico Madrid he will leave them in the close season, the Spanish...
AFP, Mexico :Diego Maradona’s hopes of winning his first coaching title were dashed Sunday as his Dorados team lost the...
AFP, Milan :Juventus star Paulo Dybala revealed Friday how he “struggled to breathe” after contracting coronavirus which has killed over...
AFP, Paris :Brazilian superstar Neymar pledged Saturday to “I’ll give my life to PSG” after his goal kept the French...
Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini said in a Saturday television interview that he is “not a dirty player”, after being...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Wednesday that world football’s governing body is still pondering a 48-team 2022 World Cup in...
AFP, Barcelona : Barcelona boss Luis Enrique claimed Lionel Messi’s behaviour towards referees is “impeccable” despite the Argentine racking up suspensions for club and country.Messi is banned for the first time in five seasons for Sunday’s La Liga trip to Granada just days after being slapped with a four-game suspension for insulting an assistant referee during Argentina’s World Cup qualifier against Chile.“He is always highly respectful with referees, there is zero conflict, he doesn’t create controversy,” Enrique said on Saturday.“That...
Barcelona fans were delighted that he left and at Tottenham Hotspur they called him lazy, but Brazil’s Paulinho is on a punishing run of matches that has earned him the nickname “Iron Man” in China.The international midfielder re-signed for Guangzhou Evergrande from Barcelona last month after Brazil’s World Cup ended and was pressed immediately into action because, unlike in Europe, the Chinese season was midway through.Combining games for Barcelona, Brazil and now Guangzhou, the 30-year-old best known in China as...
AFP, Barcelona :Barcelona will miss Lionel Messi on Sunday – his goals, his dribbles, his presence as much as anything...