Football News
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Italia 90, Gulf Cup success and hosting Messi, Ronaldo and Maradona in the UAE
It remains the UAE’s greatest footballing achievement, closer now to the country’s inception than it is to its landmark birthday.In...
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Ballon d'Or 2021: Lionel Messi wins record seventh award
Some might question whether Lionel Messi really deserved to win his latest Ballon d'Or prize ahead of other worthy candidates,...
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Manchester United in talks with Rudi Garcia to become interim manager
Rudi Garcia has been interviewed by Manchester United for the position of interim manager. The French coach, 57, coached the...
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Manchester United caretaker Michael Carrick in at the deep end against Villarreal
“We are evenly matched,” observed Unai Emery of his Villarreal side and Manchester United before Tuesday's high-stakes Champions League meeting...
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Lyon vs Marseille abandoned after Payet struck on head by bottle
Sunday's Ligue 1 match between Lyon and Marseille was abandoned nearly two hours after it was interrupted when Dimitri Payet...
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Barcelona welcome new boss Xavi by blowing three-goal lead - in pictures
Barcelona threw away a three-goal half-time lead on the day Xavi was appointed coach as Celta Vigo scored in the...
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Paris gets impatient as Lionel Messi struggles to produce the magic of Barca
Lionel Messi's performances at Paris Saint-Germain are not convincing, and the French are getting impatient.They thought Messi would arrive and...
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COVID adds fuel to the match-fixing fire: expert
A record number of sports matches are likely to be fixed in 2021 after the COVID pandemic "added fuel to...
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Mohamed Salah wants to stay at Anfield - but says it's 'up to Liverpool'
Mohamed Salah says he wants to stay with Liverpool for the rest of his career but the Egypt forward insisted...
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Real Madrid star Benzema goes on trial in sextape case
Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema goes on trial in France on Wednesday accused of complicity in the attempted blackmail of...
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Juventus narrowly edge past Roma
Juventus continued their march up the Serie A standings with a 1-0 win over AS Roma in Turin on Sunday,...
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Ansu Fati stars on first start in almost a year as Barca beat Valencia
Ansu Fati marked his first start in almost a year by scoring one goal and creating another as Barcelona came...
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Leicester City end Manchester United's unbeaten away record after six-goal thriller
Manchester United's league record 29-game unbeaten away run came to an emphatic end on Saturday as Leicester City claimed a...
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PSG scrape victory with late Mbappe penalty
Kylian Mbappe converted a soft late VAR penalty award to give a Paris Saint-Germain side missing Lionel Messi and Neymar...
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Shakib's Kolkata beat Delhi to reach IPL final
Venkatesh Iyer struck a fluent half-century as Kolkata Knight Riders overcame a late wobble to reach the Indian Premier League...
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Turkey snatch win in Latvia with last-gasp penalty
Turkey snatched a 2-1 win against Latvia on Monday as Burak Yilmaz scored from the penalty spot deep into injury...