Pep Guardiola has said Barcelona are favourites to win the Champions League ahead of Manchester City because of Lionel Messi.
City, who are 15 points clear at the top of the Premier League after winning 18 consecutive games are set to f…
Neymar has told The Players' Tribune that doctors told him he was fortunate to be able to walk again following the challenge that ended his participation in the 2014 World Cup with Brazil.
Speaking to former Barcelona teammate Gerard Pi…
Former world number one Novak Djokovic has postponed his long-awaited comeback because of an elbow injury.
The 12-time Grand Slam winner has not played since July's Wimbledon quarter-final and was expected to face Roberto Bautista Agut …
On the face of it, Wednesday was a bad day for Jose Mourinho. Manchester City stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League to 15 points and Liverpool made Virgil van Dijk the world's most expensive defender by striking a £75 milli…
Manchester City have broken new ground in English top-flight football with their 18-match Premier League winning streak, but they are still one game short of equalling the 19-game mark set by a club in Southeast Asia known as The Power of …
Burnley manager Sean Dyche believes Liverpool's world-record capture of Virgil van Dijk explains why it will be increasingly hard to upset the Premier League's established order.
Dyche has overseen a season of drastic over-performance a…
Arsenal will look to boost their top-four hopes with a January bid for Riyad Mahrez, reports The Sun.
The Gunners are long-term admirers of the Leicester winger, who almost joined Roma last summer.
The report quotes Algerian outlet L…
Southampton are planning to reinvest a significant chunk of the £75m they received from Liverpool for Virgil van Dijk, with Daniel Sturridge fronting their list of targets.
Sturridge has struggled to command a regular place at Liverpool…
Speculation continues to mount that Manchester United are chasing Juventus star Paulo Dybala, with The Sun reporting that the Old Trafford club have had an offer rejected this week.
United's bid was thought to be valued at £70 million a…
Arsene Wenger hailed "fantastic" Alexis Sanchez for finally delivering the kind of performance Arsenal need after his double in Thursday's 3-1 win over Crystal Palace, but was put-off by questions about the Chile star's future at the club.…
Visiting Accra Hearts of Oak S/C displayed tactical discipline to hold archrivals, Asante Kotoko S/C, to a pulsating 0-0 draw game in a second leg tie to win the Ghana @ 60 Independence Cup at the Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, on Sunday.
T…
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has said he has a "great respect" for Arturo Vidal, amid transfer speculation linking the reigning Premier League champions with a move for the Bayern Munich midfielder.
Chile's La Cuarta reported Conte had al…
Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani has been voted France Football's best foreign player in Ligue 1 for 2017, ahead of teammates Neymar and Marco Verratti, as well as Monaco's Radamel Falcao.
Cavani, 30, scored 36 goals and assis…
Kylian Mbappe has told Marca that Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo was his "idol" as a child but hopes he and his Paris Saint-Germain teammates can "send a message to the world" by scoring a landmark Champions League win at the home o…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho that he should stop complaining about being unable to match the spending power of Premier League leaders Manchester City.
Wenger has insisted he has "learned to…
Arsene Wenger will have to reconfigure his defence for Arsenal's trip to Crystal Palace on Thursday.
Until now, Nacho Monreal had been an ever-present in the Premier League, starting every single game, but the Spaniard picked up an ankl…
Virgil van Dijk is set to become the world's most expensive defender after Liverpool and Southampton reached an agreement Wednesday for his January transfer.
Liverpool have long courted the Dutch centre-half and Jurgen Klopp will be del…
Pep Guardiola was happy with Manchester City's performance despite them almost blowing a 1-0 lead in a "complicated" finish against Newcastle United in a game they had dominated for 80 minutes.
City extended their lead at the top of the…
Yaya Toure has reversed his international retirement and hopes to win another trophy with Ivory Coast, according to his agent.
Dimitri Seluk tweeted on Tuesday that the 34-year-old was ready to return to international action, having las…
A defiant Gennaro Gattuso has admitted that he may be the "worst coach in Serie A," but has challenged AC Milan to build on Wednesday's 1-0 Coppa Italia quarterfinal win over Internazionale.
The Rossoneri needed a Patrick Cutrone extra-…
It is perhaps logical that Manchester City are reportedly interested in signing Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk as a backup and eventual successor to Fernandinho. After all, the Ukrainian champions bought the midfielder in order to replace the …
Harry Kane will finish 2017 as the top goalscorer in elite European football with 56 goals for club and country -- one more than Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi -- and he broke Alan Shearer's 22-year-old record for Premier League goals in…
Harry Kane will finish 2017 as the top goalscorer in elite European football with 56 goals for club and country -- one more than Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi -- and he broke Alan Shearer's 22-year-old record for Premier League goals in…
Jose Mourinho says the roughly £300 million he has spent as Manchester United manager is "not enough" to compete with Manchester City. It was a well-timed assessment, too, coming just a few minutes after his team had drawn 2-2 with Burnley…
During 2017, several African players have taken their game to a new level and emerged as genuine breakout stars in the world game.
Who are the players who could follow in their footsteps in 2018?
Here are five talents - lesser-known …
Pep Guardiola has dismissed the idea of Manchester City winning four trophies this season, but history has shown that such hauls are possible. Here are five other sides that swept the board in a single campaign.
Barcelona, 2008-09: Thre…
It has been a year of highs and lows, the good, the bad and the ugly, but what have been football's best and worst moments of 2017?
Best game: Manchester City 5-3 Monaco
This was a match that had absolutely everything, with City emer…
A potential return to Borussia Dortmund for Manchester United's Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not on the cards, according to BVB chief Hans-Joachim Watzke.
Mkhitaryan is battling to save his Manchester United career after being dropped by manag…
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says that he has to make some tough decisions when his players make mistakes, also telling the club website that he is glad he didn't begin his managerial career by taking on a top job too soon.
Conte arriv…
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has set his sights on winning titles with the Anfield club after taking the Premier League by storm.
The Egypt international is joint top of the scoring charts with Harry Kane on 15 and wants to add silve…
Thierry Henry has called talk of Real Madrid sacking manager Zinedine Zidane due to the team's current form this season "comical."
Real were well beaten by Barcelona in the latest edition of the Clasico on Saturday, with the 3-0 victory…
Super featherweight contender, Rafael Mensah, has sealed a deal with Don King Promotions towards an upcoming world title fight.
A contractual agreement reached between Landmark Promotions, managers of Mensah and Don King Promotions stip…
Leon Britton's first game as Swansea caretaker manager ended in a 1-1 home draw against Crystal Palace.
Swansea had put club stalwart Britton in temporary charge after sacking Paul Clement on Wednesday, and there was a familiar feel abo…
Newcastle halted their alarming slide and ended West Ham's recent revival by edging a five-goal thriller 3-2 at the London Stadium.
Marko Arnautovic gave the Hammers, who had a spring in their step following recent wins over Chelsea and…
Three points from Turf Moor on Tottenham's 3-0 win over Burnley in the Premier League.
1. Kane equals Shearer's record
What more can you say about Harry Kane? The Tottenham striker equalled Alan Shearer's record for Premier League go…
Jose Mourinho accused his players of being "childish" after Manchester United conceded a stoppage-time equaliser to draw with 10-man Leicester.
Harry Maguire made it 2-2 in the fourth minute of injury time at the King Power Stadium afte…
In this feature, KweséESPN reviews the last 12 months of African football, and pick out our top five breakout stars in the continental game.
For the purpose of this piece, we've defined a 'breakout player' as someone whose popularity an…
DORTMUND -- The trial of a 28-year-old man accused of carrying out a bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus began at Dortmund's district court on Thursday.
The defendant, identified only as Sergej W, in keeping with German privacy …
Lorenzo Insigne says he "had words" with Gonzalo Higuain after he celebrated scoring the winning goal at the Stadio San Paolo in Juventus' recent 1-0 win over his former club Napoli.
Higuain did not hold back after scoring the winning g…
There can be no sugar-coating of Tottenham's defeat by Manchester City last Saturday; Spurs weren't just beaten they were thoroughly out-classed.
For much of the game Tottenham's players were chasing shadows, always seemingly at least f…
Mauricio Pochettino admits Tottenham have missed the midfield strength of Victor Wanyama after revealing the tough-tackling Kenya international is close to ending his injury nightmare.
Wanyama has endured a torrid season so far, having …
Zlatan Ibrahimovic made his first start in eight months on Wednesday in Manchester United's EFL Cup defeat against Bristol City, after his remarkable recovery from a cruciate ligament injury, but he was largely awful for the first hour of …
MANCHESTER -- Jose Mourinho says Manchester United have been "punished" by the Premier League festive fixture list.
United face five games in 14 days over Christmas and new year, starting with the trip to Leicester City on Saturday and …
LONDON -- Antonio Conte praised Wayne Rooney as a footballer who "plays with his soul," adding that the Everton captain has the "passion" to become a manager one day.
Rooney has enjoyed a revival since re-joining Everton from Manchester…
Manchester City are 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League, have set a new record for consecutive wins and are being talked about as a contender to go unbeaten domestically all season and challenge for the Champions League.
Pe…
Sergio Aguero is growing increasingly concerned about his long-term prospects at Manchester City under Pep Guardiola, sources have told ESPN FC.
Aguero, 29, has been rotated with Gabriel Jesus but was left on the bench for the Mancheste…
LONDON -- Here are three thoughts on Arsenal and Liverpool's gripping 3-3 draw in Friday's Premier League clash at the Emirates.
1. Game of the season or a comedy of errors?
It was a game that perfectly summed up the appeal of the Pr…
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale are both fit to start Saturday's Clasico against Barcelona, while playing down the "must-win" nature of the game with his team 11 points behind the La L…
Real Madrid vs. Barcelona more often than not comes down to a battle between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The two best players in the world have changed the game on their own in recent years and, ahead of their meeting on Saturday, …
The Archbishop Charles Parmer-Buckle Inaugural Charity Open Golf Championship tees off at the Achimota Golf Course in Accra on Saturday, December 23.
Mr George Amoah, Competition Secretary of the Achimota Golf Club, disclosed this in Ac…