Jamie Carragher told Monday Night Football he didn't object to Jose Mourinho's tactics at Liverpool - but his approach against top-six sides could cost Manchester United the title.
United faced one of last season's top six for the first…
"Harry the Strong" conjures an image of a red-bearded Viking king rather than a Tottenham Hotspur striker raised in North London. The front page of Marca on Monday leaves no doubt that Harry Kane is the centre of attention ahead of the mat…
LONDON -- Mauricio Pochettino is facing a defensive headache for Tuesday's Champions League match at Real Madrid, with Ben Davies struggling to be fit.
Davies missed Saturday's 1-0 win over Bournemouth at Wembley through illness and Poc…
Jenson Button says he found fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton "a bit weird" when they were team-mates at McLaren.
In his new autobiography, Life at the Limit, the 37-year-old - who was world champion in 2009 - describes Hamilton as "a brilli…
Northern Ireland have dropped below Denmark in the Fifa rankings, meaning they will not be seeded for the 2018 World Cup play-offs.
The Danes have moved up seven places in the rankings and will be seeded along with Switzerland, Italy an…
Wimbledon champion Roger Federer beat world number one Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-3 in the Shanghai Masters final to capture his sixth title of the year.
The 36-year-old Swiss, who has lost only four times in 2017, was again in imperious form a…
Colin Kaepernick has filed a lawsuit against NFL team owners he believes are conspiring not to hire him because of his protests against racial injustice.
Kaepernick, 29, has been without a team since he opted out of his contract with th…
Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson says his players would be "foolish" to think they have earned a fresh start to the season by beating champions Chelsea.
After losing their opening seven Premier League matches without scoring a goal, P…
Hertha Berlin's players and officials "took a knee" to show their support for "an open-minded world" before their 2-0 loss against Schalke on Saturday.
The Bundesliga club copied the protests, started by San Francisco 49ers NFL quarterb…
The UEFA Nations League will begin in 2018. Here's a guide for all you need to know about the new competition.
What is the UEFA Nations League?
It is a competition between the 55 member nations of UEFA, created because "UEFA and its …
ZURICH -- FIFA says it will not act on Ghana's complaint about refereeing in a World Cup qualifying match last weekend.
The Ghana federation wanted its 0-0 draw in Uganda replayed, and also protested about South African referee Daniel B…
Tammy Abraham delivered his first Premier League double as Swansea finally got off the mark at home with a 2-0 victory over Huddersfield.
The on-loan Chelsea youngster turned 20 earlier this month and his third and fourth goals of the l…
The CAF emergency committee met in Lagos and unanimously decided that Morocco will host the fifth edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN).
Morocco replace Kenya who were stripped of their rights following "accumulated delays"…
Antonio Conte lamented the lack of "personality" in Chelsea's performance after they slipped nine points behind Manchester City with a 2-1 defeat against Crystal Palace.
An own goal from Cesar Azpilicueta and Wilfried Zaha's second-half…
MADRID -- Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde hopes Luis Suarez's late equaliser against Atletico Madrid on Saturday can kickstart the Uruguayan international's season.
Suarez had scored just twice in eight appearances going into the 1-1…
Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde has said Lionel Messi was suffering from "wear and tear" in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Atletico Madrid.
Messi had a late chance to win the match, which brought an end to Barca's perfect Liga record, but fi…
With the teams going through to the round of 16 identified, it has meant the end of the road for eight teams at the U-17 World Cup. India and North Korea are the only teams that go out without winning a single point, while Chile and the No…
After nine days and an impressive ratio of 3.5 goals per match, the group stages of the U17 World Cup are over and it's time to get serious with some knockout football. From here, matches tied at full time will go straight to penalties.
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Everton manager Ronald Koeman praised his side's "commitment" after a late Wayne Rooney penalty snatched a 1-1 draw at Brighton.
Struggling Everton were staring at another defeat when Anthony Knockaert put Brighton ahead eight minutes f…
MANCHESTER -- Pep Guardiola says Manchester City have kept the same principles from last season but now have more belief after they moved two points clear at the top of the Premier League.
City won 7-2 against Stoke City on Saturday and…
Aduana Stars have won the Ghana Premier League with a game to spare after a 2-1 victory over Elmina Sharks in Dormaa.
Sam Adams scored the decisive goal from the penalty spot late in the game after Rashid Alhassan had cancelled out Benj…
Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez was disappointed his side could not give the club's travelling fans a win to smile about in Sunday's 2-2 draw against Southampton at St Mary's.
Isaac Hayden and Ayoze Perez twice gave Newcastle the lead …
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has hinted to Telefoot he could manage Paris Saint-Germain one day.
Mourinho, who has guided Manchester United to second in the Premier League, is reported to be keen to sign a new contract at Old Tr…
Cristiano Ronaldo has called on Real Madrid to sign a new goalkeeper next summer and has drawn up a three-man shortlist of options, Diario Gol reports.
The 32-year-old has reportedly told Madrid president Flore…
LIVERPOOL -- Romelu Lukaku has insisted he will take his next chance for Manchester United and dismissed claims he does not score against the big teams.
Lukaku, a £90 million summer signing from Everton, has scored 11 goals in 11 games …
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure says next year's World Cup will be a "big mess" if it is marred by racism and discrimination.
Toure, 34, was the subject of racist chants when City played CSKA Moscow in the Champions League in Russ…
Newcastle United have made midfielder Mikel Merino's loan move into a full-time transfer from Borussia Dortmund.
Merino, 21, who joined Newcastle on loan from the Bundesliga club in the summer, has signed a five-year contract.
He has…
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Arsene Wenger's first game in charge of Arsenal was a fairly routine 2-0 victory at struggling Blackburn Rovers on Oct. 12, 1996. But it heralded a new era at the London club, and was th…
In honour of the controversial goal that sent Panama into the 2018 World Cup and helped deny the United States a trip to Russia, we ranked the 10 most memorable ghost goals.
10. Blas Perez, Panama vs. Costa Rica, 2018 World Cup qualifyi…
It is rare when a Real Madrid victory in the European Cup does not make the front page of the sports dailies in the Spanish capital.
On Sept. 17 1980, Vujadin Boskov's Madrid scraped a 2-1 victory against lowly Limerick, the reigning ch…
It has been a surprisingly good few days, relatively speaking, for Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah, after he endured a torrid time in the wake of the Black Stars' failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
A 3-0 friendly win over Saudi Arabia …
RB Leipzig coach Ralph Hasenhuttl said future Liverpool midfielderNaby Keita had "learned his lesson" after two recent sendings off.
Keita, 22, will join Liverpool next summer but, following an outstanding first season in the Bundesliga…
When is an international break not an international break? When the usual dreary procession of non-events is shattered by the sight of teams actually qualifying for a World Cup -- accompanied by an outpouring of emotion and a tableau of jo…
New England Revolution owner Robert Kraft said he is "intrigued" by the prospect of owning a Premier League club.
Kraft, 76, also owns the NFL's New England Patriots and was linked with the purchase of Liverpool in 2005 before the club …
Jupp Heynckes regrets Netherlands' failure to qualify for the World Cup, despite it meaning that Arjen Robben will be able to concentrate solely on Bayern Munich following his retirement from international football on Tuesday.
Heynckes …
Ghana international Raphael Dwamena believes that he returns to action a stronger character after missing out on a move to the Premier League.
The FC Zurich striker appeared set for a dream switch to Brighton and Hove Albion before the …
In the aftermath of the U.S.' World Cup exit, theories have been offered as to how to fix things. Almost 20 years ago, Germany faced a similar issue. Raphael Honigstein, author of "Das Reboot. How German football reinvented itself and conq…
An international break can be a nervous fortnight for club managers.
Not only are players out of their care, twitchy club chairmen and owners have often used the extra breathing space in between matches to make big decisions. It now loo…
Swiss prosecutors have opened criminal proceedings into Paris St-Germain chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi.
The proceedings are connected to an ongoing investigation into former Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke.
They relate to the sale…
Maria Sharapova beat Swiss qualifier Stefanie Voegele to reach the Tianjin Open semi-finals.
The Russian took one hour and five minutes to beat Voegele, ranked 196th in the world, 6-3 6-1 in China.
Sharapova was broken in the first g…
Partial results from Liberia's presidential election show former football star George Weah has taken an early lead.
Figures from the National Elections Commission (NEC) put Mr Weah ahead in 11 out of 15 counties, although most votes hav…
The last time these two giants of Italian football crossed paths, they played out an extraordinary and historic Derby della Madonnina.
On April 15, AC Milan and Inter clashed in the first lunchtime kick-off in the history of the fixture…
Leicester City forward Ahmed Musa may be finding it tough to make a headway with the Foxes, but the Nigeria striker appears to be making great strides elsewhere: in business.
Straight after leaving camp this week, in the wake of the Sup…
Mali breezed into the knockout rounds of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup with a dominating 3-1 win over New Zealand in their final group game.
Mali, the last edition's runners-up, took the lead in the 18th minute through Salam Jiddou who st…
India's U-17 World Cup campaign ended on Thursday as they lost 4-0 to Ghana in their third Group A match in New Delhi.
Eric Ayiah scored twice -- in the 43rd and 52nd minutes -- while second-half substitutes Richard Danso (86th) and Emm…
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has acknowledged that Spurs will struggle to compete with the financial power of the two Manchester clubs.
The north London club trail Premier League leaders Manchester City and second-placed Manche…
Alexis Sanchez carries the expectation of a nation in the same way David Beckham did for England, says Arsene Wenger.
Arsenal kept hold of Sanchez despite a Deadline Day £60m bid for the player, and the 29-year-old could leave the club …
Danny Murphy believes that Saturday's huge clash at Anfield, live on Sky Sports Premier League, is "a bigger game" for Liverpool than Manchester United.
The two old rivals go head-to-head as the Premier League bursts back into life afte…
Juan Mata insists there is no game in football like Manchester United against Liverpool ahead of their meeting on Sky Sports on Saturday.
United go to Anfield on Saturday unbeaten so far in the Premier League, while Liverpool have won j…
The president of the Egypt FA, Hany Abo Rida, has insisted that Argentine coach Hector Cuper is the right man to lead the Pharaohs at the World Cup finals.
Cuper's style of football has not been popular in Egypt, leading to calls for hi…