Manchester City will discover whether their appeal against a two-year ban from European competition has been successful the week of July 13, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Thursday. "The final decision will be made during the week of July 13," CAS secretary general Matthieu Reeb...

The green flag finally drops to start the Formula One season at Spielberg in Austria on Sunday with champion Lewis Hamilton chasing a record-equalling seventh title. As the drivers prepare to roar past silent stands, AFP identifies five key questions. Can Hamilton maintain focus?...

Seven months after they last competed in earnest, the Formula One circus will push a post-lockdown reset button to open the 2020 season in Austria on Sunday. The event at Spielberg is being held on its original calendar date, but is not the once-anticipated 11th round of the championship,...

Pep Guardiola on Saturday confirmed that his Manchester City side will give new Premier League champions Liverpool a guard of honour when they meet next week. Liverpool's first English league title in 30 years was secured two days ago as second-placed City lost 2-1 at Chelsea....

Formula 1 chiefs on Friday said Bernie Ecclestone's view that "black people are sometimes more racist than white" has no place in the sport. Ecclestone, the former ringmaster of F1 over four decades, was asked to comment on Lewis Hamilton's recent anti-rascism initiatives. While...

After Liverpool players and fans celebrated a first league title in 30 years long into the night, Friday's headlines hailed a historic triumph for Jurgen Klopp's all-conquering squad. German coach Klopp won universal praise for his transformation of the club since taking charge five years...

Police criticised Liverpool fans after thousands poured into the streets around Anfield to celebrate their Premier League triumph, urging them to show caution during the coronavirus pandemic. Jubilant supporters thronged the area after Chelsea beat Manchester City in London, guaranteeing an...

Liverpool will be crowned champions of England for the first time in 30 years on Thursday should Manchester City fail to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Jurgen Klopp's men moved to the brink of a long-awaited Premier League title in the style that has made them worthy champions-elect by...

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton marched in the latest anti-racism protest in London on Sunday, describing the experience as "really moving". The 35-year-old Hamilton, the only black driver in F1, joined the protests which have become common since the death of George Floyd in the...

Trent Alexander-Arnold has hailed Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp as the dream maker who has carried his club to the brink of the Premier League title. Klopp's side are two wins away from being crowned English champions for the first time in 30 years. They return to action for the first...

Iraqi football legend Ahmed Radhi died Sunday from complications linked to COVID-19, the health ministry said, just hours before he was to be flown for treatment in Jordan. Radhi, 56, scored what remains Iraq's only World Cup finals goal in 1986 against Belgium. He had been hospitalised...

Zinedine Zidane insists nothing has changed in La Liga's title race despite Barcelona handing Real Madrid the chance to go top of the table if they beat Real Sociedad on Sunday. Barca's goalless draw away at Sevilla on Friday means Madrid will move above them with a win at Anoeta this...

Leroy Sane appears to be on his way out of Manchester City after rejecting a new deal, manager Pep Guardiola said Friday. The Germany international has 12 months left on his deal and has been heavily linked with Bayern Munich, with the City boss saying he would be able to leave if the club...

Health rules for Formula One's coronavirus-delayed, season-opening Austrian Grand Prix are the best they could possibly be, Haas team principal Guenther Steiner said on Thursday. Measures excluding spectators and limiting numbers of staff from the media, teams, security and also F1...

This season's Champions League, suspended in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be completed with an eight-team mini-tournament which will be held in Lisbon in August, European football's governing body UEFA said Wednesday. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be staged over one...

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has warned fans to stay away from stadiums once the top-flight returns behind closed doors on Wednesday. The Premier League resumes after a three-month hiatus with Aston Villa's home game against Sheffield United and Arsenal's trip to...

Real Madrid and Barcelona will have tougher tests to come but emphatic victories on their return to action at the weekend suggest there may not be much margin for error in what is left of La Liga's title race. Leaders Barca hammered Real Mallorca 4-0 on Saturday before second-placed Madrid...

Formula One chiefs want to stage two races in Shanghai this season after the Chinese Grand Prix was postponed because of the coronavirus, the city's sports boss said Monday, adding there was no final decision. This year's pandemic-disrupted world championship is expected to launch with a...

Real Madrid beat Eibar 3-1 Sunday in their first competitive match at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium following La Liga's three-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Toni Kroos got Real off to an ideal start at the empty stadium based at their training ground by scoring in the fourth...

Dries Mertens fired Napoli to the Italian Cup final on Saturday after netting the goal which gave his side a 2-1 aggregate semi-final win over Inter Milan and made him the club's all-time top scorer. Napoli will face Juventus in Wednesday's final in Rome thanks to Belgium forward...