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PSG and French football braced for Neymar exit

The saga of Neymar's seemingly inevitable departure from Paris Saint-Germain is proving a long, drawn out affair bringing the curtain down on what will ultimately feel like a fleeting and failed experiment. Having arrived in France in 2017 hoping a world-record transfer to PSG would help...

Football: Liverpool win UEFA Super Cup

Liverpool captured the 2019 UEFA Super Cup late Wednesday at Istanbul's Vodafone Park Stadium after beating Chelsea 5-4 on penalties. The all-English final, which featured 2019 Champions League winner Liverpool and 2019 Europa League winner Chelsea, saw a hard-fought competition throughout....

Dutch star Sneijder retires from football

Dutch football star Wesley Sneijder has retired from football at the age of 35. Sneijder has played for football heavyweights Ajax, Real Madrid and Inter during his career. The 35-year-old former player struck a business deal with the Dutch team Utrecht as the club announced the end of...

Football: Manchester United ease past Chelsea

Manchester United hammered London’s powerhouse Chelsea 4-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday in their first games of the English Premier League’s 2019-2020 season. Marcus Rashford broke the deadlock in the 18th minute with his penalty goal and gave a lead to his team. French forward Anthony...

Montreal winner Nadal withdraws from Cincinnati

Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Cincinnati Masters for the second year in a row after polishing off his US Open preparation with a Montreal title on Sunday. The announcement came a few hours after Nadal won his fifth Canadian title 6-3, 6-0 over Russian Daniil Medvedev. The oft-injured...

Murray set for Zhuhai, China Open

Andy Murray has entered next month's Zhuhai Championships and China Open as the former world number one steps up his singles return. Murray will compete in his first singles event at next week's Cincinnati Masters, seven months after his tearful revelation in Australia that his career...

Lukaku hails 'world's best' Conte after Inter move

Romelu Lukaku said on Friday that having the chance to play for Antonio Conte drove him to join Inter Milan, hailing the Italian as the world's best coach after arriving from Manchester United. Asked by club media how the arrival of former Italy boss Conte at Inter this summer had...

Rakitic lifts Barcelona over Napoli in Miami matchup

Ivan Rakitic's goal in the 79th minute lifted Barcelona to a 2-1 victory over Napoli in a lively pre-season encounter at Hard Rock Stadium. The Croatian midfielder struck a crisply driven effort after a first half own-goal from Samuel Umtiti had cancelled out Sergio Busquet's opener for the...

Bale snubbed again by Zidane for Madrid friendly

Gareth Bale's stand-off with Real Madrid continued on Wednesday after the forward was left out of Zinedine Zidane's squad to face Red Bull Salzburg in a friendly. Bale has only played in two of Real Madrid's five pre-season games so far, coming on as a substitute against Arsenal and...