Unai Emery said he is not worried Arsenal were unable to keep a first away clean sheet of the season as first half goals from Alex Iwobi and Alexandre Lacazatte secured a 2-1 win at struggling Huddersfield. The result keeps Arsenal in the thick of the chase for a top-four finish and...

Real Madrid barged their way back into the Spanish La Liga title race with a 3-1 victory over Atletico Madrid in a feisty derby at the Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday. Casemiro, Sergio Ramos and Gareth Bale’s strikes inflicted Atletico’s first home defeat of the season across all...

While Anthony Davis’ playing status for the New Orleans Pelicans’ Saturday road game against the Memphis Grizzlies is uncertain, the fact that the team is playing him at all might be due to the NBA’s intervention. The league office reached out to the Pelicans on Friday to inform the team...

Amateur boxing faces a breakaway threat ahead of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo after its international federation elected a president accused of ties to organized crime. The federation, known as AIBA, says a "rogue group" led by unnamed "Kazakhstani individuals" has asked national boxing...

Liverpool regained top spot in the Premier League by getting back to winning ways as goals from Sadio Mane, Georginio Wijnaldum and Mohamed Salah secured a comfortable 3-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday. Back-to-back draws against Leicester and West Ham had seen Jurgen Klopp's men usurped...

Yellow Vests protesters will demonstrate for a 13th consecutive weekend on Saturday, with multiple rallies planned throughout France. But the latest protests are increasingly plagued by internal quarrels over how to secure more political gains. The Yellow Vest movement is becoming...

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri deserves time and trust from the club to iron out flaws in his possession-based playing style and make the club consistent again, former striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has said. Former Napoli boss Sarri made a bright start to his Chelsea career, guiding them...

US ski star Lindsey Vonn bows out from skiing this weekend at the same time as Aksel Lund Svindal, a Norwegian legend two years her senior whom she has described as her "life coach". Vonn has decided to hang up her catsuit at the age of 34 after Sunday's downhill, her 82 World Cup wins...

A thumb injury is threatening to keep Bayern Munich captain Manuel Neuer sidelined with the Germany goalkeeper facing a race against time for their Champions League last-16 clash at Liverpool, the Bavarians' coach Nico Kovac said on Friday. Neuer is doubtful for Saturday's home match against...

Liverpool posted a world record-breaking £106 million ($137 million) net profit last year even after spending £190 million on new players, according to financial results announced on Friday. The club's profit before tax was £125 million -- up from £40 million -- with the club benefiting from...

Carlos Queiroz was named coach of Colombia on Thursday, the country's football federation (FCF) said, replacing Argentine Jose Pekerman who left the post in September. Queiroz's appointment had long been expected but Colombia had to wait until the end of the recently-concluded Asian Cup for...

arcelona and Real Madrid drew 1-1 in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final at the Camp Nou, with Lucas Vazquez and Malcom both getting on the scoresheet in a game of two halves.Lucas gave Madrid the lead after just six minutes.  Vinicius Junior came in from the left wing...

India crashed to their worst ever Twenty20 defeat as an aggressive 84 by Tim Seifert set New Zealand up for an 80-run win in Wellington on Wednesday. "It was one of those complete performances that you do search for," beamed New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson, happy to see his side...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is set to serve a second term after world football's governing body said on Wednesday he would be the only candidate for June's vote. The 48-year-old has been in charge of FIFA since February 2016, after succeeding the disgraced Sepp Blatter following the...

Manolo Jimenez has returned to manage AEK Athens for a third time, the Greek Super League club announced Wednesday saying the Spaniard had signed a one-and-a-half-year contract. The deal has an option for another year if both sides agree. "The champion has returned home. The AEK family...

Global soccer body FIFA has set up a joint venture with 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar as part of its effort to streamline organization of the tournament, it said on Tuesday. The global soccer body said in a statement that it would hold a 51 percent share of the venture while the Qatar...

Ex-Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has avoided jail for tax fraud as part of a deal with Spanish prosecutors revealed Tuesday but will pay a fine of close to two million euros. The 56-year-old is accused of committing tax fraud in 2011 and 2012 when he coached Spanish giants Real...

Maro Itoje will miss Six Nations matches against France and Wales due to a knee injury but could return for the final rounds of England's title quest. The forward suffered medial ligament damage in Saturday's 32-20 victory over Ireland in Dublin, with a scan revealing a tear that...

Hertha Berlin captain Vedad Ibisevic sees Wednesday's German Cup clash against Bayern Munich as a "mini final" with the hosts hoping to topple the Bavarian giants again. Ibisevic scored when Hertha shocked Bayern 2-0 in the Bundesliga last September and the last-16 tie at the Olympic Stadium...

Many thought the football craze in Russia would not last and the shiny new stadiums built for the World Cup would rapidly become "white elephants" the country could not afford. But in the six months since the hosting of the month-long football extravaganza some of the stadiums have...