MANCHESTER, England (AP)- Manchester City won the Premier League title without even playing on Sunday when nearest challenger Manchester United surprisingly lost 1-0 at home to last-place West Bromwich Albion. It was City's third title in seven seasons and easily its most convincing,...

At the semi-final stage of the Champions League, every little advantage counts and Real Madrid will have one when it comes to preparation time. Given that Los Blancos' matchday 34 game away at Sevilla has been postponed due to the Andalusian side's participation in the Copa del Rey...

Just as it looked as though the Real Madrid v Juventus game would be heading for extra time, Los Blancos were awarded a penalty and Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't understand why Juve complained about it. In the melee that followed, Gianluigi Buffon was sent off by Michael Oliver before...

ROME (AP) — Roma knock Barcelona out of Champions League with 3-0 win to go through on away goals.

At 33 years of age, Cristiano Ronaldo has turned back the clock and is producing his best form at this stage of the season.He has never scored more at this point... nor played less.With his goal in the derby, the striker has 24 goals in 15 games so far this calendar year. At a rate of 1.6 goals...

After a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Real Madrid, Diego Simeone suggested that he wants to continue seeing improvements from his Atletico side and that's why he stays at the club. His words infer that he will remain in the red and white half of Madrid, despite interest from some of...

Liverpool are facing the prospect of disciplinary action by European football authorities following an attack on Manchester City’s team bus before their Champions League quarterfinal. Missiles were thrown at the bus as it arrived for Wednesday’s first leg at Anfield, which hosts Liverpool won...

Although it's true that Manchester City have a poor record at Anfield, they were still shellshocked by a three-goal blast from Liverpool in the first half of their Champions League quarterfinal. Subjected to a barrage of missiles as their coach reached the ground, something for which...

Anyone still wondering why the world is fawning over Cristiano Ronaldo's incredible strike against Juventus need only realise that his foot connected with the ball at a massive 2 metres, 38 centimetres in the air. Achieving such clean contact on the ball at that height, only six...

Isco's impressive performance for Spain in their recent 6-1 victory over Argentina has led many to wonder why he doesn't seem able to reproduce his national team form for his club. It seems that Isco always impresses when wearing the red of Spain, but that he only comes up with a...

Although he hasn't said it openly, there's no doubt that Zinedine Zidane knows his Real Madrid line-up for Tuesday night in Turin.What happened against Las Palmas on Saturday in their 3-0 victory will not have influenced his decision. Karim Benzema has scored many goals since joining...

Kim Jong Un is committed to sending North Korean teams to the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics, IOC chief Thomas Bach said Saturday after a rare meeting with the leader of the nuclear-armed regime in Pyongyang. Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, also said the IOC will...

A new racism scandal has rocked Russian football in the run-up to the World Cup – and anxious Moscow authorities are taking it seriously. The idea of fans targeting black players with monkey chants has been haunting Russian football chiefs heading into the June 14 to July 15...

Reaction after deposed Australian captain Steve Smith and opening batsman Cameron Bancroft held news conferences in Australia to apologize for their roles in last week’s ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town: Matt Prior, former England wicketkeeper “Fair play Bancroft and Steve...

Robert Lewandowski's summer departure from Bayern Munich now appears to be a matter of 'where to' and 'on what terms', despite the Bundesliga giants' chief executive, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, recently declaring his confidence that the Poland striker will "100%" remain at the Allianz Arena next...

 Deteriorating weather forced a Volvo Ocean Race yacht to abandon its search for a British crew member washed overboard in the hostile Southern Ocean Tuesday, with organizers admitting hopes of finding the man alive were fading. Briton John Fisher went missing from the yacht...

The entire Premier League has been left stunned by the impact Mohamed Salah has made in the division since his arrival at Anfield in the summer, however Liverpool now wish to keep him by offering him a 13 million euro annual contract. Salah is the current leading scorer in the Premier...

MILAN (AFP) -  Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova, who stunned in Pyeongchang four weeks ago, again left the crowd speechless in Milan on Friday but for a different reason -- delivering a free skate in which she struggled to stay on her feet. The 15-year-old fell three...

Saudi Arabia’s attempts to prepare for the World Cup are not confined to arranging friendlies or hiring world-famous coaches. After years of Saudi players staying home, nine were sent to clubs in the top two tiers of Spanish football in January until the end of the current season....

Ryan Giggs’ first game as Wales coach got off to a flying start Thursday with a 6-0 demolition of China as Gareth Bale scored a hat-trick. The Real Madrid forward scored his 29th international goal for his country to become the highest-scoring Welsh player of all time, breaking Ian...