Real Madrid gave its "complete support" to team captain Sergio Ramos Saturday after the defender was criticized for upsetting fans of former club Sevilla. A day before the top two teams in the Spanish league meet in Seville, Madrid released a statement saying Ramos' "conduct is and has...

 Diego Costa's future at Premier League leaders Chelsea was plunged into doubt on Friday after their leading scorer was dropped for Saturday's away match with champions Leicester. The 28-year-old Spanish international, who has scored 14 goals in 19 games this season, is believed to have...

Claudio Ranieri was named FIFA's best men's coach of 2016 Monday, after leading Leicester City to a fairytale Premier League title triumph. The Italian beat out France's Zinedine Zidane, who steered Real Madrid to the Champions League title in his first year as manager and Fernando Santos,...

Barca’s poor start to 2017 continued as they lost further ground on Real Madrid at the top of La Liga despite a sensational last minute Lionel Messi free kick salvaging a 1-1 draw at Villarreal Sunday. The Spanish champions lost their opening game of the year at Athletic Bilbao in the Copa...

Following his success in Ballon d'Or, Portugal and Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo is set to add another garland -- the Best FIFA Men's Player -- Monday in Zurich. After Champions League and Euro 2016 success for club and country last year, Ronaldo is the overwhelming favorite for yet another...

Real Madrid tied Barcelona's Spanish record of 39 games unbeaten in all competitions by crushing Granada 5-0 in La Liga on Saturday. Francisco "Isco" Alarcon scored twice and Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and Casemiro added on at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Madrid was six points ahead...

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane insists he will continue to periodically leave out four-time world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo to keep the Portuguese fresh for the business end of the season. Ronaldo has sat out Real's last two home games -- missing the visit of Deportivo la Coruna...

(Sky News)- Leicester and England centre Manu Tuilagi is facing at least six months out with a serious knee injury. Tuilagi was hurt playing for his club against Saracens in the Aviva Premiership on New Year's Day and scans have revealed damage to his anterior cruciate ligament. The...

The relentless demands for success at Real Madrid have cost many high-profile and heavily experienced coaches their jobs, but Zinedine Zidane has made the move into senior management look serene as he celebrates a year in charge as a European and world champion. Madrid was a club with a very...

Jermain Defoe scored two penalties as third-bottom Sunderland prevented Liverpool from significantly trimming Chelsea's lead at the Premier League summit in a 2-2 draw on Monday. Liverpool twice went ahead, through Daniel Sturridge and Sadio Mane, but Defoe's two spot-kicks mean Chelsea will...

(The Guardian)- Pep Guardiola wished the assembled media a happy new year at the start of his post-match press conference and extended the seasonal goodwill message to their families when he left the Anfield stage. It was a nice touch by the Manchester City manager but the niceties were part of...

Georginio Wijnaldum's early header earned Liverpool a 1-0 New Year's Eve victory over Manchester City that left Pep Guardiola's men 10 points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea. The Dutch midfielder struck in the eighth minute, emphatically converting a cross from Adam Lallana, as...

Rafael Nadal ended an injury-plagued 2016 on a high by lifting the Mubadala World Tennis Championship title for a fourth time Saturday. The 30-year-old Spaniard defeated 11th-ranked Belgian David Goffin 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) in their first meeting after world number one Andy Murray earlier ousted...

"Biggest", "hugest", "most ever". Analysts are piling up the superlatives as China prepares to splash out astronomical sums for footballing talent during the winter transfer window in deals that analysts say involve more money than sense. Last year Chinese teams broke the Asian transfer...

(Marca)- Real Madrid's spectacular start to the season has seen them move within seven goals of a long-standing LaLiga record held by Athletic Club dating back to the 1932/33 season. A scoring machine so far in 2016/17, Zinedine Zidane's men have struck 21 times in seven away games, at an...

Football federations are backing plans to expand the World Cup beyond 32 teams, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in Dubai Wednesday. The global football federation boss wants to increase the number of teams playing in the World Cup final tournament to 48, arguing that it can be done in...

Antonio Conte has challenged his Chelsea stars to use their club record run of 12 successive victories as the foundation to win the Premier League title. Conte's side moved seven points clear at the top after a 3-0 win over Bournemouth Monday and they are now just two more victories away...

Frank Lampard admitted on Saturday he would relish a return to Chelsea as a player and is keen to rejoin the Premier League leaders in some capacity even if he is not offered a deal. The former England midfielder is Chelsea's all-time leading goalscorer and is keeping his options open after...

Two-time Wimbledon tennis champion Petra Kvitova underwent nearly four hours of surgery on her playing hand on Tuesday after she was stabbed by a knife-wielding intruder in her home in the Czech Republic. Early indications showed the Czech world number 11 could well make a recovery and...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has defended the use of video replays despite a shaky debut for the new system at the Club World Cup. The replay system allows referees to halt games to review footage of "game-changing decisions", but its introduction has had a mixed reaction from players and...