Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has said victory over Arsenal in next week's Europa League final would complete a wonderful season for the club, despite speculation about his future.
The Italian came in for fierce criticism from the Stamford Bridge (...)
All Roger Federer had to do was strike a few silky forehands in his first practice session at Roland Garros for four years to create something of a social media frenzy this week.
Ever since the 37-year-old announced he was ending his self-imposed (...)
The Dubai-based Fanzir, a sports social network platform focused on football, plans to launch three investment projects in Egypt in the coming period.
Fanzir held several meetings with the management of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) to (...)
The wife of Spain's World Cup-winning captain Iker Casillas, Sara Carbonero, has announced that she has undergone surgery for cancer just three weeks after the goalkeeper suffered a heart attack.
Casillas, who made 167 appearances for Spain and 725 (...)
World number one Novak Djokovic has enjoyed two good weeks on red clay but admitted that winning a second French Open title would be a tall order after a crushing defeat by Rafael Nadal in last week's Italian Open final.
Djokovic clinched the Madrid (...)
Toni Kroos has agreed a contract renewal with Real Madrid until the end of the 2022-23 season, the Spanish club said on Monday.
The 29-year-old Germany midfielder had been linked with a potential departure from the Santiago Bernabeu by Spanish media (...)
Five jailed Catalan separatists elected to parliament last month picked up their credentials as lawmakers on Monday amid high security after being granted temporary release from custody.
Flanked by plainclothes police and ushered through a tight (...)
Despite Kylian Mbappe pledging his future to Paris St Germain following yet another early Champions League exit in March, the France striker is now casting doubt on his intentions for next season.
The 20-year-old added Ligue 1 player of the year to (...)
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal won on Saturday to set up an Italian Open final meeting, while British number one Johanna Konta booked a final clash with Karolina Pliskova.
World number one Djokovic overcame Argentina's Diego Schwartzman 6-3 6-7(2) (...)
Real Madrid's harrowing season came to a fittingly miserable end on Sunday as they slumped to a staggering 12th La Liga defeat, losing 2-0 at home to Real Betis as many fans left the stadium early and those who stayed booed the players off the (...)
Real Betis coach Quique Setien is to leave the club by mutual consent, the La Liga side said on Sunday after he enjoyed a memorable end to his two-year tenure by winning 2-0 at Real Madrid.
“Real Betis and Quique Setien have decided that the coach (...)
Barcelona captain and La Liga top scorer Lionel Messi rounded off a spectacular season by netting twice in a 2-2 draw away to Eibar in the champions' final game on Sunday, taking his tally to a remarkable 36 goals.
Eibar went ahead in the 20th (...)
Real Madrid will not find it easy to sign Liverpool's star winger Mohamed Salah in the summer transfer window, the Liverpool Echo newspaper reported on Friday.
Recent French reports have said that the Pharaohs star is on the Spanish giants' wish (...)
Atletico Madrid came back from two goals and a man down to draw 2-2 at Levante on Saturday in their final La Liga game of the season which was also the last stand for departing long-time club servants Diego Godin and Antoine Griezmann.
Atletico (...)
Liverpool are overwhelming favourites to win the Champions League title when they face Tottenham Hotspur in the final in Madrid on June 1, former England striker and television pundit Gary Lineker has said.
Lineker, who spent three seasons at Spurs (...)
Jürgen Klopp has been named the German Football Ambassador for 2019 following his fine work with Liverpool and representing German football abroad. But Klopp's season is not over, with a Champions League final to play.It is modesty that defines real (...)
Spain's World Cup-winning captain Iker Casillas is likely to soon announce the end of his goalkeeping career after suffering a heart attack on May 1, Portuguese sports newspaper O Jogo cited the president of his club Porto as saying.
Jorge Pinto da (...)
Egypt's superstar Mohamed Salah once again confirmed his status as one of the world's best players as he retained the Golden Boot in the Premier League this season. Despite a significant dip in form in the middle of the season that saw Salah go nine (...)
They have four World Cup winners medals between them but the J.League's high-profile recent recruits, including Andres Iniesta and Fernando Torres, have struggled to make an impact this season.
Spaniard Iniesta, who plays for Vissel Kobe alongside (...)
Two-time African Player of the Year and Liverpool attacker Mohamed Salah has joined a star-studded list of players, including legends Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry, who have won back-to-back Premier League Golden Boot awards.
The award was a good (...)
Tottenham Hotspur's South Korea forward Son Heung-min has said losing their first Champions League final would be painful for a very long time as he prepares to make sure that does not happen when they face Liverpool in Madrid next month.
Son would (...)
أعلن الفرنسي أنطوان جريزمان، مهاجم فريق أتلتيكو مدريد الإسباني، رحيله بشكل رسمي عن ناديه نهاية الموسم الجاري، وذلك من خلال رسالة بالفيديو نشرها الموقع الرسمي للنادي.
ووجه جريزمان رسالته إلى جماهير أتلتيكو مدريد حيث قال لهم: " شكراً لكم جميعاً، لقد (...)
علن نادي اتلتيكو مدريد، المنافس بالدوري الإسباني لكرة القدم، قيام الفرنسي أنطوان جريزمان بإبلاغ إدارة النادي برغبته في الرحيل عن الفريق عقب نهاية الموسم الحالي.
ونشر الحساب الرسمي للنادي عبر موقع التواصل الاجتماعي على الانترنت "تويتر" تغريدة ذكر (...)
At 37 and with 20 Grand Slam titles, Roger Federer still gets excited about playing tennis.
That's why he added this week's Italian Open to his schedule.
Federer says he was ''in the mood to play,'' adding ''honestly, I love to play matches. (...)
Barcelona are set to make another attempt to sign Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid after last year's long saga led to the France international rejecting the Catalan club, according to multiple reports in the Spanish media on Tuesday.
Griezmann (...)
