Football

Freddie Ljungberg intends to tap into the knowledge of Arsene Wenger and Sven-Goran Eriksson as he prepares for his second game in charge of Arsenal. The 42-year-old interim manager took over from Unai Emery at the Emirates last week after the Spaniard was sacked, with Arsenal languishing in mid-table in the Premier League. Ljungberg said Wenger, who brought […]

The winners and other top finishers in the four trophies awarded at the 2019 Ballon d’Or ceremony on Monday in Paris: Men’s Ballon d’Or Lionel Messi (ARG/Barcelona) Virgil van Dijk (NED/Liverpool) Cristiano Ronaldo (POR/Juventus) Sadio Mane (SEN/Liverpool) Mohamed Salah (EGY/Liverpool) Kylian Mbappe (FRA/PSG) Alisson Becker (BRA/Liverpool) Robert Lewandowski (POL/Bayern Munich) Bernardo Silva (POR/Manchester City) Riyad Mahrez (ALG/Manchester City) Women’s Ballon d’Or Megan Rapinoe (USA/Reign […]

Cristiano Ronaldo scored from the spot to rescue a 2-2 draw for Juventus at home against Sassuolo to leave the way open for Inter Milan to claim top spot in Serie A later on Sunday. Leonardo Bonucci had scored early for the eight-time reigning Serie A champions but Jeremie Boga and Francesco Caputo hit back […]

Kelechi Iheanacho struck deep into stoppage time as Leicester beat Everton 2-1 to close the gap on Liverpool at the top of the Premier League to eight points. Richarlison had given the visitors a shock lead at the King Power as Everton produced a performance that may do enough to save manager Marco Silva’s job […]

Chelsea coach, Frank Lampard has disclosed that he told midfielder, Mateo Kovacic that he needed to score more goals for the club before the Croatian international finally broke his duck during the Blues’ 2-2 draw against Valencia in the Champions League on Wednesday night. Lampard also said that he was delighted for Kovacic and hoped […]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has acquired roughly a quarter of the shares in Stockholm-based football team Hammarby, the club said on Wednesday. The 38-year-old former Juventus, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United forward has bought 50 percent of American sporting and entertainment company Anschutz Entertainment Group’s (AEG) stake in the Swedish team, according to a separate statement […]

Barcelona secured a place in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday with a convincing 3-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund. Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi, and Antoine Griezmann scored for the La Liga champions who have an unassailable four-point advantage ahead of the German side at the top of Group F with one round to go.

Real Madrid boss, Zinedine Zidane has admitted that he was “worried” about forward, Eden Hazard after the former Chelsea star sustained an injury in his side’s 2-2 draw against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Hazard was forced to withdraw from the encounter after 20 minutes in the first-half following a strong […]

Manchester City booked their place in the Champions League last 16 for a seventh successive season despite a lacklustre 1-1 draw against Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday. Pep Guardiola’s side were well below their best at the Etihad Stadium, but Ilkay Gundogan’s second-half strike put them on course to wrap up first place in Group C […]