Football

Barcelona striker Lionel Messi won the FIFA Men’s Player of the Year award on Monday for a record sixth time. The Argentina striker edged out Juventus’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk.

Chelsea midfielder, N’Golo Kante, has insisted that Frank Lampard’s men have work to do following their 2-1 defeat to Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday. The France international also said that Chelsea are not where they wanted to be on the English Premier League table after taking only eight points from six games.   […]

Ten-man Arsenal twice came from a goal down to claim a much-needed 3-2 win over Aston Villa in dramatic fashion thanks to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s free-kick six minutes from time at the Emirates on Sunday. The Gunners’ winless run in the Premier League seemed set to stretch to four games when John McGinn gave Villa the […]

Real Madrid eased the pressure on Zinedine Zidane and delivered a resounding response to their loss to Paris Saint-Germain by winning 1-0 away at high-flying Sevilla in La Liga on Sunday. Karim Benzema headed in the decisive goal at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan to secure an impressive victory against a Sevilla side that were unbeaten […]

Angel Di Maria scored twice against his former club as Paris Saint-Germain shrugged off the absences of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe and thrashed Real Madrid 3-0 on Wednesday to get off to the perfect start in their latest bid for Champions League success. Di Maria beat Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois at his near post to […]

Manchester United and last year’s finalists Arsenal headline an English trio that also features Europa League newcomers Wolves while record five-time champions Sevilla figure to be among the primary contenders as the group stage begins Thursday.  Scottish rivals Celtic and Rangers face testing paths to the knockout rounds as bitter foes Roma and Lazio bid to end Italy’s […]

Lionel Messi returned from injury to make an innocuous first appearance of the season as Barcelona were held to a 0-0 draw away at Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League opener on Tuesday. Messi, who has missed the start of the season with a calf injury, came off the bench in a game which Barcelona […]

Holders Liverpool began their defence of the Champions League trophy with a defeat against Napoli on Tuesday, while one missed spot-kick condemned Chelsea to defeat against Valencia and another came to Barcelona’s rescue. Liverpool survived a 1-0 defeat in Naples in the group stage last season to go on and win their sixth European Cup, […]

Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, has admitted he has had little contact with Antoine Griezmann, since the Frenchman arrived at Barcelona. In an interview with Sport, Messi also warned another team-mate, Ousmane Dembele, to be “more professional” in the 2019/2020 season.   Griezmann joined fellow countrymen Dembele and Samuel Umtiti in Catalunya this summer. It is […]