Football

Football

Salah sends Liverpool eight points clear after Southampton scare

Thanks to Salah's late heroics, Liverpool have left second placed Manchester City trailing in their wake after the champions' dismal 4-0 defeat against Tottenham on Saturday.

2h ago

Madrid chief Perez attacks UEFA, FIFA, Ballon d'Or

Real Madrid chief Florentino Perez lashed out at various targets during the club's annual general meeting on Sunday including European and world football governing bodies UEFA and FIFA.

5h ago

Guardiola acknowledges Man City 'are fragile' after fifth straight defeat

Manchester City were hammered 4-0 by Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium, extending their losing run to five matches in all competitions.

13h ago

Messi's former teammate Mascherano to become Inter Miami's new coach: Reports

Mascherano, 40, is a former teammate of Miami star Lionel Messi. The two were teammates at FC Barcelona from 2010-18.

14h ago

Milan and Juventus play out dour scoreless draw at San Siro

Juventus remain the only unbeaten side in Serie A but their seventh draw of the season means they remain sixth in the standings and are now three points behind leaders Inter Milan. Milan stay seventh, six points behind Juve, though they have played one game fewer.

15h ago

Barca collapse in Celta draw without Yamal

Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski's goals put the Catalans in a healthy position but Marc Casado's red card in the 82nd minute helped Celta start the fightback to snatch a point.

16h ago

Spurs thrash Man City 4-0 to end 52-match unbeaten home run

Manchester City crashed to a stunning fifth consecutive defeat as Tottenham won 4-0 at the Etihad to end the English champions' 52-game unbeaten home run on Saturday.

23h ago

Inter smash Verona to take Serie A lead

Simone Inzaghi's side are provisionally ahead of Napoli after netting all five of their goals in the opening 45 minutes at the Stadio Bentegodi through a Marcus Thuram brace and further strikes from Joaquin Correa, Stefan de Vrij and Yann Bisseck.

1d ago

Football 'world order' is changing: Brazil coach Dorival Junior

"South American football has grown a lot overall. If you look at the majority of the national line-ups, you see players playing in teams all over the world, which wasn't the case until recently," he said.

1w ago

Vinicius Jr to replace Rodrygo for injury-depleted Brazil

Vinicius Jr, who missed Brazil's victories over Peru and Chile last month with a neck injury, will be back in the starting lineup after Real Madrid teammate Rodrygo suffered a muscle injury in Saturday's 4-0 win over Osasuna in LaLiga.

1w ago

Fernandes hopes Amorim can 'change the energy' at Man Utd

Amorim arrived at the Carrington training complex on Monday for meetings but cannot begin coaching until his work visa is confirmed.

1w ago

Cabrera lost for words after ‘painful' defeat

Bangladesh coach Javier Cabrera had neither any explanation nor any excuse after his side lost a FIFA friendly match against Maldives 1-0 at home, dashing their hopes of getting a favourable draw in next year's Asian Cup Qualifiers.

1w ago

South Africa football chief arrested on fraud, theft charges

South African Football Association (SAFA) president Danny Jordaan was arrested and charged Wednesday with using the group's resources for his own purposes in a fraud and theft case amounting to 1.3 million rand ($72,000), police said.

1w ago

Ali Fasir makes toothless Bangladesh pay

Bangladesh’s hopes of securing a favourable draw in next year's Asian Cup Qualifiers were dashed following a 1-0 defeat at home against Maldives in their penultimate FIFA fixture of the year.

1w ago

Shakil Ahad Topu given first cap as Bangladesh host Maldives 

Abahani defender Shakil Ahad Topu was handed his first senior cap by coach Javier Cabrera as Bangladesh squared off against Maldives in the first of two FIFA friendly matches at the Bashundhara Kings Arena on Wednesday.

1w ago

Bruno Fernandes aids unwell passenger during flight

Bruno Fernandes has been praised by fellow passengers after the Manchester United player came to the aid of a man who collapsed during a flight to Lisbon on Monday.

1w ago

Indonesia go Dutch in pursuit of World Cup dreams

An Indonesian team under Dutch colonial rule sailed to France for the 1938 World Cup -- they lost their only game 6-0 and the country has not played at the tournament since.

1w ago

Ecuador international Angulo dies at 22, a month after car crash

Angulo was involved in a traffic accident on Oct. 7 that also resulted in the death of his former youth team teammate Roberto Cabezas.

1w ago