Real Madrid needed a win to keep the pressure on Barcelona at the top of the LaLiga table. They delivered, beating Villarreal 2-0 on Saturday, but it cost them: Dani Carvajal was stretchered off with multiple tears in his right…
Pep Guardiola has called on Manchester City to improve defensively after Fulham failed to take a number of chances at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. City edged the game 3-2 despite Fulham creating an xG of 2.4 compared to 1.5…
LEVERKUSEN, Germany — Hosts Bayer Leverkusen paid the price for being complacent after squandering a two-goal lead and losing control of the game before drawing 2-2 against promoted Holstein Kiel in the German Bundesliga on Saturday. Champions Leverkusen scored twice…
Spain coach Luis de la Fuente is concerned by reports that the country could be stripped of its 2030 World Cup hosting rights because the Spain football federation (RFEF) has yet to elect a new president. FIFA is due to…
World Cup winner Paul Pogba’s doping suspension has been reduced to 18 months from an initial four years, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Friday. “The suspension is now 18 months, starting Sept. 11, 2023,” CAS director general…
FIFA has agreed on interim transfer rules aiming to help players change teams and go to the Club World Cup in the United States next June-July. The move on Thursday opens the door for players whose contracts expire on June…
Real Madrid forward Endrick has said he isn’t affected by outside criticism after a defeat, stating “that’s what football is.” Endrick, who joined Los Blancos this summer from Palmeiras, became Madrid’s youngest player to start in a Champions League game…
Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins said he hopes to put down an England marker when he faces Bayern Munich in the Champions League tonight with Harry Kane in a race to be fit. Kane picked up an ankle injury at…
The walls of Pep Lijnders’ garage in his new Salzburg home are still bare. The unpacked boxes on the floor contain memories of his journey from coaching apprentice at PSV to becoming Jürgen Klopp’s “equal partner” at Liverpool, as Klopp…
Kylian Mbappé has recovered from injury and is available to play for Real Madrid against Lille in the Champions League, Carlo Ancelotti confirmed, saying “if there’s no risk, he’ll play from the first minute.” Mbappé suffered a thigh injury in…