Football

Newcastle have confirmed a deal in principle has been agreed to sign Dutch defender Sven Botman from Lille for an undisclosed fee. Centre-back Botman, 22, has completed his medical on Tyneside ...

Fernandinho has completed his return to former club Athletico Paranaense after leaving Manchester City at the end of the season. The 37-year-old Brazilian midfielder spent nine years at the Etihad ...

Former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech will step down from his role as technical and performance advisor at the end of June, the Premier League club said on Monday, the latest ...

Wales forward Gareth Bale has agreed to join Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC on an initial one-year deal when his contract with Real Madrid expires, the PA news ...

Todd Boehly will attempt to shake up Chelsea’s summer transfer business through a series of US-style player trade deals, the PA news agency understands. Chelsea’s new supremo has ...

A Swiss appeals court found former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke guilty of forging documents and accepting bribes in a case involving World Cup media rights, it said on Friday. ...

Gareth Bale has excited Cardiff fans by visiting the Sky Bet Championship club’s Vale of Glamorgan base on their first day of pre-season training. Bale has been linked with ...

More than 1.2 million tickets have been sold for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup, organisers said on Wednesday. The most recent phase of ticket sales, a random selection draw, closed at the ...

More than two decades have passed since Iran’s Mehdi Mahdavikia famously sealed a 2-1 victory over the United States but the thrill of delivering his country their first ever ...

Romelu Lukaku will return to Inter Milan on a one-year loan deal, the PA news agency understands. Inter chiefs are thought to have struck an 8 million euro loan fee with ...

Ryan Giggs has expressed his sadness that he will not be at the 2022 World Cup after standing down as Wales manager with immediate effect. Giggs has been on leave from ...

Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck will step down at the end of June after 19 years in the role, the Premier League club said on Monday. American lawyer Buck, who was appointed ...

West Ham boss David Moyes and captain Declan Rice have been banned by UEFA for one and two matches respectively following the club’s Europa League defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt. ...

Bayern Munich have agreed terms with Liverpool to sign Sadio Mane, British media reported on Friday. German champions Bayern will pay a fee in the region of 35 million pounds for ...

North America’s historical ambivalence to football is no match for the spectacle of the 2026 World Cup, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday, as he bids to make the ...

Premier League champions Manchester City will begin the defence of their title at West Ham in the final match of the opening weekend’s fixtures. Pep Guardiola’s side will ...

The Premier League has stated match postponements for player unavailability will only be granted in “truly exceptional” circumstances from next season. From the start of the 2022-23 campaign, clubs will ...

Gareth Southgate believes his young players will not suffer lasting damage from a “chastening and painful” Nations League defeat to Hungary – calling for his critics to judge his side when ...

Liverpool have signed Darwin Nunez after the Uruguayan forward completed his medical following his move from Benfica, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday. Portuguese side Benfica had announced on ...

Qatar plans to pitch 1,000 “Bedouin style” tents in the desert for World Cup soccer fans, organisers said on Tuesday, as the state hopes to attract 1.2 million visitors, nearly half of ...

New Burnley manager Vincent Kompany is excited by the challenge of getting the club back into the Premier League. The former Manchester City and Belgium captain takes over from caretaker ...

Zinedine Zidane will replace Mauricio Pochettino as Paris St Germain coach next season, French radio station Europe 1 reported on Friday without citing any source. PSG were not immediately available for ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was named the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year for the second time on Thursday and Chelsea’s Sam Kerr took the women’s ...

The official in charge of policing at last month’s Champions League final has conceded the operation was a “failure” and appeared to back-track on previous claims that the majority ...