Football

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino is confident home advantage will help turn the League Cup semi-final against Middlesbrough in their favour at the start of a pivotal week for the London ...

Liverpool moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 demolition of Bournemouth that extended their unbeaten league run to 14 games on Sunday. The visitors ...

Arsenal returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion with a 5-0 drubbing of toothless London rivals Crystal Palace to climb one place to third in the Premier League on Saturday. ...

The government intends to hold all matches without the presence of fans if the violence in the stadiums continues, President Nikos Christodoulides emphasised on Saturday. Following last week’s incidents ...

Ivan Toney has set himself goals, literally, for the rest of the season and all eyes will be on the Brentford striker when he returns on Saturday from an eight-month ...

17-year-old Turkish Cypriot footballer Tahsin Ozler made history on Thursday night by becoming the first Turkish Cypriot since 1957 to play for the club’s first team. Ozler, who came through ...

England midfielder Jordan Henderson has signed for Ajax Amsterdam after terminating his contract with Saudi Pro League side Al-Ettifaq after six months, the two clubs said on Thursday. Henderson joined ...

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) and the Footballers’ Association (Pasp) both called for radical measures to combat football violence following a meeting on Thursday. A set of suggested measures were ...

A Wolverhampton Wanderers fan struggled to contain his joy when his team scored a late winner in Tuesday’s FA Cup tie against Brentford after he had stepped forward from ...

Football players in Cyprus have renewed calls for their safety at fixtures after a first division player was injured by a flare during a match on Tuesday night. The top ...

Tommy Conway’s early goal secured second-tier Bristol City a place in the FA Cup fourth round as they beat Premier League West Ham United in a tempestuous replay at ...

A date has been set for the hearing into Manchester City’s alleged financial rule breaches, the Premier League’s CEO Richard Masters said. City were charged in February with ...

A firecracker thrown from the stands hit a player and resulted in the cancellation of a match, it emerged on Wednesday. Police spokesman Christos Andreou told state media that CCTV ...

AS Roma named their former player Daniele De Rossi as their new manager until the end of the season, hours after parting ways with manager Jose Mourinho on Tuesday. Mourinho ...

Argentine Lionel Messi retained the FIFA player of the year award on Monday, beating Manchester City’s treble-winning Norwegian striker Erling Haaland and France’s Paris St Germain forward Kylian ...

Nottingham Forest and Everton face a points deduction after the clubs have been charged by the Premier League for a breach of their profitability and sustainability rules (PSR), the league ...

Vinicius Jr scored a hat-trick in the first half as Real Madrid were crowned Spanish Super Cup champions after a 4-1 demolition of bitter rivals Barcelona in Saudi Arabia on ...

Manchester United twice gave up one-goal leads in a 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Sunday, a disappointing result for Erik ten Hag’s team who are ...

Chelsea beat their west London neighbours Fulham 1-0 on Saturday as a penalty by top scorer Cole Palmer earned the Blues their third Premier League win in a row, even ...

The Premier League does winter breaks like no other competition so the action will keep coming thick and fast this weekend with four blockbuster clashes to take off the chill ...

Morocco set new standards for African football just over 12 months ago at the Qatar World Cup but the pressure is now on to improve a dismal record in the Africa ...

North-based footballer Souleymane Doukara has travelled to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after being included in the Mauritania national team’s squad. Doukara, 32, plays as a striker for Famagusta-based ...

Tottenham Hotspur defender Eric Dier has joined Bayern Munich on loan to the end of the season, both clubs said on Thursday. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed ...

Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal scored second-half goals to give Barcelona an 2-0 win over Osasuna in a dour Spanish Super Cup semi-final in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. Barca set ...