Football

Belgium coach Mark van Bommel is relishing the opportunity to pit his wits against Zinedine Zidane but is disappointed that Kylian Mbappe will be missing when they host France in ...

Alexander Isak will miss Sweden’s three remaining Nations League group-stage fixtures due to a minor injury and will return to club side Liverpool, the Swedish Football Association said. “He’...

Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said the club remained confident of proving their innocence, a day after media reports that City had been found guilty of 114 breaches of Premier ...

Ireland will play their Nations League fixture against Israel on Sunday, after a vote took place within the squad on whether to fulfil the fixture, Football Association of Ireland (FAI) ...

England coach Thomas Tuchel said forward Cole Palmer had missed another chance to impress after withdrawing from the squad ahead of Saturday’s Nations League opener against Spain with injury. ...

Manchester City have been found guilty of all but one of the 115 alleged breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules, The Athletic reported on Friday, a potentially seismic development ...

Jude Bellingham has been named England men’s player of the year for a second successive season after a standout campaign in which he scored a record seven goals at ...

Zinedine Zidane spoke of his “immense emotion” as he prepared to take charge of France for the first time in their Nations League opener away to Turkey on Friday. The 54...

Cody Gakpo volleyed in a stoppage-time equaliser to rescue a 1-1 draw for the Netherlands against Germany in their Nations League Group A2 opener on Thursday, and deny new coach ...

Israel forward Saied Abu Farchi was sent off for celebrating his goal against Austria in their 3-1 UEFA Nations League defeat on Thursday by using the corner flag to simulate ...

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said he “pushed hard” to ensure Lionel Messi would return to the national team for a farewell match soon after announcing his retirement because he was ...

Manchester United reported their seventh straight annual loss on Wednesday as costs related to player acquisitions and the sacking of former head coach Ruben Amorim this year pushed them deeper ...

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said trust in world football had not been restored following the collapse of FIFA’s controversial private-investment plan, in his first public comments since FIFA President ...

Belgium midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will continue to play international football as long as he remains motivated, saying he had not considered quitting the team after the World Cup despite ...

Real Madrid want a new LaLiga president in light of what they called “intolerable” comments from incumbent Javier Tebas, who said earlier on Tuesday that claims of officiating bias against ...

A new cycle of Africa Cup of Nations competition gets under way in earnest on Thursday as group qualifiers for the 2027 finals kick off, with the winners of the last ...

Kylian Mbappe says being managed by Zinedine Zidane for the French national team is “like something out of a movie”. The pair will work together for the first time during ...

Premier League champions Arsenal have agreed an improved contract with manager Mikel Arteta, the BBC reported on Tuesday. Arteta’s deal was due to expire at the end of the ...

Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka will miss the international camp after admitting he acquired a fake COVID-19 vaccination certificate, the Swiss Football Association (SFV) said on Monday. The decision was reached ...

Roberto Mancini set a demanding tone as Italy gathered on Monday, insisting on immediate progress while mounting a strong defense of his heavily overhauled squad for his first match back ...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has proposed an independent review of the world soccer body’s decision-making, in a move that could help him regain support after the withdrawal of a ...

Germany coach Juegen Klopp’s decision to have two different squads with a total of 44 players for his first four international matches in charge has earned praise as he starts ...

Cole Palmer, Declan Rice and Marcus Rashford are among five players who have withdrawn from England’s squad for impending Nations League fixtures because of injury, the Football Association said ...

Jose Mourinho needed only a sheet of paper to deliver his verdict on Sunday’s Madrid derby, waving images of two first-half tackles as he accused the officials of losing ...