Football

The Russian Football Union (RFU) has voted against switching its football federation membership to Asia from Europe, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday, opting to stay in the European fold ...

Nottingham Forest have named Nuno Espirito Santo as their new manager to replace Steve Cooper, the Premier League club said on Wednesday. Forest appointed the former Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham ...

England women’s goalkeeper Mary Earps was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Tuesday, edging cricketer Stuart Broad into second place. Earps helped England to the World Cup ...

Chelsea and Fulham booked their place in the semi-finals of the League Cup on Tuesday when they followed up 1-1 draws with penalty-shootout wins over Newcastle United and Everton respectively, ...

Manchester City outclassed Urawa Red Diamonds in a 3-0 victory in the King Abdullah Sports City stadium on Tuesday to set up a Club World Cup final showdown against Brazilian ...

Belgium’s number one goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has said he will not go to next year’s European Championship in order to fully recover from a knee injury, he told ...

Mauricio Pochettino endured several near-misses with Tottenham Hotspur and left without winning any silverware so Chelsea’s League Cup quarter-final at home to Newcastle United will not be taken lightly ...

Holders Manchester City will take on FC Copenhagen in the last 16 of the Champions League while Arsenal will face FC Porto. Copenhagen, who twice met City’s rivals Manchester United ...

A dominant Arsenal side beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 at home on Sunday with second-half goals from Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz, as the north London side provisionally moved ...

Michael Olise scored a stoppage-time penalty as Crystal Palace clawed back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Manchester City in the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium on ...

Saturday’s Premier League match between Bournemouth and Luton Town was abandoned in the 65th minute after Luton captain Tom Lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the pitch. ...

This week’s shocking attack on a referee by a club president has thrust the entire culture of Turkish football into the spotlight, with the escalating issues of political influence ...

Tottenham Hotspur beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 away with goals by Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski for a second straight win that nudged them closer to the Premier League top four on ...

Rebecca Welch will become the first female referee to officiate a Premier League match when she takes charge of Fulham’s home game against Burnley on Dec. 23. The Professional Game ...

Peter Schmeichel admitted this week that he would rather not think about Manchester United’s Premier League clash against Liverpool on Sunday and many fans will share the fears of ...

A football fan who hit Melbourne City keeper Tom Glover in the face with a metal bucket during a pitch invasion last year had his jail term overturned on Friday. ...

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said on Thursday its disciplinary board had imposed a permanent ban on Ankaragucu club president Faruk Koca for punching a referee after a game in ...

Tottenham Hotspur will be looking for a new central defender in the January transfer window with manager Ange Postecoglou admitting they are thinly covered at the back. The return of ...

Six shirts worn by Lionel Messi during Argentina’s triumphant run at the 2022 World Cup were sold for $7.8 million at an auction in New York on Thursday. Auction house Sotheby’...

Joao Pedro’s late goal earned Brighton & Hove Albion a dramatic 1-0 win over Olympique Marseille on Thursday to secure the hosts top spot in Europa League Group B. ...

AC Milan substitute Samuel Chukwueze struck a superb late winner to seal a 2-1 victory over Newcastle United as both teams exited the Champions League in a nerve-jangling climax to ...

Manchester City academy graduate Micah Hamilton scored on his senior debut as they stretched their unbeaten run in Europe to 20 games with a 3-2 Champions League victory over Red Star ...

Turkey’s top football league will resume play on Tuesday next week following a one-week suspension due to an on-field attack by a club president on a referee, who emerged ...

Newcastle United go into their final Champions League group game with AC Milan knowing a win may not be enough to progress, but they will focus on what they can ...