Football clubs in Germany’s top two divisions on Tuesday agreed to plans drawn up by the league which could allow the partial return of fans to stadiums from mid-September, despite the coronavirus pandemic. German football faces a dramatic cultural shift if...
A Saudi Arabia-backed consortium has ended its interest in taking over English Premier League football side Newcastle United. The group, which included Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF, PCP Capital Partners and Reuben Brothers, was reported to have made...
Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha believes black footballers are being put off using social media because of the volume of racist abuse. The Ivory Coast international reported just one of many examples he has received earlier this month, which resulted in...
Timo Werner says Frank Lampard was the main reason he decided to join Chelsea this summer. The 23-year-old Germany forward joined from RB Leipzig for £47.5 million, signing a five-year contract at Stamford Bridge, and he has now begun training with his new side....
The inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup Super League will finally get going on July 30 when England and Ireland face off in the first of three ODIs in Southampton. The Super League was introduced to bring context to bilateral ODIs, which has seen troubled times since the...
French sensation Kylian Mbappe has been ruled out for three weeks and will miss Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League quarter-final with Atalanta. The forward suffered a nasty tackle in the first half of PSG‘s Coupe de France final victory over...
Former opening batsman Gautam Gambhir reckons England all-rounder Ben Stokes is in a league of his own and that based on his current form, no player from India or from any other part of the world is anywhere even close to him. Stokes has been on a hot streak for...
Everton vice-captain Leighton Baines has announced his retirement from football. The 35-year-old full-back made 420 appearances for Everton, captaining the side and scoring 39 goals after joining the club from Wigan in 2007. Baines, who was also capped 30 times by...
Senior Olympic official John Coates has restated that Tokyo must stage a basic Summer Games next year with the health and safety of athletes the most important deliberation in the preparation. Australian Coates heads up the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC)...
Liverpool midfielder Fabinho’s home was burgled as the footballer celebrated the team’s Premier League win. Thieves broke into the 26-year-old’s empty house in Formby between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning and stole items of jewellery and a...
