Footbal News

January 26, 2020

League wants partial Espanyol stadium closure for racism

The Spanish league says it will seek a partial stadium closure for Espanyol after an opposition player suffered racist verbal ...

January 26, 2020

FA Cup shock: Liverpool held 2-2 by 3rd-tier Shrewsbury

The sight of Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino entering as substitutes late in the second half really summed up Liverpool’s ...

January 26, 2020

Poor goalkeeping contributes to 1-1 draw in Rome derby

Questionable goalkeeping contributed to a 1-1 draw in the derby between Roma and Lazio on Sunday - a result that dented ...

January 26, 2020

Fans pay an emotional tribute to Sala, a year after he died

Nantes fans paid an emotional tribute to Emiliano Sala before Sunday's home game against Bordeaux, a year after the Argentine ...

January 26, 2020

Neuville beats Ogier to win season-opening Monte Carlo Rally

Belgian driver Thierry Neuville won the season-opening Monte Carlo rally on Sunday, finishing ahead of six-time world ...

January 26, 2020

Spanish league president condemns racism, fan street clashes

Spanish football was marred by a player being racially abused during a league game on Saturday, along with street clashes ...

January 26, 2020

Valencia beats Barcelona 2-0 to inflict 1st loss on Setién

Quique Setién lost his first game after three matches in charge of Barcelona as Valencia beat the defending Spanish champions ...

January 25, 2020

Marseille drops points in race for Champions League place

Marseille missed the creativity of Dimitri Payet as it dropped points in the race for a Champions League place after being ...

January 25, 2020

Netherlands forward Rob Rensenbrink dies at age 72

Rob Rensenbrink, the forward who was centimeters away from delivering the Netherlands a World Cup title in 1978, has died at ...

January 25, 2020

Atalanta back into Champions League contention with 7-0 rout

Atalanta revived its chances of earning another Champions League campaign with a 7-0 rout at Torino in Serie A on Saturday.

January 25, 2020

Leipzig beaten, Bundesliga title race thrown wide open

Leipzig lost for the first time since October, and Bayern Munich and Borussia Mönchengladbach both won to throw the ...

January 25, 2020

Cardiff fans warned over racism, homophobia in FA Cup

Cardiff fans were warned over alleged racist and homophobic chants in an FA Cup fourth-round game on Saturday. With the score ...

January 25, 2020

Tottenham held by Southampton in FA Cup, Chelsea wins

Southampton held Tottenham to a 1-1 draw in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday to force a replay, while Chelsea and ...

January 25, 2020

Protests or not, politics and Olympics are intertwined

More than a half-century later, Tommie Smith and John Carlos are cemented into Olympic lore — their names enshrined in the ...

January 25, 2020

Survival of fittest: Liverpool heads to Darwin's birthplace

The world’s best soccer team is coming to Shrewsbury, a quaint market town near the border of England and Wales, and the ...

January 25, 2020

Fourth-tier Northampton frustrates Rooney's Derby in FA Cup

Former England captain Wayne Rooney was frustrated in his bid to help Derby reach the fifth round of the FA Cup on Friday ...

January 24, 2020

Haaland record start in Bundesliga with 5 goals from 6 shots

Only one of his six shots hasn’t ended in a goal. Erling Haaland continued the remarkable start to his Borussia Dortmund ...

January 24, 2020

Nice unbeaten in 7 games after 1-1 draw with Rennes

Nice extended its unbeaten run to seven matches in all competitions by drawing 1-1 with third-place Rennes in the French ...