Liverpool's midweek League Cup shootout win means it will be a much-changed side that faces West Ham United in the FA Cup clash, manager Jurgen Klopp said.
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has dismissed talk of a ‘quadruple’ this season as unrealistic ahead of this weekend’s FA Cup fourth round clash at Premier League rivals Aston Villa. No English club has ever won both the domestic cup competitions, the league and European Champions League in the same season but […]
Former Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic announced his retirement on Friday, saying injuries had taken their toll and it was time to call it a day.
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Manchester United captain and defensive rock Nemanja Vidic announced his retirement on Friday, saying injuries had taken their toll and it was time to call it a day. The 34-year-old Serbian central defender moved to Inter Milan in 2014 but his contract with the Serie A club was terminated by mutual […]
ZURICH (Reuters) – Disgraced FIFA president Sepp Blatter will return to the headquarters of soccer’s governing body on Feb. 16 when his appeal against his ban from the sport will be heard, according to his advisor. Blatter, head of soccer’s scandal-plagued governing body since 1998, was banned in December from all football-related activity for eight […]
REUTERS – Girondins Bordeaux have agreed a deal for their Tunisia winger Wahbi Khazri to move to Sunderland, the Ligue 1 club said on Friday. No financial details were given but Sky Sports television reported a nine-million pound ($12.89 million) fee had been agreed with the relegation-threatened Premier League club. Bordeaux said in a statement […]
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Holders Barcelona will play Valencia in the two-legged semi-finals of the King’s Cup and Sevilla will take on Celta Vigo following the draw on Friday. Valencia are yet to win in the league in seven matches under former England defender Gary Neville and face the ominous task of taking on last season’s […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – Bayern Munich will not be forced into an emergency signing to replaced injured central defender Jerome Boateng, club CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said on Friday. Boateng was injured midway through the 2-1 Bundesliga victory over Hamburg SV in the first game back after the winter break. Bayern have said the adductor muscle injury […]
(Reuters) – Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will be out for about 10 weeks after tearing ankle and knee ligaments in Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final win against Everton, he tweeted on Thursday. “Just got back from the specialist. I’ll be out for around 10 weeks,” wrote the Belgium international, who will miss the showpiece […]
By Simon Evans MIAMI (Reuters) – Four of the candidates for president of FIFA are heading to Qatar for meetings on Saturday, with one of them, South African Tokyo Sexwale, saying “the time for alliances is coming”. The development suggests that electoral horse-trading might be about to begin in the battle to replace Sepp Blatter […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will be out for at least six weeks after tearing ankle and knee ligaments in Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final against Everton, according to his representative. “Kevin will be out for at least six weeks but it is too early to know more at this stage,” Patrick […]
