Football

Agency :Inter Milan on Friday announced the appointment of former Chelsea and Italy boss Antonio Conte as coach with the ambition of moving the club out of Juventus’ shadow.The 49-year-old former Chelsea manager has...

AFP, Madrid :Among the rewards for the Champions League winners on Saturday will be silverware, status and history but the greatest prize awaiting Liverpool or Tottenham might be an end to the agonising wait.Combined,...

Alisson Becker became the world’s most expensive goalkeeper last summer just as Hugo Lloris was celebrating the peak of his professional career.While new signing Becker posed for pictures at Liverpool’s Melwood training ground, Lloris...

AP, Baku :For Eden Hazard, it was the perfect goodbye. For Petr Cech, it was a painful way to retire.Hazard scored twice past his former teammate as Chelsea sliced through Arsenal in the second...

AP :Sebastian Soto scored a pair of goals, and the United States beat Nigeria 2-0 Monday in the Under-20 World Cup at Bielsko Biala, Poland, to rebound from an opening loss to Ukraine.Soto headed...

AFP, Seoul :When defender Hwang Bo-ram takes to the field in France next month, she will become the first mother to play for South Korea at the Women’s World Cup (WC), challenging traditional notions...

Police in Spain have made a number of arrests as part of an investigation into match-fixing.Current and former players as well as club executives – reportedly from the country’s top two divisions – have...

An Aston Villa side managed by one lifelong fan in Dean Smith and captained by another in Jack Grealish ended their three-year exile from the Premier League on Monday with a 2-1 win over...

Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman hopes Liverpool pair Virgil van Dijk and Georginio Wijnaldum emerge as Champions League winners on Saturday so that they join up with his squad in a positive mood for the...

AFP, Madrid :Real Madrid president Florentino Perez confirmed on Monday the club are keen to sign Eden Hazard this summer and claimed Sergio Ramos has an offer to move to China.Hazard could play his...