Football was hit by a fresh racism storm after the referee was forced TWICE to stop Feyenoord's highly-charged Europa League tie against Roma following apparent incidents of racism.
Newly formed MLS outfit New York City FC are stepping up their efforts to sign Barcelona playmaker Xavi ahead of their maiden campaign which starts next month.
Chelsea's £40million-a-year club record shirt sponsorship deal with The Yokohama Rubber Company, announced on Thursday evening, will help to guarantee that the Premier League’s shirt deals are collectively worth twice as much as those in the next most lucrative league, Germany’s Bundesliga.
The home side deserve plenty of credit for the manner in which they battled to a 2-1 victory in their last game at Aston Villa, particularly as they came from behind with a makeshift back four.
Sam Allardyce’s men could not have done much more to earn what would have been a thoroughly deserved third consecutive victory at White Hart Lane, but a last-gasp equaliser from Harry Kane means that they have still only won once in the Premier League since December 20.
It was match marred by controversy, but Burnley’s point away to leaders Chelsea could prove invaluable at the end of the season, although they could live to regret the number of points they have dropped against relegation rivals. With just three home wins all season, the Clarets must take advantage of this one.
Scholes, a League Cup winner with United in the 2008-09 season and again in 2009-10, said that for Spurs’ young side - which includes the likes of the prolific striker Harry Kane and midfielders Ryan Mason and Nabil Bentaleb
The luck finally ran out for the Red Devils in their last outing as they fell to a 2-1 defeat at Swansea City. They may have had most of the possession in the second half, but the result came following a run of only two defeats in 20 games, achieved despite a series of below-par performances.
The game had few clear cut chances to talk about in the first 45 minutes, which was Liverpool’s game plan. The Reds didn’t need to win to go through to the next round of the Europa League, but they had to make sure they didn’t lose in 90 minutes.
The first-half between the two clubs was goalless, clear-cut chances at a premium. Tottenham were forced to rest key names for a Capital One Cup final to come in a few days so they weren’t at their strongest.
Monaco left the Emirates Stadium with a 3-1 away win, the goals coming from Geoffrey Kondogbia, former Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Fulham striker Dimitar Berbatov, and Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco.
Van Persie has picked up a problem with his ankle and though van Gaal insisted it wasn’t serious, he did admit it would take a while to heal enough for the striker to return to playing. Van Persie was injured late in United’s 2-1 defeat against Swansea City on February 21.
Blackett was promoted to the first team at the start of the season by van Gaal and has gone on to make 10 appearances for United, most recently in the 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford by Southampton in mid-January.
The Merseyside club currently have several key players on the sidelines, with Aiden McGeady and Bryan Oviedo the latest names to be added to their injury list
The 22-year-old has held talks with Sociedad in recent weeks, with Moyes extremely keen to bring him to the Basque country, but despite being offered lucrative terms, he has decided to go to Merseyside in what he has described as his ‘dream’ move.
Matic was sent off in Chelsea’s Saturday draw with Burnley for his retaliation to an incident with Ashley Barnes, who, Matic felt, had made a dangerous, studs-up tackle.
Herrera, a summer signing from La Liga outfit Athletic Bilbao, fell out of Louis van Gaal’s favour earlier in the season but upon regaining his place in the manager’s starting XI, has scored two goals in as many games.
The Premier League champions were second best throughout against a side boasting a front three of four-time Ballon D’Or winner Lionel Messi, Brazil star Neymar and the 2013-14 PFA and Football Writers’ Player of the Year, Luis Suarez.
Apparently, Neymar had an issue with something a City fan said to him so he decided to "reply" the fan.....He didn't get into anything messy but he walked up to the fan. More on it later....
Real Madrid do not just celebrate victories and football star celebs, they also celebrate a very large number of fans. The La Liga giants are known all over the world which is a reason for their high level of followership by those who love them all around the world but they have focused their marketing efforts on .....
Luis Suarez delivered his best performance in a Barcelona shirt, shining back on English soil, demonstrating the finishing finesse that had brought individual honours at Liverpool last season.
Juventus will meet Borussia Dortmund's famous 'yellow wall' in three weeks with a narrow advantage after a tap in a piece from Carlos Tevez and Alvaro Morata saw the Serie A leaders leave this Champions League last 16 tie with a one-goal lead.
Cristiano Ronaldo moved up to third on Real Madrid's all-time top scorers list after he found the net in a comfortable away victory over Elche in La Liga.
This damaging defeat at the Liberty Stadium, which completed Swansea's first league double over the Red Devils, means United's top-four aspirations are in real doubt.
Everton had led through Steven Naismith's 57th-minute opener but the introduction of David Nugent and Jamie Vardy soon after sparked a turnaround as Vardy crossed for Nugent to score and then repeated the feat a few minutes later for Esteban Cambiasso to finish.
Manchester United striker Robin van Persie left the Liberty Stadium on crutches and with his right leg in a protective boot to pile more misery on Louis van Gaal.
SOUTHAMPTON, England - Liverpool moved two points off the top four in the Premier League with a 2-0 win at Southampton on Sunday, while Tottenham fought back for a 2-2 draw with West Ham.
Joey Barton apologised to his QPR team-mates and the club's supporters after he was sent off for violent conduct in the defeat at fellow Premier League strugglers Hull.
Barcelona delivered one of their worst performances of the season and Lionel Messi had his first off day of the year as Luis Enrique’s team were beaten 1-0 at home by Malaga just three days before they face Manchester City.
Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski and Arjen Robben struck twice as the champions annihilated promoted Paderborn 6-0 on Saturday to open up an 11-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.