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Liverpool will be without top scorer Mohamed Salah for Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final, the second leg against Barcelona after manager Jurgen Klopp revealed he was concussed in a 3-2 win at Newcastle on Saturday. The Egyptian was stretchered off at St James’ Park due to a head knock sustained as he challenged Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka for a high ball. ...

The Liverpool defender has landed the PFA Player of the Year award, but insists he is giving no thought to being named the best on the planet Virgil van Dijk insists Ballon d’Or success is not “on my mind at all”, with Liverpool’s newly crowned PFA Player of the Year focused solely on Barcelonaand a Champions League clash with Lionel Messi. Having been recognised as the ...

The Frenchman continues to see his form called into question, but he has learned to turn a deaf ear to those quick to pick apart his performances Paul Pogba has responded to his critics, which include outspoken former Manchester United captain Roy Keane, by stating that he is “not paid to speak”. A World Cup winner continues to find his every move ...

The Brazil playmaker has bounced back from an indifferent start to the 2018-19 campaign and has shown some of his best form in the Champions League Philippe Coutinho is now desperate to extend his stay at Barcelona after overcoming a rocky patch of form to show the Liga champions he has the talent to be a star at Camp Nou. The Brazilian ...

The Real Salt Lake defender clashed with the enigmatic striker during a MLS fixture on Sunday, with the Swede taking things a little too far Nedum Onuoha has refused to accept Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s apology after being caught up in a bout of trash talking from the Swedish striker during an MLSfixture between Real Salt Lake and the LA Galaxy. The former Manchester City defender clashed with ...

Czech soccer player, Josef Sural who plays for Turkey’s Aytemiz Alanyaspor, was killed after a minibus carrying players from the club, crashed while returning from an away match, the club said on Monday. Sural, Czech international and Alanyaspor striker, died at the hospital where he and six of his teammates were taken after the crash, the club said on Twitter. ...

The defender made his first Premier League appearance for United since February on Sunday but left the field with a medial ligament damage Manchester United defender Eric Bailly has been ruled out of Ivory Coast’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign due to medial knee ligament damage, the Premier League club have confirmed. Bailly started a first Premier League game ...

Kevin-Prince Boateng is now a La Liga title winner with Barcelona, but he feels he could have “played 10 years for Real Madrid or Manchester United” had his attitude been better early in his career. At 32 years of age, the former Ghana international has reached the very top of the game. He has enjoyed plenty of success to this ...

Kylian Mbappe was sent off for a shocking tackle as Paris Saint-Germain were stunned by Rennes in Saturday’s French Cup final, losing 6-5 on penalties after a dramatic game finished 2-2 at the end of extra time. PSG substitute Christopher Nkunku blazed his sudden-death spot-kick over the bar in the shootout, sparking scenes of joy among the Rennes fans at ...

Guinea’s national under-17 male football team on Sunday lost 3-5 after penalty kicks to their Cameroonian counterparts in a pulsating final match at the Africa Under-17 Nations Cup competition. In the final match played at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania both sides drew goalless after 90 minutes of intense action. Both sides failed to score ...