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Bayern Munich has suspended forward Sadio Mane for one game following an altercation with Leroy Sane after this week’s Champions League loss to Man City. Bild reported Sane was hit in the face by the Senegal attacker, suffering a cut lip after Tuesday’s loss. The one-match suspension for Saturday’s home game against  home game against […]

Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio struck for Real Madrid as it dominated 10-man Chelsea and opened up a 2-0 UEFA Champions League quarterfinal lead on Wednesday. The record 14-time winners and reigning champions eased to a comfortable win against Frank Lampard‘s team, which had Ben Chilwell sent off in the second half for pulling down […]

Frank Lampard has urged Chelsea to ignore the turmoil enveloping his struggling team as he invoked the memory of the Blues’ incredible run to Champions League glory in 2012. Lampard is back in charge of Chelsea until the end of the season after replacing the sacked Graham Potter last week. After watching Chelsea crash to […]

Fans look on during the 2022 game between Chelsea and Arsenal in Orlando. They are among nine English teams with plans to return to the United States this summer. Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire. * * * * * For years, foreign teams have spent their summers on tour of the United States. The Corinthians, […]

Pep Guardiola is relishing the chance to pit his wits against Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel as the Manchester City boss looks to avenge his team’s 2021 Champions League final defeat at the German’s hands.   City hosts Bayern in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday as Guardiola continues his quest […]

Arsenal’s failure to end its winless run at Anfield by throwing away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 away to Liverpool on Sunday has opened the door for Manchester City to snatch the Premier League title away from the Gunners. Mikel Arteta‘s men still lead by six points at the top of the standings, but […]

Fresh from knocking Bayern Munich out of the German Cup, Freiburg will hope to again spoil the party against the same opponents on Saturday, this time at home. Bayern lacked firepower in Freiburg’s 2-1 win at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday, with its goal coming from center back Dayot Upamecano. Star summer arrival Sadio Mane‘s drought in […]

Frank Lampard insisted it was an “easy decision” to make his surprise return to Chelsea as caretaker manager until the end of the season on Thursday, just over two years after he was fired by the Premier League club. Lampard, Chelsea’s record goalscorer, previously managed the Blues from July 2019 until January 2021, when he […]

Aleksander Ceferin railed against the rebel clubs backing a breakaway European Super League, likening the project to “Little Red Riding Hood,” as he was re-elected unopposed for a third term as UEFA president on Wednesday. The 55-year-old Slovenian lawyer, first elected in 2016 following the downfall of Frenchman Michel Platini, will now remain in the […]

Chelsea’s new owners have been quick to try and put their stamp on the club, but the Blues’ hot seat remains one of the most precarious in football as Graham Potter was fired as manager on Sunday. Potter lasted just seven months in the job as the Englishman paid the price for slipping to 11th […]