Japan is considering declaring a state of emergency for the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area as coronavirus cases climb, casting fresh doubt over whether it can push ahead with the Olympics

Chelsea fell to a fourth defeat in six Premier League games as Manchester City handed Frank Lampard another title race reality check with a 3-1 win at Stamford Bridge.Ilkay Gundogan

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he may stay in management much longer than he anticipated. Guardiola, 49, has previously talked of limiting his time in football to pursue other

Former Tottenham boss, Mauricio Pochettino has been appointed as the new head coach of Paris Saint-Germain. It is his first managerial role since his dismissal at Spurs in November 2019,

Spurs cruised to a 3-0 victory at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Jose Mourinho got one over on Marcelo Bielsa again, exposing the flaws in Leeds United’s system to pick up

Chelsea have reported fresh positive Covid-19 cases ahead of Sunday’s clash with Manchester City – but Frank Lampard confirmed there have been no new ones involving players. Man City’s game

Manchester United moved level on points with Premier League leaders Liverpool after an entertaining and hard-fought victory over fellow high-flyers Aston Villa on New Year’s Day. Only goal difference separates

Manchester United’s Edinson Cavani has been given a three-match ban and a £100,000 fine for a social media post containing a Spanish phrase that is offensive in some contexts. The

Italian football giants, AS Roma, have kicked off their youth  football academy operations in Abuja, Nigeria. UEFA licensed coaches, Portuguese Andre Joao Castro from Lisbon (Level 1 in Talent identification)

Chelsea’s Premier  League game against Manchester City on Sunday looks set to go ahead after City confirmed they are to return to training after the outbreak of Covid-19 at the

The Premier League says it has no plans to suspend the season despite a rise in positive coronavirus tests. On Tuesday, the latest round of top-flight testing found 18 people

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has been knighted in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. The Briton, 35, sealed a seventh drivers’ title at the Turkish Grand Prix in

Liverpool were left frustrated by a host of missed chances as they drew 0-0 at Newcastle United to round off Premier League football in 2020. Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino

West Brom boss Sam Allardyce says football needs a break after the Premier League returned its highest number of positive coronavirus results in a single round of tests this season.

Tottenham’s Premier League match against Fulham on Wednesday is under threat after an outbreak of coronavirus at Fulham. Fulham are the latest Premier League club to be affected by a

Alexandre Lacazette scored 21 seconds after coming off the bench to give Arsenal a hard-fought 1-0 win over Brighton. The striker collected Bukayo Saka’s cut-back with his first touch after

Barcelona suffered without injured Lionel Messi as they drew 1-1 at home to struggling Eibar in La Liga on Tuesday. Eibar, who went into the game sitting one place above

Arsenal has reportedly emerged as frontrunners in signing Diego Costa following his Atletico Madrid departure Atletico Madrid announced reaching a mutual agreement with Costa to terminate the Spain international striker’s stay

Frank Lampard’s situation at Chelsea could “turn ugly” if they do not go on a winning run soon, says their former striker Chris Sutton.  The Blues would have gone top

Lionel Messi has not broken Pele’s goalscoring record for a single club and will have to score 448 more Barcelona goals to do so, according to a Santos club statement.