Football: Kane could be out for rest of the season, says PochettinoLONDON (AFP) - Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said talisman Harry Kane could be out of the rest of the season after he limped off injured in the second half of his team's 1-0 Champions League victory against Manchester City on Tuesday (April 9).Kane...

Football: Chelsea goalie Kepa fined one week's pay, apologises for League Cup final mutinyLONDON (AFP) - Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has been fined a week's wages by the club after defying manager Maurizio Sarri and refusing to be substituted during the English League Cup final on Sunday (Feb 24)."Although there...

Football: Albirex Niigata raring to make up for lost time after disjointed start to seasonIn each of their three league-winning campaigns, Albirex Niigata have always won their first few games of the season to give themselves a good start in the title race.They now find themselves in an unfamiliar position, however, having...

Football: Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk and Arsenal's Vivianne Miedema win PFA Player of the Year awardsLONDON (AFP) - Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk was named as England's PFA Player of the Year for 2019 on Sunday (April 28).Van Dijk succeeded Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah in winning the award, voted for by his...

Football: Kante strike the difference as Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 1-0(REUTERS) - Chelsea kept up their pursuit of the Premier League's top three clubs with a 1-0 win away to London rivals Crystal Palace on Sunday (Dec 30), thanks to a strike by N'Golo Kante early in the second half.Chelsea had to work hard to break...

Football: Solskjaer unimpressed as 'sloppy' United avoid banana skinMANCHESTER, England (REUTERS) - Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer labelled his team "sloppy" after they laboured to a 2-1 Premier League win over Watford at Old Trafford on Saturday (March 30).Solskjaer's first game since being named manager...

Just the first step: KloppLONDON • The first anybody knew about it was the tinny roar from the Wolves end.It was the news every Liverpool supporter had been dreading and, football being the sport of schadenfreude, there was not a great deal of sympathy coming from the Wolves fans who, for only one day, had chosen to...

Football: Thailand axe Serbian coach Milovan Rajevac after Asian Cup horror show in 4-1 loss to IndiaABU DHABI (AFP) - Thailand have fired coach Milovan Rajevac following a humiliating 4-1 thrashing by India in their opening Asian Cup football game at the weekend.The 65-year-old Serb, who took charge of Thailand in 2017,...