France Football Magazine have revealed the top five highest earning players and managers during 2016/17. Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has topped the football rich list after earning a mind blowing €87.5m in the last year. The Portuguese striker’s arch rival claimed second place after pocketing around €76.5m, according to France Football Magazine. Meanwhile, Barcelona … Read more
Chelsea striker Diego Costa suffered an injury scare during a training session with Spain. Costa was forced out of the session with a leg and ankle injury and underwent X-rays at the Sanitas Clinic in La Moraleja, but was given the all-clear, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said. The striker is still under observation and … Read more
A Paulinho brace helped Brazil to a 4-1 victory over Uruguay in a clash of the top two teams in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying on Thursday. Uruguay were awarded a penalty on nine minutes when Alisson took down Edinson Cavani after the PSG striker had beaten the Brazil keeper to a chested back-pass from left-back … Read more
China’s cash-rich Super League needs to work on improving local talent as well as dipping into its deep pockets to attract top foreign players, the La Liga chief said Thursday. Javier Tebas told AFP he was “not worried at all” about the best La Liga players being tempted by lucrative salary offers as the level … Read more
The world of football is not a forgiving place. You can be the most talented and the most loved player in the world, but unless you consistently deliver on the pitch, the ‘beautiful game’ will pass you by with no remorse. To verify the truth of this, one just needs to look at the life … Read more
Barcelona are back in action in the Primera Division on Sunday with a match at home to struggling Valencia. Luis Enrique’s side thrashed Paris Saint-Germain 6-1 in their last game at Camp Nou to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League with an epic comeback after losing the first leg 4-0, but the Blaugrana … Read more
Former Chelsea midfielder Ramires scored the goal that kept China’s big-spending Jiangsu Suning on top of their AFC Champions League group with a 1-0 win at Japan’s Gamba Osaka on Wednesday. The Brazilian midfielder, who cost Jiangsu 28 million euros from the London club in January 2016, struck a gorgeous finish with his left foot … Read more
Kawasaki Frontale captain Yu Kobayashi coolly chipped home a penalty in the fifth minute of stoppage time to grab a richly deserved 1-1 draw at Guangzhou Evergrande on Tuesday in the AFC Champions League. The Japanese side laid siege to the two-time Asian champions’ goalmouth after the prolific Brazilian striker Alan put the home side … Read more
3 goals in the last 7 minutes of the Barcelona vs PSG match last night, saw the Catalan Giants become the first side to overturn a first-leg 4-0 away defeat in the history of UEFA Champions League! FC Barcelona has claimed a scarcely believable Champions League victory against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) – a feat that will … Read more
Barcelona made Champions League history by becoming the first team to overturn a first-leg 4-0 deficit as they knocked out Paris St-Germain to reach the quarter-finals for the 10th successive season. The Spanish champions were 5-3 down on aggregate in the 88th minute, but scored three goals in the final seven minutes in one of … Read more
Barcelona made Champions League history by becoming the first team to overturn a first-leg 4-0 deficit and knock out Paris St-Germain to reach the quarter-finals for the 10th successive season. The Spanish champions were 5-3 down on aggregate in the 88th minute, but Neymar’s free-kick and penalty followed by Sergi Roberto’s 95th-minute winner sealed victory. … Read more
Brazilian football team Chapecoense landed in Venezuela on Monday ahead of their first international fixture since a plane crash wiped out their team. The side had to rebuild virtually from scratch after the crash killed 19 of their players and staff in November, turning a fairytale rise into a nightmare. The disaster destroyed a team … Read more
Chapecoense have won their first international match since 19 players and staff were killed in November’s plane crash that saw 71 people die. The visitors beat Zulia 2-1 in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo in their first ever Copa Libertadores tie, South America’s main regional tournament. The win puts them top of Group 7. Chapecoense … Read more
Ronaldo has now gone six games without a goal. Real Madrid increased their Spanish record of scoring in 47 consecutive games with a win in Italy, but their Portuguese star striker is enduring his longest baron patch in the Champions League – Ronaldo has now gone six games without a goal. He has five assists … Read more
?Carlos Tevez has wasted little time in announcing himself to the Chinese Super League and scored 35 minutes into his debut for Shanghai Shenhua. The former Manchester Utd and City striker made headlines at the turn of the year when he left boyhood club Boca Juniors for the second time in his career and signed … Read more
A Brazilian court has ruled that the son of soccer great Pele must be released from jail and allowed to fight an almost 13-year prison sentence for drug-related charges while free. Edson Cholbi do Nascimento, known as Edinho, turned himself in to police last week to serve a sentence that was reduced from 33 years … Read more
The Chinese Super League will take another step towards global recognition when it returns this week, boasting some of the world’s best-paid players and a growing audience including live broadcasts in Britain. When Argentina’s Carlos Tevez makes his league debut for Shanghai Shenhua, fans from Liaoning to Liverpool can tune in to see what can … Read more
Chelsea midfielder Willian believes healthy competition for places has been one of the driving forces behind the Premier League leaders’ assault on the title this season. Chelsea have a 10-point cushion over second-placed Tottenham Hotspur with 12 games remaining. Willian also feels the strength of the squad means manager Antonio Conte can rely on his … Read more
The son of Brazil’s footballing legend, Pele, has handed himself in to complete his sentence for money laundering and drug trafficking. Edinho, a former professional goalkeeper, was first arrested in 2005 over the charges, but appealed. He remained free during the appeal but was sentenced in 2014 to 33 years. The court has reduced that … Read more
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure joked he would change his passport to become Brazilian and play alongside Neymar and Philippe Coutinho. A former captain of Ivory Coast, Toure made 102 appearances for his country, including winning the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Led by Barcelona star Neymar and to a lesser extent Liverpool’s Coutinho, Brazil … Read more