The new collective bargaining agreement provides something approaching pay parity, but is it in line with other sports in Australia?Last week’s announcement of the new Matildas pay deal was a landmark for football in Australia. The new collective barga…
Our picture editors chose their favourite pics from the weekend’s action Continue reading…
Our picture editors chose their favourite pics from the weekend’s action Continue reading…
Sounders win second title before 69,274 at CenturyLink Field MLS Cup final: Seattle Sounders 3-1 Toronto FC – as it happenedSometimes cup finals are settled with a moment of brilliance, a sprinkling of stardust that will never be forgotten. And sometim…
Victory over Arsenal keeps Foxes in title hunt and shows how manager has brought light back into a club struck by tragedyIn a side room at the King Power Stadium, Brendan Rodgers was allowing himself to reflect. Only eight and a half months had passed …
• Defender was a substitute for Everton’s win at Southampton• Keane also left out of England squad for upcoming fixturesMarco Silva has reassured Michael Keane that being dropped for club and country “is not the end of the world” and the Everton manage…
• Manager refuses to blame players after defeat by Germany• Neville: ‘My performances haven’t been good enough’Phil Neville refused to lay any blame on his players after defeat against Germany ensured a fifth loss in seven games for the Lionesses and p…
• Portuguese walks straight down tunnel after being replaced• Replacement Paulo Dybala scores only goal of match in TurinJuventus stayed top of Serie A with a 1-0 win over AC Milan thanks to Paulo Dybala’s fine strike on Sunday after Cristiano Ronaldo …
• Christian Streich sent to ground by David Abraham’s shoulder• ‘At 54 you can be run over by a young buffalo,’ says coachEintracht Frankfurt’s captain, David Abraham, was sent off for knocking over Freiburg’s coach, Christian Streich, as their Bundesl…
• Brazilian raised finger to Kiev fans then kicked ball into stands• Referee in Ukraine had followed first two steps of Uefa protocolShakhtar Donetsk’s Brazilian midfielder Taison was sent off in a Ukrainian league match against visitors Dynamo Kiev on…
• Manchester City manager claimed offence by Alexander-Arnold• Fabinho fired opening goal for Liverpool 22 seconds laterPep Guardiola said the referees’ chief Mike Riley should explain the latest controversy involving VAR as his Manchester City team fe…
For all the protests from Pep Guardiola and Manchester City, this match was not settled by marginal refereeing decisionsIt is the hardest thing in any sport to make astonishingly difficult things look astonishingly simple. With 13 minutes gone at Anfie…
Fabinho dazzles for Liverpool while John Stones struggles in the Manchester City defenceAlisson Continue reading…
Seattle and Toronto meet in final for third time in four yearsTweet Beau at @duresport or email him 7.52pm GMT Toronto starting lineup The irony here is that this Canadian club features two of the most debated players in recent U.S. history, midfielde…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was visibly upset after his side’s 3-1 defeat away at Liverpool. He was asked about the first goal of the game, a long-range effort from Liverpool’s Fabinho that came after the ball hit Trent Alexander-Arnold’s han…
There had been little more than millimetres in it during the previous two meetings of English football’s current powerhouses. Remember John Stones’s goalline clearance for Manchester City at the Etihad last January in his team’s 2-1 Premier League win …
• Odsonne Édouard opens scoring as Celtic see off Motherwell 2-0• Rangers win at Livingston to stay level on pointsCeltic ended a historic week with a 2-0 win over Motherwell that kept them top of the Scottish Premiership. The Hoops won on Italian soil…
After 85-and-a-half minutes against Newcastle Jets, Perth Glory’s indifferent start to the season was threatening to become a mini-crisis. Then something brilliant happenedGoalmouth scrambles are brilliant. Brilliant like a Paul Whitehouse Fast Show sk…
On Thursday Nuno Espírito Santo ordered Rúben Neves to do extra shooting practice after watching the midfielder fluff a penalty here in the Europa League. In the 41st minute of this Midlands derby, Neves demonstrated the value of that practice by firin…
This was as entertaining a Manchester United display as there has been under Ole Gunnar Solskjær.Midway through the second half the manager was regaled by fans with the song that pleads not to “take my Solskjær away” in recognition of the verve and vib…
