European Football

UEFA study finds COVID-19 pandemic left European clubs poorer by €7 billion

The virus-disrupted past two seasons, with many games played to empty terraces, ended an uninterrupted rise in revenue over the previous 20 years.

Premier League: Managers to meet over worsening COVID-19 concerns

Manchester City Pep Guardiola may join the growing list of those in isolation after he returned an inconclusive COVID-19 test that forced the cancellation of his press conference on Friday

Serie A: Denmark's Christian Eriksen leaves Inter Milan 'by mutual consent'

The 29-year-old has been fitted with a pacemaker. That means he is not allowed to play in Italian football, but other championships do not have the same rules

Premier League: Rio Ferdinand says it is time for manager Gunnar Solskjaer to leave Manchester United

The Norwegian boss is under intense pressure after a 5-0 home thumping by Liverpool and a one-sided 2-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester City on Saturday

European football: In-form West Ham host Liverpool; Serie A awaits Milan derby

Liverpool can extend its unbeaten run to 26 matches, which would beat the club’s all-time league landmark set by Bob Paisley’s 1982 team

PSG, Man City set to benefit from expected end to financial fair play restrictions

Rivals of PSG and City have consistently asked how the duo can be respecting the rules when they spend as much as they do, most notably when the French side splurged the two biggest transfer fees in history to sign Neymar and Kylian Mbappe in 2017.

Serie A: Napoli continue perfect start at Udinese to move top of table

Napoli moved top of Serie A on Monday thanks to a 4-0 stroll at Udinese which made sure they maintained their 100 percent start to the season.

Champions League: Griezmann returns to Atletico amid jeers as Spanish champions survive Porto scare

Griezmann was left out of the starting line-up by Diego Simeone and was then whistled by a large section of Atleti fans when he came on in the second half.

Champions League: Unpopular Leipzig still no match for Man City, PSG's petrodollars

Derided by opposition fans for trampling over German football traditions, RB Leipzig find themselves in the unusual position of not being cast as the bad guys as the Champions League's group of death kicks off on Wednesday.

Champions League: Real Madrid aim to defy power shift and assert themselves in Europe again

Madrid reached the semi-finals last season but were resoundingly beaten by Chelsea, whose 3-1 win on aggregate would have been more emphatic had they not missed a cluster of chances in the second leg.