Chelsea say they are “disgusted” after right-back Reece James was racially abused on social media. James, 21, posted a screenshot of racist messages he had received via Instagram on Friday,

Up to 30,000 fans a day will be allowed to attend the Australian Open, Victoria’s minister for sport has announced. A daily crowd capacity of 30,000 will be permitted for

The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has granted suspended Confederation of African (CAF) President, Ahmad Ahmad a temporary reprieve and is now eligible to contest the CAF presidency listed

The Japoma Stadium in Douala, the Cameroon capital will host the biggest game of the quarter-finals in the 2021 African Nations championship this weekend. The Democratic Republic of Congo team had

The International Olympic Committee “is fully concentrated and committed to the successful and safe delivery” of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this year despite the Covid-19 pandemic, IOC president Thomas

Sheffield United pulled off one of the shocks of the season as they stunned Manchester United with a 2-1 victory at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. The Blades went into

Thomas Tuchel has vowed to turn Chelsea into a team “no one wants to play against” after kicking off life at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea laboured to a goalless draw as

World football governing body FIFA has cleared President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick to contest for a seat on the body’s Council at the elections scheduled for Morocco on 12 March

Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League with a superb 5-0 victory over West Brom. A first-half blitz, inspired by the excellent Ilkay Gundogan, saw City go

Goals from Nicolas Pepe, Bukayo Saka and Alexandre Lacazette saw Arsenal seal a 3-1 comeback win at Southampton on Tuesday night. Stuart Armstrong volleyed Ralph Hasenhuttl’s Saints ahead after just

Zlatan Ibrahimovic clashed heads and rowed furiously with fellow ex-Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku before seeing red in an astonishing Milan derby. The pair’s confrontation spilled over into the tunnel

Odion Ighalo has bid farewell to Manchester United in a post on Instagram, saying his time at Old Trafford was an honor he will forever cherish. The Nigerian striker’s loan

Thomas Tuchel has been appointed as the new head coach of Chelsea. The German was confirmed on Tuesday as the successor to Frank Lampard, who was sacked on Monday. Tuchel

Martin Odegaard has completed a medical at Arsenal ahead of a loan move from Real Madrid. Arsenal have agreed to sign the 22-year-old on loan until the end of the

Premier League club Chelsea have confirmed the sack of club legend and Head Coach Frank Lampard. In a statement, the club released on Monday, it said Chelsea has parted company

Chelsea will replace Frank Lampard with Thomas Tuchel, Raphael Honigstein can reveal. Lampard will lose his job as Chelsea manager on Monday, and The Athletic understands the club legend will

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp responded to his side’s FA Cup defeat by Manchester United by saying “don’t worry about us”. The loss to their fierce rivals means Liverpool have now

Bayern Munich moved seven points clear at the top of the Bundesliga after a convincing 4-0 win at Schalke 04. A Thomas Muller header put Bayern in front before Lewandowski

A moment of magic from Bruno Fernandes was enough to decide a thrilling FA Cup tie as Manchester United beat Liverpool 3-2 at Old Trafford on Sunday. Mohamed Salah had

Mesut Ozil has thanked Arsenal for an “amazing journey” after his departure to Fenerbahce was confirmed. Ozil said goodbye to his Arsenal team-mates a week ago and his move to