Football

Instructions were sent to referees before the start of the season to stop matches if homophobic songs could be heard

The 60-year-old has reportedly irritated club bosses by continuing to smoke despite his health issues

Transfer window closes on September 2, leaving Catalans in a race against time to come to an agreement

The games will be played during the week beginning on September 23

The club from northwest England are the first club to be expelled from the league since Maidstone United in 1992.

The Chilean has only scored three Premier League goals in 32 appearances since arriving at Old Trafford

Brazilian footballer's role was originally edited out by pending the outcome of his rape case

Griezmann copied Lionel Messi for the goal and LeBron James for the celebration but it was his night for Barcelona

Footage of two-time FIFA women's player of the year successfully kicking a 55-yard field goal went viral last week

Klopp’s side lead the league with three wins from as many games while Guardiola’s Manchester are second

26-year-old turned and took a bow in front of the jubilant I Nerazzurri fans among the 65,000 crowd

French Equalities Minister Marlene Schiappa later tweeted her congratulations to the referee who stopped the match

Mbappe twice came close to score but was denied both times by Toulouse goalkeeper Baptiste Reynet

Barcelona will hope to have Messi back for the trip to Osasuna next weekend

Spurs were left aggrieved when Harry Kane was fouled but VAR failed to overturn Mike Dean's decision to play on

With Liverpool off to a perfect start with three successive victories, City are already under pressure to keep pace

The 26-year-old insists he will use the jibes as fuel to step up the fight against racists

City captain was involved in all three goals as the champions clinched their second Premier League win of the season

Both attackers were at the heart of things, their energy and enthusiasm appreciated by the crowd

Attackers Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele are also sidelined with muscle problems

Transfer window closes in France, Spain and Italy on September 2, meaning time is running out for a deal to be done

Gunners have now lost their last three visits to Anfield by a combined score of 12-2

United now have just one win from their first three games, a record that falls short of the Norwegian's expectations

Tammy Abraham's brace and Mason Mount's second goal of the season gave the Blues their maiden win

Coach Maurizio Sarri was missing from the sidelines as he recovers from pneumonia

Subjected to racist abuse on social media after missing penalty Abraham took just three minutes to score first goal

It was the first time in La Liga that a penalty was ordered to be re-taken

19-year-old helps German giants beat newly promoted side 3-1

Spurs manager believes midfielder’s transfer confusion ‘not a good situation’

Pogba incident has brought the issue of racism in football back to the fore

Brazilian Forward is yet to score after two games in Premier League

United manager was criticised after Pogba failed to convert a penalty for fourth time in a year

24-year-old winger arrives from PSV Eindhoven where he won the Dutch title in 2018

Eight-time holders Juventus begin their title defence and Napoli will be looking for their first Scudetto in 30 years

Juventus start the season without Sarri who will miss the Parma game and Napoli in Turin on August 31 with pneumonia

The Croatian coach said his compatriot Perisic had better chances of making a first start for Bayern on Sunday

When the striker tweaked his calf, it was assumed an attacking roster of Suarez, Griezmann and Dembele would cope.

The nine tackles he made in the 1-1 draw at Wolves were the most by a player in a single game to date this season

There is an early opportunity for David Luiz to make his mark by halting the trio of Mane, Firmino and Salah

The 34-time Belgian champions finished sixth last season, 20 points behind champions Genk, who they face this Friday

Spanish midfielder Dani Ceballos, on loan from Real Madrid, has made the biggest impression

Juve say the evening kickoffs in Italy reduce the scope to attract viewers in Asia

Lewandowski, who had repeatedly called for reinforcements if the club were to remain competitive

The Bayern CEO expressed sympathy for Sanches, who has made just 17 starts for Bayern since arriving three years ago

Paul Pogba was the third footballer to suffer racial abuse in a week, the others being Tammy Abraham and Yakou Meite.

Antoine Griezmann, the 120 million summer signing from Atletico Madrid, is the only fully-fit forward, with Rafinha

China, currently ranked a lowly 71st in the FIFA rankings, have reached the World Cup only once

The club will begin the campaign play in 2022, in a new stadium

Four-time Champions League winners dominated possession and created a string of promising situations

Runners-up have not held the Scudetto aloft since Argentine legend Diego Maradona inspired them in 1987 and 1990