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An amateur footballer has been jailed for killing a referee with a single punch after he was booked in a Michigan United Soccer League match. John Bieniewicz was about to show Bassel Saad a second yellow card and send the...

Lionel Messi scored twice to take his season's goal total to 43 as Barcelona beat Eibar comfortably to open up a four-point lead at the top of La Liga. Messi converted a 31st-minute penalty for Luis Enrique's side, who face...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his side can still knock Monaco out of the Champions League despite trailing 3-1 in their last-16 tie. They play the Ligue 1 side on Tuesday with no team having recovered from a similar deficit...

Former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has hit out at the English press once again, claiming he left Anfield for Barcelona because he was "tired" of the media. The Uruguay international ended his three-and-a-half year association with Liverpool last summer when...

Arsenal have proved past masters at finishing in the Premier League's top four but manager Arsene Wenger says the task is becoming harder every season. With 10 games remaining the Gunners are well-placed in third spot, four points behind second-placed...

Chelsea will win the Premier League title this season, manager Jose Mourinho has predicted. The Blues were knocked out of the Champions League by Paris St-Germain in midweek but lead the top flight by five points with 11 games remaining. Mourinho...

Javier Hernandez insists he is good enough for Real Madrid and believes his loan from Manchester United to the Santiago Bernabeu has been worthwhile. The Mexico striker left Old Trafford in September 2014 after he was reportedly deemed surplus to...

Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic accused Chelsea's players of acting like "babies" after he was sent off during his side's triumphant draw at Stamford Bridge in the Champions League. Ibrahimovic was shown a straight red card by Dutch referee Bjorn...

FIFA has expelled Zimbabwe from 2018 World Cup qualifying for failing to pay its national team coach. FIFA's disciplinary committee took the action "as a result of the non-payment of an outstanding debt" by Zimbabwe's Football Federation to former coach...

England have dropped two places to 17th place in the latest rankings list published by FIFA. After a run of six successive victories towards the end of last year, Roy Hodgson's side moved up seven spots to 13th. However, following a...