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World champions Germany and holders Spain name provisional Euro 2016 squads

Competition heavyweights Germany and Spain on Tuesday unveiled their provisional squads for the European Championships that take place in France next

17/05/2016

Sport

Leicester City's formidable Foxes in Premier League victory parade

Hundreds of thousands of fans gathered in the streets of Leicester on Monday as the city’s football team paraded on an open top bus to celebrate

16/05/2016

Sport

Chelsea-bound Conte cleared over match-fixing scandal

Incoming Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has been cleared by an Italian court of any wrongdoing in a match fixing scandal dating back to 2011. The

16/05/2016

Sport

Flares, flags and honking horns - clubs and fans celebrate title-winning season

It was party time in Barcelona, Lisbon and Istanbul over the weekend. Barcelona and their fans celebrated the club’s 24th domestic league crown. For

16/05/2016

United Kingdom

Suspect 'bomb' at Manchester Utd. was training device

A suspicious package which prompted the evacuation of Manchester United's football stadium (Old Trafford) on Sunday has been identified as a training device, according to police.

16/05/2016

United Kingdom

Manchester Utd: Police carry out controlled explosion at Old Trafford

A bomb disposal team has carried out a controlled explosion on a suspect package that was found at Manchester United’s Old Trafford Stadium. The

15/05/2016

Sport

Barcelona clinch their 24th la Liga title

A convincing 3-0 win over Granada preceded Barcelona’s la Liga title celebrations as Luis Enrique’s men secured their 24th crown at the Nuevo Estadio

14/05/2016

Sport

FIFA audit and compliance chief quits over reforms

FIFA’s new president Gianni Infantino is facing his first major test. The global football body’s audit and compliance chief has quit in protest at

14/05/2016

Sport

Samoura becomes first female FIFA secretary general

Senegal’s Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura has been appointed as Fifa’s first female secretary general. The 54-year-old succeeds former secretary general

14/05/2016

Mexico

African woman becomes new secretary general of crisis-hit FIFA

An African woman has been named as FIFA’s new secretary general, as the global soccer ruling body tries to move on from a corruption scandal

13/05/2016

Sport

Zlatan leaves PSG "like a legend"

Football clubs around the world will be no doubt reaching for the cheque books in a rush to sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic. In his usual self-aggrandizing

13/05/2016

France

Ibrahimovic announces departure from PSG

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has confirmed he will be leaving Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season. The Swedish striker whose contract with the French

13/05/2016

Spain

Spanish football club CD Palencia unveil 'inside out' kit

It was intended to produce a reaction, and it worked. Spanish third division (fourth tier) side CDPalencia have unveiled a new ‘anatomical’ kit. The

13/05/2016

Sport

France names squad for Euro 2016 Martial, Payet and Kante in

French coach Didier Deschamps has played safe with his 23-man squad for the upcoming Euro 2016.

12/05/2016

Sport

Everton sack coach Roberto Martinez

Everton have sacked coach Roberto Martinez after a disappointing season for the Toffees.

12/05/2016

Sport

Frank de Boer leaves Ajax to seek new horizons maybe on Merseyside?

Ajax Amsterdam and coach Frank de Boer have parted company after six years.

12/05/2016

Sport

Man United bus attack sours West Ham party night

West Ham United victorious farewell to Upton Park was tarnished as the Manchester United United team bus came under attack from West Ham supporters ahead of Tuesday's final match at the old ground.

11/05/2016

Sport

Buffon and on as keeper signs contract to stay at Juve until 40

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has sigJned a three-year contract extension, which will keep him at the club until his 40th birthday.

11/05/2016

Sport

Bayern mean business signing Sanches and Hummels

Bayern Munich have pounced early in the transfer market laying down a strong marker for next season under coach new coach Carlo Ancelotti.

10/05/2016

Sport

Bayern Munich and PSV crowned champions

Welcome back to the Corner. The football season is drawing to a close and we have two new Champions this week. One was expected while the other one

09/05/2016