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Former Arsenal star Thierry Henry is stepping down as head coach of Major League Soccer (MLS) side CF Montreal due to family reasons. Henry made the announcement on Twitter, saying: "It is with a heavy heart that I'm writing this message. The last year has been an extremely difficult one for me personally. Due to the worldwide pandemic, I was unable to see my children. "Unfortunately, due to the ongoing restrictions and the fact that we will have to relocate to the US

In a match that was largely low on quality, it was a standout moment of brilliance that eventually gave Real Madrid a narrow 1-0 win over 10-man Atalanta in the Champions League round of 16. Full back Ferland Mendy broke the deadlock with only four minutes remaining with a delightful goal from outside the area, after Real had put Atalanta under relentless pressure following Remo Freuler's early sending off. Atalanta defended resolutely after going down to 10 men with only 17 minutes on

In an exclusive interview with Sky Sports, Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers explains how his side has needed to be tactically flexible to succeed this season. Possession was once Brendan Rodgers’ mantra. This is the coach whose first season in the Premier League with Swansea saw the newly-promoted side dominate the ball like no competition newcomer ever had. Only Manchester City completed more passes. His commitment to this passing game resulted in Swansea being applauded from the pitch at Anfield that season. He

MADRID: Lionel Messi soared past Luis Suarez to become La Liga's top scorer on Wednesday (Feb 24) by adding his 17th and 18th goals of the season in a much-needed 3-0 victory for Barcelona over Elche. Barca had followed up last week's crushing Champions League loss to Paris Saint-Germain by drawing at home to Cadiz on Sunday but eased the strain with a comfortable win at the Camp Nou. Messi's double owed much to a pair of superb assists, with a supreme dribble

Liverpool's Premier League title hopes are over and the main target now is to win the Champions League, forward Sadio Mane said. Liverpool ripped up the record books last season on the way to their first English top-flight title in 30 years, but a season marred by injuries and poor form has left the club sixth and trailing leaders Manchester City by 19 points. "Our target from the beginning was the Champions League, the Premier League and also Cup games. And now, I

BUDAPEST: Bernardo Silva scored once and set up another as Manchester City eased to a 2-0 victory over Borussia Moenchengladbach in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday (Feb 25), extending their winning run to 19 games in all competitions. City, who are unbeaten in their last 26 matches, have a huge advantage for the March 16 return leg in Manchester after Silva headed in a pinpoint Joao Cancelo cross in the 29th minute to put them in front. The Portuguese midfielder

OSLO: Norway’s national football team will play their first home World Cup qualifying game at a neutral venue in Spain next month because of travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. The Norwegian football federation said on Tuesday the game against Turkey on March 27 will be played in Malaga instead of Oslo. No fans will be allowed to attend. Norway will begin their World Cup qualifying program with a game at Gibraltar on March 24 before going to Spain to play Turkey

The official ambassador delegate for Football World Heritage of UNESCO, Princess Rani Vanouska T-Modely visited Aspire Academy and met with football student-athletes and coaching staff, during one of the football training sessions. The UNESCO Official was met and welcomed to the world-renowned institution of youth sport development by Aspire Academy Deputy Director General, Ali Salem Afifa, who went on to accompany her to the academy outdoor football pitches where Aspire Academy football training sessions were taking place. "l am happy to come to

Real Madrid travel to Bergamo as Atalanta BC welcomes them to the Gewiss Stadium for the Champions League round-of-16 tie on Wednesday. The build-up to this nervy affair seems somewhat gloomy from a Real Madrid perspective because of all the injuries that have plagued the first team. Gasperini’s free-scoring side has qualified in second place from Group D – behind holders Liverpool, while 13-time Champions Real Madrid managed to top Group B after a shaky start to proceedings and only sealed their place in

Report as Bayern Munich eased to a heavy victory over Lazio in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with Robert Lewandowski and Leroy Sane among the scorers Jamal Musiala became the youngest English scorer in the Champions League as holders Bayern defeated Lazio 4-1 in the first leg of their last-16 tie in Rome. The 17-year-old midfielder scored the second of the German side's three first-half goals as they all but secured their place in the quarter-finals. Robert Lewandowski opened

Al Ahli beat Umm Salal 1-0 in Week 17 of the 2020-21 season QNB Stars League at the Al Ahli Stadium on Tuesday. Hazem Shehata's strike in the 56th minute proved decisive as Al Ahli, playing with 10 men for around 30 minutes following red card to Jassem Al Sharshani, defended well late in the match to seal their eighth victory. Al Ahli now have 26 points, while Umm Salal remained on 15 points following their eighth defeat. After both sides fought to

Qatar Football Association and ASEAN Football Federation will hold a second workshop as part of the Multimedia Learning series, beginning today until Thursday, to increase awareness of and tackle bribery, match-fixing, and illicit betting practices that undermine football credibility. The series occurs within the scope of the deepening of collaboration and activation of the Memorandum between football federations, as well as representing the immediate need to exchange information on recent developments in this region. With the cooperation of all 12 AFF Member Organisations,

Last night, when they battled twice to steal a tense 3-2 win over Al Arabi, Al Sadd remained true to the word, thanks to fast goals by Baghdad Bounedjah and Santiago Cazorla late in the game. Leading the match 2-1, Al Arabi were sensing an upset victory over Al Sadd – still unbeaten in the season – but Bounedjah’s 90th-minute header and Cazorla’s stunning shot in the second minute of stoppage time shocked The Dream Team as The Wolves moved to just one

The Qatar Football Association (QFA) has confirmed that the national team will not take part in this year’s Copa America. The tournament is scheduled to be held between 11 June and 10 July across nine cities in Argentina and Columbia. The decision not to take part in this year’s Copa American Cup comes after the decision made by Asian Football Federation (AFC), which postponed the joint qualifiers’ dates for the AFC Asian Cup 2023 and FIFA 2022 World Cup. The defending AFC cup

PAMPLONA, Spain: Sevilla's Diego Carlos and Luuk de Jong got on the scoresheet to secure a fifth La Liga win in a row as their side enjoyed a 2-0 victory at Osasuna on Monday (Feb 22) to move above Barcelona into third place and join the title race. Osasuna defender Oier Sanrujo almost got the hosts off to a perfect start when he sent a header crashing against the post in the opening minutes, but it was Sevilla's Brazilian defender Diego Carlos who

Juventus close gap on leaders Inter Milan to eight points and second-placed AC Milan to four points, but reigning Serie A champions have a game in hand on top two; Sevilla move up to third in La Liga Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Juventus returned to winning ways with a 3-0 home victory over bottom club Crotone to keep Andrea Pirlo's team in the Serie A title race. Juventus were under scrutiny after defeat to Napoli had been followed by a Champions League

Crowds of up to 10,000 could be allowed back into British soccer stadiums from the middle of May after the government outlined its four-step plan to ease the lockdown on Monday. The third stage of the plan would, from May 17, would conditionally allow 10,000 fans back into the biggest grounds. Stadiums in some parts of the country did briefly open their doors to a very limited number of fans in December, but a new wave of COVID-19 infections across the country prompted

*Total AFCOn U17 draw to be conducted on Wednesday  * The 2021 Total Africa Cup of Nations U17 final competition will be conducted on Wednesday, 24 February 2021.  The Total AFCON U17 will be played in Morocco from 13 March until 31 March 2021.  The draw, to be conducted by CAF Director of Competitions, Samson Adamu will be live on CAF platforms from 13h00 (GMT).  The draw procedure will be communicated in due course.  The qualified teams are (in no particular order) :  WAFU A :

Everton’s first win of any description over Liverpool since 2010 lifted Carlo Ancelotti’s seventh-placed side level with the champions on 40 points although they have played a game less. Twelve months ago Liverpool were ripping up the record books on the way to their first English top-flight title for 30 years but defeat by Everton on Saturday left them mulling a host of far less flattering statistics. Their 2-0 defeat at Anfield was their first loss at home to city rivals Everton since

The Premier League has revealed the official match ball that will be used to play out the remainder of the 2020-21 season. With just a few months of the campaign left to play, the new Nike Flight will be used across all games from Friday, Feb. 19 -- starting with Leeds United's trip to take on Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux. The Flight ball has been in use in the Premier League all season, with 634 goals being scored using its two previous designs