Real Madrid player ‘tests positive for coronavirus’ ahead of Man City tie

Real Madrid’s Champions League preparations are thrown into chaos as they confirm a positive coronavirus test for striker Mariano after his holiday – just 10 days before trip to face Manchester City By Max Winters For Mailonline Published: 12:40 BST, 28 July 2020 | Updated: 13:03 BST, 28 July 2020 Real Madrid striker Mariano Diaz has … Read more

Leicester 0-2 Manchester United: Bruno Fernandes scores from the spot to clinch Champions League

In keeping with Manchester United’s season, this was not easy. They looked ordinary at times, one-paced and prone to defensive uncertainty. Goalkeeper David de Gea looked like an accident waiting to happen and his nervousness spread to the likes of Harry Maguire and Nemanja Matic. But, though they lived dangerously at times, the United that … Read more

Leicester vs Man United and Chelsea vs Wolves – Live Premier League top four battle

TOP FOUR RACE LIVE: Latest score and updates from Leicester vs Manchester United and Chelsea vs Wolves in do or die battle for Champions League next season By Dan Ripley for MailOnline Published: 13:59 BST, 26 July 2020 | Updated: 15:47 BST, 26 July 2020 It’s crunch time on the final day of the Premier … Read more

Clive Tyldesley, 65, says he can’t understand why he is being ‘sacked’ as ITV’s voice of football

Legendary commentator Clive Tyldesley has revealed his dejection in an emotional video after being replaced in his lead role with ITV after 22 years in the job.  Tyldesley’s voice has provided the backdrop to a huge number of historic matches over more than two decades at major international tournaments and the biggest games in club … Read more

Manchester City WIN appeal against Champions League ban: FFP breach overturned by CAS

Manchester City have won their battle with UEFA and their European ban has been lifted. The Premier League club were banned from European football for two years in February after UEFA found they had committed ‘serious breaches’ of its Financial Fair Play regulations. But many of the alleged breaches were more than five years old while … Read more

World’s sports stars are spared quarantine to save the ‘crown jewels’ of Britain’s summer

World’s sports stars are spared quarantine to save the ‘crown jewels’ of Britain’s summer – including Champions League Football, British Masters Golf tournament and international cricket Britain has excused sports players from having to quarantine after foreign travel This means golf stars such as Tiger Woods can play in the British Masters International cricket events … Read more

Liverpool’s squad win the Premier League title after Man City lose to Chelsea – and celebrate wildly

Virgil van Dijk led Liverpool’s jubilant celebrations after they finally ended their 30-year league title wait on Thursday night.  Gathering together at a hotel, Jurgen Klopp’s men watched an outdoor screen as Chelsea’s 2-1 victory over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge confirmed their position as champions in an outstanding campaign which has seen them drop … Read more

Cheltenham Festival and Liverpool’s Champions League match led to MORE deaths

A consultant working in intensive care has described the decision to let two Stereophonics gigs go ahead at the start of the coronavirus outbreak as ‘downright insane’. David Hepburn, who made the comment on Twitter, works at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport – which has seen one of the highest coronavirus infection rates in … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Champions League of polo WILL go ahead despite Covid 

At last, some sporting joy for the Queen, who’s been self-isolating at Windsor Castle with Prince Philip since the beginning of lockdown. The Cartier Queen’s Cup — the Champions League of the polo world — appeared to have fallen victim to the virus. But I can disclose that the organisers’ determination to save the tournament, which … Read more

Champions League qualification ‘will be decided on sporting merit’ if season can’t be finished

UEFA have decided that if top European leagues are unable to finish their current campaigns due to the coronavirus crisis then next season’s European places will be chosen on ‘sporting merit’. A statement from Europe’s governing body read: ‘The ideal scenario, should the pandemic situation permit it, is to have the currently suspended domestic competitions completed … Read more