

Aston Villa’s visit to Manchester City probably could not come at a worse time for Dean Smith and his players.Smith insists he will have a team capable of challenging City, but the implications of the outbreak remainunclear.The Villa manager can at least take encouragement from the way that the home side have dealt with a similar outbreak of cor...

Ellen White is preparing for Manchester City's Continental Cup quarter-final clash with Chelsea and has reflected on how results in the big games initially affect the mood in theEngland camp.The club has also announced the arrival of another World Cup winner, Abby Dahlkemper,whileChelsea have signed Pernille Harder, Melanie Leupolz, Jessie Flemi...

Gareth Bale is "not producing" for Jose Mourinho, according to Dimitar Berbatov, who says Tottenham may have to send the Welshman back to Real Madrid.The experienced winger's first spell at Spurs came to an end when he joined the Blancos for a then-world record fee of £85 million ($116m) in 2013, and he went on to score over 100 goals at Santiag...

As the substitute board went up in the 89th minute of Sunday evening's game against Liverpool at Anfield, Bruno Fernandes cut a frustrated figure.“His form is very good, he was just voted Player of the Month,” the Manchester United boss told reporters on Tuesday. “He’s not tired, no, no chance. He is one of the players that runs and covers the g...

There was a comedy of errors as Roma crashed out of the Coppa Italia on Tuesday night, with theGiallorossi having two red cards in the space of two minutes and making an illegal substitution in extra time.After already making five substitutions during the match, manager Paulo Fonseca brought on defender Ibanez for former Chelsea forward Pedro.Ro...