Football: Jurgen Klopp fires up Liverpool with 'It's only pain' motto, Pep Guardiola urges City to 'be precise'LONDON (THE GUARDIAN) - Jurgen Klopp has vowed Liverpool's injury-hit squad will fight to the last to land the club's first English Premier League title in 29 years on Sunday (May 12) and will go to Wolves with...

Football: Atletico earn comfortable win at struggling HuescaHUESCA (REUTERS) - Atletico Madrid eased the pain of their midweek Copa del Rey exit to Girona by strolling to a 3-0 win at basement club Huesca on Saturday (Jan 19), moving to within two points of La Liga leaders Barcelona.France defender Lucas Hernandez scored...

Football: Manchester City must execute game plan to perfection in must-win game against LiverpoolThe Champions League final is on June 1. The English Premier League final, if Pep Guardiola is right, is on Jan 3. The Manchester City manager has claimed the title race is "over and finished" if his side drop points tonight.Perhaps...

Football: AC Milan may be banned from Europe as Uefa orders another Financial Fair Play probeLAUSANNE (AFP) - AC Milan risk being excluded from European competition next season after Uefa on Wednesday (April 10) ordered another probe be carried out into the Italian club for breaches of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations.European...

Football: Kramaric nets late winner as Croatia beat Azerbaijan 2-1ZAGREB (REUTERS) - Croatia were forced to dig deep as they came from behind to beat unfancied Azerbaijan 2-1 at home in their opening Euro 2020 Group E qualifier after forward Andrej Kramaric scored a 79th winner on Thursday (March 21).In the group's other...

Football: Real win Madrid derby to muscle into title raceMADRID (REUTERS) - Real Madrid barged their way back into the Spanish La Liga title race with a 3-1 victory over Atletico Madrid in a feisty derby at the Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday (Feb 9).Casemiro, Sergio Ramos and Gareth Bale's strikes inflicted Atletico's...

Football: Sport Singapore enters three-year partnership with Bayern MunichSINGAPORE - National sports agency Sport Singapore (SportSG) announced a three-year partnership with German football giants Bayern Munich on Sunday (March 24).The tie-up will see both parties join efforts to organise the FC Bayern Youth Cup - an...

Football: Warriors banned from hiring foreign personnelFor the second time in eight months, Singapore Premier League (SPL) club Warriors FC have had their work pass privileges suspended by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for violating the Employment Act.This means the Warriors, who have won the league a record nine times...

'He's a super-hero': Tearful Pochettino salutes hat-trick hero LucasAMSTERDAM (AFP) - Mauricio Pochettino wept tears of joy as the emotional Tottenham manager hailed "super-hero" Lucas Moura for the incredible hat-trick that fired Tottenham into their first Champions League final.Tottenham enjoyed arguably the greatest...

Sarri livid over Burnley insultLONDON • The Football Association will assess the referee Kevin Friend's match report from Stamford Bridge, before deciding whether to investigate claims lodged by Chelsea that Maurizio Sarri was repeatedly called "a s**t Italian" by members of Burnley's backroom staff.The Blues manager...

Football: You can reach 1,000 goals, Pele tells French star Kylian MbappePARIS (AFP) - Football legend Pele told Kylian Mbappe on Tuesday (April 2) that he believes the French World Cup winner can emulate his own achievement of scoring 1,000 career goals.The 78-year-old Brazilian claims to have netted over 1,000 goals...