Uefa is planning to finish this season in August and have shortened competitions next season in order to minimise the devastating effect of the coronavirus on European football. The scenario is one of the plans being worked on by Uefa’s emergency working group looking at restructuring the calendar once the…
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema says he is a “Formula 1 car” while former France team-mate Olivier Giroud is just a “go-kart.” Benzema, 32, has not played for France since 2015 while Giroud started the most recent European qualifying win over Albania in November. Chelsea’s Giroud also played in all…
Former Nigerian international, Victor Moses is among seven Inter Milan players who have left Italy this week after the compulsory 14-day quarantine. According to L’Equipe, Antonio Conte‘s side was forced into self-isolation after Juventus defender Daniel Rugani was diagnosed with coronavirus a fortnight ago, he was an unused substitute in…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has donated 1m euros (£920,000) to fight the coronavirus outbreak in Spain. Guardiola, who is at his home in Barcelona, has been working with his lawyers over the past few days to work out the best way of using the money. It will go to…
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been postponed until next year because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. The event, due to begin on 24 July, will now take place “no later than summer 2021”. “I proposed to postpone for a year and [IOC] president Thomas Bach responded with…
Uefa announced on Monday that it has postponed the Champions League, Europa League and women’s Champions League finals, originally scheduled for May, due to the coronavirus pandemic, with no new date given. European football’s governing body had already postponed the competitions until further notice earlier this month. It is still…
Manchester United are ready to sign Odion Ighalo for up to £15million this summer after it emerged the Nigerian striker’s loan runs out on May 31. According to Sportsmail, Ighalo’s temporary move from Shanghai Shenhua is set to end a month earlier than most loan deals. United may have to…
Former Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini has confirmed that he has tested positive for coronavirus. In a post on Twitter, the 32-year-old, who is now at Chinese club Shandong Luneng said he hopes “to return to the game as soon as possible”. Chinese media reports say Fellaini is in isolation…
Juventus and Argentina forward Paulo Dybala and former Italy captain Paolo Maldini have tested positive for coronavirus. In a message on his Instagram account, Dybala said he and his girlfriend both have the virus but were in good health. “Both Oriana and I have tested positive,” Dybala, 26, said. “Luckily…
Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died on Saturday after being taken to hospital with coronavirus, his son announced. Sanz, 76, was president at the Bernabeu from 1995-2000, a period in which Real won the Champions League twice. “My father has just died,“ wrote Sanz’s son Lorenzo Sanz Duran on…
