Ousmane Dembele starred as Barcelona maintained their bid to complete the LaLiga season unbeaten by defeating Villarreal 5-1 at the Nou Camp.With the domestic double already secured, Ernesto Valverde’s team are looking to become the first Spanish top flight side to not taste defeat over a league campaign and on Wednesday they edged closer to that milestone with two matches remaining.Dembel...Full Story »

Joe Dunne lauded his Cambridge team’s attacking performance after they hammered Port Vale.The U’s cruised to a 5-0 victory to end the campaign in the top half of the League Two table.David Amoo and Harrison Dunk put Cambridge ahead before the break, with Brad Halliday, Barry Corr and Billy Waters completing the rout.It was a stylish start to Joe Dunne’s permanent career in...Full Story »

Paul Pogba celebrates his goal for France in friendly vs Russia Getty FIFA is investigating reports of racist abuse towards France players during Tuesday's friendly against World Cup hosts Russia. Early on Wednesday, French Minister for Sport Laura Flessel had called for "unified" action to stamp out racism in football following reports that Paul Pogba and Ousmane Dembele were abused during th...Full Story »

Michy Batshuayi has made a brilliant start to life at Borussia Dortmund, but Michael Zorc fears a permanent deal could be out of reach. Borussia Dortmund are concerned they will miss out to another club on the permanent signing of Michy Batshuayi, sporting director Michael Zorc has said. The striker has scored five goals in five games in all competitions since moving to Signal Iduna Park on ...Full Story »

Borussia Dortmund will attempt to sign Michy Batshuayi on a permanent deal in the summer after Chelsea rejected a request to have a clause to buy put in the forward's loan contract. The 24-year-old Belgian striker completed a six-month temporary move from Stamford Bridge last month following Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's departure to Arsenal. Dortmund, though, wanted to make Batshuayi's signin...Full Story »

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes Sadio Mane is back to his best after a hat-trick in the 5-0 win in Porto virtually assured his side a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.The Senegal international scored the Reds’ opener midway through the first half when his shot squirmed under goalkeeper Jose Sa on a slippery, wet surface and added a couple more after the break, co...Full Story »

Sadio Mane scored a hat-trick and Mohamed Salah continued his phenomenal run with a 30th of the season as Liverpool won 5-0 at Porto to virtually assure themselves a Champions League quarter-final place.Mane was in the right place at the right time to score twice in the first half before rifling home his hat-trick just before the end, to overshadow the exploits of Salah, whose brilliant individu...Full Story »

Philippe Coutinho's role at Barcelona is similar to Lionel Messi's Terry Gibson thinks Ousmane Dembele's first season with Barcelona is already guaranteed to be a "write-off", while he and fellow addition Philippe Coutinho will struggle to convince Ernesto Valverde to start them in the club's big games. Dembele's debut campaign at the Nou Camp has been rocked by injury, and he has already spen...Full Story »

Doncaster do not have many injury worries as they go into their Sky Bet League One game against Plymouth.Ben Whiteman is likely to appear as he signed permanently with Rovers this week after a six-month loan spell from Sheffield United.With Saturday's game set to mark Ian Lawlor's 50th start for Rovers, he is expected to be in net against the Pilgrims. Danny Andrew is still unavailable as he co...Full Story »

The Liverpool wingers had both been nominated for the 2017 prize for best African footballer, and were hoping to follow in the footsteps of Leicester ace Riyad Mahrez who claimed the 2016 crown. And it was Egyptian star Salah who claimed the top prize, pipping Mane and Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to the award. Salah has been phenomenal since arriving from Roma in the ...Full Story »

Roberto Firmino is a bloody good bloke, isn't he? We all need a mate like the Liverpool star. We salute you, Roberto Firmino's unselfishness is one of his best and most endearing traits, making him the perfect figurehead to lead Jurgen Klopp's fluid attack. And against Stoke he displayed his philanthropic tendencies again. Sadio Mane's delicate chip was trickling towards goal but, instead o...Full Story »

Jurgen Klopp with Sadio Mane after the match JURGEN KLOPP insists he has no problem with Sadio Mane despite the pair being involved in an argument following Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Chelsea. Klopp surprisingly left Mane out of his starting XI to face Chelsea, choosing to play Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain instead. But after Willian's late equaliser, the Liverpool boss turned to the Senegal ace to ...Full Story »

Liverpool are hopeful of Sadio Mane being released early from international duty after he helped Senegal qualify for the World Cup. Mane played the full 90 as Senegal defeated South Africa 2-0 today to reach the Russian tournament. Mane created the opening goal for West Ham striker Diafra Sakho, as his side ran out 2-0 winners. The attacker had only just come back from hamstring injury last ...Full Story »

Sadio Mane resumed training on Thursday following a hamstring injury Liverpool’s Senegal star resumed training on Thursday following a hamstring injury picked up during the last international break. It was thought that having returned from injury two weeks ahead of schedule Mane would not be risked for the trip to London. But the 25-year-old has handed boss Jurgen Klopp a major late boo...Full Story »