Spurs need to 'believe'LONDON • Mauricio Pochettino has admitted that the hamstring injury which forced Dele Alli out of Tottenham's 2-1 Premier League win at Fulham on Sunday "did not look great" as he faced up to the loss of yet another key attacking player.Spurs play Chelsea in the League Cup semi-final, second leg...

Ole rues missed chancesLONDON • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has described the 2-0 defeat by Arsenal on Sunday and the consequent failure to apply pressure in the race for the Premier League's top four as his "lowest" point since taking charge of Manchester United in December.The caretaker manager also blamed his first defeat...

Football: Taxi driver charged with attempted murder after Man Utd fan stabbed in ParisPARIS (AFP) - A taxi driver who allegedly stabbed a Manchester United fan in the chest after the club's midweek Champions League victory over PSG was Saturday (March 9) charged with attempted murder, a judicial source said.French police...

Football: Substitute Ronaldo saves 10-man Juve's unbeaten recordMILAN (REUTERS) - Cristiano Ronaldo saved Juventus' unbeaten Serie A record this season when he came off the bench to score the equaliser in a dramatic 2-2 draw at Atalanta on Wednesday (Dec 26).Juve, who dropped their first away points of the season, were...

Football: Mauricio Pochettino plans to ruin old pal Pep Guardiola's Champions League bidMANCHESTER (AFP) - Pep Guardiola's bid to win the Champions League for the first time since 2011 will come under threat from his old friend Mauricio Pochettino when Manchester City face Tottenham in the quarter-final second leg later...

Football: Last-gasp Mitrovic earns Fulham 1-0 win over HuddersfieldLONDON (REUTERS) - Fulham boosted their Premier League survival hopes as Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a stoppage-time winner to give them a dramatic 1-0 victory over bottom team Huddersfield Town at Craven Cottage on Saturday (Dec 29).The result lifted Claudio...

Real must 'suffer' to win, says SolariMADRID • Real Madrid will fly out to the United Arab Emirates to take on Japan's Kashima Antlers in the semi-finals of the Fifa Club World Cup on Wednesday on a winning note after beating Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in LaLiga on Saturday.Karim Benzema's 13th-minute strike was enough for Real...

Football: PSG's Dani Alves house burgled during match: ReportPARIS (REUTERS) - Thieves broke in and stole luxury watches from the home of Paris St Germain's Dani Alves while the Brazilian defender was playing a match earlier this week, French sports newspaper L'Equipe reported on Saturday (Feb 23).Alves is the third PSG...

This is Reds year: JamesThe fact that Liverpool have never won the Premier League title has been a constant source of grief for the supporters of the Reds, and glee for rival fans.But, former Reds and England goalkeeper David James believes Jurgen Klopp's men will lift the "holy grail" this season."My son is in his 20s...

Football: Milan crash out of Europa League on goal difference after 3-1 loss to Olympiakos in Athens(REUTERS) - Olympiakos Piraeus pulled off a stunning 3-1 Europa League win over AC Milan that put them into the last 32 and sent the Italians crashing out as the remaining places in the knockout stage were decided on Thursday...