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Stadiums To Be Split Into 'Zones' As Premier League Returns

Clubs met on Thursday to discuss logistics and safety protocols, with Brady saying stadiums would be divided into red, amber and green zones ...

Lionel Messi Returns To Barcelona Training, Suarez Fit Again

La Liga leaders Barcelona play their first match since mid-March at Real Mallorca next Saturday ...

Premier League Clubs Agree To Five Substitutions Rule Change

FIFA proposed the solution last month to "protect player welfare" with a large number of matches packed into a few weeks to clear the backlog of a three-month layoff due to the coronavirus pandemic ...

Chelsea Poised To Beat Liverpool In Signing Timo Werner For 53 Million Pounds

The 24-year-old had been thought to to be attracting interest from Premier League champions-elect Liverpool but it appears Chelsea have in fact met the German's reported release clause of some £53 million ($67 million) ...

Premier League Return Boosted As Spurs Have Only Positive Test

Players and staff at Premier League clubs were tested on Monday and Tuesday ...

Werder Bremen Deeper Into Relegation After Frankfurt Thumping

Andre Silva got the ball rolling for the away side in the 61st minute before two late goals from supersub Stefan Ilsanker pushed them up to 11th place ...

Portuguese League Resumes As Porto Suffer Shock Defeat

The German Bundesliga restarted in mid-May, while Spain's La Liga, the English Premier League and Italy's Serie A are all scheduled to resume later this month ...

Liverpool Coach Jurgen Klopp's Passion Restored As English Football Nears Return

Klopp's men are also well on course to smash the record points tally in the Premier League, set by Manchester City who registered 100 two seasons ag ...

Torino Vs Parma Kicks Off Serie A Return On June 20

The championship will resume with fixtures which were called off when Italian sports was suspended on March 9 because of the coronavirus ...

RB Leipzig Back On Track For Champions League After Cologne Win

The hosts' boss Markus Gisdol made four changes from Wednesday's loss at Hoffenheim, starting Rafael Czichos in place of suspended Sebastian Bournaauw, red carded in the defeat ...

Maestro Francis Kahata Back With Simba Ahead Of Tanzanian League Restart

The record league winners are set to resume duty against Ruvu Shooting on June 14 ...

Manchester United Extend Odion Ighalo's Loan Contract Until January 2021

Ighalo's initial loan deal from Shanghai Shenhua expired at the end of May, but the 30-year-old has been rewarded for an impressive return of four goals in eight appearances for United ...

Superb Sancho Joins US Killing Protest After Hat-Trick In Paderborn Rout

George Floyd, 46, died in Minneapolis during an arrest by a police officer who pinned him to the ground for several minutes by kneeling on his neck, sparking protests across the US ...