Football: Wood double gives Burnley win over Cardiff in relegation scrap(REUTERS)- Chris Wood scored twice as Burnley virtually assured Premier League safety with a 2-0 win over fellow strugglers Cardiff City on Saturday (April 13) which left the Welsh club deep in relegation trouble and their manager Neil Warnock fuming.Cardiff,...

Juventus deny Pep link for managerTURIN • Juventus have poured cold water over rumours that they were planning a dramatic pounce for Pep Guardiola, saying that they had never even spoken to the Manchester City boss."It's a strange world, we've not had any contact with Guardiola nor have we ever thought about it given...

Manchester's homeless in good KompanyLONDON • Vincent Kompany believes that he has a duty to tackle the issue of homelessness in Manchester, which he has called home for the past 10 years.The 32-year-old Manchester City captain earlier this year set up a combined initiative called Tackle4Mcr with Greater Manchester mayor...

Madrid set to be Hazard's new homeBAKU • Eden Hazard helped make it a night to celebrate for Chelsea in Baku, but the Belgian's confirmation that it was almost certainly his last game for the club opened the way to a summer of uncertainty at Stamford Bridge.Hazard scored twice, including a penalty, and set up another...

Football: Female staff member of Hougang United charged with CBT over $278,000 clubhouse fundsSINGAPORE - An employee of Singapore Premier League club Hougang United has been charged over the loss of more than $250,000 from their clubhouse operations.While working as an admin assistant, Malaysian Tean...

Football: Bournemouth's Nathan Ake strikes late to sink nine-man TottenhamBOURNEMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM (AFP) - Nine-man Tottenham Hotspur's bid for Champions League football was rocked on Saturday (May 4) after Nathan Ake's last-gasp winner punished red cards for Son Heung-min and Juan Foyth and condemned Spurs to a 1-0...

Football: Liverpool's van Dijk in doubt for Leicester gameLONDON (REUTERS) - Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk is back in training but remains doubtful for the Premier League leaders' home match against Leicester City at Anfield on Wednesday (Jan 30).Manager Juergen Klopp reserved judgement on the Dutch international's...

Football: Retired Lions defender Baihakki Khaizan salutes Kadir Yahaya and Raddy Avramovic for 'saving his career'SINGAPORE - Most of his National Football Academy Under-17 team-mates were promoted to form the first batch of Young Lions in 2003, but Baihakki Khaizan was left out because he had not played much of the previous...

City will not succumb to pressure: SterlingLONDON • Raheem Sterling has admitted the "pressure got to him" and his teammates during Liverpool's failed English Premier League title tilt in the 2013-14 season, but there was no chance of a repeat at Manchester City as they have "the belief".The former Reds forward was part...

Football: Ikhsan Fandi signs two-year deal with Norwegian clubFirst Fandi Ahmad, then V. Sundram Moorthy, and now Singapore has a third local-born Lion plying his trade in Europe.After a successful one-week trial, Ikhsan Fandi, the second son of local football legend Fandi, signed a two-year deal with Norwegian second-tier...

Match points: Arsenal v Manchester UnitedKey battlesMatteo Guendouzi v Paul PogbaGuendouzi may have edged ahead of Lucas Torreira for a spot in Unai Emery's strongest side but, with the Uruguayan suspended, he will have to start. His energy could make him well suited to the task of tracking his fellow Frenchman Pogba,...

Football: Messi to miss next Argentina match with injury after comeback defeat against Venezuela(DPA) - Lionel Messi will miss Argentina's friendly against Morocco on Tuesday (March 26) with a groin injury, the South American nation's football association AFA has said.It tweeted after Friday's 3-1 defeat against Venezuela...