The 52-year-old struggled from the outset at cash-strapped Milan, who surrendered their Europa League berth this season after breaching UEFA’s financial fair play rules. read more

Honda has 37 goals in 98 appearances for his country, and was the first Japanese player to score at three World Cups -- 2010, 2014 and 2018. read more

Napoli, who have nine points, tried and failed to break down Cagliari’s stubborn defence in a frustrating evening on Wednesday and are likely to face more of the same from promoted Brescia. read more

The announcement comes following calls by FIFA to demand that women in Iran be allowed free unlimited access to stadiums in the country. read more

The Reds have reached the last two Champions League finals, beating Tottenham in the Spanish capital in June after losing to Real Madrid 12 months earlier. read more

Ronaldo’s four goals in Portugal’s European qualifying win over Lithuania during the week were enough to send shivers down the spines of Fiorentina fans. read more

Danilo Feliciano de Moraes, the oldest child of Cafu fell ill while playing football with friends near the family’s home in Sao Paolo, CNN reported. He was then rushed to the Albert Einstein Hospital where he later passed away. read more

Rebic had made clear to Frankfurt management his desire for a move to Italy’s Serie A, said Bobic, speaking late Sunday after the club’s 2-1 Bundesliga win against Fortuna Duesseldorf. read more

Monaco, who themselves have struggled since the start of last term, have an option to buy in the deal. read more

Ironically it was Koulibaly whose injury-time winner had given Napoli there only victory in the Allianz Stadium under former coach Sarri in April 2018. read more

It was a largely toothless performance by Milan who replaced Gennaro Gattuso with former Sampdoria coach Giampaolo. read more

Torres, who will be an adviser to the Japanese club, thanked the crowd in a speech, and spoke of his admiration for the Sagan Tosu team that avoided relegation from the J-League last year. read more

Serie A preview: Antonio Conte’s arrival at Inter Milan has also raised expectations of an end to Juventus’s long domination in the season that kicks off on Saturday read more

Juventus, AC Milan and Napoli are looking to get the services of the former Barcelona player, but the Italian clubs would have to consider his massive wages as being a burden, despite his obvious ability when at his best. read more

Liverpool’s last victory in the one-off showpiece came in 2005, just after their stunning win over AC Milan to win the Champions League in Istanbul. read more