Barcelona coach Xavi sees his future in England.Xavi will leave Barca at the end of the season.AS says the Spanish legend will take a year away from the game to recharge before returning to management.And his priority will be a job in England.In the past, Xavi has spoken of ambitions of coaching Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool.

The Hong Kong government has intervened after furious fans demanded a refund as Lionel Messi was left on the bench for 90 minutes in a friendly fixture on Sunday.Inter Miami beat a Hong Kong XI 4-1 on Sunday, but Messi did not feature at all for the MLS side and angry fans shouted "refund" at the final whistle.The Argentine is understood to be suffering from a hamstring problem and was not include

Real Madrid are passing on a permanent deal for Kepa Arrizabalaga.The Chelsea goalkeeper joined on-loan in August after Real No1 Thibaut Courtois suffered an ACL injury. The deal included a permanent option.But Relevo says Real intend to release Kepa back to Chelsea at season's end.The form of Andriy Lunin has convinced Real's management to choose the Ukrainian over the Spaniard.Kepa's struggles w

Barcelona have no plans of selling LewandowskiBarcelona are not planning to sell star striker Robert Lewandowski next season despite the Poland international's underwhelming form in the ongoing campaign, according to Sport.The reigning La Liga champions, though, will allow him to leave if the player wants to move out but the veteran forward has no plans of leaving the Catalan club before his exist

Sunderland boss Michael Beale paid tribute to derby saviour Nazariy Rusyn after seeing him come off the bench to rescue a point at Middlesbrough.The Ukrainian striker has taken his time to settle on Wearside after initially arriving without his family from Zorya Luhansk in September. However, he took a significant step forward on Sunday afternoon by blasting a late equaliser to snatch a 1-1 Sky Be

Substitute Nazariy Rusyn denied Middlesbrough derby-day victory as Sunderland hit back late to snatch a point at the Riverside Stadium.Boro looked to be heading for a Sky Bet Championship double over their neighbours courtesy of Marcus Forss’ 61st-minute strike until the Ukrainian striker sent a dipping 83rd-minute shot past Tom Glover at his near post to snatch a 1-1 draw which leaves the B

Ronwen Williams made four saves as South Africa beat Cape Verde 2-1 on penalties to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Saturday.The Bafana Bafana goalkeeper also made a stunning stop at the end of normal time as the last-eight clash in Yamoussoukro ended goalless.It was his fourth successive clean sheet in the tournament.We are going to the Semi-finals 🇿🇦🔥!!!!!!

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was pleased with how his side continued to play “seriously” during their 5-0 romp at Sheffield United.Villa got their top-four ambitions back on track in style as they put the hapless Blades to the sword in a scintillating opening half-hour where they went 4-0 up thanks to goals from John McGinn, Ollie Watkins, Leon Bailey and Youri Tielemans.Alex Moreno mad

The Ivory Coast fought back to claim a dramatic last-gasp 2-1 win over Mali in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.Nene Dorgeles’ memorable strike put Mali ahead after Odilon Kossounou’s first-half red card for the hosts.But Simon Adingra’s 90th-minute equaliser took the tie to extra time before the Ivory Coast won it in the final minutes of the match through Oumar Diakite,

Oldham dropped out of the play-off places as they were held to a goalless draw at struggling Ebbsfleet in the Vanarama National League.Oldham goalkeeper Mathew Hudson was in form, making saves to deny Omari Sterling-James, Rakish Bingham and Toby Edser.Edser also shot wide and Dominic Poleon went close as Ebbsfleet applied further pressure in the second half.At the other end, Mark Cousins kept out