• PA Media: Sport

    Pep Guardiola says Cole Palmer is one of the players of the season

    The Chelsea player’s quality is not lost on the Manchester City boss.

  • The Canadian Press

    Nice scores three as lax defending against costs Lorient

    NICE, France (AP) — Nice beat Lorient 3-0 to record just its second win in eight French league games and send the visitor to second to last on the table on Friday. Poor defending away from home cost Lorient dear and not for the first time this season. The Brittany club has conceded at least one goal in each of its last 14 away games. A mix up in the Lorient midfield allowed Morgan Sanson to stride forward and open the scoring midway through the first half. Jérémie Boga made it two seven minutes

  • The Canadian Press

    Seeking to curb player agent fees, FIFA's Infantino calls on lawmakers for help and targets England

    ZURICH (AP) — FIFA has called on lawmakers to help control payments to player agents in the multi-billion dollar soccer transfer market, and targeted the world’s richest league in England. English clubs paid 500 million euros ($530 million) in fees to agents in the year to February, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Friday, while paying just 6% of that amount — 30 million euros ($32 million) — to foreign clubs “that trained and developed the players signed.” “Most of this money is leaving

  • The Canadian Press

    Juventus rescues late point in draw with Cagliari in Serie A

    GENOA, Italy (AP) — Cagliari scored two first-half penalties but gave up a late own goal for Juventus to draw 2-2 in a thrilling Serie A game on Friday. Gianluca Gaetano opened the scoring for the home side after half an hour and Yerry Mina got a second with an almost identical spot kick six minutes later. Juventus had a first-half goal from Dušan Vlahović disallowed after a video review but the Serbian forward got one back in the 61st minute with a swerving free kick. Just when it looked like C