• PA Media: Sport

    Eden Hazard lived the ‘dream’ playing for Real Madrid despite injury problems

    Injuries and poor form restricted him to just 76 appearances in all competitions.

  • PA Media: Sport

    Ethan Ampadu has plans to make a big impression for club and country

    The Leeds captain made his international debut as a teenager in 2017.

  • The Canadian Press

    Reprieve for Whitecaps coach as MLS reduces Vanni Sartini's ban by two games

    Vancouver Whitecaps coach Vanni Sartini has got a reprieve from Major League Soccer. The league, citing a "successful petition," has reduced his original six-match suspension by two games, meaning the Italian can be back on the sidelines for the March 30 visit of the Portland Timbers. Sartini was sanctioned for his on-field actions and post-game comments following the 1-0 loss to Los Angeles FC on Nov. 5 at B.C. Place Stadium that ended the Whitecaps' playoff run. Sartini, who was sent off in th

  • The Canadian Press

    4 players from Argentina's Vélez Sarsfield club arrested in a rape investigation

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Four players from Argentina top-flight club Vélez Sarsfield were arrested on Monday in connection with a rape case. Goalkeeper Sebastián Sosa, defender Braian Cufré, midfielder José Ignacio Florentín and striker Abiel Osorio were arrested. That followed a request from case prosecutor María Eugenia Posse in San Miguel de Tucumán, 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) north of the capital Buenos Aires. The alleged victim told authorities that on March 3 she agreed to join one