Football

The race is on to buy Liverpool after FSG confirmed that the club were up for sale in a stunning announcement on Monday, having been in charge at Anfield following their £300million takeover in 2010 Liverpool owners, Fenway Sports Group, have sensationally announced that the club is up for sale – and now a sea of investors will be keen to throw their hats in …

Premier League footballer Benjamin Mendy has told a court he enjoyed “having sex with a lot of women”. On Monday, the player, who is accused of seven counts of rape, told his trial at Chester Crown Court it was “honestly, so easy” for him to meet women to have sexual activity with. But the 28-year-old France international said being in …

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has brushed off the latest speculation linking him with a move to Barcelona.

BEN CHILWELL is OUT of the World Cup – and will miss a large chunk of the season. The Chelsea and England left-back is undergoing scans on the injury that he picked up in the final moments of his club’s 2-1 Champions League win on Wednesday. Stricken Chilwell is being sent off for scans on his crocked left leg but …

Bukayo Saka is back in Arsenal training and appears to be unscathed after his injury scare last weekend.

Manchester United qualified for the knockout stage of the Europa League as Cristiano Ronaldo marked his return to the side by scoring in a 3-0 win over Sheriff Tiraspol at Old Trafford. After being dropped for Saturday’s Premier League draw with Chelsea due to his behaviour in last week’s win over Tottenham, Ronaldo was brought back into the starting line-up by manager …

Arsenal defender Pablo Mari is in hospital following a stabbing attack that left another man dead. Mari, who is understood to be conscious and not in a serious condition, was among six people attacked at a shopping centre in the Italian city of Milan. Mari was among five people taken to hospital, with one of them – a man aged …

Cristiano Ronaldo returned to training with Manchester United’s first team on Tuesday and is in contention to feature in Thursday’s Europa League match at home to Sheriff Tiraspol. The forward had been banished from first-team training by Erik ten Hag and excluded from Saturday’s draw at Chelsea as punishment for refusing to come on against Tottenham and walking down the tunnel before the end …

Manchester United have been linked with a move for wantaway Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix – amid the possibility of Cristiano Ronaldo moving the opposite way. Felix wants to leave the Spanish capital club at the earliest possible opportunity and ideally in the January transfer window, having fallen out of favour under boss Diego Simeone. He has completed 90 minutes just once this …

Steven Gerrard has been sacked as Aston Villa manager after less than a year in charge at Villa Park. Gerrard was appointed Villa manager in November of last year, making his first step into life back in the Premier League after success with Rangers. But despite investment in his first-team squad with the signings of Philippe Coutinho, Lucas Digne, Leander Dendoncker, Diego Carlos …