Football: Pochettino defiant as poor Tottenham form continuesBOURNEMOUTH, England (REUTERS) - Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino remained defiant despite his side preparing for their Champions League semi-final second leg against Ajax Amsterdam in disjointed fashion as they had two men sent off in a 1-0 defeat...

Football: Neymar 'cried for two days' after new foot injuryRIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Neymar "cried for two days" after injuring his right foot for a second time in January, he told Brazilian television according to an excerpt of an interview broadcast on Tuesday (Feb 19).The 27-year-old Paris Saint-Germain star recognized...

Aguero inches City closer to the titleLONDON • Thirty-six games in, the Premier League title race did stray dangerously close to becoming an ordeal for Manchester City.For over an hour yesterday, it had looked as though they might blink in their staring contest with Liverpool. Something had to give and Pep Guardiola's...

Crowdfunding saves struggling Polish club Wisla KrakowWARSAW • When a 112-year-old Polish football club with 13 national championship titles teetered dangerously close to bankruptcy, its fans stepped in with funding.Wisla Krakow supporters became equity investors, saving their beloved team and boosting an emerging niche...

Football: Chelsea cruise past Dynamo Kiev, towards Europa League quartersLONDON (AFP) - Chelsea dominated Dynamo Kiev to take control of their Europa League last-16 tie as goals from Pedro Rodriguez, Willian and Callum Hudson-Odoi earned the hosts a 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Thursday (March 7).The Londoners may well...

Football: Cardiff to pay Sala fee if necessaryPARIS (AFP) - Cardiff City chairman Mehmet Dalman said on Tuesday (Feb 12) the club will pay the fee for striker Emiliano Sala if they are contractually required to do so.Sala had signed for the Premier League side and was flying to his new team from his old club Nantes in...

Tale of two halves as Chelsea move up to thirdENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUEChelsea 3 Watford 0LONDON • This encapsulated Chelsea's bizarre campaign of extremes.There had been heckles from the home support as the players went into the interval with the hosts fortunate still to be level, all the festering doubts over Maurizio...

Belief can take United all the way: SolskjaerPARIS • This was the Manchester United of old, the United of Alex Ferguson, fighting till the final whistle and never giving up.This was the United of their glory days, playing with steel, with youth, and winning in Fergie time.Never before had a 2-0 home first-leg deficit...