Tag: Chelsea

The club announced in an official statement on Thursday that the star footballer will not be a part of the squad for Saturday’s Premier League game against Chelsea.

Victory in the FA Cup final secured Liverpool's second piece of silverware this season following their Carabao Cup success - also against Chelsea - in February.

Barcelona: A magical performance by Leo Messi — two goals and an assist — vaulted Barcelona into the quarterfinals of the 2017-2018 Champions League with a 3-0 win here over Chelsea in the second leg of their round of 16 tie. With the score knotted at 1-1 after the first leg in London, both sides […]

Madrid: A Spanish court on Friday handed Portuguese defender Ricardo Carvalho a seven-month prison sentence for two tax crimes in 2011 and in relation to his image rights in 2012 after a deal was struck with prosecutors. The court also fined the former Real Madrid player, who acknowledged the charges against him, 142,822 euros ($167,216), […]

London: English football champions Chelsea’s latest signing, midfielder Danny Drinkwater is to be sidelined for a month due to a calf injury, coach Antonio Conte said. The 27-year-old Drinkwater joined the London giants from Leicester City on the last day of the summer transfer window and has yet to make his debut with his new […]

Berlin: German football champions Bayern Munich earned their first 2017 International Champions Cup win on Tuesday, as they defeated English Premier League (EPL) champions Chelsea 3-2. After they were beaten in their first two matches against Arsenal and AC Milan, Bayern won thanks to goals from Rafinha and a brace from Thomas Muller, while Marcos […]

London: Arsenal won a record 13th FA Cup with a 2-1 victory here over Premier League champion Chelsea, which missed out on the English double. Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez got the Gunners off to a strong start in this battle of London clubs at Wembley Stadium on Saturday when he opened the scoring at the […]

London: Close on the heels of winning the English Premier League (EPL) title with Chelsea, French midfielder N’Golo Kante was named Player of the Year by the football League on Sunday. The diminutive player, who made a name for himself after winning the EPL with Leicester City last year, collected a third individual prize to […]

London: Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante edged out his teammate Eden Hazard to be voted the Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association. The former Leicester City player is on the cusp of becoming the first outfield player since Eric Cantona to clinch back-to-back top-flight league titles in England with different clubs, having played […]

London: Former England players Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard, legends of Chelsea and Liverpool, will be inducted in the National Football Museum Hall of Fame in September, the museum announced on Thursday. Several United Kingdom football legends will also be introduced, including late Wales manager Gary Speed, West Ham legend Billy Bonds, Arsenal long-time goalkeeper Bob […]

London: Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has warned his team that winning the English Premier League (EPL) will be tough following their loss to Crystal Palace. Chelsea suffered a 1-2 defeat to Crystal Palace in their EPL tie on Saturday evening. It was only their fourth EPL defeat this season which left them on 69 points […]

London: Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta and Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi are the latest football personalities who have been diagnosed with coronavirus. In a statement, Arsenal said that they have closed their London Colney training centre after they Arteta tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “This is really disappointing but I took the test after feeling […]

Liverpool: Liverpool has been able to end a 30-year championship drought as they have been crowned Premier League champions after Manchester City lost 1-2 to Chelsea. Thursday’s result confirmed the already inevitable coronation of Jurgen Klopp’s side, who have left records in their wake en route to establishing a 23-point lead over Pep Guardiola’s City. […]