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Jürgen Klopp has claimed Liverpool cannot compete financially with Manchester City because Gulf state-owned clubs “can do what they want” despite financial fair play rules.The Liverpool manager is satisfied his team can match City on the pitch but off it, he insists, is an entirely different matter demonstrated by...

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureMark Gleeson at Reuters has written that Lionel Messi’s hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the Netherlands in Friday’s quarter-final at...

Tyson Fury has revealed that his written offer to Anthony Joshua is a 60/40 purse split deal for a straight shot at his WBC heavyweight world title this year.WBC heavyweight champion Fury handed Joshua a shock world title lifeline on Monday, challenging him to a December Battle of Britain.Joshua...

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Manchester United are out of Europe after they lost to Bayern Munich in their final Champions League group game on Tuesday.It is the sixth time they...

Brentford striker Ivan Toney has been charged by the Football Association (FA) over 232 alleged betting rule breaches. Spanning a four-year period, the 26-year-old is accused of breaking gambling rules from 2017, when he was on Newcastle's...

Aaron Danks will be in the dugout for Villa at the weekend with Unai Emery set to take charge on November 1 following Steven Gerrard’s departure from Villa Park. Villa currently sit 15th in the Premier League table and will be hoping to capitalise on last weekend’s 4-0 hammering...

Emotional Roger Federer wishes he could 'go on forever' as he prepares to retire from tennisA historic night of tennis awaits in London as Roger Federer bids farewell to the sport and plays the final match of his career alongside Rafael Nadal in the Laver Cup. Federer, who will...

The Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy raped three women in one night after a pool party at his isolated mansion and a night out at a club, a court was told.Mendy, 28, allegedly attacked the women at his £4.8 million home near Prestbury, Cheshire, as he and a friend...

Rico Lewis should long remember a first ever Manchester City start because the boy from Bury fired in a memorable equaliser to become at 17 years old and 346 days the second-youngest Englishman to score in the Champions League.Lewis, on the books at the club since he was eight,...

Hong Kong snooker icon Marco Fu made a stunning maximum break in the deciding frame to beat John Higgins 6-5 in their semi-final clash at the Hong Kong Masters. The Hong Kong Coliseum was in raptures as Fu deposited the final black in his magical break. He’s no stranger to...