Barcelona eyeing Brazil U-17 midfielder Paulinho

Lionel Messi was thrown on as a substitute but 10-man Barcelona were relieved to escape with a draw as Celta Vigo came within a whisker of inflicting the Catalans' first league defeat of the season on Tuesday.Messi was introduced after an hour at the Stade ...

Gabriel Jesus struck the winner as Brazil put memories of their 2014 World Cup mauling by Germany behind them with a 1-0 friendly win in Berlin on Tuesday. Jesus first-half goal at Berlins Olympic Stadium, packed with a 72,717-strong crowd, saw Brazil end ...

Brazil coach Tite is expected to hand a starting berth to Manchester City's Fernandinho in Tuesday's friendly against reigning world champions Germany at the expense of Douglas Costa.Tite tested Fernandinho in a holding midfield role alongside Casemiro and ...

3-0 in their international friendly here. Inter Milan defender Miranda also scored with a second-half header at the recently refurbished Luzhniki Stadium on Friday, which will host the Word Cup final on July 15, reports Xinhua. Brazil began with Juventus ...

GERMANY 1 SPAIN 1PORTUGAL 2 EGYPT 1BRAZIL 3 RUSSIA 0ENGLAND 1 THE NETHERLANDS 0FRANCE 2 COLOMBIA 3 Images from the football friendlies on Friday night. Germany draw 1-1 with Spain IMAGE: Germany's Thomas Mueller, left, celebrates with Jerome Boateng after scoring their first goal against Spain. Photograph: Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters World champions Germany drew 1-1 with Spain in a high tempo friendly on Friday as they launched their preparations for a title defence in Russia while their ...

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Marseille's Adil Rami and players clash after the match. Photograph: Philippe Laurenson/Reuters French clubs Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais are facing disciplinary proceedings following crowd trouble at their Europa Leagues games last week, UEFA said on Monday. Lyon supporters clashed with police outside their stadium - the venue for this year's Europa League final -- following the home match against CSKA Moscow ...

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 ...

Barcelona hailed Lionel Messi as "The King" as he handed Chelsea the royal punishment by scoring twice to reach 100 Champions League goals and end their quarter-final hopes. After unfurling a banner showing the words "God Save The King" before kick-off on ...

Antonio Conte has said he will consult his players ahead of Chelseas Champions League clash with Barcelona on Wednesday and after the game, he might do better to seek out Ernesto Valverde. Both coaches faced chaotic starting points this season but only ...