Wellington Phoenix moved off the bottom of the A-League table after playing out a thrilling 2-2 draw with Western Sydney Wanderers on Sunday.

A three-goal blitz in eight second-half minutes saw the visitors come from behind to lead only to end up sharing the spoils at WIN Stadium.

Mirza Muratovic scored at the second attempt nine minutes in and Phoenix held the advantage until 19 minutes from time, when Kwame Yeboah headed in a Keanu Baccus cross.

Bruce Kamau turned in Daniel Wilmering s delivery just five minutes later only for Louis Fenton to head in a quick-fire equaliser.

The Wanderers stretched their unbeaten league run to seven games, their longest since a 10-match streak that ended in January 2016, but they missed out on the chance to go above Ma…

The Football Association (FA) will consider disciplinary action against clubs whose supporters engage in discriminatory behaviour , including rent boy chants.

It has been a familiar occurrence in recent years at Chelsea matches for opposition fans to use the chant, which in January 2022 was defined as a hate crime by the Crown Prosecution Service.

The chant was audible during Manchester City s FA Cup third-round win against the Blues on Sunday at the Etihad Stadium, and City confirmed after the match they would be looking into the matter along with the FA.

A statement issued by the FA on Wednesday said it strongly condemns all offensive, abusive and discriminatory chanting in football stadiums, and is determined to stamp this behaviour out .

Sunday s inci…

Nearly four years after the infamous loss to Trinidad and Tobago that saw the United States fail to qualify for Russia 2018, a young USA side opened the final round of 2022 World Cup qualifying with a 0-0 draw at El Salvador on Thursday. 

USA head coach Gregg Berhalter s inexperienced team, missing star Christian Pulisic and goalkeeper Zack Steffen, managed to take a point before a raucous crowd in San Salvador following their CONCACAF Gold Cup success last month.

It might not have been a scintillating performance for a side coming off Gold Cup and CONCACAF Nations League triumphs, but the USA will take it after opening their 2018 qualifying campaign with successive losses. 

Nine players in the USA starting line-up were making their first appearance in a Worl…

Lionel Messi scored in Barcelona s clash with Eibar to take his LaLiga goal tally to 400, becoming the first player in the competition s history to hit the milestone.

The 31-year-old is LaLiga s all-time top goalscorer by some distance, having surpassed the previous record of 251, held for 59 years by Athletic Bilbao great Telmo Zarra, in November 2014.

The goal came after 53 minutes as he doubled Barca s lead against Eibar with a typically clinical finish with his left foot.

The Argentina international is now 89 goals ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, and the only other active LaLiga players in the division s top 30 goalscorers of all time are Aritz Aduriz and Karim Benzema.

Messi is one of only seven players to have scored 400 goals in Europe s top leagues…

Copa Libertadores champions Palmeiras have the chance to claim back-to-back titles after edging Brazilian rivals Atletico Mineiro in the semi-finals.

Palmeiras advanced to the 2021 showpiece 1-1 on away goals following Tuesday s 1-1 draw away to Mineiro in Belo Horizonte.

After a scoreless first-leg draw, Palmeiras Dudu struck in the 68th minute, cancelling out Eduardo Vargas 52nd-minute opener.

Palmeiras will be the fourth consecutive team to play in two successive Libertadores finals since 2000, after Boca Juniors (2000 and 2001, 2003 and 2004), Sao Paulo (2005 and 2006) and River Plate (2018 and 2019) as they await either Flamengo or Barcelona in the decider.

 The full time whistle! Another trip to the Final for manager Abel Ferreira and he celebrate…

Simply watching on this year as snatched their Premier League crown with an 18-point buffer, it is no surprise Manchester City are looking to strengthen this summer.

Failing to replace former skipper and defensive talisman Vincent Kompany last year, Pep Guardiola’s side also bid a farewell to who made the move to Bayern Munich in a deal that could rise to £54.8million last month.

On paper, it is expected to be a hectic summer at the Etihad.

Looking to get their business done early and prepare for the quick turnaround until the 2020/2021 campaign gets underway, the Sky Blues announced the arrival of exciting Valencia starlet Ferran Torres on a five-year deal in Manchester.

Have City found the perfect Sane replacement?

While Guardiola might have made…

The second instalment of Liverpool s clash with Barcelona takes place on Tuesday, with the Spanish side on the verge of the Champions League final following a 3-0 victory at Camp Nou in the first leg.

Lionel Messi was the star of the show on that occasion, scoring twice  one a spectacular free kick  to add to Luis Suarez s opener against his former side.

Liverpool s task of turning the tie around is made all the harder by injuries. Jurgen Klopp confirmed on Monday that forward duo Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah will both miss the tie, while midfielder Naby Keita is ruled out after picking up an injury during the defeat in Spain.

Either Ajax or Tottenham will be the opponents in the final, with the Dutch side holding a 1-0 first-leg lead. Ahead of the ga…

Arsenal want to sign Raheem Sterling from London and Premier League rivals Chelsea in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is a fan of the former Liverpool and Manchester City attacking midfielder and is keen on bringing the England international to the Emirates Stadium in the summer of 2023.

Sterling has been on the books of Chelsea since the summer of 2022 when he joined from defending champions Manchester City. The 28-year-old has not had the best of times at the former UEFA Champions League winners so far this season. The former Liverpool winger has scored four goals and given three assists in 15 starts and three substitute appearances in the Premier League and has scored two goals and provided one assist in six…

Didier Deschamps hailed the complementary partnership between Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe after France ended their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win over Finland.

Benzema s deflected 66th-minute effort and a sublime individual goal from Mbappe, who had teed up the Real Madrid star for the opener, 10 minutes later ensured victory for Les Bleus in Helsinki.

The result denied Finland a place in the play-offs as Ukraine finished second in Group D. France, meanwhile, end qualifying unbeaten and are undefeated in their past 27 competitive matches, though that run includes the stunning Euro 2020 shoot-out loss to Switzerland, a streak that stretches back to June 2019.

We must not forget Antoine Griezmann, Deschamps said afterward when asked about Benzem…

Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool have only been hindered by the latest international break.

The Reds 25-game unbeaten run came to an end before the latest round of international fixtures, with West Ham winning 3-2 at London Stadium.

That defeat followed on from a draw with Brighton and Hove Albion at Anfield, with the two results leaving Liverpool four points behind leaders Chelsea ahead of Saturday s home game with in-form Arsenal.

Given Liverpool s patchy form, Klopp was asked if the final international break of the year had given the team a chance to reset, but the former Borussia Dortmund boss laughed off the suggestion.

No. I hate international breaks, and it didn t help from an injury point of view, said Klopp, who confirmed Jordan Henderson, Andrew …