Football: Struggling La Liga side Villarreal sack Luis Garcia after 50 days and a solitary winMADRID (AFP) - Villarreal, without a victory in La Liga since the end of November, announced on Tuesday (Jan 29) that they have fired coach Luis Garcia after just 50 days at the helm."The club will announce the name of the new...

Football: Man City blast 'false accusations' as Uefa opens spending rules probeZURICH (AFP) - Uefa on Thursday (March 7) announced they were opening an investigation into whether or not Manchester City broke Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, a breach that could lead to a devastating Champions League ban.However, English...

Football: Marouane Fellaini leaves Man United for Chinas ShandongLONDON (AFP) – Manchester United announced on Friday (Feb 1)  that midfielder Marouane Fellaini has left the club to join China’s Shandong Luneng on a permanent transfer.The Belgium international, 31, arrived at Old Trafford from Everton in August...

Football: Late winner as Aussies down Syria to go through to Asian Cup last 16AL-AIN, United Arab Emirates (AFP) - Tom Rogic's injury-time thunderbolt settled an Asian Cup thriller on Tuesday (Jan 15) as defending champions Australia beat Syria 3-2 to reach the last 16 and knock out their war-torn rivals.The result meant...

Football: Five things that have gone wrong for Manchester CityLONDON (AFP) - English champions Manchester City slumped to a third shock defeat in four Premier League games at Leicester on Boxing Day to slip to third in the table and seven points adrift of unbeaten leaders Liverpool.Just a few weeks ago they seemed unstoppable...