Lyon defender Rafael da Silva is set for up to three months out of action after undergoing surgery on a thigh injury this week. The former Manchester United full-back has not featured for his club since a Champions League draw with Manchester City at the end of November, having been sent off in the derby ...]

Manchester United have handed a new contract to defender Chris Smalling, which could keep him at Old Trafford until 2023. Smalling, 29, has signed a deal running to June 2022, with an option 00001527 for a one-year extension. The centre-back joined United from Fulham in 2010 and has won all major trophies in English football during ...]

Manchester United players should consider not listening to manager Jose Mourinho in order to find their identity, says ex-Arsenal defender Martin Keown.

Jan Vertonghen hopes he has not signed his last contract at Tottenham as he plots a future with the club beyond 2020. Vertonghen's contract expires at the end of this season but Spurs are set to take up an option to extend it by a further year. The Belgium defender has been a mainstay at ...]

Joao Cancelo has undergone successful surgery on his right knee, Juventus have confirmed. The Portugal international had a medial selective meniscectomy at the Clinica Sedes Sapientiae in Turin on Friday. The full-back is expected to be out of action until at least the middle of January. Cancelo has been one of Juve's standout performers since joining from Valencia ...]

Jurgen Klopp admits Liverpool are unlikely to bring in any new recruits in January unless circumstances change in the coming weeks. The Reds boss revealed at his Friday news conference how he previously had no plans to be active in the next window, only to then see defenders Joe Gomez and Joel Matip pick up injuries. While the duo are not ...]

Benjamin Pavard has revealed the identity of the toughest player he has faced in the Bundesliga - and it is not Robert Lewandowski. The Stuttgart and France defender, who won the World Cup with Les Bleus in Russia in July, has been linked with a move to join Lewandowski at Bayern Munich. The striker was on ...]

Speaking to the press ahead of Liverpool's clash against Manchester United on Sunday, manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed he has no plans to sign defensive reinforcements in January. The Reds face a difficult situation when it comes to defenders. Halfway through the hectic schedule set to last throughout December, they've lost three defenders to injury, ...]

As U.S. President Donald Trump re-imposed harsh economic sanctions on Iran last month, hackers scrambled to break into personal emails of American officials tasked with enforcing them, The Associated Press has found — another sign of how deeply cyberespionage is embedded into the fabric of U.S.-Iranian relations. The AP drew on data gathered by the London-based cybersecurity group Certfa to track how a hacking group often nicknamed Charming Kitten spent the past month trying to break into the private emails of more than a dozen U.S. Treasury officials. Also on the hackers' hit list: high-profile defenders, detractors and enforcers of the nuclear deal struck between Washington and Tehran, as...

Laurent Koscielny said his season is just beginning after making his return from a seven-month injury lay-off in Arsenal's 1-0 Europa League win over Qarabag. The 33-year-old defender had not played first-team football for the Gunners since he ruptured his Achilles tendon in the 1-0 Europa League semi-final defeat to Atletico Madrid in May, but ...]