Instagram to launch new tool to combat abuse after Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling targeted

Instagram to launch tool THIS WEEK that prevents players from seeing abusive messages – after removing sickening racist abuse aimed at Raheem Sterling just 48 hours on from English football’s social media boycott Instagram will launch a tool to prevent players from seeing abusive messages The new system will come into place this week after … Read more

Ander Herrera labels Super League plans ‘the rich stealing what the people created’

Ander Herrera labels Super League plans ‘the rich stealing what the people created’ as he, Dejan Lovren and Mesut Ozil become the first big name current players to SLAM the proposals that have rocked football across Europe Ander Herrera is the biggest name to criticise the Super League proposals Herrera plays for PSG, who as … Read more

Champions League quarter-final draw: Liverpool face Madrid, City play Dortmund and Chelsea get Porto

Champions League quarter-final draw: Liverpool face Real Madrid, Man City play Haaland’s Dortmund and Chelsea get lucky with Porto… plus a Bayern-PSG rematch and a potential all-English semi-final! The draw for this season’s Champions League quarter finals has taken place Liverpool face a re-run of their 2018 final against Spanish giants Real Madrid  City will … Read more

Champions League draw LIVE: Quarter-final and semi-final updates as Premier League trio await fate

Champions League quarter-final draw: Liverpool face Real Madrid, Man City play Haaland’s Dortmund and Chelsea get lucky with Porto… plus a Bayern-PSG rematch and a potential all-English semi-final! By Ollie Lewis For Mailonline Published: 10:00 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 11:40 GMT, 19 March 2021 The draws for the Champions League quarter and semi-finals … Read more

Neymar complains he is being ‘ASSAULTED’ on the pitch after picking up another injury for PSG

Neymar complains he is being ‘ASSAULTED’ on the pitch after picking up another injury for PSG against Caen in extraordinary rant on social media as the Brazilian hits out at critics calling him a ‘crying kid’ and ‘spoiled’ Neymar has let rip on Instagram after a foul left him out of action for four weeks … Read more

Back to school! UEFA weigh up alterations to referee education after players walked off in Paris

Back to school! UEFA weigh up alterations to referee education after players walked off in Paris amid race storm involving Romanian fourth official in PSG’s clash with Istanbul Basaksehir The game was suspended after PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir walked off the pitch  The players refused to return after Sebastian Coltescu’s alleged racist remark   The incident is … Read more

Istanbul Baskaksehir’s bench ‘called the fourth official “gypsy”‘

The fallout from the Champions League clash between Istanbul Basaksehir and Paris Saint-Germain has taken a new twist after footage appeared to show the Turkish bench calling the fourth official a ‘gypsy’.   Footage released by Romanian channel Digi24 has emerged and a voice with a reported Turkish accent in the background appears to make a derogatory remark … Read more

PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir resume their Champions League clash

The Champions League clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir got back underway on Wednesday after the encounter was abandoned 24 hours earlier following allegations of racism aimed at fourth official Sebastian Coltescu. The Group H match was suspended midway through the first half on Tuesday after Pierre Webo, Basaksehir’s black assistant manager, was allegedly racially … Read more

John Barnes backs Romanian official at centre of PSG Istanbul race storm

John Barnes has come out in defence of the fourth official at the centre of a race storm following Paris Saint-Germain’s postponed Champions League game with Istanbul Basaksehir. Players accused Romanian official Sebastian Coltescu of racially abusing Basaksehir’s assistant coach Pierre Webo in the early stages of the match – by using the word ‘negru’, … Read more

Fourth official at centre of racism accusations faces 10-MATCH ban if found guilty

The fourth official accused of using racist language towards Istanbul Basaksehir’s assistant coach, sparking a player walk-off, has insisted that ‘anyone who knows me knows I’m not racist’ as he spoke for the first time since the game was suspended.   Romanian Sebastian Coltescu, the fourth official in question, is reported to have said ‘ala negru’ … Read more