Usain Bolt is continuing his quest to become a professional footballer by training with A-League club Central Coast Mariners for an indefinite period.
The eight-time Olympic gold medallist and world-record holder over 100 and 200 metres has previously spent time with Borussia Dortmund, Mamelodi Sundowns and Stromsgodset after retiring from athletics in 2017.
Bolt, who turns 32 later this month, is not guaranteed a deal with the Mariners but has committed to an indefinite training period with the club .
In quotes published on the team s website, Bolt said: I am very excited about coming to Australia and would like to thank the owner and management of the Central Coast Mariners for giving me this opportunity.
It has been my dream to play professional foot…
Bayer Leverkusen celebrated carnival weekend in the Rhineland with a superb 3-0 win over Bayern Munich which sent them five points clear of their opponents at the top of the Bundesliga.
Josip Stanisic, the man on loan from Bayern, opened the scoring against a static defence in the 18th minute before Alex Grimaldo doubled the lead five minutes into the second half.
An exclamation point was added in stoppage time when Manuel Neuer came up for a corner and missed the ball, with Jeremie Frimpong firing into an empty net.
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— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en)
RB Leipzig sit three points outside the top four after being held to a 2-2 draw away to Augsburg.
Phillip Tietz fired Augsburg into a 35th-minute lead bu…
The African Nations Cup tournament will be staged in odd years from 2013, an African Football Confederation statement released in Cairo said Saturday.
This means two editions of the African football flagship event being staged within a year as Gabon and Equatorial Guinea co-host it in 2012 followed by Libya 12 months later.
After an erratic early life with odd and even-year hosting, the Nations Cup has been staged biennially during an even year since the 1968 tournament in Ethiopia.
But even-year tournaments meant every second one was held just months before the quadrennial World Cup and some blame this for the poor showing of teams from the continent in the most watched global sport event.
No African team has gone beyond the last eight of the World Cup …
With Real Madrid falling further behind Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in the Spanish La Liga, head coach Rafael Benitez is expected to part company in the coming weeks. While club president Florentino Perez publicly backed the Spanish manager in the aftermath of last month’s 4-0 thrashing against Barcelona, his patience will be wearing thin after defeat away to Villarreal put Real five points adrift of the top-two sides.
Zizou a popular choice among the fans
Real Madrid Castilla (reserve team) coach and is reportedly keen to temporarily take charge until the end of the season. It would certainly be a culture shock from the humble surroundings of the reserve side given the egos in the Real dressing room, but Zidane has been a familiar face at the Bernabeu eve…
Real Madrid have confirmed right-back Dani Carvajal has signed a contract extension committing him to the club until June 2020.
Carvajal made 43 appearances for Real in all competitions last term and broke into Spain s national team for the first time.
A product of Real s youth system, Carvajal spent a season with Bayer Leverkusen in 2012-13 before returning to secure regular action at the Santiago Bernabeu.
An official statement from Real read: Real Madrid C.F. have announced the contract extension of Dani Carvajal which will keep him at the club until the 30th of June 2020, for the next five seasons.
Fellow full-back Marcelo is also expected to sign a contract extension at Real, who are preparing for their first season under Rafael Benitez.
Manchester City have agreed personal terms with Valencia s Ferran Torres, according to .
The report claims that the winger s representatives met with the Premier League club on Wednesday, and reached total agreement for a move to the Etihad. Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid were both interested in his services too, but it seems that his desire to play under the command of Pep Guardiola has influenced his choice the most. The 20-year-old has so far played in 46 games for Valencia across all competitions this season, scoring six and assisting further eight goals.
City recently parted ways with Leroy Sane who left Manchester to join Bayern Munich, and Torres seems like a good fit to replace the Germany international in Guardiola s squad. All that now remains is for the two …
PSG are trying to end the 2019-20 season on a strong note, and they won the first of three titles they have at their disposal in the coming weeks. Les Parisiens secured the Coupe de France title thanks to a 1-0 win over Saint-Etienne on Friday.
The lone goal of the match came in the 14th minute thanks to Neymar. The biggest news of the match, however, was the injury sustained by Kylian Mbappe midway into the first half.
Neymar scores, Mbappe leaves injured in busy first half
Despite the fact PSG dominated most of the match, Saint-Etienne generated the first clear chance of the game thanks to Romain Hamouma. The forward rattled Keylor Navas’ right post with a shot from inside the box. That was a wake-up call for Les Parisiens, and they didn’t waste time to net the o…
The cries of despair from all around Germany could probably be heard in South Africa as a psychic octopus called Paul tipped Spain Tuesday to beat Germany in the football World Cup semi-final.
The eight-legged oracle who has successfully predicted all five of Germany s games in South Africa, carefully weighed up the two teams, before plumping for Spain, prompting anguished groans from the assembled media scrum.
Carried live on national television, two plastic boxes, one with a German flag and one with a Spanish, were lowered into Paul s tank at an aquarium in western Germany, each with a tasty morsel of food inside.
The box which Paul opens first is adjudged to be his predicted winner.
If Paul s performance is replicated on the pitch, it promises to be a…
Sean Dyche accepts pressure will continue to grow on Dominic Calvert-Lewin the longer his barren run continues.
But the Everton manager has reminded the rest of his goal-shy side it is not just the principle striker who needs to find the net.
Calvert-Lewin has not scored for the relegation-threatened Toffees in 19 appearances stretching back to October.
However, he is not the only Everton player struggling in front of goal with the team having struck just 27 times in 25 Premier League games this season. Only bottom two Burnley and Sheffield United have worse records.
“I think he knows where he’s at,” said Dyche of Calvert-Lewin. “There’s enough noise in football now.
“Do you think he’s thinking there’s no noise about him not scorin…
Barcelona’s dismal week took another turn for the worse as they crashed to a shock 1-0 La Liga defeat at Granada on Saturday.
Yacine Brahimi s third goal of the season in the first half gave the Andalucian outfit their first win over the champions since they returned to the top flight in the 2011-12 campaign.
Barca were dumped out of the UEFA Champions League at the quarter-final stage by Liga title rivals Atletico Madrid in midweek, and the pressure on coach Gerardo Martino was ramped up again at Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes.
Neymar cut a frustated figure as he spurned several chances, and defeat ensured Barca missed the chance to replace Atletico who play on Sunday at the top of the table, while victory for Granada eased their relegation fears.
Martino stated i…