Christensen could leave Chelsea

He is a PGA Tour winner, but it could have been a lot different had American rookie Xander Schauffele followed a different path.

Born into a family of athletes, Schauffele was surrounded by footballers and had a ball at his feet growing up.

His father, Stefan – a German-French immigrant – was a talented player, whose grandfathers also played football in Europe.

Stefan brought his son s talents to the United States, where a young Xander s passion for football developed.

That was until Schauffele was absorbed by a little white ball and the nature of golf.

It was simply the team aspect to an individual sport, the 23-year-old told Omnisport.  I loved playing soccer as a kid. 

We lost a tournament and I played a perfect game to my stand…

Newcastle United captain Fabricio Collocini has penned a new one-year deal with the club, according .

The centre-back, who has been at St James’ Park since 2008, had been linked with a move to Crystal Palace in recent weeks and has not featured for Steve McClaren’s side at all during preseason.

However, he has now committed himself to the North East club until the end of the 2016/17 campaign.

In seven years, the Argentina international has racked up almost two hundred and fifty appearances in all competitions, scoring six goals.

He was part of the squads that were relegated to the Championship in 2009, and then promoted straight back to the top flight twelve months later.

He has been capped thirty-nine times for his country, scoring his …

So, the Jose Mourinho era at Manchester United has come to an end and perhaps too has the Portuguese s association with the Premier League.

The Red Devils opted on Tuesday to part ways with Mourinho, with United 19 points adrift of leaders Liverpool following a 3-1 defeat at their fierce rivals on Sunday, which left them sixth.

Mourinho s tenure at Old Trafford has been teetering on a cliff edge pretty much all season, a situation not helped by United s dismal Premier League performances.

But off-the-field issues have not helped his cause either amid reports of clashes with key players, most notably star midfielder Paul Pogba.

Pogba is not the first player to get on the wrong side of Mourinho and we have reviewed some of the former Real Madrid and Inter…

Mexico began their World Cup 2018 qualification campaign with a routine 3-0 victory over El Salvador at the Estadio Azteca on Friday.

Andres Guardado opened the scoring after seven minutes with a perfectly executed free-kick before Hector Herrera doubled the hosts advantage moments before the interval.

The creative midfielder s lofted pass towards Javier Hernandez was missed by striker and El Salvador goalkeeper Henry Hernandez and ended up nestling in the bottom corner.

Carlos Vela wrapped up all three points on the hour-mark as he collected Jesus Corona s slipped pass to chip in his 15th international goal.

Mexico took the game to their opponents from the first whistle as captain Guardado opened the scoring with a superb set-piece strike, curling his ef…

Eden Hazard was Real Madrid s unlikely Copa del Rey matchwinner as the 10-man LaLiga leaders rallied to a 2-1 win at Elche in extra time.

Madrid have lifted the Copa only twice this century and looked highly unlikely to improve that record when Marcelo was sent off and Gonzalo Verdu capitalised from the subsequent free-kick in the 103rd minute.

Carlo Ancelotti s men had been awful to that point but staged a stunning recovery courtesy of goals from two substitutes.

Isco levelled with 12 minutes to play, teeing up Hazard – much maligned at the Santiago Bernabeu – to race away and net a decisive second, stunning poor Elche, who were contentiously denied their own equaliser and then had Pere Milla dismissed.

Elche must have feared they would be made to p…

Quique Sanchez Flores believes Watford are laying the foundations for a strong Premier League future as they prepare to host Tottenham on Monday.
 
The Spaniard s team have impressed upon their return to the top flight and occupy seventh place, just three points adrift of Mauricio Pochettino s side in fourth.
 
Saturday s 2-2 draw against Chelsea ended Watford s four-match winning streak, but Tottenham will travel to Vicarage Road to face the Premier League s form side, who have taken 13 points from their last 15 available.
 
Key to Watford s strong form this term has been a series of resilient showings on home turf, where they have conceded just six goals in nine games.
 
Odion Ighalo – who set a new club record by netting in a fifth straight Premier League match at Chels…

Messi happy to stay at home until the end / Image via cbssports.com

Arguing that tax fraud charges may urge Lionel Messi to leave Barcelona is simply poor judgment.

The 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or winner is synonymous with Barcelona, with the club’s philosophy and values that are embedded in their mutual DNA to ever think about leaving.

It has nothing to do with whether he may do it somewhere else, on a cold winter’s night in Stoke in example, it has to do with the fact that the Argentine star thinks of Barcelona as his home and leaving home has never been an option for him.

Several European giant have been hoping for some time that they would be able to convince Messi to join them, placing their trust in the tax evasion scandal to ruin Messi’s desire …

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits he is more concerned with side’s defensive display than the role VAR played in denying his side a late Europa League draw in Toulouse.

Individual mistakes and a lack of collective cohesion saw the hosts take a 3-1 lead but Diogo Jota’s 89th-minute strike, after Cristian Casseres’ own goal had got them back into the game, set up a dramatic conclusion.

In the seventh and final minute of added time 20-year-old centre-back Jarell Quansah thought he had equalised but after a long delay referee Georgi Kabakov was advised to go to the pitchside monitor and he ruled Alexis Mac Allister had handled the ball, even though it had initially bounced up off his chest very early in the move for the goal.

“I only saw the video back no…

PAOK president Ivan Savvidis has apologised for storming the field while armed with a gun during Sunday s match against AEK Athens at the weekend – an incident that led to the Greek Superleague being suspended indefinitely by the country s government.

Savvidis invaded the pitch along with members of his security detail after PAOK s Fernando Varela had what he thought was an 89th-minute winner rule out for offside.

The Georgian-born tobacco and media tycoon was wearing a pistol in a holster on his hip, although he did not brandish it in the ensuing furore that saw AEK players leave the field before the match was abandoned at 0-0.

Greece s Deputy Minister of Sport George Vassiliadis announced on Monday that the country s top flight was on an indefinite interrupti…

Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery says he is grateful to the Bundesliga leaders for standing by him during his long absence due to injury.

Ribery missed almost a full calendar year of action with muscle and ankle problems but has won his place back in the Bayern side despite strong competition from Kingsley Coman and Douglas Costa.

Bayern who are five points clear of Borussia Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga table face Eintracht Frankfurt at home on Saturday and Ribery was in reflective mood ahead of the game.

Bayern will always be a special club for me, Ribery told Bundesliga.com. Over the years, I have had many offers, but Bayern have rejected them and today I am very happy that a change for either side is out of the question.

I remember that th…