Football

Christopher Aurier, the 26-year-old brother of Tottenham Hotspur defender Serge Aurier, has been shot dead in the early hours of Monday morning at a nightclub in the French city of Toulouse.

Teenage sensation Erling Haaland's homecoming to his native Norway perhaps wasn't as welcoming as he had envisaged, as the Borussia Dortmund superstar was ejected from a nightclub after an apparent disagreement with bouncers.

State health officials have advised a hotly-anticipated Brazilian derby match be canceled after one of the two clubs reported 14 positive coronavirus cases ahead of the match.

Former Brazil and Barcelona star Ronaldinho will stay under house arrest in a hotel in Paraguayan capital Asuncion after a court reportedly rejected his latest appeal in a case involving claims he used a fake passport.

Ksenia Pesyakova, wife of Russian Premier League goalkeeper Sergey Pesyakov, has thanked fans for their support after she shared the abuse she received for a photo in which she gave the middle finger to an opposition team.

Being a fly on the wall in a Jose Mourinho dressing room would be among the most fascinating experiences imaginable for football fans – unless you are a Tottenham supporter increasingly dreading the direction the club is headed.

Gareth Bale's Real Madrid priorities have been called further into question as the Welsh winger was filmed jokingly using his face mask to take a nap in the stands as his team took on Alaves.

Critics have described the Black Lives Matter movement as a "scam" and questioned the point of a move by a Major League Soccer team which has replaced player names with the names of black victims of police brutality.

After teasing television temptress Diletta Leotta for "slacking off", ripped striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been filmed encouraging the host as she rises from her bed, saunters in her lingerie and punches his abs in a sports bra.