Wolves to make it 'special'LONDON • No other player at Molineux is in a better position to judge the rise of Wolves than Matt Doherty. The Ireland right-back is the only surviving member of their 2011-12 Premier League season when they went down after finishing rock bottom.In the years since, Wolves have suffered the...

Football: World Cup winner Buffon to leave PSGPARIS (AFP) - Gianluigi Buffon will leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer after it was agreed to not renew the former Italy captain's contract, the French champions announced on Wednesday (June 5)."Following joint discussions, Paris Saint-Germain and Gianluigi Buffon have agreed...

Reds bounce back from early setbackENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUELiverpool 4Burnley 2LONDON • It would be too simplistic to say Liverpool responded to the test of nerve set by Manchester City.Jurgen Klopp's team have been doing that since the first day of this enthralling Premier League season.This was a test of nerve set by...

City slip up at LeicesterLONDON • Manager Jurgen Klopp insisted there is "no extra pressure" as Premier League leaders Liverpool head into the second half of the season.Instead it was the English champions Manchester City who felt the pressure and lost further ground yesterday.The Reds comfortably beat Newcastle 4-0...

Don't write Manchester United off: OlePARIS • Manchester United travelled to Paris yesterday without 10 first-team players and facing a two-goal deficit, but the odds are not insurmountable for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, whose players "feel invincible".The Red Devils will be boosted for the second leg of their Champions League...

Football: Pep Guardiola's biggest challenge is to find successors to ageing quartetSINGAPORE - Perhaps the ominous element for Manchester City's rivals came before their 14th consecutive win on Sunday (May 12) that took their tally to 98 points and secured a second successive Premier League title.It came not from the class...

Jorginho warming to Blues' tacticsLONDON • Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta insists the much-maligned Jorginho will eventually silence the critics because he is reaching peak form ahead of today's crucial Premier League home clash against Watford.The Italy midfielder has endured a difficult first season after his ponderous...