London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola looked on almost embarrassed as Manchester City put Watford to the sword with the biggest winning margin in a FA Cup final for 116 years on Saturday, a 6-0 thrashing that was the final flourish of a season of domestic dominance unlike any England has ever seen. City claimed a […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich's seventh successive Bundesliga title win on Saturday marked both the end of a golden era and the dawning of a new age. The 2019 title crowned what has been a glistening decade of success for Bayern, as iconic players such as Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben picked up yet another […]

Paris (AFP) – Monaco virtually made sure of their French Ligue 1 survival with a 2-0 win over Amiens on Saturday while champions PSG signed off their home campaign with Kylian Mbappe scoring his 32nd league goal of the season in a 4-0 win over Dijon. Radamel Falcao and Alexsander Golovin scored in either half […]

Lisbon (AFP) – Benfica sealed their 37th Portuguese league title on Saturday with a 4-1 victory over Santa Clara in the euphoric Stadium of Light. Benfica struggled until Bruno Lage took over as manager in January and though their form improved they were still third at the start of February. "Until January, the team was […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – TS Galaxy stunned Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 in Durban Saturday to become the first second-tier club to win the South African FA Cup. Seeking to end a record four-season trophy drought, Chiefs were floored by a sucker punch three minutes into stoppage time when substitute Zakhele Lepasa converted a penalty. Arguing between Chiefs […]

Paris (AFP) – Monaco virtually made sure of their French Ligue 1 survival with a 2-0 win over Amiens on Saturday while champions PSG signed off their home campaign with Kylian Mbappe scoring his 32nd league goal of the season in a 4-0 win over Dijon. Falcao and Alexander Golovin scored in either half at […]

Doha (AFP) – The organisers of the 2022 Qatar World Cup said on Saturday that "there will be no decision imposed" on the country to extend the tournament to 48 teams. Anticipation is mounting ahead of the final decision, due to be announced in Paris at the beginning of June, whether to retain a 32-team […]

Rome (AFP) – Roma's hopes of reaching the Champions League next season faded on Saturday with a goalless draw at Sassuolo. There are two Champions League places left to take in Italy behind league winners Juventus and second-placed Napoli. Claudio Ranieri's side, semi-finalists in the elite European competition last season, are now fifth, three points […]

Lisbon (AFP) – Benfica sealed their 37th Portuguese league title on Saturday with a 4-1 victory over Santa Clara in the euphoric Stadium of Light. With a two point lead over last year's champions Porto and their destiny in their own hands, Benfica quickly took control. Haris Seferovic opened the scoring after 16 minutes. Joao […]

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola hailed Manchester City's feat of claiming the first ever domestic treble in English football as a bigger achievement than winning the Champions League after an emphatic 6-0 thrashing of Watford at Wembley in the FA Cup final. Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus each scored twice, while David Silva and Kevin […]

London (AFP) – Raheem Sterling admitted his FA Cup final brace of goals represented a "dream come true" as the Manchester City forward inspired his side's 6-0 rout of Watford in Saturday's FA Cup final. At one stage, the 24-year-old looked as if he had joined William Townley for Blackburn in 1890, Jimmy Logan for […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has said his team played "like champions" after they narrowly missed out on the Bundesliga title on Saturday. Dortmund beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-0, but finished two points behind champions Bayern, who sealed the title with a 5-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt. It was a bitter end to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery brought teammates to tears after Bayern Munich completed an astonishing title race turnaround to win a seventh successive Bundesliga crown on Saturday. Ribery and Robben both scored in their final Bundesliga appearance as Bayern sealed the title on the final day, having been nine points behind rivals […]

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola saluted Manchester City's history makers after they clinched the domestic treble with a swaggering 6-0 rout of Watford in the FA Cup final on Saturday. Guardiola's side capped an incredible campaign in fittingly dynamic fashion as Watford were put to the sword by Raheem Sterling's hat-trick and goals from David […]

Budapest (AFP) – Lethal Lyon strolled to their fourth straight Women's Champions League crown with a 4-1 win against Barcelona in Budapest on Saturday. A first-half hat-trick from star striker Ada Hegerberg followed an early opener by Germany captain Dzsenifer Marozsan to hand the French giants their sixth title overall. Substitute Asisat Oshoala scored a […]