Paris (AFP) – Egypt superstar Mohamed Salah was compared to British Olympic diver Tom Daley at the weekend after winning the penalty that sealed a 2-0 victory for title-chasing Liverpool at lowly Cardiff. The exaggerated fall by the reigning African Footballer of the Year angered Cardiff manager Neil Warnock as the Reds took a two-point […]

London (AFP) – England star Raheem Sterling is to pay for the funeral of former Crystal Palace youth player Damary Dawkins who he says was an "example to us all". Dawkins died aged 13 of leukaemia in March — Sterling had supported a campaign to find a suitable stem cell donor for him. According to an […]

London (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said prior to the humiliating 4-0 thrashing by Everton there would not be wholesale changes to Manchester United personnel in the close season, but Gary Neville, for one, believes he should think again. United's millionaire stars such as Paul Pogba and David de Gea put up a display described […]

Washington (AFP) – Romanian midfielder Alexandru Mitrita and Brazilian striker Heber scored to power New York City FC over Eastern Conference leader DC United 2-0 Sunday in a Major League Soccer match. Wayne Rooney-led United remained atop the East despite falling to 4-3 with two drawn, but their 14 points are under assault with Toronto on […]

London (AFP) – Ben Davies has challenged to Tottenham to win their last four Premier League games as they aim to get their top four push back on track against Brighton on Tuesday. Mauricio Pochettino's side suffered a setback in their bid to repeat their league finish for a fifth straight season when they were […]

Berlin (AFP) – Werder Bremen's Peruvian veteran Claudio Pizarro hopes to ruin Bayern Munich's dreams of a domestic double when he faces his old club in the German Cup semi-final this week. Pizarro is an icon at both Bayern and Bremen, having scored over 100 goals for each club, and is chasing a record ninth […]

Paris (AFP) – Kylian Mbappe committed his future to newly-crowned Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday after sweeping aside Monaco with a hat-trick in a 3-1 win that also saw the return of superstar strike partner Neymar. "I'm here, I've signed up to the project," said Mbappe, who has been linked with Real Madrid, […]

Paris (AFP) – Brazilian superstar Neymar joined the Parc des Princes party on Sunday when he came on at the start of the second half as newly-crowned French champions Paris Saint-Germain played Monaco. Neymar had been out since January 23 with a right foot injury, but had been named as a substitute for a game […]

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Mohamed Salah could not have "got much higher off the diving board" according to Cardiff manager Neil Warnock after the Egyptian won a penalty in Liverpool's 2-0 win in the Welsh capital on Sunday. Salah was grappled inside the area by Cardiff captain Sean Morrison, but the theatric nature of […]

Berlin (AFP) – Barcelona have one foot in the final of the Women's Champions League after Kheira Hamraoui's second half winner gave them a deserved 1-0 win at Bayern Munich in Sunday's semi-final first leg. Hamraoui, who won the tournament with Lyon last season, showed her class with a well-taken winner to give Barcelona a […]

Berlin (AFP) – Captain Marco Reus played through pain to inspire Borussia Dortmund to a 4-0 win over Freiburg on Sunday and keep them on the heels of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich. Reus took a knock to his knee in a heavy challenge from Freiburg's Janik Haberer in the second half, but fired Dortmund to […]

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp lauded his side's desire to cede no ground in the title race by beating relegation threatened Cardiff 2-0 on Sunday to return to the top of the Premier League. Georginio Wijnaldum's opener just before the hour and James Milner's penalty secured a ninth consecutive win in […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool moved back top of the Premier League with a 2-0 win at Cardiff, but Manchester United and Arsenal did little for their chances of Champions League qualification for next season in shock defeats to Everton and Crystal Palace respectively on Sunday. United were thrashed 4-0 at Everton to continue a miserable […]

Madrid (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane said Karim Benzema is the best number nine in the world after his hat-trick led Real Madrid to a 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Benzema has been one of the few bright sparks in an otherwise dreary campaign for the European champions and his second-half treble at the […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer questioned his players' desire to play for Manchester United after a humiliating 4-0 defeat at Everton but immediately challenged them to prove him wrong in Wednesday's derby meeting with Manchester City. United fell to a fifth successive away defeat, for the first time in 38 years, thanks to goals […]