Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City exacted some measure of revenge on Tottenham for their Champions League exit as Phil Foden's first Premier League goal earned a 1-0 win to move them back top of the table on Saturday. Pep Guardiola's men edge one point ahead of Liverpool once more with four games of […]

Madrid (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane said on Saturday he knows exactly what kind of players he wants to sign this summer as he looks to revamp Real Madrid's squad for next season. Madrid are expected to be busy after a miserable campaign that has left them lying 13 points behind Barcelona in La Liga, after […]

Milan (AFP) – Bruno Alves grabbed a point for Parma to pile the pressure on AC Milan's Champions League ambitions with a 1-1 draw in Emilia-Romagna on Saturday. Samu Castillejo nodded Milan ahead after 69 minutes but Alves pulled the sides level with a curling free-kick three minutes from time. AC Milan remain fourth on […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City may have to cope without Kevin de Bruyne in their chase for the Premier League title after the Belgian limped off in the first-half of his side's clash with Tottenham on Saturday. De Bruyne was outstanding as City beat Spurs 4-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday with […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool and Manchester City have dominated the shortlist for the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award, with Virgil Van Dijk and Raheem Sterling the leading contenders for the prize. Liverpool defender Van Dijk joins team-mate Sadio Mane on the list, while City forward Sterling is included alongside team-mates Sergio Aguero […]

London (AFP) – Ann-Katrin Berger will be between the posts for Chelsea when they face the intimidating challenge of European champions Lyon on Sunday but having overcome cancer it will seem mild by comparison. The 28-year-old German told The Times on Saturday football had played a pivotal role in her battle with thyroid cancer. She […]

The Hague (AFP) – A decision by the Dutch football federation to postpone all premier league games ahead of Ajax's Champions League clash against Tottenham was criticised Saturday as having "broad and far-reaching consequences." The Royal Dutch Football Federation (KNVB) announced the postponement Friday, saying the gap between a local Eredivisie game and the game […]

London (AFP) – Ainsley Maitland-Niles believes Arsenal's run to the Europa League semi-finals will aid their Premier League top four push against Crystal Palace on Sunday. Unai Emery's side advanced to the last four on Thursday as Alexandre Lacazette's goal sealed a 1-0 win in Napoli and a 3-0 aggregate success. Arsenal face Valencia in […]

Paris (AFP) – French powerhouse Lyon remain on course to win a fourth consecutive women's Champions League crown as they prepare to take on Chelsea in the semi-finals. The clubs meet in France on Sunday before the return leg in England on April 28, with a place in the final in Budapest on May 18 […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has five games left in the Premier League season to prove conclusively that the club's hierarchy did not act too hastily in making him Jose Mourinho's permanent successor last month. After a spectacular start as caretaker manager of the club, in which he won his first eight […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola will target the quadruple again next season with Manchester City despite the disappointment of this week's Champions League exit against Tottenham. Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino and Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp — Guardiola's closest challenger for the Premier League title — have both advanced to the semi-finals of Europe's leading […]

Paris (AFP) – Memphis Depay helped Lyon defeat Angers 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Friday to end a three match winless run and maintain their push for Champions League football next season. First half goals from the Dutch international and Martin Terrier saw Lyon consolidate their hold on third place on 59 points, six clear […]

London (AFP) – Norwich City needed an equaliser in the seventh minute of injury time to salvage a 2-2 draw at home to Sheffield Wednesday on Friday as they edged closer to the Premier League. Mario Vrancic was fouled just outside the area by Marco Matias and stepped up to curl the resulting free-kick past […]

London (AFP) – Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey is to be educated about the evils of the Nazis after a Football Association panel (FA) judged he displayed a "lamentable degree of ignorance" about Adolf Hitler, his manager at Crystal Palace Roy Hodgson said. The 32-year-old had been in the dock over making what looked like a […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola wants the pain of Manchester City's gut-wrenching Champions League elimination at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur to inspire a charge for an unprecedented domestic treble. Guardiola's side take on Spurs at the Etihad Stadium again on Saturday after VAR ruled out what would have been a stoppage-time winner […]