Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic took another step closer to an eighth straight Scottish Premiership title, but made hard work of overcoming relegation threatened St Mirren 2-0 on Wednesday. Timothy Weah headed in the opener after 14 minutes before Buddies goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky saved an Olivier Ntcham penalty. And the visitors did not seal the points […]

Paris (AFP) – Holders Paris Saint-Germain will play Rennes in the French Cup final later this month after beating 10-man Nantes 3-0 in their semi-final tie on Wednesday as Kylian Mbappe scored one penalty after missing another. Mbappe's two spot-kicks came after he set up Marco Verratti for the opener in the first half at […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City brushed aside struggling Cardiff to leapfrog Liverpool at the top of the Premier League on Wednesday as Tottenham opened their glittering new stadium in style. City's 2-0 victory over Cardiff took Pep Guardiola's quadruple-chasers to 80 points — one clear of Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool, with both sides having six matches […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola's Manchester City eased to a 2-0 win over Cardiff at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday to retake top spot in the Premier League from title rivals Liverpool. Goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Leroy Sane were enough to lift City back into top spot, at least until Friday, […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea eased the pressure on under-fire boss Maurizio Sarri as Callum Hudson-Odoi's influential display and sublime strikes from Eden Hazard and Ruben Loftus-Cheek sealed a 3-0 win over Brighton on Wednesday. Sarri couldn't afford a negative result against struggling Brighton at Stamford Bridge after being subjected to fresh calls for his sacking […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham celebrated the opening of the club's state-of-the-art new stadium by ending a five-game winless Premier League run with a 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Wednesday. Second-half goals from Son Heung-min and Christian Eriksen ensured Spurs got off to the perfect start at their new home and moved Mauricio Pochettino's side […]

Milan (AFP) – Napoli fell 2-1 to relegation candidates Empoli on Wednesday opening the way for Juventus to claim an eighth consecutive Serie A title from as early as this weekend. Juventus beat Cagliari 2-0 on Tuesday in a game which was overshadowed by racist chanting against Moise Kean and Blaise Matuidi in Sardinia and […]

Berlin (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski saved his team from a humiliating German Cup exit as Bayern Munich came from behind to beat second-tier Heidenheim in a 5-4 thriller on Wednesday. Bayern were 2-1 down at half-time having gone down to ten men early in the game, and threw away a two-goal lead in the second […]

Milan (AFP) – AC Milan will be without goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and midfielder Lucas Paqueta for this weekend's Serie A clash at leaders Juventus, the club said on Wednesday. Both players suffered injuries in Tuesday's 1-1 draw against Udinese which complicates the Champions League race for Gennaro Gattuso's side, who are targeting a return to […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is relaxed about Mohamed Salah's goalscoring drought, saying the Egyptian forward remains a key part of the title chasers' attacking armoury. Salah, who scored 44 times in his maiden season at Anfield, has gone eight matches without finding the net but still has 20 goals in 2018/19 and […]

Paris (AFP) – Football legend Pele was taken to a Paris hospital as a precaution on Wednesday after suffering from an "infection" but is "doing well", according to members of his entourage. The 78-year-old Brazilian three-time World Cup winner was being treated for "a light fever" prior to the long flight back to his home country, […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus starlet Moise Kean has whipped up a storm by taking a stand when targeted by racist chanting at the weekend, but his actions raised barely a murmur in Italy, where racist abuse has become a recurring problem which football authorities remain reluctant to tackle. Even Kean's Juventus teammate Leonardo Bonucci and […]

Auxerre (France) (AFP) – In a heavyweight warm-up match for this summer's Women's World Cup, hosts France take on Japan, champions in 2011 and losing finalists four years ago, in Auxerre on Thursday. After playing Japan, France face Denmark in Strasbourg on Monday. Coach Corinne Diacre said the opponents were chosen because "they have styles […]

Paris (AFP) – Football legend Pele has been taken to a Paris hospital as a precaution after suffering an "infection" but is "doing well", according to members of his entourage. The 78-year-old Brazilian three-time World Cup winner was being treated for "a light fever" prior to the long flight back to his home country, the sources […]

London (AFP) – Premier League club Cardiff have requested a meeting with French outfit Nantes to resolve their dispute over Emiliano Sala's transfer fee, the Welsh-based side said on Wednesday. Cardiff also obtained from world governing body FIFA — to whom Nantes had referred the case — an extension to the Wednesday deadline for the […]