London (AFP) – Liverpool usurped Manchester City to take top spot in the Premier League but needed a James Milner penalty nine minutes from time to see off lowly Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage on Sunday. The on-form Sadio Mane put the visitors in front midway through the first half, but a rare defensive mix-up […]

Berlin (AFP) – Werder Bremen forwards Max Kruse and Milot Rashica combined to arrest Bayer Leverkusen's charge up the Bundesliga table by scoring the goals in Sunday's shock 3-1 away victory. Between them, Bremen centre-forward Kruse and winger Rashica are on fire with six goals and three assists in the last four league games […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Odsonne Edouard struck a 96th minute winner as Celtic moved 10 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership with a 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Dundee on Sunday. The Hoops seemed set to drop points and fail to score for the second consecutive week after drawing a blank in a 0-0 […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus suffered their first Serie A defeat of the season on Sunday losing 2-0 to Genoa with late goals from former player Stefano Sturaro and Goran Pandev. Ronaldo missed the trip to Genoa after firing the Serie A side to the Champions League quarter-finals with a hat-trick over Atletico Madrid during the […]

Cairo (AFP) – Little more than three months before it hosts the Africa Cup of Nations, Egyptian football has been plunged into its latest crisis with major clubs squabbling, games regularly called off and security services intervening amid ongoing safety concerns. "This is the hardest season in the history of Egyptian football," Amer Hussein, chairman […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Former England star Wayne Rooney scored three goals on Saturday night to lead D.C. United to a crushing 5-0 victory over Real Salt Lake. Rooney registered his first three goals of the new season and also his first hat trick since signing on with Major League Soccer in July 2018. He […]

Wolverhampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted Manchester United produced the poorest performance of his reign as Wolves sent them crashing out of the FA Cup on Saturday with a 2-1 quarter-final win. But United's interim manager was remarkably upbeat despite his side's flat performance, saying they had plenty more to fight for […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City produced a stunning comeback against Swansea on Saturday to reach the FA Cup semi-finals and keep their quadruple dreams alive as Wolves sent Manchester United crashing out. Pep Guardiola's team roared back from a two-goal half-time deficit to score three times after the break, with Sergio Aguero grabbing a disputed […]

Wolverhampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Wolves inflicted a second straight defeat on Manchester United on Saturday, outplaying Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side to secure a 2-1 win and reach the FA Cup semi-finals. United lacked spark throughout and were overcome by an eager Wolves side with two goals in the space of six minutes in the […]

Rome (AFP) – Claudio Ranieri's Roma fell to a shock 2-1 defeat at struggling SPAL on Saturday, missing a golden opportunity to close the gap on Champions League rivals Inter Milan and AC Milan. Milan are third, one point ahead of Inter, with Roma in fifth three points back in the battle for elite European […]

Rome (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo will miss Juventus' trip to Genoa after firing the Serie A side to the Champions League quarter-finals, coach Massimiliano said on Saturday. "I'm leaving him at home, he had played a lot and he needs to rest. Right now it would be too risky to play him," Allegri told reporters. […]

Marseille (AFP) – The idea football was not for girls was tough to weed out as the women's game, first launched in Britain after WWI and at the end of the 1960's, paved the way for the current wave of enthusiasm that began in 2000 and will crest at the French World Cup this summer. […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund returned to the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday after Marco Reus's late winner sealed a dramatic 3-2 victory at Hertha Berlin, who finished with nine men. Dortmund's win leaves them three points clear of defending champions Bayern Munich, who are now under pressure to bounce back from their Champions […]

Twickenham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Finn Russell confessed to being devastated despite Scotland's astonishing comeback from 31-0 to draw 38-38 with England at Twickenham on Saturday. The 26-year-old fly-half — who was outstanding pulling the strings in the second half — said the consolation was the character he and his team-mates had shown in what […]

Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Sergio Aguero hailed Manchester City's fighting spirit after they roared back from two goals down to beat Swansea 3-2, making the FA Cup semi-finals and keeping their hopes of an unprecedented quadruple alive. "Sometimes these comebacks happen. It is important that we've qualified for the semi-finals, so we're happy," Aguero […]