London (AFP) – Steven Gerrard's hopes of landing a trophy in his first season as Rangers boss remain alive as his side battled back to salvage a 1-1 draw at Aberdeen on Sunday to set up a Scottish Cup quarter-final replay. Rangers looked to be crashing out after Sam Cosgrove fired the Dons ahead with […]

London (AFP) – Jorginho fired Chelsea to a 2-1 win at struggling Fulham on Sunday as Blues keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga began to make amends for his Wembley mutiny with an impressive display. Maurizio Sarri's side took the lead through Gonzalo Higuain before Calum Chambers equalised at Craven Cottage. In an incident-packed first half, the much-maligned […]

London (AFP) – Brendan Rodgers's first match as Leicester boss ended in a dramatic defeat as Andre Gray scored in stoppage time to give Watford a 2-1 win at Vicarage Road. Rodgers left Scottish champions Celtic to take charge of the Foxes on Tuesday after winning seven domestic trophies north of the border. But the […]

London (AFP) – Kepa Arrizabalaga was recalled for Chelsea's London derby at Fulham on Sunday after the rebellious keeper's one-game exile. Blues boss Maurizio Sarri dropped Kepa for Chelsea's midweek 2-0 win over Tottenham as punishment for the Spaniard's refusal to be substituted during last weekend's League Cup final defeat against Manchester City. The Italian […]

Madrid (AFP) – Jose Mourinho accused Real Madrid of lacking fight and looking unhappy against Barcelona on Saturday, just as the pressure cranked up on coach Santiago Solari after a second successive Clasico defeat. Mourinho has been among those mentioned as a possible replacement for Solari, as Madrid have been knocked out of both the […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Major League Soccer kicked off a new season on Saturday with 10 games and a tribute to football great David Beckham whose arrival in 2007 helped usher in a new era for the then upstart league. A statue of the former England captain was unveiled by the LA Galaxy outside their […]

Hamilton (New Zealand) (AFP) – Soumya Sarkar scored his maiden Test century as Bangladesh mounted a brave battle to keep the first Test against New Zealand alive on the fourth morning in Hamilton on Sunday. In partnership with skipper Mahmudullah the pair batted throughout the morning session to be 310 for four at lunch. They […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona won their second Clasico in four days on Saturday and Real Madrid might have to win the Champions League if Santiago Solari is to be in charge for the next one. After knocking them out of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, Barca returned to the Santiago Bernabeu for a 1-0 […]

Chicago (AFP) – From Mother Teresa and Malala Yousafzai to Serena Williams and J.K. Rowling, iconic women worldwide were honored on US women's football jerseys in the Americans' Saturday match against England. The contest in Nashville, Tennessee, was part of the SheBelieves Cup, with the Americans donning blue jerseys with the names of influential women […]

Edinburgh (AFP) – Newly-appointed Celtic manager Neil Lennon slammed the "totally unacceptable" bottle-throwing incidents that marred his return to Easter Road on Saturday as the Hoops knocked his old club Hibernian out of the Scottish Cup with a 2-0 quarter-final win. In the second-half at the Edinburgh ground, with the game still scoreless and Celtic […]

Milan (AFP) – Felipe Caicedo and Ciro Immobile scored as Lazio beat Roma 3-0 in the capital-city derby on Saturday to revive their hopes of Champions League qualification from Serie A. Simone Inzaghi's men ended their bitter rivals' eight-match unbeaten run in the league to move only three points behind Eusebio Di Francesco's fifth-placed team […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Just four points separate leaders Mamelodi Sundowns from fourth-place Cape Town City Saturday after a dramatic day in the South African Premiership title race. Defending champions Sundowns appeared in danger of losing the top spot they gained only three days ago after being held 0-0 at home by Bloemfontein Celtic, who lie […]

Edinburgh (AFP) – Newly-appointed Celtic manager Neil Lennon enjoyed a winning return to Easter Road as the Hoops knocked his former club Hibernian out of the Scottish Cup with a 2-0 quarter-final win on Saturday. Lennon left the Edinburgh club in as yet unexplained circumstances in January amid reports of a training ground row with […]

Berlin (AFP) – Thomas Mueller said he was stunned that his Bayern Munich team had reined in Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund whose nine-point lead has evaporated. Bayern moved level on points with Dortmund on Saturday after a 5-1 thrashing of Borussia Moenchengladbach. Dortmund, meanwhile, had stumbled to a shock 2-1 defeat at Augsburg on Friday. […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said his "confident" side could stage a Champions League fightback at Paris Saint-Germain this week after a dramatic 3-2 victory over Southampton on Saturday. Romelu Lukaku's 89th-minute strike at Old Trafford, his fourth goal in two games, fired United back into the top four at the expense […]