Milan (AFP) – Brazilian international footballer Lucas Paqueta scored his first Serie A goal for new club AC Milan on Sunday and dedicated it to the victims of the fire at his former club Flamengo. Ten young people aged between 14 and 17 died when a fire ripped through a youth training facility at the […]

Bilbao (Spain) (AFP) – Lionel Messi was short of fitness and Barcelona lacked spark as a goalless draw away to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday offered fresh hope to their rivals in the title race. A thigh injury had limited Messi to 27 minutes against Real Madrid on Wednesday and while he played the full match […]

Milan (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo headed in his 18th league goal this season as Juventus bounced back from last week's stalemate to soar to an 11-point lead in Serie A on Sunday with a 3-0 win at Sassuolo. Ronaldo proved decisive, scoring after 70 minutes as Sami Khedira found the net first in Modena with […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – SuperSport United stars who were warned to improve or face being transfer-listed responded Sunday by snatching a dramatic 3-2 South African Premiership victory at Golden Arrows. Pretoria-based United scored twice within two minutes during the first half to lead 2-0 by half-time in Durban, but conceded twice in four minutes soon […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Maurizio Sarri admitted his job as Chelsea manager is at risk after Manchester City scored four times inside the first 25 minutes to trash his side 6-0 on Sunday. Sergio Aguero grabbed a hat-trick as City leapfrogged Liverpool again to top spot in the Premier League on goal difference. Chelsea […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Sergio Aguero grabbed a hat-trick as Manchester City scored four times inside 25 minutes to thrash Chelsea 6-0 and leapfrog Liverpool again to top spot in the Premier League on goal difference on Sunday. Aguero should have had even more than three as the Argentine missed a glorious early chance […]

Nantes (France) (AFP) – Emiliano Sala's former club Nantes gave a final rousing send off to the Argentine striker, whose body was recovered from a crashed plane this week, with a series of moving gestures in their Ligue 1 game with Nimes on Sunday. Known as the Canaries because of their yellow strip Nantes played […]

London (AFP) – Mauricio Pochettino claims Tottenham will have a "massive disadvantage" in their Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund after being forced to play Leicester on Sunday. Pochettino's side beat Leicester 3-1 at Wembley in a Premier League match moved to Sunday to satisfy the demands of the sport's television paymasters. In contrast, Bundesliga […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City stormed into a 4-0 lead over Chelsea after just 25 minutes to head back towards the top of the Premier League ahead of Liverpool on goal difference on Sunday. The first-half humiliation could have been even worse for Chelsea had Sergio Aguero not uncharacteristically passed up a glorious […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham kept alive their bid to gate-crash the Premier League title race as Davinson Sanchez's first goal for the club and Hugo Lloris's penalty save inspired a 3-1 win over Leicester on Sunday. Mauricio Pochettino's side took the lead through Sanchez's first half header, but they were indebted to Lloris for keeping […]

London (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Nemanja Matic says Manchester United can mount a title challenge next season after they moved into the Premier League's top four for the first time since the opening weekend of the campaign. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's superb start to life as caretaker manager continued with a comprehensive 3-0 victory for United […]

Paris (AFP) – Edinson Cavani will sit out the first leg of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League encounter with Manchester United, the club confirmed on Sunday saying the striker had sustained damage to a tendon in his hip. PSG will are already be missing superstar striker Neymar, sidelined until at least April with a foot injury, […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson has laughed off suggestions that manager Jurgen Klopp is feeling the strain after the wobble that allowed Manchester City to return to the Premier League summit. Back-to-back 1-1 draws against Leicester and West Ham enabled City to edge ahead on goal difference before Liverpool reclaimed top spot with […]

Paris (AFP) – Edinson Cavani will sit out the first leg of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League encounter with Manchester United, French sports daily L'Equipe and the daily Parisien newspaper reported on Sunday, while club coach Thomas Tuchel described his participation as highly unlikely. L'Equipe reported that a medical on Sunday had revealed a torn thigh […]

Chicago (AFP) – Fernando Clavijo, a US 1994 World Cup defender who became a top coach, has died at age 63 after a battle with cancer, his family announced Saturday. Uruguayan-born Clavijo died Friday at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after a five-year fight with multiple myeloma, cancer of plasma cells (white blood cells). […]