Glasgow (AFP) – Steven Gerrard believes his players didn't do the Rangers shirt "any justice" in a laboured first-half performance before bouncing back thanks to two Alfredo Morelos goals to beat St Johnstone 2-1 on Sunday. The Colombian took his tally for the season to 19 with the winner two minutes from time as Rangers […]

Paris (AFP) – Thiago Silva became the latest Paris Saint-Germain player to have his property robbed during a match, police confirmed on Sunday. Robbers broke into the Brazilian's home in the upmarket 16th arrondissement of Paris while he was playing in PSG's Ligue 1 match against Nantes at the nearby Parc des Princes. The thieves […]

Milan (AFP) – Belgian midfielder Radja Nainggolan has been suspended by Inter Milan for "disciplinary reasons", the club announced on its website on Sunday. "FC Internazionale Milano can confirm that Radja Nainggolan has been temporarily suspended from football activity for disciplinary reasons," said the statement. The club have given no further details of the reasons behind the suspension […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Defender Samuel Umtiti will return to Barcelona for treatment on his left knee, the club announced on Sunday. Umtiti travelled to Qatar earlier this month to recover from the injury, which has limited the Frenchman to eight games for Barca this season. The club have not specified how long Umtiti will be […]

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United captain Ashley Young admitted the mood around Old Trafford has been instantly lifted by caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's smile, but denied there were any celebrations in the dressing room at news of Jose Mourinho's sacking. Solskjaer was put in charge until the end of the season after […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bundesliga strugglers Hanover 96 have had their Christmas holiday slashed to just three days by furious coach Andre Breitenreiter, who had originally threatened to completely cancel their festive break. Breitenreiter threatened his squad with extra training over Christmas if they failed to meet his target of four points from their last two […]

Berlin (AFP) – Dutchman Peter Bosz was appointed head coach of Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday after Heiko Herrlich was sacked even though the Bundesliga side had won four of their last five games. Bosz, 55, who steered Ajax to the Europa League final in 2017, was dismissed by current league leaders Borussia Dortmund last December […]

Paris (AFP) – Kylian Mbappe grabbed the winner as Paris Saint-Germain beat Nantes 1-0 to go into the winter break unbeaten in Ligue 1, as Thierry Henry's Monaco suffered defeat by rock-bottom Guingamp on Saturday. World Cup star Mbappe stole in at the far post in the 67th minute for his 13th league goal of […]

Milan (AFP) – Mario Mandzukic scored the only goal for Juventus to dump further hurt on crisis club Roma and keep the champions unbeaten and on track for an eighth straight Italian league title. The Croatian World Cup runner-up headed in the winner 34 minutes into the match in Turin to put Juventus back eight […]

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City handed the initiative in the Premier League title race to Liverpool after slipping to a shock home defeat by Crystal Palace on Saturday, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer began his reign as Manchester United manager with a buccaneering 5-1 win. Chelsea lost 1-0 at home to Leicester in another […]

Berlin (AFP) – Veteran Franck Ribery is hoping for a contract extension at Bayern Munich after scoring three goals in four days as the defending champions climbed to second in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Having joined Bayern in 2007, Ribery made another strong argument for an extension to his contract, which expires in June, with […]

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praised his Manchester United players after they gave him the perfect start to his reign with a 5-1 victory at Cardiff just days after Jose Mourinho was sacked. Former United striker Solskjaer had just two days to prepare his players for his first match as caretaker manager. […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic dismantled bottom side Dundee 3-0 in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday as Aberdeen stayed in touch with the champions after victory against Hearts. Mikey Johnston, 19, deputising for the injured Odsonne Edouard, Celtic's only recognised centre forward, opened the scoring with a drive in the 43rd minute of a one-sided match. […]

Berlin (AFP) – The evergreen Franck Ribery scored for the third time in four days as reigning champions Bayern Munich moved up to second in the Bundesliga table on Saturday with a 3-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt, leaving them six points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund. After more than a decade at Bayern, Ribery, 35, made […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona held off Atletico Madrid to ensure they will be three points clear at the top of La liga going into the winter break after beating a spirited Espanyol 2-0 at the Camp Nou on Saturday. First-half goals from Ousmane Dembele and Lionel Messi were enough to move Ernesto Valverde's side up […]