Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic moved two points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership as Ryan Christie's early strike, a Scott Martin own goal and Leigh Griffiths's free-kick earned a 3-0 win at Hamilton on Saturday. Steven Gerrard's Rangers moved into second with an equally convincing 3-0 win over Livingston, but Hearts' slump continued […]

London (AFP) – Norwich bolstered their bid for promotion to the Premier League as the Championship leaders thrashed Swansea 4-1 on Saturday. Daniel Farke's side recorded their sixth consecutive league victory to move three points clear of the chasing pack in the race to reach the top-flight. An own goal from Mike van der Hoorn […]

Berlin (AFP) – Dodi Lukebakio left struggling Bayern Munich shellshocked on Saturday after scoring a hat-trick to lead lowly Fortuna Duesseldorf to a sensational comeback from two goals down and snatch a dramatic 3-3 draw in the third minute of added time. Troubled Bayern slip to nine points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund, who secured a […]

Berlin (AFP) – Dodi Lukebakio left struggling Bayern Munich shellshocked on Saturday after scoring a hat-trick to lead lowly Fortuna Duesseldorf to a sensational comeback from two goals down and snatch a dramatic 3-3 draw in the third minute of added time. Troubled Bayern slip to nine points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund, who secured a […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool shook off a sluggish first hour to extend their unbeaten start to the Premier League season thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Roberto Firmino in a 3-0 win at Watford. The Hornets were left fuming as they were denied a seemingly blatant penalty at 0-0 before Liverpool took […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United were booed off as Paul Pogba's return from injury failed to inspire them in a dour 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Saturday. France midfielder Pogba was recalled to the starting line-up after missing the defeat at Manchester City two weeks ago with a muscle […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City stretched a relentless winning run to eight games by thrashing West Ham 4-0 on Saturday but remain just two points clear at the top of the Premier League as Liverpool were also 3-0 victors at Watford. Manchester United are now 14 points off the leaders as Paul Pogba was hauled […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic moved three points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership as Ryan Christie's early strike, a Scott Martin own goal and Leigh Griffiths's free-kick earned a 3-0 win at Hamilton on Saturday. Christie continued his fine form of late after playing a big role in Scotland's victories over Albania and […]

Dubai (AFP) – Azhar Ali and Haris Sohail both hit gritty half-centuries but Pakistan were restricted by some tight New Zealand bowling and a lifeless pitch to 207-4 on the opening day of the second Test in Dubai on Saturday. Azhar and Sohail added 126 for the third wicket until a careless run out […]

Eibar (Spain) (AFP) – Santiago Solari proved the perfect caretaker but his debut as permanent coach of Real Madrid on Saturday ended in a disastrous 3-0 defeat at Eibar. Four wins while in temporary charge earned Solari a contract until 2021 over the international break, only for Real to revert to the kind of chaotic […]

Madrid (AFP) – Alaves missed the chance to move top of La Liga on Friday as they suffered a 1-0 loss at struggling Leganes. The 2001 UEFA Cup runners-up could have leapfrogged Barcelona, Sevilla and Atletico Madrid with victory, but instead remain fourth in the Spanish top flight, three points clear of sixth-placed Real Madrid. […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho has reopened his feud with former Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas on Friday after claiming he is behind a campaign to oust David de Gea from the national team. The Manchester United stopper came in for renewed criticism last week following Spain's 3-2 Nations League defeat to Croatia, which […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho has revealed he travelled to Belgium last week to try and get to the bottom of Romelu Lukaku's dramatic loss of form for Manchester United. The United manager attended Belgium's international victory over Iceland in Brussels even though neither of his players, Lukaku or Marouane Fellaini, were in […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will not be making any signings in January, effectively ruling out buying a short-term replacement for the injured Benjamin Mendy. Guardiola believes his squad is strong enough to get through to the end of the season, despite the injury absences of Mendy, Kevin De Bruyne, […]

Paris (AFP) – Centre-back Jason Denayer headed home a second-half winner as 10-man Lyon edged to a 1-0 derby win over bitter rivals Saint-Etienne on Friday to take second place in Ligue 1. A largely disappointing game was decided by Denayer 62-minute header from a Memphis Depay corner, with the hosts holding on late in […]