Paris (AFP) – Adil Rami scored one goal and played a big part in another as Marseille bounced back from a run of four straight defeats to beat Dijon 2-0 on an emotional afternoon at the Velodrome on Sunday. A minute's silence was held before kick-off in memory of the eight people killed when two […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Cape Town City coach Benni McCarthy was angry on Sunday despite his team achieving back-to-back South African Premiership victories for the first time this season with a 3-1 win over Black Leopards. "We were naive, sloppy, fancy and disrespected our rivals at times. Spectators are crying for goals and we should have […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona lost at home in La Liga for the first time in more than two years as Real Betis pulled off a stunning 4-3 victory at the Camp Nou on Sunday, despite Lionel Messi scoring twice on his return from injury. Barca last endured defeat on their own patch against Alaves in […]

Milan (AFP) – Defender Gianluca Mancini scored for a third consecutive game as Atalanta ended Inter Milan's unbeaten run with a 4-1 victory on Sunday which sees Luciano Spalletti's title-chasers drop from second to third in Serie A. Mancini headed in after 62 minutes in Bergamo to add to Hans Hateboer's eighth-minute opener, with Berat […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool took advantage of Manchester City's later kick-off against Manchester United on Sunday by beating Fulham 2-0 to move top of the Premier League, while Chelsea stumbled in a 0-0 draw with Everton. Both Liverpool and Chelsea remain unbeaten in the league after 12 games, but Jurgen Klopp's men now enjoy a […]

Berlin (AFP) – Defending champions Bayern Munich dropped down to fourth in the Bundesliga on Sunday as RB Leipzig leap-frogged them into third with a 3-0 home win against Bayer Leverkusen. After Bayern lost 3-2 on Saturday at league leaders Borussia Dortmund, who are now seven points ahead of their rivals, Leipzig's victory pushed the […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United's monumental task of halting Manchester City's momentum was made even harder as Paul Pogba was ruled out of Sunday's Manchester derby due to injury with Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez left on the bench by Jose Mourinho. Pogba completed the 90 minutes as United came from behind to […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea missed a chance to keep pace with their title rivals as Everton held on for a 0-0 draw thanks to Jordan Pickford's heroics on Sunday. Maurizio Sarri's side laid siege to the Everton goal in the second half, but found Pickford unbeatable as the England keeper made a series of fine […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp accepted his Liverpool side got "a bit lucky" after a controversial offside flag denied Fulham the lead in their 2-0 defeat at Anfield on Sunday. Under-pressure Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic hit out at what he described as an "absurd" situation after Aleksandar Mitrovic appeared to have headed the bottom-of-the-table visitors […]

Milan (AFP) – Defender Gianluca Mancini scored for a third consecutive game as Atalanta ended Inter Milan's unbeaten run with a 4-1 victory on Sunday which sees Luciano Spalletti's title-chasers drop from second to third in Serie A. Mancini headed in after 62 minutes in Bergamo to add to Hans Hateboer's eighth-minute opener, with Berat […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League table — temporarily at least — with a 2-0 win at home to basement club Fulham at Anfield on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp's side continued their unbeaten start to the Premier League season as Mohamed Salah's eighth goal this term and a second from […]

Dortmund (Germany) (AFP) – Mats Hummels has blamed illness for his poor performance in Bayern Munich's defeat at Borussia Dortmund in Saturday's Bundesliga showdown that left the defending champions seven points behind in the table. "I became ill today," Hummels told reporters after Bayern lost 3-2 at Bundesliga leaders Dortmund despite having twice led at […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has taken a veiled swipe at Manchester City star Sergio Aguero before Sunday's derby showdown at the Etihad Stadium. Mourinho said of Aguero that "there are little things in his game I am not a fan of", although he declined to elaborate further when asked. […]

Milan (AFP) – Spanish midfielder Fabian Ruiz and a late Davide Biraschi own goal rescued a 2-1 win for title-chasing Napoli in a rain-hit Serie A game at Genoa on Saturday. Ivorian Christian Kouame had shocked Carlo Ancelotti's side by opening the scoring after 20 minutes in a match which was suspended for 13 minutes […]

Milan (AFP) – Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas capped a breakthrough season by rallying from a set down to beat Australian Alex de Minaur in the Next Gen ATP final on Saturday. The 20-year-old Tsitsipas, ranked 15th in the world, came through 2-4, 4-1, 4-3 (7/3), 4-3 (7/3) against 19-year-old de Minaur for his second title after […]