Milan (AFP) – AC Milan stayed in touch with Serie A leaders Napoli on Sunday after coming away from Atalanta with a 3-2 win which maintains their unbeaten start to the season and underlines their title credentials. Milan came out on top in a frenetic encounter to stay two points behind Napoli, whose 2-1 win […]

Paris (AFP) – Lionel Messi suffered his first defeat as a Paris Saint-Germain player on Sunday as their perfect start to the Ligue 1 season ended with a 2-0 loss at Rennes while Marseille slumped to a loss on the day they mourned the death of controversial former president Bernard Tapie. Argentina star Messi smacked […]

Berlin (AFP) – Julian Nagelsmann suffered his first defeat as Bayern Munich coach on Sunday as Eintracht Frankfurt snatched a dramatic, smash-and-grab 2-1 away win with a late winner from Filip Kostic. Kostic drilled a low shot past Manuel Neuer seven minutes from time to hand Frankfurt their first win in Munich for more than […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid slipped to their "worst defeat of the season", according to coach Carlo Ancelotti, following up a shock Champions League reverse with their first Liga loss of the season, going down 2-1 at Espanyol on Sunday Real, who lost to Moldovan minnows Sheriff Tiraspol on Tuesday, blew a chance to pull […]

London (AFP) – Xisco Munoz admitted he did not expect his sacking by Watford after becoming the first managerial casualty of the Premier League season on Sunday following a poor start to the campaign. Watford fired the Spaniard after seven games with a club statement saying recent results "strongly indicate a negative trend at a […]

Milan (AFP) – Napoli will stay top of Serie A after maintaining their 100 percent start to the season with a gritty 2-1 win at Fiorentina, while Roma bounced back from derby defeat with a 2-0 win over Empoli. Luciano Spalletti's Napoli have a perfect 21 points from their first seven league matches thanks to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Julian Nagelsmann suffered his first defeat as Bayern Munich coach on Sunday as Eintracht Frankfurt snatched a dramatic, smash-and-grab 2-1 away win with a late winner from Filip Kostic. Kostic drilled a low shot past Manuel Neuer seven minutes from time to hand Frankfurt their first win in Munich for more than […]

Berlin (AFP) – Julian Nagelsmann suffered his first defeat as Bayern Munich coach on Sunday as Eintracht Frankfurt snatched a dramatic, smash-and-grab 2-1 away win with a late winner from Filip Kostic. Kostic struck on the counter-attack seven minutes from time to hand Frankfurt their first win in Munich for more than two decades and […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Espanyol on Sunday as Carlo Ancelotti's side followed up a shock Champions League defeat with a disappointing Liga performance. Real, who had lost to Moldovan minnows Sheriff Tiraspol on Tuesday, blew a chance to pull ahead of Atletico Madrid, who beat crisis-hit Barcelona 2-0 […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham eased the pressure on Nuno Espirito Santo as Matt Targett's decisive own goal capped an improved display in their 2-1 home win against Aston Villa on Sunday. Nuno's side had lost their last three Premier League games and were wobbling again when Ollie Watkins cancelled out Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's opener. Another frustrating […]

Paris (AFP) – Bernard Tapie, the French business magnate, actor and politician whose swashbuckling career earned him millions of fans despite a litany of legal convictions, died aged 78 on Sunday after a four-year fight with stomach cancer. "Dominique Tapie and his family have the immense sadness to announce the death of her husband and […]

Paris (AFP) – Lionel Messi suffered his first defeat as a Paris Saint-Germain player on Sunday as their perfect start to the Ligue 1 season ended with a 2-0 loss at Rennes. The Argentina star smacked the crossbar with a free-kick in the first half at Roazhon Park before Gaetan Laborde volleyed Rennes ahead just […]

Paris (AFP) – French businessman Bernard Tapie, who died on Sunday aged 78, was the charismatic driving force behind Marseille's victory in Europe's premier club football competition in 1993. But his trophy-laden reign as president of the club culminated in a match-fixing scandal that stained his reputation. When Basile Boli leaped to head in the […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain suffered their first defeat of the Ligue 1 season on Sunday after losing 2-0 at Rennes, putting an end to their perfect start following eight consecutive wins. Lionel Messi smacked the crossbar with a free-kick in the first half at Roazhon Park and Gaetan Laborde volleyed Rennes ahead just before […]

London (AFP) – Watford on Sunday announced the sacking of head coach Xisco Munoz after a poor start to the Premier League season. The Spaniard leaves with the club 14th in the Premier League table having collected just seven points from their opening seven games. "The board feels recent performances strongly indicate a negative trend […]