Washington (AFP) – Former Manchester United and England Star Wayne Rooney scored twice to push D.C. United to a 3-1 victory over New York City FC and into the MLS Cup playoffs on Sunday. The victory in the penultimate weekend of the regular season capped a remarkable resurgence for D.C. United, who were languishing at […]

Paris (AFP) – Patrick Vieira's Nice slumped to a fourth defeat in five home league games this season as Morgan Sanson's first-half strike fired Marseille to a 1-0 win in Ligue 1 on Sunday. It was a laboured performance from Nice, who sit 14th in the table and only two points above the relegation play-off […]

Rome (AFP) – Captain Mauro Icardi struck a dramatic injury-time winner as Inter Milan stunned AC Milan 1-0 in the derby at the San Siro to retake third place in Serie A on Sunday. The Argentinian pounced on a mistake by goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to nod home in the second minute of added time after […]

Berlin (AFP) – Jonas Hofmann hit the first hat-trick of his career on Sunday as Borussia Moenchengladbach went second in the Bundesliga with a 4-0 thrashing of his former club Mainz. After their stunning 3-0 win at defending champions Bayern Munich three weeks ago, this was another big statement from Dieter Hecking and his side, […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford saved a penalty before substitutes Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Cenk Tosun scored in the closing minutes as the Merseysiders won 2-0 at home to Crystal Palace on Sunday. Everton's third successive win in the Premier League lifted them into eighth place, but defeat left Palace just two points above […]

Berlin (AFP) – Hertha Berlin coach Pal Dardai defended the referee's decision to reverse a late penalty, won by his own son, which cost his team the chance to climb third in the Bundesliga on Sunday after the video assistant referee (VAR) was used in their 1-1 draw at home to Freiburg. Hertha playmaker Ondrej […]

Rome (AFP) – Lazio got their Serie A campaign back on track Sunday when two late goals from Ciro Immobile and an injury-time clincher from Joaquin Correa gave them an away win at plucky Parma. Promoted in each of the three seasons since their bankruptcy, Parma have impressed this season but their late capitulation let […]

Madrid (AFP) – Amid the sprawl of headlines calling for Julen Lopetegui to be sacked by Real Madrid on Sunday, Diario AS ran an online poll: who is more guilty, the coach or the club president? Just over 80,000 replies were credited – almost 17,000 more than had attended the Santiago Bernabeu the day before […]

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Tributes have poured in after the death of Peter Velappan, a former top Asian football official who was credited with helping transform the game in the region. The Malaysian, who died Saturday at the age of 83, was Asian Football Confederation (AFC) general secretary for 29 years. His was an important […]

Sydney (AFP) – Japanese superstar Keisuke Honda scored on his A-League debut in front of 40,000 fans, but it wasn't enough to secure three points in a pulsating Melbourne derby on the opening weekend of the Australian season. The former AC Milan striker, one of the highest profile names in Asian football, powered a header […]

London (AFP) – Unai Emery admits Arsenal will struggle to cope with a draining schedule that sees them host Leicester at the start of three games in seven days. Emery's side will be pushed to the limit by the television schedulers, who moved their Premier League clash with the Foxes to Monday evening at the […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Lionel Messi is expected to be out for three weeks with a fractured right arm but his last contribution was to help send Barcelona back to the top of La Liga on Saturday. Messi scored and then went off injured as Barca beat Sevilla 4-2 at Camp Nou, in a six-goal thriller […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Lionel Messi is expected to be out for three weeks after fracturing his right arm during Barcelona's win over Sevilla on Saturday. Messi will now miss Barca's Champions League game at home to Inter Milan on Wednesday, as well as the season's first Clasico four days later against Real Madrid. A Barcelona […]

Huddersfield (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp suggested he had found a way to win "average matches" for the first time in his managerial career after Liverpool eked out an unconvincing 1-0 Premier League victory at Huddersfield. This result ensured Liverpool finished Saturday level on points with leaders Manchester City after Mohamed Salah's first-half goal, […]

Paris (AFP) – Thierry Henry suffered defeat in his first match as a head coach when his 10-man Monaco side slumped to a 2-1 loss at Strasbourg on Saturday to drop into the Ligue 1 relegation zone, while Paris Saint-Germain eased to a 10th straight victory to start their title defence. The principality club have […]