Paris (AFP) – Monaco's dreadful start to the Ligue 1 season continued on Saturday as Aaron Leya Iseka's late goal grabbed Toulouse a 1-1 draw. After a 3-1 win at Nantes in their opener, Leonardo Jardim's principality outfit have now gone four league matches without a win and sit 15th in the early table on […]

Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho hailed the spirit of his Manchester United team after they withstood intense late pressure from early Premier League pacesetters Watford to win 2-1 and relieve the pressure on his shoulders. United have endured a miserable start to the season, losing two of their first four matches and slipping […]

London (AFP) – Jack Harrison scored a late equaliser as Championship leaders Leeds United maintained their unbeaten start to the English second-tier season with a gruelling 1-1 draw away to Millwall on Saturday. Jed Wallace gave south London side Millwall the lead 10 minutes into the second half with an effort that went in off […]

Newcastle (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Unai Emery is confident that Arsenal can be the major beneficiaries from Mesut Ozil's acrimonious retirement from international football. The 29-year-old announced in June that he would no longer represent his country following Germany's disappointing World Cup campaign in Russia, where they were knocked out in the group stage. Ozil claimed he was made a […]

Milan (AFP) – Lorenzo Insigne's second-half goal got Serie A runners-up Napoli back winning 1-0 against Fiorentina on Saturday ahead of next week's Champions League trip to Red Star Belgrade, but Inter Milan's woes were compounded with a shock 1-0 defeat to Parma ahead of their European opener against Tottenham. Carlo Ancelotti's Napoli had fallen […]

Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United punctured Watford's bubble on Saturday, withstanding late pressure from the surprise early Premier League pacesetters to win 2-1 and relieve the pressure on beleaguered manager Jose Mourinho. United have endured a miserable start to the season, losing two of their first four matches and slipping well off the […]

Moscow (AFP) – Five-time former Russian champions CSKA Moscow tuned up for their Champions League campaign-opener at Viktoria Plzen with a 3-0 win at Ufa on Saturday. A goal by Fyodor Chalov and a brace by Timur Zhamaletdinov steered last season's runners-up to a deserved win which lifted them into fourth, four points behind leaders […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Being a football team mascot is a role usually associated with young children but Manchester City were led out by a 102-year-old supporter ahead of their 3-0 victory at home to Fulham on Saturday. City had only been in existence for 22 years, World War One was still two years […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola, the Manchester City manager, saw Leroy Sane make a triumphant return to his starting line-up in a 3-0 victory over Fulham at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday but reserved special praise for a man-of-the-match performance from Bernardo Silva. The Portuguese international playmaker saw his first team starts limited […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri hailed Eden Hazard as the best player in Europe after the Belgian's hat-trick inspired a 4-1 victory over Cardiff on Saturday to maintain the Italian coach's perfect Premier League start. However, Sarri believes Hazard can be even more prolific if he preserves his energy more to make the […]

Paris (AFP) – Ferland Mendy's late equaliser salvaged Lyon a 2-2 draw at nine-man Caen on Saturday as their stuttering start to the Ligue 1 season continued. Lyon, who finished third last term, visit Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday after picking up just seven points from the first five league games of […]

Newcastle (United Kingdom) (AFP) – New-era Arsenal continue to be a work in progress, but they made it three straight Premier League wins under Unai Emery with a 2-1 victory at struggling Newcastle United on Saturday. It was far from pretty from the visitors, who were forced to weather an early storm from their winless […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona came from behind to beat Real Sociedad on Saturday as Atletico Madrid lost further ground in the La Liga title race by drawing at home to Eibar. Seven points is now the gap between Atleti and Barca, who were in danger of slipping up themselves when Aritz Elustondo put Real Sociedad […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Rangers bounced back from the disappointment of their first defeat under Steven Gerrard at Celtic before the international break by thrashing Dundee 4-0 at Ibrox. Goals from Lassana Coulibaly, Ryan Kent, James Tavernier and Glenn Middleton moved the hosts up to fourth as Gerrard quickly eradicated an unwanted record of Rangers' worst […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leroy Sane, handed his first Manchester City start of the season, underlined the strength in depth Pep Guardiola has at his disposal during the Premier League champions' comfortable 3-0 win over Fulham at the Etihad on Saturday. The German international claimed an early opening goal before further efforts from David […]