London (AFP) – Aleksandar Mitrovic inspired Fulham's first Premier League success this season as the Serb's double secured a 4-2 win over Burnley on Sunday. Mitrovic fired Fulham to promotion from the Championship with 12 goals on loan from Newcastle last term. Now playing for Fulham on a permanent basis, he is doing all he […]

Newcastle (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Chelsea required an own goal from Newcastle's DeAndre Yedlin to maintain their 100 percent start to the Premier League season as the Blues ground out a 2-1 win at St James' Park on Sunday. Yedlin deflected Marcos Alonso's shot into his own net in the 87th minute to settle a […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic's Dedryck Boyata restored his tarnished reputation with the Scottish champions as he secured a 1-0 win over Hamilton on Sunday. Boyata returned to the side after his controversial decision not to play in the Hoops' recent Champions League exit against AEK Athens in Greece. The Belgian defender had claimed he was […]

Berlin (AFP) – Anthony Ujah claimed his first Bundesliga goal for Mainz since transferring from China in January when he came off the bench on Sunday in a 1-0 victory over Stuttgart. On the opening weekend of the Bundesliga season, Ujah, 27, was sent on in the 66th minute and grabbed the winner ten minutes […]

Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Watford extended their superb start to the Premier League season with a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace on Sunday. Hornets midfielder Etienne Capoue could consider himself fortunate to escape with only a yellow for an early foul on Wilfried Zaha. And that proved a crucial moment as Capoue created Roberto […]

Berlin (AFP) – Germany midfielder Sebastian Rudy has transfered from reigning Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich to rivals Schalke 04, last season's runners up, for 16 million euros ($18.6m), according to reports Sunday. Magazine Sport Bild and daily newspapers Bild and WAZ said the deal has been done, but neither club has confirmed the transfer. According […]

Milan (AFP) – Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco confirmed on Sunday that "negotiations are in progress" with Ligue 1 club Marseille for Dutch midfielder Kevin Strootman. According to media reports, the 28-year-old Netherlands international has agreed terms with Marseille, who he could join before the end of the transfer window in France on Friday. "There […]

London (AFP) – Everton defender Michael Keane has suffered a small hairline fracture of his skull and will be sidelined for up to four weeks. Keane was carried off on a stretcher in stoppage time of the 2-2 Premier League draw at Bournemouth and taken to hospital following a nasty clash of heads with team-mate […]

Madrid (AFP) – Spanish football authorities on Sunday said they could punish La Liga outfit Valladolid for the sub-standard condition of their pitch, which cut up badly during their 1-0 defeat by Barcelona the day before. Astonishingly the pitch had only been laid four days ahead of the game, during which some sections became detached […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona centre-back Gerard Pique hit out at La Liga organisers after his team edged to victory over Valladolid on a "lamentable" pitch. The weekend action in Spain has been overshadowed by threats of a player strike over plans to stage matches in the United States, and Pique called on organisers to change […]

Milan (AFP) – Carlo Ancelotti gave former protege Gennaro Gattuso a lesson in football as Napoli came from two goals down to beat AC Milan 3-2 in Serie A on Saturday. Ancelotti — who took over as coach of the Italian league runners-up this summer — was in charge of his first home game at […]

Madrid (AFP) – Ousmane Dembele's second-half strike was the difference as reigning La Liga champions Barcelona ground out a 1-0 win away to newly-promoted Valladolid on Saturday to maintain their perfect start to the campaign. It was not a classic Barcelona performance by any means at the Estadio Jose Zorrilla, and they escaped at the […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – The spotlight is on Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho to deliver a positive response to a week of negative publicity when faced on Monday with an opposite number who has adopted a very different attitude to similar off-field frustrations. While Mourinho appears at odds with the club's executive vice-chairman Ed […]

Turin (Italy) (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo is still waiting for his first competitive goal in Italy but the Portuguese superstar made a 2-0 winning home debut with Juventus as Carlo Ancelotti's Napoli came from two goals down to beat AC Milan 3-2 in the second round of Serie A action. Ronaldo, 33, unintentionally played a […]

Istanbul (AFP) – Goalkeeper Loris Karius on Saturday arrived in Istanbul to join Besiktas on loan from Liverpool, seeking redemption in Turkish football after his nightmare performance helped cost the English side the Champions League final. Liverpool announced earlier that Karius, whose first-team place had been taken by Brazilian Alisson Becker, was joining Super Lig […]