London (AFP) – Chelsea winger Willian has admitted there is "no chance" he would have remained at the club had former manager Antonio Conte not been replaced by Maurizio Sarri last month. Conte was dismissed just four weeks before the start of the season despite winning the Premier League in his debut campaign and the […]

London (AFP) – Bernardo Silva has warned Manchester City's Premier League rivals that their impressive 2-0 win over Arsenal proved the champions remain hungry for more silverware. Silva killed off Arsenal with City's second goal after Raheem Sterling had opened the scoring at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. The Portugal midfielder's fine finish capped a […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech pleaded for patience after Unai Emery's first match as Arsene Wenger's successor ended in a 2-0 defeat to Manchester City. The Gunners were largely outclassed by the Premier League champions on Sunday and struggled to implement some obvious changes demanded by Emery in the off season. Cech nearly […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool lived up to their billing as the biggest threat to Manchester City retaining the Premier League title as both sides shone on the opening weekend of the season. So often outgunned by the oil wealth of Abu Dhabi backed City or commercial giants Manchester United in recent years, Liverpool were the […]

Paris (AFP) – African goal poachers Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah tormented West Ham United as Liverpool went top of the English Premier League with a 4-0 opening-round triumph at Anfield. Senegalese Mane bagged a brace and 2017-2018 Premier League Player of the Season Salah from Egypt also scored while new Guinean signing Naby Keita […]

London (AFP) – Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen have secured the services of Manchester United striker James Wilson on a season-long loan, both clubs confirmed on Monday. Wilson, 22, has scored four goals in 20 appearances for United, but has spent the past couple of seasons on loan at Brighton, Derby and Sheffield United. "I am […]

Shanghai (AFP) – Medics tried to kick open a jammed ambulance door while a badly hurt Chinese footballer lay prone on the pitch for several minutes, fighting for breath. Italian legend Fabio Cannavaro, coach of Chinese Super League (CSL) champions Guangzhou Evergrande, was left angered and fans and Chinese media hit out at what they […]

Shanghai (AFP) – Anthony Modeste appears set to end his 13-month spell in China after the French striker failed to feature for Tianjin Quanjian at the weekend and was linked with a return home. The 30-year-old joined Tianjin on a two-year loan from Cologne in Germany last summer and hit seven goals in eight games […]

Sydney (AFP) – Usain Bolt might be a superstar athlete but the fastest man ever won't be getting special treatment when he arrives in Australia in his bid to become a professional footballer. Australia's Central Coast Mariners have agreed to help the eight-time Olympic champion achieve his long-held dream, letting him train with the club […]

Washington (AFP) – A moment of magic from Wayne Rooney fired DC United to a last-gasp 3-2 victory over Orlando in Major League Soccer on Sunday. The two sides had appeared to be heading for a 2-2 draw at Audi Field as Orlando broke out following a United corner in the fifth minute of stoppage […]

Tangiers (Morocco) (AFP) – Barcelona battled back to defeat Sevilla 2-1 and win the Spanish Supercup on Sunday with French World Cup winner Ousmane Dembele hitting a sensational winner to help give Lionel Messi a winning start as captain. It was Barcelona's 13th Supercup and sixth in the last nine seasons. However, Sevilla squandered a […]

Paris (AFP) – Neymar scored his first goal for Paris Saint-Germain since February as the French champions kicked off the new Ligue 1 season with a 3-0 defeat of Caen on Sunday. The Brazilian star, who scored 19 times in 20 league games before fracturing his foot last season, struck just 10 minutes into his […]

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola has told Raheem Sterling he wants to keep the England winger at Manchester City as his contract saga drags on. Sterling bagged his 50th Premier League goal on Sunday with a cool first half strike as the champions marked the start of the Premier League season with a 2-0 win […]

Frankfurt am Main (AFP) – A brilliant hat-trick from Robert Lewandowski led Bayern Munich to a comfortable 5-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in Sunday's German Supercup, giving former Frankfurt coach Niko Kovac a memorable start to his reign at the Bavarian giants. Kovac returned to Frankfurt for his first competitive game in charge of the […]

Cairo (AFP) – As Mohamed Salah took to the field for the start of the new Premier League season, fans in his native Egypt prayed Sunday for another miracle campaign from the talismanic striker. Two dozen members of the local Liverpool supporters club gathered in a Cairo cafe to clap, cheer and celebrate as […]