Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic captain Scott Brown dismissed talk of Rangers challenging for the Scottish title after his side twice trailed and played more than 30 minutes a man short yet won 3-2 at Ibrox on Sunday. Substitute Odsonne Edouard's winner for the 10 men, 21 minutes from time opened up a nine-point lead over […]

Florence (Italy) (AFP) – Fiorentina returned to action on Sunday in a home game played in an emotional atmosphere, a week after the sudden death of their captain Davide Astori. Last Sunday's Serie A fixtures were postponed after Astori's body was found in his hotel room ahead of an away game against Udinese. After emotional […]

London (AFP) – West Ham co-owner David Sullivan was hit by a coin amid ugly protests as angry fans ran riot during Saturday's 3-0 defeat to Burnley at the London Stadium, former player and manager Trevor Brooking said. Sullivan and fellow co-owner David Gold were forced to flee their seats in the directors' box as […]

London (AFP) – West Ham face a Football Association probe after the troubled club's owners David Gold and David Sullivan were forced to flee their seats when furious fans ran riot at the London Stadium. Several West Ham supporters invaded the pitch during Saturday's 3-0 Premier League defeat against Burnley, while hundreds of fans gathered […]

Athens (AFP) – The Greek football federation's appeals committee decided early Sunday to return three points docked from PAOK last week over the February 25 match with Olympiakos, when visiting coach Oscar Garcia was hit by an object thrown from the stands. The committee also erased its decision to have PAOK play their next two […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Diego Rossi scored twice as Los Angeles FC's dream start to their inaugural Major League Soccer season continued with a 5-1 romp at Real Salt Lake on Saturday. Rossi scored twice and played a key role in LAFC's other three goals as the visitors scored five unanswered goals to notch their […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Marcus Rashford showed Jose Mourinho just why he deserved his first Premier League start of the year by scoring both Manchester United's goals as they beat Liverpool 2-1 on Saturday. His double inside the first 25 minutes means Rashford has more goals from one game than Alexis Sanchez has managed […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea manager Antonio Conte praised the all-round contribution of Willian after the in-form Brazilian helped halt a run of back-to-back league defeats ahead of next week's showdown with Barcelona in Europe. Willian's deflected shot opened the scoring in Saturday's 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace, and it was his clever dummy that created […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain brushed aside bottom club Metz 5-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday to ease some of the pain of their Champions League exit at the hands of Real Madrid in midweek. Twenty-year-old Christopher Nkunku scored twice for PSG at the Parc des Princes, with Thomas Meunier, Kylian Mbappe and Thiago Silva […]

Madrid (AFP) – Lionel Messi was away attending the birth of his son but Barcelona still had more than enough to beat 10-man Malaga 2-0 on Saturday and move 11 points clear at the top of La Liga. Messi was watching the game on a television in hospital as Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho put […]

Lille (France) (AFP) – Angry Lille supporters invaded the pitch and tried to attack players at the end of their struggling side's 1-1 draw with Montpellier in France's Ligue 1 on Saturday. Some of the fans who swarmed onto the pitch managed to shout insults and even aim kicks at players, including Nicolas Pepe, the […]

London (AFP) – Willian inspired Chelsea's 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday as the Blues got back to winning ways ahead of their Champions League showdown with Barcelona. After successive defeats by Manchester City and Manchester United, injury-hit Palace proved to be the ideal opponents for Antonio Conte's side at Stamford Bridge. Willian opened the […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain brushed aside bottom club Metz 5-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday to ease some of the pain of their Champions League exit at the hands of Real Madrid in midweek. Twenty-year-old Christopher Nkunku scored twice for PSG at the Parc des Princes, with Thomas Meunier, Kylian Mbappe and Thiago Silva […]

London (AFP) – Premier League strugglers West Ham were left facing disciplinary action after angry fans repeatedly invaded the pitch during a 3-0 loss at home to Burnley on Saturday that left them just three points above the relegation zone. A week that had already seen a planned protest march by fans against the club's […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho slammed criticism of Manchester United's cautious approach in their 2-1 win over bitter rivals Liverpool on Saturday, while West Ham fans rebelled in ugly scenes during their 3-0 defeat against Burnley on Saturday. Marcus Rashford scored twice in the first 25 minutes at Old Trafford as United held off a […]