Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho praised Alexis Sanchez after the former Arsenal man scored his first goal for his new club in a 2-0 win against Huddersfield Town at a "quiet" Old Trafford on Saturday. Entertainment was in short supply at Old Trafford despite the victory but Mourinho chided the […]

Paris (AFP) – A superb Neymar free-kick helped Paris Saint-Germain to a 3-0 win at troubled Lille on Saturday as the Ligue 1 leaders began a decisive month as they mean to go on. The world's most expensive player netted the second goal at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy after Yuri Berchiche had opened the scoring just […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal's club record signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was thrown straight into Arsene Wenger's starting line-up for the visit of Everton on Saturday for his debut after sealing a £56 million ($79 million, 63 million euros) move from Borussia Dortmund. Aubameyang's involvement had been thrown into doubt after he missed training on Friday due […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez were on the scoresheet as Manchester United scrapped their way to a 2-0 victory against Huddersfield Town at Old Trafford on Saturday. After a tough-tackling first half, Lukaku sent United on their way in the 55th minute before Sanchez scored his maiden United goal on […]

London (AFP) – Alexis Sanchez scored his first goal for Manchester United as Jose Mourinho's men took advantage of a rare slip-up from Manchester City to close to within 13 points of the league leaders with a 2-0 win over Huddersfield Town. City were made to pay for an extraordinary miss by Raheem Sterling as […]

Berlin (AFP) – Franck Ribery netted a rare Bundesliga goal as Bayern Munich eased to an eighth consecutive league victory with a 2-0 win over Mainz on Saturday. After a sluggish first half-hour, the veteran Frenchman put Bayern ahead on 33 minutes. Picking up a poorly cleared corner at the edge of the box, he […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Alexis Sanchez scored his first goal for new side Manchester United on Saturday on his first appearance at Old Trafford, netting the second against Huddersfield. The Chile international saw his penalty saved in the 68th minute but he scored when the ball came back off goalkeeper Jonas Lossl. Sanchez, 29, […]

Milan (AFP) – Gennaro Gattuso warned AC Milan not to get carried away by recent wins as they prepare to play Udinese coached his former Italy and Milan teammate Massimo Oddo. "We're not Brad Pitt now, we've got to continue being as ugly as me and my beard, with bags under the eyes," said Gattuso […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United paid hommage to the victims of the 1958 Munich disaster that killed eight of the great United Busby Babes side with a silence before Saturday's home match against Huddersfield Town. Before the home game that fell closest to the 60th anniversary of the crash, there was a minute's […]

Burnley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – An extraordinary miss by Raheem Sterling proved the turning point as Burnley recovered to snatch a draw against runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City 1-1 at Turf Moor on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s team, leading from Danilo’s first half goal, looked well in control but Sterling’s blunder 20 minutes from time […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Scottish Premiership result on Saturday: Kilmarnock 1 (Mulumbu 70) Celtic 0 Playing later (1500 GMT) Aberdeen v Hamilton Dundee v Ross County Hearts v St Johnstone Motherwell v Partick Thistle Rangers v Hibernian

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho reacted to a damaging 2-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur by dropping star midfielder Paul Pogba to the bench for Saturday's visit of Huddersfield. Pogba was hauled off by Mourinho after an hour at Wembley in midweek with his place being handed to 21-year-old Scott McTominay. […]

Madrid (AFP) – Ousmane Dembele, who is recovering from injury, has resumed light training with the Barcelona squad, coach Ernesto Valverde said on Saturday adding that he would be "prudent" with the winger. Dembele has been hampered by injuries since his transfer from Dortmund last summer for 105 million euro ($124 million), plus add-ons. The […]

Milan (AFP) – France right-back Bacary Sagna said Saturday he was hoping to revive his international career and play in the World Cup as he signed for Serie A underdogs Benevento. The former Arsenal and Manchester City defender signed a six-month deal with the option for another year with Benevento who sit bottom of the […]

Casablanca (Morocco) (AFP) – Ayoub el Kaabi hopes to complete a meteoric rise from lower league to international football by helping hosts Morocco defeat Nigeria Sunday in the African Nations Championship (CHAN) final. Few outside the north African kingdom had heard of the 24-year-old striker before the mid January kick-off of the biennial tournament restricted […]