Monte Carlo (Principality of Monaco) (AFP) – French champions Monaco have snapped up 16-year-old Pietro Pellegri from Serie A side Genoa in a deal worth a reported 25 million euros ($31 million). Pellegri, who turns 17 in March, had been in negotiations with Italian champions Juventus but the Riviera side pushed through a five-year deal […]

London (AFP) – West Ham manager David Moyes labelled Arthur Masuaku "despicable" after the midfielder was sent off for spitting in a 2-0 FA Cup defeat by Wigan on Saturday. Premier League West Ham, already 1-0 down to the first of two goals from Will Grigg, were reduced to 10 men four minutes into the […]

Paris (AFP) – Edinson Cavani broke Zlatan Ibrahimovic's all-time goalscoring record for Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday, while Neymar scored twice in a 4-0 thrashing of Montpellier. The Uruguay striker tapped in his 157th PSG goal in the 11th minute at the Parc des Princes to spark wild celebrations, having levelled the Swede's previous mark 10 […]

Berlin (AFP) – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was jeered by his own fans and told he can leave Borussia Dortmund if Arsenal meet the asking price, the German club's director of sport Michael Zorc confirmed on Saturday. Having been dropped for the last two matches, Aubameyang made his first start for a month in Dortmund's 2-2 Bundesliga […]

Madrid (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo converted two penalties as Real Madrid battled to a 4-1 away win at Valencia in La Liga on Saturday, lifting the recent gloom over the defending Spanish and European champions. The result leaves Madrid 16 points behind top placed Barcelona on 54, Atletico Madrid are second on 43, Valencia third […]

Berlin (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski netted his 18th Bundesliga goal this season as runaway leaders Bayern Munich came from two goals down to thrash Hoffenheim 5-2 on Saturday. Bayern have won 18 of their last 19 games and are 16 points clear in the table. However, a dreadful start left Bayern 2-0 down at home […]

London (AFP) – Will Grigg scored twice as third-tier Wigan knocked 10-man West Ham out of the FA Cup with a 2-0 win on Saturday. Wigan have slumped down English football's ladder since winning the FA Cup in 2013 but the League One leaders rekindled memories of that run to Wembley as they reached the […]

London (AFP) – Fousseni Diabate scored twice on his Leicester City debut as the Foxes cruised to a 5-1 win at Peterborough United in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday. Any hopes third-tier Peterborough might create an upset lasted all of nine minutes, with Diabate's opening goal followed by two more from […]

Hanoi (AFP) – Millions of red-clad Vietnam fans saw their hopes of a fairytale ending dashed Saturday as Uzbekistan snatched a last-minute victory in the final of the Under-23 Asian Cup championship. The normally low-profile event has been followed with the fervour of a World Cup final in the Southeast Asian nation following the meteoric […]

London (AFP) – Out of favour Brazilian Lucas Moura is set to secure a move to Tottenham Hotspur from French giants Paris Saint Germain, British media reported on Saturday. The 25-year-old winger — capped 34 times — expressed his sadness to French sports daily L'Equipe earlier this week at being frozen out by PSG as […]

Berlin (AFP) – The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Saturday announced it was launching its own parliamentary football team, after four of its members were barred from entering the official squad. Echoing the anti-migrant and anti-Islam party's name, the football team was baptised "Alternative to FC Bundestag" — a reference to the official parliamentary […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho hailed new signing Alexis Sanchez after he delivered a man-of-the-match performance to fire Manchester United into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 4-0 win against lowly Yeovil Town on Friday. Sanchez was named in the starting line-up just days after he signed for United from Arsenal and […]

London (AFP) – Alexis Sanchez shone in a winning Manchester United debut on Friday after a thumping 4-0 win at the humble ground of lower-league Yeovil Town eased Jose Mourinho's team into the fifth round of the FA Cup. The Chile international was named in the starting line-up just days after he signed for United from […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool's Adam Lallana will miss the FA Cup tie with Premier League rivals West Bromwich Albion at Anfield on Saturday. The England midfielder spent four months out of action at the start of the season with a thigh strain and now, after a run of seven appearances, has been ruled of this […]

London (AFP) – Alexis Sanchez will make his Manchester United debut on Friday after being named in the Premier League giants' starting line-up for their FA Cup fourth-round tie away to lower league Yeovil Town. The team posted on United's official Twitter feed just over an hour before the 1955 GMT kick-off showed Sanchez in […]