Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Romelu Lukaku's 14th goal of the season got Manchester United back to winning ways in a 1-0 victory over Bournemouth on Wednesday following their derby defeat by Manchester City. United were far from convincing, but after Sunday's loss to City and the ugly changing-room altercation that followed, they at least […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool suffered a frustrating night as a sturdy West Brom side held them to a goalless draw at Anfield and climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone on goal difference. Substitute Dominic Solanke thought he had won the match with eight minutes left when he turned in Joe Gomez's cross from […]

London (AFP) – David Silva scored twice as runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City won 4-0 at Swansea City on Wednesday to set a new English top-flight record of 15 consecutive victories. Pep Guardiola's side, 2-1 winners at second-place Manchester United on Sunday, won comfortably at the Liberty Stadium to eclipse the mark of 14 […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal lost ground on their rivals for a Premier League top-four place after a 0-0 draw at London Stadium on Wednesday that left West Ham United stuck in the relegation places. The Gunners bossed possession but created few clear chances and are now seventh in the table, still below Burnley and now […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City powered to a Premier League record 15th successive victory as David Silva's double inspired a 4-0 demolition of rock-bottom Swansea on Wednesday. Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero also found the net as the runaway leaders broke the previous Premier League record winning streak set by Arsenal between February and […]

Berlin (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski bagged his 15th goal in 16 league games as Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich went nine points clear despite struggling to beat bottom side Cologne 1-0 on Wednesday. The Poland hot-shot has failed to score in only four of Bayern's league matches this season and has netted 21 goals in all […]

Belgrade (AFP) – A mass brawl between supporters of Belgrade rivals Red Star and Partizan resulted in 17 people suffering injuries, the Beta agency said on Wednesday. AFP photographers at Partizan's Stadion Partizana said the fight broke out in a section of the stadium housing home fans and lasted around 10 minutes. One photographer said […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – US international Darlington Nagbe is heading from the Portland Timbers to Atlanta United in a deal worth up to a record $1.65 million (1.4 million euros). The exact figure of the deal depends on contract incentives, but it could exceed the most allocation money ever exchanged between two Major League Soccer […]

Abu Dhabi (AFP) – Gareth Bale came off the bench to book Real Madrid's place in the Club World Cup final as the European champions recovered from the shock of going behind to beat Emirati champions Al Jazira 2-1 on Wednesday. Despite dominating throughout, Madrid trailed at half-time to Romarinho's opener in a match also […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar has returned to the French capital and will train on Thursday after being allowed to visit his native Brazil on family matters, the Ligue 1 leaders said Wednesday. The world's most expensive player will miss Wednesday's French League Cup tie at Strasbourg, after also sitting out last weekend's […]

London (AFP) – The Football Association on Wednesday gave Manchester United and Manchester City extra time to explain the ugly post-match scenes at Old Trafford following victory for Pep Guardiola's team. Runaway Premier League leaders City opened an 11-point gap over second-placed United with their 2-1 win on Sunday. Victory sparked mass celebrations from City. […]

Monaco (AFP) – Brazilian international Fabinho said on Wednesday that he will probably leave French champions Monaco at the end of the season, but that he has no intention of departing in January. The 24-year-old was linked with a transfer in the close season after a stellar campaign in which he helped the principality club […]

London (AFP) – More than three-quarters of football fans across the globe would have no problem if a player in their national team came out as gay or bisexual, a poll showed on Wednesday. Conducted by fan-opinion platform Forza Football and campaign group Stonewall, the survey asked more than 50,000 supporters in 38 countries about […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta admitted his late goal to knock Chelsea out in the Champions League semi-finals in 2009 is one of his best memories ahead of his club's return to Stamford Bridge. The sides were paired together again in Monday's Champions League last 16 draw with Barca travelling to London for […]

Berlin (AFP) – RB Leipzig risk falling off the pace in the pack chasing run-away Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich with their coach Ralph Hasenhuettl admitting his side is flagging. "We're running close to empty and you can see the team is torturing itself," said Hasenhuettl after his team scraped a 1-1 draw on Tuesday to […]