Berlin (AFP) – Ivory Coast veteran Salomon Kalou rescued Hertha Berlin with a penalty at the second attempt in Sunday's 1-1 draw at Freiburg in the Bundesliga. Hosts Freiburg took the lead on 52 minutes when the video assistant referee (VAR) confirmed Christian Guenter had been fouled in the penalty area and Janik Haberer drilled […]

Paris (AFP) – The injured Mario Balotelli watched from the stands as Nice slumped to another defeat on Sunday, going down 2-1 at home to Strasbourg in Ligue 1. The Italian striker, scorer of five league goals this season, was absent with a calf injury and without him Lucien Favre's team went down to their […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Wayne Rooney recreated his famous first league goal for Everton against Arsenal on Sunday but it was not enough to prevent his struggling team falling to a 5-2 defeat and into the Premier League bottom three. Goals from Mesut Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette proved pivotal as Everton continued their worst start to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich are waiting to hear if stand-in captain Thomas Mueller can play in this week's double-header against RB Leipzig after the Germany star suffered a hamstring injury. Mueller lasted just ten minutes of Saturday's 1-0 Bundesliga win at ten-man Hamburg. He came off the bench at half-time, set up Corentin Tolisso's […]

Guangzhou (AFP) – Luiz Felipe Scolari's rampant Guangzhou Evergrande won the Chinese Super League (CSL) for the seventh time in a row on Sunday and with two games to spare. In what is expected to be the decorated Brazilian coach's last season in charge, Guangzhou scored twice in three minutes in the first half as […]

Sydney (AFP) – Venezuelan international Ronald Vargas is out of the Australian A-League for an indefinite period after suffering a serious leg fracture playing for the Newcastle Jets on Sunday. The Jets continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 2-1 win over Brisbane Roar through goals from in-form Irish striker Roy O'Donovan and […]

Tbilisi (AFP) – Georgia announced Sunday that former AC Milan football star Kakha Kaladze had been elected mayor of its capital Tbilisi. The country's election administration said on its website that Kaladze won 51 percent of the vote in Saturday's municipal election. The 39-year-old played for AC Milan between 2001 and 2010, helping the team […]

London (AFP) – Antonio Conte insists he does not fear the sack after Chelsea eased the mounting pressure on their manager with a gutsy 4-2 win over Watford. Conte's position has been under growing scrutiny following a dip in the champions' form in recent week. Back-to-back Premier League defeats against Manchester City and Crystal Palace […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola says Manchester City have found a more ruthless streak after they overcame stubborn Burnley 3-0 to earn a club record equalling 11th consecutive victory. Sergio Aguero made his own piece of history, becoming the joint-top scorer in City's history, with his 177th goal for the club, a first-half […]

Huddersfield (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho launched a withering verbal attack on his Manchester United players following their surprise Premier League defeat at Huddersfield Town and confessed he was shocked by their lacklustre performance. United were beaten for the first time this season, while promoted Huddersfield's 2-1 win marked their first top-flight victory over […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona dismissed another day of political chaos in Catalonia to continue on their merry way at the top of La Liga by beating Malaga 2-0 at the Camp Nou. Spanish Primer Minister Mariano Rajoy announced on Saturday that Madrid will move to dismiss Catalonia's separatist government and call fresh elections in the […]

Milan (AFP) – Inter Milan ended Napoli's winning streak in Serie A with a goalless draw in Saturday's top of the table clash. Napoli have 25 points from nine games to hold their two-point advantage on second-placed Inter. Champions Juventus and Lazio — joint third on 19 points — now have a golden opportunity to […]

Paris (AFP) – Keita Balde netted his first goal since his big-money summer move to Monaco as the reigning French champions eased to a welcome 2-0 victory at home to Caen in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Balde got the opener midway through the first half and the prolific Radamel Falcao added a penalty just before […]

Berlin (AFP) – Corentin Tolisso got the winner as defending Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich squeezed past 10-man Hamburg 1-0 to draw level with Borussia Dortmund at the top of the table on Saturday. Both sides have 20 points, but goal difference keeps the Bavarians second behind Dortmund, who earlier threw away a two-goal lead in […]

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Sofiane Boufal was left beaming after scoring a sensational solo goal in Southampton's 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, describing it as a "very special" goal. The 24-year-old Morocco winger picked the ball up midway inside his own half in the 85th minute at St Mary's and surged […]