Chicago (AFP) – Alex Morgan scored twice as the United States thrashed New Zealand 5-0 in a women's international football friendly on Tuesday. US star Morgan came on as a second-half substitute to take her international goals tally to 77 as the 2015 Women's World Cup champions swept aside their Kiwi opponents at Cincinnati's Nippert […]

Chicago (AFP) – Result of women's international football friendly between United States and New Zealand at Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati on Tuesday: United States 5 (Horan 36, Pugh 44, Morgan 46, 69, Williams 55) New Zealand 0 afp

Milan (AFP) – Shaven-headed skipper Mauro Icardi rescued a 1-1 draw for Inter Milan at Bologna on Tuesday that ended his side's perfect start to the Serie A season. Luciano Spalletti had been looking to make it five wins from five but had to settle for just one point in Bologna. Simone Verdi's superb long […]

Madrid (AFP) – Lionel Messi added four more goals to his soaring early season tally as a much-changed Barcelona maintained their 100 percent start to La Liga by routing Eibar 6-1 on Tuesday. Paulinho and Denis Suarez also netted for the second consecutive game as Barca stretched their lead at the top of La Liga […]

London (AFP) – Leicester's Shinji Okazaki sent Liverpool crashing out of the League Cup, while Tottenham edged past Barnsley to reach the fourth round on Tuesday. Okazaki came off the bench to fire Leicester ahead in the second half of their 2-0 win at the King Power Stadium. The Japan forward, on as a second-half […]

Milan (AFP) – A frenetic first-half display by Simone Verdi ended Inter Milan's perfect start to the Serie A season as skipper Mauro Icardi snatched a 1-1 draw at Bologna. Luciano Spalletti had been looking to make it five wins from five but had to settle for just one point in Bologna. Verdi came out […]

London (AFP) – Eni Aluko has slammed her "selfish" former England team-mates following their touchline celebration with manager Mark Sampson during a women's World Cup qualifier on Tuesday. Aluko's allegations of racism, harassment and bullying against Sampson caused controversy recently. Sampson denies any wrongdoing and had already been cleared by a Football Association review and […]

Berlin (AFP) – James Rodriguez scored his first Bundesliga goal on Tuesday to help Bayern Munich top the table for the first time this season following a 3-0 win at Schalke 04. The Colombian was involved in all three goals after winning the penalty which Robert Lewandowski converted for the opening goal before his deft […]

Madrid (AFP) – Italian triker Simone Zaza bagged a seven-minute hat-trick early in the second half as Valencia's impressive start under new coach Marcelino Garcia Toral continued with a 5-0 thrashing of Malaga on Tuesday. Valencia remain unbeaten since Marcelino took charge, including impressive draws against Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, and victory lifts Los […]

Helsinki (AFP) – Injured athletes from David Beckham to Ousmane Dembele have over the years put their careers, and bodies, under the trusted knife of Finnish surgeon Sakari Orava, known in sporting circles as the "Miracle Doctor". Spanish runner Marta Dominguez, who was treated by Orava in 2004 after an injury, compared him to "God". […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich predict their Germany goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer will be out until January after he underwent another operation on Tuesday after again fracturing his left foot. The 31-year-old had only returned at the end of August after fracturing the same foot in April. "Survived the first shock and the operation, […]

Berlin (AFP) – Brazil striker Raffael scored two second-half goals as Borussia Moechengladbach climbed the German league table on Tuesday after their 2-0 home win at home to Stuttgart. It was Stuttgart's first game since captain Christian Gentner suffered multiple facial fractures and concussion in a collision during Saturday's win over Wolfsburg. Gladbach's Raffael opened […]

Zurich (AFP) – FIFA suspended Caribbean Football Union president Gordon Derrick from the sport for six years on Tuesday after he was found guilty of several ethics violations. Derrick becomes the latest in a long line of football executives sanctioned by FIFA's ethics committee, which has thrown dozens of people out of the sport over […]

Milan (AFP) – Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny will replace skipper Gianluigi Buffon as champions Juventus look to make it five Serie A wins out of five against Fiorentina on Wednesday. Coach Massimiliano Allegri wants to rotate with an eye on Saturday's Turin derby and Szczesny, who signed from Arsenal in the summer after two years […]

London (AFP) – Former England captain Rio Ferdinand said Tuesday he is launching a new career as a professional boxer two years after retiring from football as a way of channelling his anger. The 38-year-old former Manchester United star, who quit football in May 2015, is taking part in online betting firm Betfair's "Defender to […]