Paris (AFP) – Karim Benzema is confident he will be fit to play for Real Madrid against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday after a spell on the sidelines with a hamstring injury. "I feel much better but I will see how I am after training," Benzema told reporters in Paris on Monday. […]

London (AFP) – Christian Eriksen played his first match in a Brentford shirt on Monday, celebrating his 30th birthday by appearing in a friendly just eight months after suffering a cardiac arrest. The former Tottenham Hotspur star has not played in an official match since his brush with death during Denmark's European Championship game against […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona started and finished strongly on Sunday night but sagged in between and drew 2-2 at less fashionable neighbours Espanyol to cling on to fourth place in La Liga. Pedri gave Barcelona a second minute lead but Sergi Darder levelled after 40 minutes and set up Raul de Tomas for a counter-attack […]

Paris (AFP) – Arkadiusz Milik came off the bench to score the winner as Marseille edged Metz 2-1 to consolidate their second place in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Paris Saint-Germain remain runaway leaders on 59 points after their 1-0 win over Rennes on Friday. Marseille have 46 points and their south coast rivals Nice are […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – A brilliant Pape Sakho goal set up Simba of Tanzania for a 3-1 win over ASEC Mimosas of the Ivory Coast on Sunday as the CAF Confederation Cup group phase kicked off. Seeking to become the first Tanzanian club to win a Confederation of African Football competition, Simba were ahead within […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou said the Hoops are still "nowhere near his expectations" despite easing into the Scottish Cup quarter-finals with a 4-0 win over Raith Rovers on Sunday. Postecoglou was irritated in particular with the first half performance of a much-changed side, even though they went in 1-0 up at half-time […]

Paris (AFP) – Kevin Gameiro scored the only goal as Strasbourg beat Angers 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday to boost their Champions League ambitions as Monaco missed another chance to keep touch with the leaders after a goalless draw at home against lowly Lorient. Victory at Angers propelled Julien Stephan's Strasbourg just one point […]

Paris (AFP) – Kevin Gamerio scored the only goal as Strasbourg beat Angers 1-0 in Ligue 1 action on Sunday to boost their Champions League ambitions as Monaco missed another chance to keep touch with the leaders after a goalless draw at home against lowly Lorient. Strasbourg were one of the winners of the weekend […]

Berlin (AFP) – Marco Reus defied the boos of the home crowd with two goals against Union Berlin on Sunday, as Borussia Dortmund cruised to a 3-0 win to narrow the gap at the top of the Bundesliga to six points. Reus, who won a controversial penalty when the two teams met last season, was […]

London (AFP) – Kurt Zouma was pulled out of the West Ham side to face Leicester on Sunday after feeling "unwell" in the warm-up, the London club said on Sunday. The French defender had initially been named in David Moyes' starting line-up despite fury in recent days over a video that showed Zouma physically abusing […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Kurt Zouma was again selected by West Ham manager David Moyes for Sunday's trip to Leicester despite the furore over the Frenchman's physical abuse of his cat. Zouma has been fined the maximum amount of two weeks' wages, reportedly around £250,000 ($340,000), but Moyes insisted on Friday he remained available […]

Milan (AFP) – Rafael Leao fired AC Milan top of Serie A on Sunday with the only goal in a 1-0 win over Sampdoria which allowed his side to overtake champions Inter. With seven minutes gone Leao collected a huge kick from goalkeeper Mike Maignan and breezed past Bartosz Bereszynski before slotting home his seventh […]

Milan (AFP) – Rafael Leao fired AC Milan top of Serie A on Sunday with the only goal in a 1-0 win over Sampdoria which allowed his side to overtake champions Inter. With seven minutes gone Leao collected a huge kick from goalkeeper Mike Maignan and breezed past Bartosz Bereszynski before slotting home his seventh […]

Doha (AFP) – Qatar club Al-Rayyan said Sunday that French coach Laurent Blanc has been replaced, with the World Cup winner paying for poor results despite big money signings. Blanc's side are just ninth in the 12-team Qatar Stars League despite fielding Colombian James Rodriguez, Steven Nzonzi of France and Algerian Yacine Brahimi. The club […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Aberdeen sacked manager Stephen Glass on Sunday after less than a year in the job. Glass was berated by fans after a 2-1 defeat in the Scottish Cup to Motherwell on Saturday. The Dons sit ninth in the Scottish Premiership and are yet to win in the league this year. "Aberdeen FC […]