Milan (AFP) – Lazio stumbled ahead of next week's Italian Cup final showdown against Juventus falling to a 3-2 Serie A defeat at Fiorentina on Saturday. Second-half strikes from Khouma Babacar and Nikola Kalinic, and a Cristiano Lombardi own goal sealed three points which kept Fiorentina's Europa League hopes alive. Keita Balde's 55th-minute opener for […]

Milan (AFP) – Second-half strikes from Khouma Babacar and Nikola Kalinic, and a Cristiano Lombardi own goal sealed a 3-2 win over Lazio to keep Fiorentina's Europa League hopes alive on Saturday. Keita Balde's 55th minute opener for Lazio, his seventh in four games, had Fiorentina hanging their heads in desperation and staring at a […]

London (AFP) – Alexis Sanchez shone and then succumbed to injury as Arsenal won 4-1 at Stoke City on Saturday to close in on the Premier League top four. Sanchez teed up Mesut Ozil for Arsenal's second goal and scored their third — his 50th Premier League goal — after Peter Crouch had brought Stoke […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Olivier Giroud scored twice as Arsenal won 4-1 at Stoke City on Saturday to maintain manager Arsene Wenger's hopes of a top-four finish and Champions League qualification. Arsenal endured an anxious spell in the second half after Stoke substitute Peter Crouch reduced the arrears to 2-1 with a goal scored […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayer Leverkusen head coach Tayfun Korkut will leave the club after their final Bundesliga match next weekend, the club confirmed on Saturday. The 43-year-old only had a contract until the end of the season after stepping in when Roger Schmidt was sacked at the start of March, but with one win in […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund's Julian Weigl added to the growing list of injured Germany players ruled out of next month's Confederations Cup after fracturing his right ankle on Saturday. The 21-year-old defensive midfielder was stretchered off after 22 minutes of Dortmund's 1-1 draw at Augsburg in the Bundesliga. German media reports claimed he would […]

Berlin (AFP) – Arjen Robben's superb solo goal five minutes into time added on sealed a dramatic 5-4 comeback win for Bayern Munich at RB Leipzig in an electric top-of-the-table clash on Saturday. Carlo Ancelotti's star-studded Bayern, who were already confirmed as Bundesliga champions for the fifth straight year, were 4-3 down on 90 minutes […]

Berlin (AFP) – Ingolstadt were confirmed on Saturday as the second club automatically relegated from the Bundesliga this season after their 1-1 draw at Freiburg. With one round of matches left, the draw means Maik Walpurgis' Ingolstadt, who are 17th in the table, go down alongside bottom-side Darmstadt as the result left them four points […]

Sunderland (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Swansea struck a crucial blow in the fight for Premier League survival as goals from Fernando Llorente and Kyle Naughton clinched a 2-0 win at Sunderland on Saturday. Spanish striker Llorente put Swansea ahead early on before Kyle Naughton blasted his first goal for six years on the stroke of […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City benefited from two strokes of fortune as they beat Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday to close in on a Champions League qualifying berth. David Silva's opener was awarded despite an apparent offside against Raheem Sterling, while Riyad Mahrez had an equalising penalty disallowed after he slipped […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Riyad Mahrez's disallowed penalty allowed Manchester City to take a significant step towards Champions League qualification with a 2-1 victory over Leicester City on Saturday. All of the goals came in the first half at the Etihad Stadium, with David Silva's opener for the home side allowed to stand despite […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid may be on the verge of a first La Liga and Champions League double for 59 years, but coach Zinedine Zidane insisted his job is only safe if he delivers trophies. Madrid sports daily reported on Saturday that Zidane is set to be handed a contract extension to 2020 as […]

West Bromwich (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Even as he nursed a thick lip and lamented his sodden suit amid the mayhem of Chelsea's Premier League title celebrations, Antonio Conte was already targeting his next trophy bid. The Chelsea manager said his players should enjoy the success they clinched with a 1-0 win at West Bromwich […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino expects a "special" day on Sunday when his side play Manchester United in the last game at White Hart Lane. With Chelsea having wrapped up the Premier League title by winning at West Bromwich Albion on Friday, Spurs' farewell to their home of 118 years will now […]

Madrid (AFP) – Jorge Sampaoli's chances of landing his dream job at Barcelona may have come and gone, but he could still hand Barca the La Liga title on a plate should Sevilla shock Real Madrid on Sunday. Madrid are in the driving seat for their first league title in five years as they also […]