Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid welcome Atletico Madrid for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday hoping to do something that has been beyond the reigning 11-time European champions for six decades. Alfredo Di Stefano — not Cristiano Ronaldo — was Madrid's star man the last time Los Blancos won La Liga […]

Paris (AFP) – Europe's hottest strikers from record-breaker Cristiano Ronaldo to potential heir Kylian Mbappe take centre stage this week in two tasty Champions League semi-final first legs. Ronaldo and Real host Atletico Madrid on Tuesday and Mbappe's attacking Monaco welcome Juventus the next evening as Europe's biggest club competition approaches its climax. Revenge will […]

Milan (AFP) – Ghana's Sulley Muntari dramatically walked off the pitch while playing for Pescara at Cagliari on Sunday after his complaints of racist abuse were met with a yellow card. The former AC Milan and Inter midfielder, who claimed the abuse also came from children, angrily confronted Cagliari fans, shouting at them: "This is […]

Milan (AFP) – A first-half winner from Jose Callejon handed Napoli the points from a 1-0 win at Inter Milan on Sunday that closed the gap on Roma in second to a point. Maurizio Sarri's men travelled to the San Siro buoyed by Roma's earlier 3-1 derby defeat to Lazio that left the capital contenders […]

Paris (AFP) – Mario Balotelli hit his 14th league goal of the season and Ricardo Pereira scored a cracker as Nice blew a big hole in Paris Saint Germain's title defence with a 3-1 win on Sunday. PSG are chasing a third consecutive sweep of domestic honours but finished the weekend three points behind Ligue […]

Madrid (AFP) – Celta Vigo were beaten for the fifth time in six La Liga games, going down 3-0 at home to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday with the Galicians distracted by Thursday's Europa League semi-final against Manchester United. Eduardo Berizzo made nine changes from the side that started Thursday's 2-1 defeat at Sevilla and Athletic's […]

Milan (AFP) – Ghana's Sulley Muntari dramatically walked off the pitch while playing for Pescara at Cagliari on Sunday after his complaints of alleged racist abuse were met with a yellow card. The former AC Milan and Inter midfielder also angrily confronted Cagliari fans, shouting at them: "This is my colour." Muntari could now face […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea took a significant step towards the Premier League title on Sunday with victory at Everton but Tottenham ensured the champagne will stay on ice for a bit longer with an impressive 2-0 win over Arsenal. As well as the engrossing fight for the title the battle for the two remaining Champions […]

London (AFP) – Dele Alli and Harry Kane kept Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League title hunt as their side torpedoed Arsenal 2-0 in White Hart Lane's last north London derby on Sunday. Leaders Chelsea extended their advantage to seven points by winning 3-0 at Everton earlier in the day, but Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs cut […]

Berlin (AFP) – Augsburg climbed out of the Bundesliga relegation zone with a 4-0 hammering of Hamburg on Sunday as Turkey international Halil Altintop netted twice. Hamburg took Augsburg's place in 16th after the away defeat as the hosts climb to 13th, giving themselves a two-point buffer from the drop zone with three games left. […]

Milan (AFP) – AC Milan suffered a second league setback since their takeover by a Chinese consortium to boost rivals Inter's bid for one of two Europa League spots in Italy's Serie A. Milan travelled to relegation-haunted Crotone looking to make up for a shock 2-1 San Siro defeat to struggling Empoli last week. But […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea looked every inch champions in taking a significant step towards the Premier League title on Sunday with victory at Everton, while the Manchester clubs stumbled in the race for the top four. A superb second-half strike by Pedro and late goals from Gary Cahill and Willian stretched Chelsea's lead at the […]

Middlesbrough (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Gabriel Jesus's header five minutes from time saw Manchester City to a 2-2 draw at relegation-threatened Middlesbrough on Sunday as his side stayed just ahead in the race for a Champions League spot. City twice had to come from behind against a Boro side who could be demoted to the […]

London (AFP) – Pedro's sublime strike fired Chelsea a step closer to the Premier League title as the ruthless leaders swept to a 3-0 win at Everton on Sunday. Antonio Conte's side had to work hard to break down Everton's stubborn resistence, but Pedro's majestic second-half goal put Chelsea on course for a fourth win […]

London (AFP) – A sublime free-kick by Icelandic international Gylfi Sigurdsson gained Premier League strugglers Swansea a deserved point in a 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Sunday, dealing a blow to the latter's Champions League hopes. Sigurdsson's 10th goal of the season but first in 11 matches cancelled out veteran Wayne Rooney's contentious penalty […]