London (AFP) – Title-chasing Tottenham thrashed Bournemouth 4-0 to move within four points of Premier League leaders Chelsea, while Manchester City climbed to third place after a 3-0 win at Southampton on Saturday. Mauricio Pochettino's side are hot on Chelsea's heels as the title race enters the final furlong and their dominant display at White […]

Paris (AFP) – Pocket-sized midfielder Jean Michael Seri netted twice in the second half as Nice came from behind to beat Nancy 3-1 on Saturday and secure a crack at next season's Champions League. Junior Dale gave struggling Nancy the lead at the Allianz Riviera but Mikael Le Bihan levelled before the break and Ivory […]

Berlin (AFP) – Germany striker Timo Werner said RB Leipzig's dreams had come true as their 4-0 rout of Freiburg on Saturday guaranteed them a crack at the Champions League next season. With five games left, Leipzig are guaranteed to finish their first Bundesliga season in the top four. The first three teams in Germany's […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund players and fans paid tribute to defender Marc Bartra as they beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 on Saturday in their first Bundesliga match since the midweek bomb attack on their team bus. Germany winger Marco Reus scored on his return after six weeks out and Sokratis Papastathopoulos and leading scorer Pierre-Emerick […]

Milan (AFP) – Gonzalo Higuain's brace sent Juventus eight points clear in Serie A with a 2-0 win at struggling Pescara on Saturday, and relaunched his bid for another top scorer's award. Argentina striker Higuain, who hit a new league record of 36 goals for Napoli last season, now only trails Roma's Edin Dzeko and […]

Madrid (AFP) – Isco struck in stoppage time to send Real Madrid six points clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga after twice coming from behind to beat Sporting Gijon 3-2 on Saturday. Madrid can all but secure a first league title in five years with victory when they host Barca next weekend. […]

Sunderland (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Sunderland salvaged a 2-2 draw against West Ham thanks to Fabio Borini's late equaliser, but the Premier League's bottom club remain in severe danger of relegation. David Moyes' side are nine points from safety with just six games remaining after a frustrating afternoon at the Stadium of Light. Having fallen […]

London (AFP) – Christian Benteke's 14th goal of the season completed Crystal Palace's two-goal comeback to secure a point in a 2-2 home draw with Leicester City in the Premier League on Saturday. Leicester –- who face Atletico Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday –- took an early lead […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – A Xherdan Shaqiri cracker put the gloss on a 3-1 Stoke City home win on Saturday to leave Hull City deep in Premier League relegation trouble. Travel-sick Hull at least had the consolation of Swansea City losing 1-0 at Watford, meaning the Tigers stay two points above the Welsh side, […]

London (AFP) – Title-chasing Tottenham thrashed Bournemouth 4-0 to move within four points of Premier League leaders Chelsea, while Everton climbed to fifth place with a 3-1 win over Burnley on Saturday. Mauricio Pochettino's side are hot on Chelsea's heels as the title race enters the final furlong and their dominant display at White Hart […]

Berlin (AFP) – Germany winger Marco Reus scored on his return after six weeks out as Borussia Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 on Saturday in their first Bundesliga match since the midweek bomb attack on their team bus. Sokratis Papastathopoulos and leading scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were also on target in a victory which allowed Thomas […]

Beijing (AFP) – Brazilian international Paulinho was chastised Saturday by the Chinese football federation after promoting a betting company with a porn star — two sectors banned in the communist country. In the photographs online that have been an embarrassment for his Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande, Paulinho, smiling and clutching a wad of cash, is […]

London (AFP) – Everton banned The Sun tabloid from its premises on Saturday over an article about their player Ross Barkley that critics branded "racist". The article in Britain's best-selling newspaper was about the 23-year-old England midfielder getting into a fight in a nightclub in Everton's home city of Liverpool. Columnist Kelvin MacKenzie compared Barkley, […]

Berlin (AFP) – German prosecutors said Saturday they were examining a third claim of responsibility for blasts that rocked Borussia Dortmund's team bus, but no new suspects have yet emerged. With Dortmund players due back on the pitch in Germany's premier league, the Bundesliga, police are pursuing leads in their probe of Tuesday's attack that […]

London (AFP) – Harry Kane scored his 20th goal of the Premier League campaign as Tottenham Hotspur crushed Bournemouth 4-0 on Saturday to cut Chelsea's advantage at the summit to four points. Mousa Dembele, Son Heung-Min and Vincent Janssen were also on target on a sunny spring afternoon at White Hart Lane that saw Spurs […]