Berlin (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski overtook Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the race to be the Bundesliga's top-scorer this season after netting twice in Bayern Munich's 4-1 thrashing of Borussia Dortmund on Saturday. Runaway league leaders Bayern dominated the clash of Germany's giants and the win leaves them 10 points clear with six games left as Munich […]

London (AFP) – Marcos Alonso netted a picture-perfect free-kick as Chelsea triumphed 3-1 at Bournemouth on Saturday to restore their seven-point advantage at the top of the Premier League. Tottenham Hotspur had cut Chelsea's lead to four points by crushing Watford 4-0, but Antonio Conte's men responded to take another step towards the title. Liverpool […]

Berlin (AFP) – Yussuf Poulsen's late goal gave 10-man RB Leipzig a 1-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday that trimmed Bayern Munich's lead at the top of the Bundesliga table before the leaders played later. Carlo Ancelotti's Bayern were hosting Borussia Dortmund on Saturday evening as Robert Lewandowski and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang — the league's […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Brazil team-mates Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino rose from the bench to score as Liverpool hit back to win 2-1 at Stoke City in the Premier League on Saturday. Jonathan Walters's header — his seventh league goal against Liverpool — from Xherdan Shaqiri's cross put Stoke 1-0 up shortly before […]

Paris (AFP) – Radamel Falcao marked his first start in six weeks with the only goal of the game as Monaco cemented their position at the top of Ligue 1 with a 1-0 win at Angers. Falcao's goal came just after the hour mark and against the run of play, and Monaco were holding on […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Sergio Aguero struck as Manchester City ended a four-match run without a Premier League win by beating Hull City 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Ahmed Elhmohamady's own-goal, just after the half-hour mark, gave Pep Guardiola's team a lead at the interval, before they pressed home their advantage. Aguero […]

Madrid (AFP) – Antoine Griezmann's classy finish five minutes from time dealt Real Madrid's La Liga title chances a huge blow as Atletico Madrid rescued a 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu. Pepe's towering header early in the second half looked to have Madrid heading five points clear at the top. However, Barcelona now have […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Freshly anointed Scottish Premiership champions Celtic got back to winning ways as they defeated Kilmarnock 3-1 at Parkhead on Saturday. Stuart Armstrong fired the Hoops into a half-time lead before Jordan Jones equalised in the second half. Scott Sinclair quickly restored Celtic's advantage before James Forrest headed in to seal victory. It […]

London (AFP) – South Korean forward Son Heung-Min scored twice as Tottenham Hotspur overpowered Watford 4-0 on Saturday to put pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea. Dele Alli and Eric Dier were also on target as Spurs closed to within four points of Chelsea, who visit Bournemouth later in the day. "The message for us is […]

London (AFP) – Cheikhou Kouyate boosted West Ham United's survival bid as the Senegal midfielder fired his side to a crucial 1-0 win over fellow strugglers Swansea City on Saturday. Kouyate's second-half strike at the London Stadium lifted Slaven Bilic's team eight points clear of the Premier League relegation zone. After losing their last five […]

Tunis (AFP) – Tunisia, aiming to qualify for their first World Cup finals since 2006, have sacked their coach Henryk Kasperczak, the country's football federation announced on Saturday. The 70-year-old Pole, who guided Tunisia to the final of the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations, returned for a second spell in charge in 2015. Tunisia were […]

London (AFP) – Son Heung-Min struck twice as Tottenham Hotspur maintained the pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea with a 4-0 victory against Watford at a sun-soaked White Hart Lane on Saturday. With Antonio Conte's side not due to face Bournemouth until later in the day, Spurs made the most of the chance to close […]

London (AFP) – Antonio Conte has warned his Chelsea stars not to worry about Tottenham's results as the Premier League title race hots up this weekend. With just eight games remaining Chelsea are clinging to a precious seven-point lead over second-placed Tottenham, but the Blues are showing a few glimpses of vulnerability. Conte's side ground […]

Sunderland (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho suggested last weekend that he had considered abandoning a push for the Premier League's top four to focus on European competition and failure to beat Sunderland on Sunday may see that pledge become a reality. United's best hope of qualifying for next season's Champions League increasingly appears to […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare has an unexpected and, in some ways, welcome problem ahead of Sunday's Premier League match away to Everton. Having taken over in late February with the reigning champions sliding towards relegation, Shakespeare finds himself five league games and five wins later pondering the possibility of […]