Paris (AFP) – Dimitri Payet scored a sublime free-kick to salvage a point for Marseille in a 1-1 home draw against relegation-threatened Dijon in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Dijon arrived at the Stade Velodrome above the bottom three only on goal difference but grabbed a surprise lead in first-half injury time when Gregory Sertic bundled […]

Berlin (AFP) – Carlo Ancelotti showered praise on Robert Lewandowski after the striker's hat-trick in Bayern Munich's 6-0 thrashing of Augsburg left him level in the race to be the Bundesliga's top scorer. The home win ensured runaway league leaders Bayern remained 13 points clear at the summit while Augsburg dropped into the relegation places. […]

Madrid (AFP) – Sevilla boss Jorge Sampaoli insisted on Saturday he has not been approached to take over Argentina. However, Sampaoli refused to quash rumours over his future after sporting director Monchi announced he will leave the club at the end of the season. "I am only focused on the game on Sunday against Sporting […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrated his latest goal against arch-rivals Schalke by again donning a black mask in Saturday's derby. The 27-year-old, who has hinted he may leave Dortmund at the end of the season, netted his 24th goal in as many Bundesliga games this season to put Dortmund 1-0 up […]

Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Miguel Britos scored his first goal in English football as Watford beat Sunderland 1-0 Saturday to nudge the basement club nearer relegation from the Premier League. Defeat at Vicarage Road left Sunderland seven points from safety, with just nine league games remaining. The northeast side had kept the game goalless […]

Burnley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Tottenham breathed fresh life into the Premier League title race as Eric Dier and Son Heung-Min inspired a 2-0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday. With Chelsea surprisingly losing 2-1 at home to Crystal Palace, Mauricio Pochettino's second placed side closed the gap to seven points on the […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Craig Shakespeare became the first Englishman to win his first four matches as a Premier League manager after reigning champions Leicester City moved closer to top-flight survival with a 2-0 victory at home to Stoke City on Saturday. Victory saw Shakespeare join some of football's most high-profile coaches — Portugal's […]

Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Hull's bid for Premier League survival received a huge boost as Andrea Ranocchia's late header clinched a dramatic 2-1 victory against West Ham on Saturday. Marco Silva's team trailed to Andy Carroll's 50th Premier League goal early in the first half at the KCOM Stadium. But Andy Robertson […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea's march towards the Premier League title was stalled as goals from Wilfried Zaha and Christian Benteke earned Crystal Palace a shock 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Defeat ended Chelsea's run of 13 successive home wins and enabled second-place Tottenham Hotspur to cut their lead to seven points with nine […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho's fears that a gruelling schedule could prove problematic for Manchester United were confirmed in a drab 0-0 draw against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. The first of nine fixtures to come in April ended with United having to settle for a draw at Old Trafford for the eighth […]

London (AFP) – Wilfried Zaha rocked Chelsea as Crystal Palace breathed new life into the Premier League title race with a stunning 2-1 win over the leaders at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. In a frantic start, the Ivory Coast winger cancelled out Cesc Fabregas's opener and teed up Christian Benteke for the winner as Chelsea […]

Berlin (AFP) – Hoffenheim's top scorer Sandro Wagner says he will be fit to face runaway Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich at home on Tuesday despite his stomach-churning "ET" finger injury. Wagner has hit 11 Bundesliga goals this season to leave Hoffenheim on course for a Champions League place for next season. But the 29-year-old was […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Everton manager Ronald Koeman branded Liverpool's back-room staff "crazy" following his side's 3-1 defeat at Anfield in Saturday's Merseyside derby. "It's all about football, but we don't make a show from the bench like Liverpool. It's football — a hard and fair game," Koeman told Sky Sports. Liverpool's dug-out protested after Everton […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Sadio Mane looks set to miss Wednesday's home game against Bournemouth after going off injured in Liverpool's 3-1 win over Everton on Saturday, manager Jurgen Klopp said. "We don't know what Sadio has done but it doesn't look like he is going to be ready for Wednesday," Klopp told Sky Sports at […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Philippe Coutinho starred as Liverpool responded to Everton's threat to their Champions League aspirations with a commanding 3-1 victory in the 228th Merseyside derby on Saturday. Spectacular first-half strikes from Sadio Mane and Coutinho kept Jurgen Klopp's men on course for a top-four finish, either side of Everton defender Matthew Pennington's first […]