Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers praised his players for showing the determination needed to dig out a 2-1 victory against Dundee that puts them on the verge of the Scottish Premiership title. A first half strike from Jozo Simunovic and a second half header from Stuart Armstrong seemed to have the Hoops cruising […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Sharper finishing is all that is required to take Manchester City to the next level, manager Pep Guardiola said after his side's 1-1 draw with Liverpool. Guardiola's cavalier approach came under scrutiny after City fell to a 3-1 defeat at Monaco last week that saw them eliminated from the Champions […]

Middlesbrough (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho's Manchester United players were accused of sparking an ugly clash in the tunnel in a stormy aftermath to their 3-1 win at Middlesbrough. United remain in contention for Champions League qualification after a hard-fought victory on Sunday, which ended with rival players separated by security staff in the tunnel when punches were […]

London (AFP) – Mauricio Pochettino says he is constantly surprised by Dele Alli after the Tottenham midfielder helped fill the gap left by the injured Harry Kane. Kane, the club's leading scorer, has been ruled out for six weeks after picking up an ankle injury, forcing Pochettino to rejig his team's attack. The Tottenham manager […]

Milan (AFP) – Massimiliano Allegri hailed an "important step forward" as jittery Juventus edged closer to a record sixth consecutive scudetto with a precious 1-0 win at Sampdoria on Sunday. "This is an important step forward because we have a very difficult end to the season," Allegri said after a 24th win of the campaign […]

Milan (AFP) – A late strike from Edin Dzeko helped secure the points as Roma came back from a goal down to beat a spirited Sassuolo 3-1 and stay in the Champions League hunt on Sunday. Roma had dropped to third in Serie A at 11 points behind leaders Juventus after the Turin giants took […]

Paris (AFP) – Teenage sensation Kylian Mbappe was described as a "phenomenon" after inspiring Monaco to a 3-0 win at Caen on Sunday as the French Ligue 1 leaders maintained their three-point advantage over Paris Saint-Germain. Monaco now have 71 points with eight games to play although Paris stayed in their slipstream after the four-time […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona closed to within two points of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga as Lionel Messi scored twice in a thrilling 4-2 win over 10-man Valencia at Camp Nou on Sunday. Earlier, Antoine Griezmann scored a stunning free-kick as Atletico Madrid compounded a week to forget for Sevilla with a […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus pair Claudio Marchisio and Giorgio Chiellini were left at home as Italy coach Gian Piero Ventura called five new players into an enlarged 27-man squad for upcoming games against Albania and the Netherlands. Italy host Albania in Palermo in a 2018 World Cup qualifier on Friday before facing the Dutch in […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich extended their Bundesliga lead to 13 points as Thomas Mueller capped his 250th league appearance with a rare goal in Sunday's 1-0 victory at Borussia Moenchengladbach. After second-placed RB Leipzig crashed to a 3-0 win at Werder Bremen on Saturday, Carlo Ancelotti's Bayern took the chance to go further ahead […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Sergio Aguero netted a 69th-minute equaliser in a gripping 1-1 draw with Liverpool on Sunday to prevent Manchester City losing ground in the battle for a top-four Premier League finish. Liverpool looked poised to leapfrog City into third place after James Milner silenced the boos from fans of his former […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham overcame the absence of leading scorer Harry Kane to beat Southampton 2-1 and close the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea on Sunday. First half goals from Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli at White Hart Lane gave Mauricio Pochettino's side the cushion they needed to hold onto victory after James Ward-Prowse […]

Middlesbrough (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho praised Manchester United's refusal to let fatigue get the better of them as they kept their top four bid on course with a 3-1 victory at Middlesbrough on Sunday. Having lost to Chelsea in the FA Cup on Monday and beaten Rostov in the Europa League on Thursday, […]

Berlin (AFP) – Cologne's Anthony Modeste hit a hat-trick on Saturday to eclipse Robert Lewandowski in second place behind top-scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the battle to be this season's Bundesliga hot-shot. Gabon's Aubameyang leads the way for the most German league goals with 23 goals in as many games after netting Borussia Dortmund's first-half winner […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Pedro Caixinha's reign as Rangers manager got off to a perfect start as they thrashed Hamilton 4-0 at Ibrox in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday. American international Emerson Hyndman fired Rangers in front in the 26th minute before Clint Hill tapped home a second four minutes before the break. Martyn Waghorn earned […]