Milan (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo hit back at his critics with a quick-fire hat-trick as Juventus brushed aside Cagliari 3-1 on Sunday, five days after their Champions League elimination, while Inter Milan moved nine points clear at the Serie A summit. Portuguese star Ronaldo bore the brunt of the criticism for Juve's latest European flop […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain missed the chance to move top of Ligue 1 on Sunday after falling to a shock 2-1 home loss to Nantes, allowing Lille to maintain their league lead despite drawing 0-0 at Monaco. The reigning champions had the chance to take first place from Lille on goal difference but strikes […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United tightened their grip on a return to the Champions League next season with a 1-0 win over West Ham on Sunday, but midfielder Scott McTominay lamented letting Manchester City storm clear at the top of the Premier League. Victory over the fifth-placed Hammers moved United back above Leicester […]

Madrid (AFP) – Youssef En-Nesyri's fantastic first-half strike helped Sevilla seal a 1-0 derby victory over Real Betis on Sunday to take a big step towards securing a top-four spot in La Liga. The Moroccan backed up his midweek Champions League double in Sevilla's last-16 exit at the hands of Borussia Dortmund with a 27th-minute […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Peter Shalulile was hailed by Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi after the Namibian created the equaliser and scored the winner in a 2-1 South African Premiership victory at Stellenbosch. Nigerian Stanley Dimgba gave the mid-table home team a half-time lead only for Shalulile to set up Uruguayan Gaston Sirino to level six […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Veteran Liberian Anthony Laffor thanked Chippa United coach Dan Malesela after scoring the goal that set up a 2-1 South African FA Cup quarter-final victory over Richards Bay. The 36-year-old bagged his first goal for the club after just five minutes by pouncing on a careless back pass and chipping the ball […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United tightened their grip on a return to the Champions League next season as Craig Dawson's own goal earned Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men a 1-0 win over West Ham on Sunday. Victory moved United back above Leicester into second in the Premier League and closed the gap to runaway […]

Milan (AFP) – Pele on Sunday congratulated Cristiano Ronaldo for 'breaking his record' of goals scored in official matches. Portuguese star Ronaldo hit a hat-trick for Juventus in a 3-1 Serie A win over Cagliari to bring his total to 770 goals. The 36-year-old took to Instagram to tell his 270 million followers he could […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal bounced back from Erik Lamela's stunning Rabona to open the scoring in the north London derby to beat Tottenham 2-1 on Sunday, as Manchester United and Leicester tightened their grip on a top-four finish in the Premier League. United edged out fifth-placed West Ham 1-0 thanks to Craig Dawson's own goal […]

Brasília (AFP) – Brazilian striker Gabriel "Gabigol" Barbosa was arrested early Sunday with some 200 other people at a clandestine Sao Paulo casino found to be flouting coronavirus distancing rules, state authorities said. Health inspectors and police were alerted to a large gathering at the illegal establishment in the rich Vila Olimpia neighborhood. On arrival, […]

Milan (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo hit back at his critics with a quick-fire hat-trick as Juventus brushed aside Cagliari 3-1 on Sunday, five days after their Champions League elimination, while Inter Milan moved nine points clear at the Serie A summit. Portuguese star Ronaldo bore the brunt of the criticism for Juve's latest European flop […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said he will turn the page on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's breach of discipline after the Gunners captain was dropped for Sunday's 2-1 north London derby win over Tottenham. Aubameyang was left on the bench for the entire match as Arteta's men beat their local rivals for the first time […]

Berlin (AFP) – Japanese midfielder Daichi Kamada's second-half equaliser dealt a blow to RB Leipzig's Bundesliga title hopes on Sunday as the main pretenders to Bayern Munich's throne were held 1-1 at home by top-four rivals Eintracht Frankfurt. Kamada cancelled out Emil Forsberg's opener to consolidate Frankfurt's place in the top four and see second-placed […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal recovered from Erik Lamela's astonishing rabona opener to beat 10-man Tottenham 2-1 in a dramatic north London derby despite the absence of exiled captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on Sunday. Lamela scored one of the greatest goals in Premier League history with an audacious strike in the first half at the Emirates Stadium. […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal came from behind to beat Tottenham 2-1 for a first north London derby win in three years, as Kelechi Iheanacho's hat-trick moved Leicester into second in the Premier League with a 5-0 thrashing of managerless Sheffield United on Sunday. Spurs also lost Son Heung-min to a hamstring injury on a costly […]