Monaco (AFP) – Lille could be replaced by Paris Saint-Germain at the top of Ligue 1 on Sunday after the current league leaders drew 0-0 at fellow title rivals Monaco. Christophe Galtier's side stay in first place after the largely uneventful encounter in the Principality, three points ahead of PSG who host struggling Nantes later […]

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 to 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 […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Sociedad's hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League suffered a blow on Sunday with a 1-0 loss at Granada. The visitors' seven-game unbeaten run in La Liga was ended, leaving them three points behind fourth-placed Sevilla, having played two matches more. Julen Lopetegui's Sevilla face sixth-placed Real Betis in the […]

Milan (AFP) – Lautaro Martinez nodded Inter Milan nine points clear at the top of Serie A with his winner five minutes from time in a tight 2-1 win over Torino on Sunday. But Roma's Champions League push was dealt a blow after a 2-0 defeat to relegation-threatened Parma, who ended their 17-match winless streak. […]

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 to 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 boss Mikel Arteta dropped captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to the bench for Sunday's north London derby against Tottenham due to a breach of discipline. Arteta said the issue was subject to an internal process without divulging further details on what the Gabon international had done. "He was going to start the game, […]

London (AFP) – Kelechi Iheanacho hit a hat-trick as Leicester thrashed doomed Sheffield United 5-0 to move into second place in the Premier League, while Brighton improved their hopes of avoiding relegation with a vital win against Southampton on Sunday. Leicester showed no mercy to bottom-of-the-table United in the visitors' first match since Chris Wilder's […]

Berlin (AFP) – Japanese midfielder Masaya Okugawa said he would not celebrate his first Bundesliga goal with a German beer after firing Arminia Bielefeld to a surprise, smash-and-grab 2-1 win away to Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday. Okugawa and fellow Japanese star Ritsu Doan scored either side of half-time to lift Bielefeld out of the bottom […]

Berlin (AFP) – Japanese duo Ritsu Doan and Masaya Okugawa teamed up to fire Bundesliga strugglers Arminia Bielefeld to a surprise, smash-and-grab 2-1 win away to Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday. Doan and Okugawa scored either side of half-time to lift Bielefeld out of the bottom three for the first time since January and deal an […]

London (AFP) – Brighton improved their hopes of avoiding relegation from the Premier League with a vital 2-1 win against Southampton, while Tottenham can bolster their top four bid at the expense of north London rivals Arsenal later on Sunday. Graham Potter's side moved three points clear of third bottom Fulham with a game in […]

Lausanne (AFP) – Michel Platini will face Swiss prosecutors on three consecutive days next week as he answers questions in two of the raft of cases that still beset global football and its leaders, past and present. Platini is due to be interrogated in Bern on Monday and Tuesday over the corruption case that shattered […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid slipped up again in La Liga on Saturday as they failed to break down 10-man Getafe in a goalless draw that gives further encouragement to Barcelona and Real Madrid in the title race. Real Madrid had earlier come from behind to beat Elche 2-1 thanks to a late double from […]

Rome (AFP) – Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic scored a hat-trick to get Fiorentina back to winning ways in Serie A with a 4-1 victory at Benevento on Saturday. The 21-year-old struck three times in the first half with Valentin Eysseric adding a fourth after Artur Ionita got one back for Benevento before the hour mark. […]

London (AFP) – A much-changed Manchester City stretched their Premier League lead to 17 points with a 3-0 win at Fulham on Saturday, while Chelsea gave the chasing pack in the race for a place in next season's Champions League hope with a 0-0 draw at Leeds. Pep Guardiola could afford the luxury of making […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City showed their strength in depth as a side much changed by Pep Guardiola won 3-0 at Fulham to stretch their lead at the top of the Premier League to 17 points. All three goals came in the first 15 minutes of the second-half as John Stones, Gabriel Jesus and Sergio […]