London (AFP) – Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers says talk of his side emulating the Foxes' 2016 fairytale Premier League title win is premature given the volatile state of the race for the crown. Leicester sit atop the table after beating a lacklustre Chelsea 2-0 on Tuesday although both the Manchester clubs can go above them […]

London (AFP) – After romping to a first league crown for 30 years last season, Liverpool are suffering a hangover in their title defence as Jurgen Klopp's men have gone four games without a Premier League win for the first time since 2017. The champions find themselves down in fourth with Klopp claiming just a […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester moved top of the Premier League by inflicting another damaging 2-0 defeat on Chelsea on Tuesday, to leave manager Frank Lampard fighting to remain in charge at Stamford Bridge. The Blues have now won just two of their last eight league games to fall to eighth, nine points behind […]

London (AFP) – Frank Lampard criticised the attitude of some of his Chelsea players after admitting the Blues were easily beaten by the "better side" in a 2-0 defeat to Leicester on Tuesday. Victory took the Foxes top of the Premier League, nine points clear of Chelsea, who slip to eighth. A fifth defeat in […]

Madrid (AFP) – A magnificent long-range strike from Suso secured Sevilla a 2-1 victory at Alaves on Tuesday that sent them up to fourth in La Liga and within a point of Barcelona. Moroccan striker Youssef En-Nesyri, a reported January transfer target for West Ham, turned in a Jesus Navas cross to give Sevilla the […]

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Southampton will be at home to Arsenal in the fourth round of the FA Cup following a 2-0 win over coronavirus-hit Shrewsbury on Tuesday. Dan N'Lundulu marked his first senior start for the Saints with a maiden goal for the club in the 17th minute at their St Mary's ground […]

London (AFP) – Wayne Rooney earned his first win as permanent Derby manager as the Rams beat Bournemouth 1-0 to climb out of the Championship relegation zone on Tuesday. Rooney's side lost to relegation rivals Rotherham in his first game since taking charge on a full-time basis following his spell as interim boss. But the […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester moved top of the Premier League by inflicting another damaging 2-0 defeat on Chelsea on Tuesday, to leave manager Frank Lampard fighting to remain in charge at Stamford Bridge. The Blues have now won just two of their last eight league games to fall to eighth, nine points behind […]

Berlin (AFP) – Moussa Diaby starred with a goal and assist as Bayer Leverkusen went second in the Bundesliga on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund. French winger Diaby's early opener was cancelled out by a 67th-minute equaliser from Julian Brandt against his former club. Dortmund were left to rue a host of […]

London (AFP) – The Premier League are set to investigate the "agreement" between West Ham and West Bromwich Albion which prevented Baggies midfielder Robert Snodgrass from playing against his old club, according to reports on Tuesday. Snodgrass joined West Brom from the Hammers recently and made his debut for the Premier League strugglers in their […]

Limbe (Cameroon) (AFP) – An Emmanuel Chabula volley that will likely be a candidate for goal of the tournament sealed a 2-0 African Nations Championship (CHAN) win by Zambia over Tanzania in Limbe Tuesday. Chabula connected perfectly with a Collins Sikombe cross on 81 minutes to rifle the ball past goalkeeper Aisha Manula into the […]

Berlin (AFP) – Swiss striker Breel Embolo was dropped by Borussia Moenchengladbach on Tuesday for a 'senseless' breach of the Bundesliga's hygiene rules which saw him sit out his side's 1-0 home league win over Werder Bremen. French striker Alassane Plea took Embolo's place up front as Gladbach went sixth in the Bundesliga after defender […]

London (AFP) – Michail Antonio extended West Ham's hot streak as their 2-1 victory pushed Premier League strugglers West Bromwich Albion deeper into relegation trouble on Tuesday. David Moyes' in-form side took the lead through Jarrod Bowen's first-half goal at the London Stadium. Matheus Pereira equalised for West Brom after the break, but Antonio's clinical […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bundesliga bottom side Schalke signed another former player on Tuesday with Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar returning from Ajax to join the relegation battle. The 37-year-old, the Bundesliga's top-scorer in 2011/12, joins Sead Kolasinac, who has been loaned back to Schalke from Arsenal for the rest of the season. Having reached the Champions […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, a major figure in European football, says UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin is considering holding this year's European Championship in a single country, and not in 12 as originally planned. The delayed Euro 2020 finals, scheduled to be played in 12 host cities across Europe from June 11 […]