London (AFP) – Norwich were relegated from the Premier League on Saturday after a 2-0 loss at Aston Villa. Burnley's dramatic late comeback from 1-0 down to beat Watford 2-1 left the Canaries 13 points adrift of safety with just four games remaining. It was an unhappy return to Villa Park for Norwich boss Dean […]

Berlin (AFP) – Erling Haaland claimed a hat-trick on Saturday even though Borussia Dortmund lost 4-3 at home to Bochum while Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich also suffered a shock 3-1 defeat at Mainz. A week after Bayern beat second-placed Dortmund 3-1 in Munich to be crowned league champions for the tenth straight season, Germany's top […]

Milan (AFP) – Mino Raiola, one of football's most powerful agents whose high-profile clients included Paul Pogba and Erling Haaland, has died at the age of 54, his family announced on Saturday. "In infinite sorrow we share the passing of the most caring and amazing Football Agent that ever was," the Italian's family said in […]

Newcastle (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp hailed Liverpool's resolve to overcome the difficulties posed by going for an unprecedented quadruple as a much-changed team beat Newcastle 1-0 to edge ahead of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League. Naby Keita scored the solitary goal at St. James' Park to take the Reds […]

Milan (AFP) – Mino Raiola, one of football's most powerful agents whose high-profile clients included Paul Pogba and Erling Haaland, has died at the age of 54, his family announced on Saturday. "In infinite sorrow we share the passing of the most caring and amazing Football Agent that ever was," the Italian's family said in […]

Newcastle (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Liverpool forged back ahead of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League as Naby Keita's solitary goal beat Newcastle 1-0 at St. James' Park. With the game sandwiched between two legs of a Champions League semi-final against Villarreal, Jurgen Klopp made five changes. The Reds could have made life […]

Berlin (AFP) – Emil Forsberg headed RB Leipzig into their third German Cup final in four years when he struck the last-gasp winner to seal a 2-1 home victory over Union Berlin on Wednesday. After an Andre Silva penalty had cancelled out Sheraldo Becker's first-half header for Union, Forsberg headed in a cross in the second […]

Paris (AFP) – Kiwi playmaker Ihaia West notched up 16 points as last season's losing finalists La Rochelle beat Bordeaux-Begles to line up an European Champions Cup quarter-final against Montpellier, one-point victors over English champions Harlequins on Saturday. West, along with compatriot Tawera Kerr-Barlow, was instrumental in La Rochelle's 31-23 win over Bordeaux for a […]

La Spezia (Italy) (AFP) – Inter Milan moved top of Serie A on Friday with a 3-1 win at Spezia which lifted the champions into first place above AC Milan. Inter are a point above their local rivals thanks to Marcel Brozovic's superb first-time finish half an hour into the match on the Italian Riviera, […]

Tehran (AFP) – Iran is hoping to host visitors flocking to nearby Qatar for the 2022 World Cup finals, with officials boosting flights and readying hotels for an expected influx of football fans. "The Qataris are very interested in using Iran's infrastructure in the 2022 World Cup," Transport Minister Rostam Ghassemi told reporters on Tuesday. […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City captain Fernandinho shocked manager Pep Guardiola by saying Tuesday he planned to leave the English champions at the end of the season. The 36-year-old former Brazil international, who has won four Premier League titles since joining City from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013, revealed his intentions at a pre-match […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City captain Fernandinho shocked manager Pep Guardiola by saying Tuesday he planned to leave the English champions at the end of the season. The 36-year-old former Brazil international, who has won four Premier League titles since joining City from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013, revealed his intentions at a pre-match […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City captain Fernandinho shocked manager Pep Guardiola by saying Tuesday he planned to leave the English champions at the end of the season. The 36-year-old former Brazil international, who has won four Premier League titles since joining City from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013, revealed his intentions at a pre-match […]

Austin (AFP) – Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez, back in the saddle after recovering from double vision, was sixth fastest in opening practice for the Grand Prix of the Americas on Friday. Honda star Marquez, chasing an eighth win in nine races at the Austin circuit, was 0.499sec off the leading pace set by […]

London (AFP) – Frank Lampard says he is "excited" by the challenge of Everton's relegation battle as he prepares his team for Wednesday's crucial Premier League fixture at fellow strugglers Burnley. The Merseyside club are three points clear of the bottom three and four above 19th-placed Burnley, having lost five of their past six matches […]