Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United eased the mounting pressure on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but an uninspired 0-0 draw with Manchester City on Saturday did little for either side's chances of mounting a Premier League title challenge. United remain a point better off than their local rivals in the table but sit seventh, […]

Berlin (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski marked his 200th Bundesliga appearance for Bayern Munich with a second-half equaliser in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Union Berlin which keeps the defending champions top on goal difference. After Grischa Proemel put Union ahead on four minutes, Lewandowski, the Bundesliga's top-scorer, slotted his 13th goal in his 10th league game […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – An Orlando Pirates team coached by German Josef Zinnbauer ended a six-year trophy drought when they beat Bloemfontein Celtic 2-1 Saturday in the South African MTN 8 final. The famed Soweto club and former African champions last lifted a trophy in 2014 when they won the Nedbank Cup, the South African equivalent […]

Paris (AFP) – Marseille climbed to second in Ligue 1 on Saturday after scoring twice in the first 13 minutes and resisting late pressure to beat Monaco 2-1. Marseille slumped out of Europe on Wednesday after a disastrous Champions League campaign but this was their sixth straight Ligue 1 victory. With coach Andre Villas-Boas absent, […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre admitted his side suffered a "disaster" in the Bundesliga title race on Saturday after being routed 5-1 by VfB Stuttgart to suffer their heaviest home defeat in over a decade. Stuttgart's Congo winger Silas Wamangituka netted twice in the romp which piled the pressure on Favre with […]

Milan (AFP) – Brazilian forward Junior Messias grabbed a brace as Crotone earned their first win of the Serie A season 4-1 over Spezia on Saturday. Four of the goals in the game between the newly-promoted teams were scored by Brazilians. Messias struck after seven minutes, adding a second deep into injury time for the […]

London (AFP) – Miguel Almiron scored in 20 seconds as Newcastle returned from their coronavirus hiatus to beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1, while under-fire Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer prepared for a crucial derby against Manchester City on Saturday. Playing for the first time since their match against Aston Villa was postponed due to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Fresh from knocking Manchester United out of the Champions League in midweek, RB Leipzig saw off Werder Bremen 2-0 on Saturday to leapfrog Bayern Munich into top spot in the Bundesliga table. Leipzig captain Marcel Sabitzer converted a penalty and Dani Olmo, who shone in the attacking midfield role, grabbed a first-half […]

Milan (AFP) – Antonio Conte told Inter Milan fans on Saturday he needed time to turn Inter Milan into "a skyscraper" in European football. Inter's season in Europe is over after finishing bottom of their Champions League group, a third consecutive financially-damaging exit in the first round. "The fact that the league and Coppa Italia […]

London (AFP) – Anwar El Ghazi's last-gasp penalty fired 10-man Aston Villa to a dramatic 1-0 win against, while under-fire Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer prepared for a crucial derby against Manchester City on Saturday. In the first of the day's Premier League games, Dutch winger El Ghazi struck from the spot in stoppage-time […]

Vicenza (Italy) (AFP) – Hundreds gathered to bid farewall to Italy's 1982 World Cup hero Paolo Rossi during an emotional funeral ceremony in Vicenza Cathedral on Saturday. Rossi's World Cup-winning teammates carried the simple wooden coffin of the forward known as 'Pablito' before and after the ceremony in the city's Duomo. "If I am world […]

Paris (AFP) – French Ligue 1 clubs fear severe financial shortfalls after the league terminated its deal with troubled TV partner Mediapro following a bitter standoff. The decision has sent shockwaves through French football. "I'm worried about the financial stability of the clubs," Marseille coach Andre Villas-Boas said Friday. Mediapro, a Chinese-Spanish broadcaster, has suffered […]

Bucharest (AFP) – As the dust still rises on football's night of racist accusations in Paris, the battelines are being drawn in Romania, home of the fourth official whose use of the word "negru" prompted a player walk-off during Basaksehir's Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain. While some believe that Sebastian Coltescu and the comments […]

Leeds (United Kingdom) (AFP) – West Ham boss David Moyes labelled the use of VAR as "rubbish" after his side had to come from behind to beat Leeds 2-1 and move up to fifth in the Premier League on Friday. The Hammers could not have had a worse start as Mateusz Klich opened the scoring […]

London (AFP) – Everton have announced club record losses of £139.9 million ($186 million) after the implications of the coronavirus pandemic significantly impacted revenues. The Toffees said the impact of Covid-19 amounted to an unforeseen loss of £67.3 million due to a cut in matchday revenue and television rebates. However, the figures show Everton would […]