Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich romped to a 4-1 victory at Hertha Berlin on Sunday to restore the Bavarian giants' six-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga. Midfielder Corentin Tolisso grabbed his second goal in as many games before Bayern forward Thomas Mueller made it 2-0 by half-time at Berlin's Olympic Stadium. Bayern doubled […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid gave hope to their title rivals on Sunday by drawing 2-2 at home to Elche as Karim Benzema missed a penalty and then went off injured at the Santiago Bernabeu. It could have been even worse for Madrid, who were two down with 11 minutes left yet managed to rescue […]

Berlin (AFP) – RB Leipzig defender Josko Gvardiol marked his 20th birthday Sunday with a late goal to seal a 2-0 home win over Wolfsburg, who have now gone nine Bundesliga games without a win. League leaders Bayern Munich can later restore their six-point lead at the top of the table with an away win at […]

Milan (AFP) – Lorenzo Insigne joined Diego Maradona on 115 Napoli goals on Sunday with the fourth in a 4-1 thumping of rock-bottom Salernitana which kept his team on Inter Milan's coattails. Insigne, who has played his entire senior career with his local team, smashed home from the penalty spot in the 53rd minute to […]

Metz (France) (AFP) – Khephren Thuram's goal set up a precious 2-0 away win for Nice on Sunday as they saw off strugglers Metz to climb to second place in France's Ligue 1. Thuram is one of the footballing sons of French 1998 World Cup icon Lilian Thuram, who scored twice in a memorable semi-final […]

Yaoundé (AFP) – The Comoros look set to name an outfield player in goal for their first ever knockout match at the Africa Cup of Nations against hosts Cameroon on Monday after Covid-19 cases and injuries left them with no other choice. "We are laughing about it, we prefer to look at it like that, […]

Melbourne (AFP) – Australia's build-up to a crunch World Cup qualifier this week suffered a setback Sunday when coach Graham Arnold tested positive for Covid-19 and was forced into isolation. The Socceroos face Vietnam in Melbourne on Thursday with Arnold's deputy, former Manchester United assistant coach Rene Meulensteen, taking the reins. Football Australia chief executive […]

Seville (Spain) (AFP) – Atletico Madrid pulled off an enthralling comeback on Saturday by scoring in the 91st and 93rd minutes to claim a 3-2 victory over Valencia that Diego Simeone will hope can revive their season. Atletico were staring down the barrel of another disappointing defeat at the Wanda Metropolitano when Yunus Musah and […]

Paris (AFP) – Marseille made it five successive wins away from home to move second in Ligue 1 with a 2-0 victory at Lens on Saturday, while Hatem Ben Arfa's new club Lille slipped to a 2-0 defeat at Brest. Facundo Medina's foul on Matteo Guendouzi resulted in a penalty which Dimitri Payet stroked into […]

Milan (AFP) – Edin Dzeko headed Inter Milan five points clear at the top of Serie A on Saturday with his last-gasp strike in a 2-1 win over Venezia, while a severely depleted Atalanta held Lazio to a goalless draw. Inter were heading for a frustrating draw at the San Siro after Nicolo Barella had […]

Seville (Spain) (AFP) – Sevilla were unable to complete a dramatic comeback against Celta Vigo on Saturday as another stumble gave Real Madrid the chance to move six points clear at the top of La Liga. Celta hit Sevilla twice in three minutes at the end of the first half as Franco Cervi and Iago […]

Douala (AFP) – As the Africa Cup of Nations heads into the knockout phase, AFP Sport looks at five stars of the group stage who will be hoping to make an impact in last-16 ties over the coming days: Jim Allevinah (Gabon) Gabon's hopes of a successful AFCON appeared torpedoed before the tournament even started […]

Milan (AFP) – Edin Dzeko made sure that Inter Milan would hold off their Serie A title rivals on Saturday with his last-gasp strike in a 2-1 win over Venezia which put the champions five points clear at the top. The Bosnian hit his first goal in nine matches in all competitions in the 90th […]

Seville (Spain) (AFP) – Sevilla were unable to complete a dramatic comeback against Celta Vigo on Saturday as another stumble gave Real Madrid the chance to move six points clear at the top of La Liga. Celta hit Sevilla twice in three minutes at the end of the first half as Franco Cervi and Iago […]

London (AFP) – Aymeric Laporte spared Manchester City's blushes as the Premier League leaders were held to a 1-1 draw at Southampton, while Manchester United moved into fourth place after Marcus Rashford's last-gasp goal sealed a 1-0 win against West Ham on Saturday. City were rocked by Kyle Walker-Peters' first ever top-flight goal in the […]