Paris (AFP) – Moise Kean and Kylian Mbappe both scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain beat Dijon 4-0 on Saturday to go top of Ligue 1, while the match between Lens and Nantes was postponed after 11 members of the home squad tested positive for coronavirus. Kean started at the Parc des Princes and scored a […]

Milan (AFP) – Inter Milan have questioned the positive coronavirus test which ruled out defender Achraf Hakimi before their Champions League stalemate midweek. The Moroccan international missed the 2-2 draw against Borussia Moenchengladbach after testing positive hours before kick-off. The 21-year-old, who was asymptomatic, had tested negative the morning of the match and twice since. […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool came from behind to beat Sheffield United and join Everton at the top of the Premier League table on Saturday after Manchester City squandered more points in the topsy-turvy English top-flight. Earlier, Manchester United and Chelsea played out a soggy stalemate at Old Trafford, leaving Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men languishing 15th […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool survived a scare to beat Sheffield United 2-1 as Diogo Jota's winner capped a spirited fightback that lifted the Premier League champions into second place on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp's side trailed to Sander Berge's controversial first half penalty at Anfield. But Roberto Firmino equalised before the break and Portugal forward Jota […]

London (AFP) – Sergio Aguero faces another spell on the sidelines after suffering a hamstring injury in Manchester City's 1-1 draw with West Ham on Saturday. The Argentine striker only returned to action last week after four months out following knee surgery. City boss Pep Guardiola revealed he was waiting to discover the full extent […]

Milan (AFP) – Romelu Lukaku and Danilo D'Ambrosio's second half goals got Inter Milan back winning 2-0 at Genoa on Saturday to move third in Serie A ahead of Atalanta who fell 3-1 to Sampdoria. Antonio Conte's Inter bounced back after a 2-1 derby defeat to AC Milan and a 2-2 Champions League stalemate at […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United have failed to win their first three home league games for the first time in 48 years after Edinson Cavani's debut failed to inspire the hosts in Saturday's dour 0-0 draw against Chelsea. Uruguay striker Cavani almost scored with his first touch after coming off the bench in […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City squandered more points against West Ham on Saturday to leave them languishing in the lower half of the Premier League table as Manchester United and Chelsea played out a soggy stalemate. Substitute Phil Foden rescued a 1-1 draw at the London Stadium but the disappointing result means Pep Guardiola's team […]

Venlo (Netherlands) (AFP) – Ajax broke their own 48-year Eredivisie record on Saturday when they hammered Venlo 13-0 in the biggest ever win in the history of the division. Lassina Traore struck five times as the defending champions outdid Johan Cruyff's Ajax, whose 12-1 win over Vitesse Arnhem has stood as the top flight's record […]

Paris (AFP) – The French Ligue 1 game between Lens and Nantes due to be played on Sunday has been postponed after 11 members of the home squad tested positive for coronavirus, officials have confirmed. In a statement, the league (LFP) said that "noting the certain absence of 11 Lens players from a list of […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich expect to be without rising star Alphonso Davies for up to eight weeks after he tore ankle ligaments early in Saturday's 5-0 rout of Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga. The teenager twisted his right ankle with barely a minute gone at the Allianz Arena. Davies was in clear distress as […]

Berlin (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski took his Bundesliga tally to 10 goals in five games this season with a hat-trick as Bayern Munich thumped Eintracht Frankfurt 5-0 on Saturday. Lewandowski has scored nine goals in his last three league games and wrapped up his treble within an hour at the Allianz Arena. Defending champions Bayern […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Real Madrid averted a crisis in the best possible way on Saturday by beating Barcelona 3-1 in the first empty Clasico, landing an early blow in La Liga's title race. Barca had the chance to inflict a third consecutive defeat on their rivals and increase the pressure on Zinedine Zidane. Instead, Madrid's […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City dropped more points against West Ham on Saturday to leave them languishing in the lower half of the Premier League table as Manchester United prepared to host Chelsea. Substitute Phil Foden rescued a 1-1 draw at the London Stadium but the disappointing result means Pep Guardiola's team have taken just […]

Milan (AFP) – Fabio Quagliarella scored for the fourth consecutive game as Sampdoria inflicted a second straight Serie A defeat on Atalanta, winning 3-1 in Bergamo on Saturday. Claudio Ranieri's side claimed their third successive league victory after beating Fiorentina and Lazio to move level on points with third-placed Atalanta. "Last year we were in […]