London (AFP) – Chelsea's Tammy Abraham has apologised after footage emerged of him attending a party with England teammates Ben Chilwell and Jadon Sancho in an apparent breach of national coronavirus rules. The Sun newspaper published the video, which appears to show the three players at a gathering in London with more than six people […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United's slumped to their worst defeat in nine years on Sunday as Tottenham's 6-1 rout at Old Trafford plunged the Red Devils back into a familiar state of crisis in recent times. United have not contended for the Premier League title since legendary former manager Alex Ferguson retired in 2013. However, hopes […]

Milan (AFP) – Napoli risk a 3-0 forfeit for failing to turn up for their Serie A clash against Juventus amid a row over coronavirus protocol in Italy on Sunday, allowing title rivals Atalanta and AC Milan move top of Serie A ahead of Inter Milan who were held at Lazio. Gennaro Gattuso's Napoli had […]

Paris (AFP) – Marseille and Lyon continued their shaky starts to the season on Sunday with a 1-1 draw that leaves both sides languishing in mid-table in Ligue 1. Marseille are 10th on nine points following the draw at the Groupama stadium while Rudi Garcia's Lyon, who reached the semi-finals of last season's Champions League, […]

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp admitted his surprise at Liverpool's stunning collapse to lose 7-2 at Aston Villa on Sunday. Ollie Watkins scored a first-half hat-trick as the Reds became the first reigning English champions to concede seven goals in a league match since 1953. "It was unexpected but it happened tonight," said […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona dropped their first points of the season on Sunday as Sevilla made a statement of intent in La Liga's title race by drawing 1-1 at Camp Nou. Luuk de Jong gave Sevilla an early lead and while Philippe Coutinho levelled two minutes later, the visitors were arguably the better side in […]

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool lost their composure after conceding early to Aston Villa as the English champions were smashed 7-2 in the Premier League on Sunday. Ollie Watkins scored a first-half hat-trick as the Reds conceded seven goals in a game for the first time since 1963. Liverpool's back-up goalkeeper […]

London (AFP) – Champions Liverpool suffered a humiliating 7-2 defeat at Aston Villa and Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho savoured a 6-1 win over his former club Manchester United in one of the most astonishing days in Premier League history. Bitter rivals Liverpool and United were joined in misery on Sunday after chastening defeats that rank […]

London (AFP) – Champions Liverpool suffered a humiliating 7-2 defeat at Aston Villa and Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho savoured a 6-1 win over his former club Manchester United in one of the most astonishing days in Premier League history. Bitter rivals Liverpool and United were joined in misery on Sunday after chastening defeats that rank […]

Turin (Italy) (AFP) – Napoli failed to turn up for their Serie A clash against Juventus in Turin on Sunday after a coronavirus row threw Italian football into chaos. The match was abandoned 45 minutes after its scheduled 1845 GMT start time after Napoli did not travel to Juve's Allianz Stadium, and now Gennaro Gattuso's side […]

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Liverpool's 100 percent start to the Premier League season came to an end in stunning fashion as Ollie Watkins's first-half hat-trick helped Aston Villa thrash the English champions 7-2 on Sunday. Deflected efforts from John McGinn, Ross Barkley and Jack Grealish compounded a night to forget for Jurgen Klopp's men […]

Turin (Italy) (AFP) – Napoli failed to turn up for their Serie A clash against Juventus on Sunday after a coronavirus row involving both clubs and health and football authorities. Gennaro Gattuso's side were not present at Juve's Allianz Stadium for the game's 1845 GMT kick-off. They were in isolation on the instructions of the […]

Berlin (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski netted four goals including the decisive added-time penalty as defending Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich survived a fight-back by Hertha Berlin to seal a nervy 4-3 win on Sunday. Lewandowski, named men's player of the year by UEFA on Friday, scored twice to put Bayern 2-0 up early in the second […]

Berlin (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski netted four goals – including the decisive added-time penalty – as defending Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich survived a fight-back by Hertha Berlin to seal a nervy 4-3 win on Sunday. Lewandowki, voted European footballer of the year on Friday, scored twice to put Bayern 2-0 up early in the second […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Luke Shaw gave a damning assessment of Manchester United as the defender admitted his side "gave up" in their "embarrassing" 6-1 defeat against Tottenham on Sunday. United suffered their heaviest defeat at Old Trafford since 2011 and Shaw had no qualms about accepting blame for the shambolic display. Ole Gunnar […]