London (AFP) – Frank Lampard accused his Chelsea flops of complacency after they blew the lead in Saturday's FA Cup final defeat against Arsenal. Lampard's side made the perfect start at Wembley as Christian Pulisic fired them ahead. But Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang equalised from the penalty spot before half-time and made it 2-1 with […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believes Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will commit his long-term future to the Gunners after scoring twice to beat Chelsea 2-1 in the FA Cup final on Saturday. Aubameyang dropped the trophy in his first mistake of the day before lifting Arsenal's record 14th FA Cup and his first trophy since […]

London (AFP) – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang inspired Arsenal to a record 14th FA Cup win as the Gunners captain struck twice to beat Chelsea 2-1 in the final at an empty Wembley on Saturday. Christian Pulisic had given Chelsea the dream start, but the Blues unravelled after Aubameyang was brought down by Cesar Azpilicueta inside the […]

London (AFP) – Former Australian international Harry Kewell has called for stability at Oldham after becoming the sixth manager at the League Two club in two years. Kewell, who starred for Leeds and Liverpool in the Premier League as a player, takes over at Boundary Park after spells in charge of Crawley and Notts County […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Rangers got their quest to deny Celtic a record-breaking 10th consecutive Scottish Premiership title off to a winning start as Ryan Kent's cool finish earned a 1-0 victory at Aberdeen for Steven Gerrard's men. In the first Scottish Premiership game for 147 days after the 2019/20 season was ended early due to […]

Milan (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo will be rested for Juventus' final match of the Serie A season on Saturday against Roma, ahead of the Italians' Champions League last-16 second leg against Lyon next week. Ronaldo, 35, was left out of the squad for the game in Turin, with fellow forward Paulo Dybala also absent with […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Ander Herrera is confident the French side will be in prime condition for their Champions League quarter-final against Atalanta despite Friday's League Cup final win against Lyon being just their second competitive outing in almost five months. PSG beat Lyon 6-5 on penalties after an interminable final ended 0-0 […]

Lille (France) (AFP) – Lille have signed Turkish striker Burak Yilmaz from Besiktas on a free transfer, one day after selling Victor Osimhen to Napoli, the Ligue 1 club announced on Saturday. The 35-year-old Yilmaz has spent most of his career in Turkey and is one of a select few to have played for Fenerbahce, […]

Orlando (AFP) – Former Manchester United star Nani scored the winning spot-kick as Orlando upset Los Angeles FC in a penalty shoot-out to reach the semi-finals of the Major League Soccer restart tournament on Friday. Portuguese international Nani, who had seen a penalty saved in normal time before the game finished in a 1-1 draw, […]

Paris (AFP) – Pablo Sarabia scored the winning penalty in a shoot-out as Paris Saint-Germain warmed up for their assault on the Champions League in Lisbon by defeating Lyon in Friday's French League Cup final to claim another domestic treble. The Spaniard's successful kick came after Keylor Navas saved from Bertrand Traore and allowed PSG […]

Douala (AFP) – Stephen Tataw, the man who captained Cameroon to a landmark place in the 1990 World Cup quarter-finals, died Friday after an illness, the country's football federation Fecafoot announced. Tataw was 57. "Stephen Tataw died this morning in Yaounde following an illness," Fecafoot wrote on Twitter. Tataw was the Cameroon captain when the […]

London (AFP) – Sheffield Wednesday will be deducted 12 points for the 2020-21 Championship season after being found guilty of breaching the English Football League's (EFL) financial rules. An independent panel deemed the club should not have included profits from the sale of the club's Hillsborough Stadium to owner Dejphon Chansiri in financial statements for […]

Rome (AFP) – Victor Osimhen has signed for Napoli after the Serie A side splashed out a club record fee of up to 80 million euros ($94.6 million) to sign the Nigeria forward from French outfit Lille. A source from Lille who was familiar with the transfer had told AFP that the Ligue 1 team […]

London (AFP) – Frank Lampard believes Chelsea should be aiming to fight for league titles every year, but winning the FA Cup on Saturday could be a building block towards a title challenge next season. In his first season in charge at Stamford Bridge, Lampard has guided Chelsea back into the Champions League next season […]

Berlin (AFP) – Benedikt Hoewedes, a German World Cup winner, said on Friday that he is retiring aged 32 for family reasons. He made 44 appearances for Germany at centre-back and full-back and played every minute on the way to triumph in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He played more than 330 times for Schalke […]