Milan (AFP) – Atalanta beat Sampdoria 2-0 on Wednesday as second-half goals from Rafael Toloi and Luis Muriel secured their ninth straight league victory and moved the Bergamo outfit to within nine points of leaders Juventus. Gian Piero Gasperini's men appeared set to battle it out with Roma for the fourth and final Champions League […]

Brighton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Liverpool remained on course for a Premier League record points tally thanks to two goals from Mohamed Salah to win 3-1 at Brighton on Wednesday. The English champions move onto 92 points with three wins from their final four games enough to break Manchester City's record of 100 points from […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool moved a step closer to setting a new Premier League points record as the champions won 3-1 at Brighton, while Manchester City bounced back to form with 5-0 rout of Newcastle on Wednesday. Jurgen Klopp's side are hoping to break the 100-point record established by Manchester City in 2018 and they […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola praised David Silva as the "incredible" Manchester City playmaker turned on the style one more time in Wednesday's 5-0 rout of Newcastle. Silva scored a superb free-kick and set up goals for Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling at the Etihad Stadium. The 34-year-old is leaving City at the […]

Milan (AFP) – Hirving Lozano scored the winner as Napoli moved fifth in Serie A with a 2-1 victory at Genoa on Wednesday which left their opponents stuck in the relegation zone. Genoa, playing their 13th straight season in the Italian top flight, remain one point behind 17th-placed Lecce after their shock 2-1 win over […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City moved to the brink of sealing their place in the Premier League top four by bouncing back to form to thrash Newcastle 5-0, while Wolves' Champions League aspirations stumbled again in a 1-0 defeat at Sheffield United. City lost for the ninth time in the league this season at Southampton […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Gabriel Jesus ended his Manchester City goal drought as the Brazil striker netted for the first time in 10 games to spark a 5-0 rout of Newcastle on Wednesday. With City's record goalscorer Sergio Aguero a long-term absentee after knee surgery, Pep Guardiola needs Jesus to start firing on all […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich said on Wednesday the double-winning German champions must stay "fully focused and greedy" for more silverware during their two-week holiday before launching their assault on the Champions League. Head coach Hansi Flick sent Bayern on a break after winning the German Cup last Saturday before fine-tuning their […]

Berlin (AFP) – RB Leipzig announced Wednesday the signing of Hwang Hee-chan from their sister club Red Bull Salzburg to replace Timo Werner, but the South Korean is not available for the Champions League next month. The 24-year-old striker inherits the Number 11 shirt Werner vacated when he left to join Chelsea last month. Hwang […]

London (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United may need to win all of their remaining Premier League games to qualify for next season's Champions League. Leicester's 1-1 draw at Arsenal on Tuesday means if United, who travel to Aston Villa on Thursday, win their remaining five matches they are guaranteed a top-four finish. […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich says the double-winning German champions must stay "fully focused and greedy" for more silverware during their two-week holiday before launching their assault on the Champions League. "Now it's time to recharge our batteries and then tackle the Champions League with full focus and greed," the 25-year-old told […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham's Eric Dier has received a four-match ban and been fined £40,000 for climbing into the stands to confront a supporter after his side's FA Cup exit to Norwich. The England international has been sanctioned by the Football Association on a charge of misconduct for the incident, which happened on March 4. […]

London (AFP) – Adam Lallana is unlikely to play for Liverpool again as the Premier League champions honour an agreement with the out-of-contract midfielder not to put him at risk of injury. The 32-year-old signed a short-term deal to keep him at Anfield for the rest of this extended campaign but it was always the […]

Milan (AFP) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic ignited a late comeback against Serie A leaders Juventus and then declared that if he had been at AC Milan from the start of the season, they would be Italian champions. With Milan two goals down on Tuesday, Ibrahimovic converted a 62nd minute penalty for his sixth goal this season. […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said he does not understand VAR after its role in the red card for young Gunners forward Eddie Nketiah's in Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Leicester. Nketiah was sent off seconds after coming on when his late lunge on James Justin was deemed worthy of a sending-off by referee […]