London (AFP) – Championship leaders Leeds moved closer to their long-awaited return to the Premier League after a 3-1 win at Blackburn, while Brentford stayed in the promotion hunt with a 3-0 victory over Wigan on Saturday. Goals from Patrick Bamford, Kalvin Phillips and Mateusz Klich kept Leeds on course for automatic promotion as they […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona may be about to lose the league but losing Lionel Messi would be much harder to stomach. Messi's contract is due to expire next year and the Argentinian has reportedly stopped talks due to frustrations with the direction of the club. "Messi is planning to leave Barca," Spanish radio Cadena Ser […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United continued their charge into the Premier League top four with another devastating attacking display as they thrashed Bournemouth 5-2 on Saturday with Mason Greenwood, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes doing the damage. Another bad day for Bournemouth pushed the Cherries closer to a return to the […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United powered into fourth place in the Premier League with a 5-2 rout of struggling Bournemouth, while Leicester got back on track in a 3-0 win against Crystal Palace on Saturday. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side boosted their bid to qualify for next season's Champions League thanks to a swaggering display at […]

Milan (AFP) – Gianluigi Buffon set a new Serie A appearances record on Saturday as the 42-year-old goalkeeper played his 648th Italian top-flight match in Juventus' game against Torino. The former World Cup winner passed the previous record of 647 appearances held by AC Milan great Paolo Maldini. Buffon, who spent last season at French […]

Madrid (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane hopes Eden Hazard will play again this season but has confirmed the Belgian is feeling pain again in his troublesome right ankle. Hazard will miss Real Madrid's game away at Athletic Bilbao in La Liga on Sunday, when Zidane's team could extend their four-point lead over Barcelona, who face in-form […]

Berlin (AFP) – Fallen German giants Hamburg on Saturday parted company with head coach Dieter Hecking, who was only in charge for a year, after blowing their chance to win promotion back to the Bundesliga. Hamburg, who were relegated in 2018, failed to win promotion from Germany's second division for the second successive year following […]

London (AFP) – Norwich manager Daniel Farke conceded his side are heading for relegation after Leandro Trossard fired Brighton to a 1-0 win at Carrow Road on Saturday. Trossard netted in the first half to move Brighton nine points clear of the relegation zone before the bulk of the weekend's matches. Brighton's second win in […]

London (AFP) – Everton forward Bernard has revealed he has worked with a psychologist for the past year after suffering a "scary" anxiety attack. Bernard got help after being concerned by a number of symptoms, including blurred vision. After the treatment, the Brazilian now feels confident enough to go public about his mental health issues. […]

London (AFP) – Leandro Trossard fired Brighton closer to Premier League survival and left Norwich in grave danger of relegation as the Belgian sealed a 1-0 win at Carrow Road on Saturday. Trossard netted in the first half to move Brighton nine points clear of the relegation zone before the bulk of the weekend's matches. […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho was "destroyed a little bit on the inside" by Tottenham's lack of fight in their damaging 3-1 defeat at Sheffield United. Mourinho's side were unable to bounce back after a controversial VAR decision denied them a first half equaliser. Tottenham were outfought by the Blades after that and their hopes […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona coach Quique Setien moved to ease concerns on Saturday about the futures of Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann. Messi's contract is due to expire next year and, according to Spanish radio station Cadena Ser, the Argentinian has stopped talks due to frustrations with the direction the club is going in. Asked […]

The Hague (AFP) – Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder is considering coming out of retirement to play for his hometown club Utrecht, local media have reported. Sneijder won a national record of 134 caps and was key to the Netherlands' march to the World Cup final in 2010, the same year he led Inter Milan to […]

Madrid (AFP) – Alvaro Morata scored twice to help Atletico Madrid to a 3-0 win over relegation-haunted Mallorca on Friday and stretch their unbeaten La Liga run to 12 games. The victory consolidated their third place on 62 points to stay well on course for a return to the Champions League next season. Morata opened […]

London (AFP) – Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers says he is not concerned about Jamie Vardy's goal drought, as he searches for a win to reignite the Foxes' challenge for a Champions League spot. The 33-year-old's only goals of 2020 came in the final match before the lockdown — Leicester's 4-0 home win against Aston Villa […]