Milan (AFP) – Arkadiusz Milik and Hirving Lozano both scored headers as Napoli followed their Italian Cup triumph with a 2-0 win at Hellas Verona in their return to Serie A on Tuesday. Napoli beat Juventus on penalties in the Italian Cup final last week after eliminating Inter Milan in the semi-finals, but this was […]

London (AFP) – Harry Kane believes he is as fit as he has ever been after netting his first goal of 2020 as Tottenham kickstarted their challenge for a Champions League place next season with a 2-0 win over West Ham on Tuesday. The England captain looked far more like his old self after a […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Brendan Rodgers hailed Kasper Schmeichel as "world class" after the Leicester goalkeeper saved Neal Maupay's penalty in his side's 0-0 draw with Brighton on Tuesday. Schmeichel came to Leicester's rescue when he plunged to his right to stop Maupay's spot-kick early in the first half at the King Power Stadium. […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea wingers Willian and Pedro have extended their contracts until the end of the current campaign, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday. Both Brazilian star Willian and Spanish playmaker Pedro could have left Chelsea on June 30 when their original deals were set to expire. With the Premier League season set […]

London (AFP) – Harry Kane scored his first goal of 2020 as Tottenham breathed new life into their challenge for a Champions League place next season with a 2-0 win over West Ham on Tuesday. The England captain looked far more like his old self after a laboured performance in his first appearance for six […]

Milan (AFP) – Arkadiusz Milik and Hirving Lozano both scored headers as Napoli followed their Italian Cup triumph with a 2-0 win at Hellas Verona in their return to Serie A on Tuesday. Napoli beat Juventus on penalties in the Italian Cup final last week after eliminating Inter Milan in the semi-finals, but this was […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid continued their surge towards Champions League qualification on Tuesday by winning 1-0 at Levante to climb to third in La Liga. Since matches restarted in Spain almost two weeks ago, Atletico have taken 10 points from a possible 12 and moved six points clear of fifth, as their top-four rivals […]

Moscow (AFP) – Russia's football authority on Tuesday punished CSKA Moscow with a small fine after its fans engaged in racist behaviour at the weekend match with Zenit St. Petersburg. Reports and anti-discriminatory group FARE earlier said CSKA fans yelled monkey chants after Zenit's Brazilian striker Malcom scored a goal at the match in Moscow […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Kasper Schmeichel was Leicester's hero on Tuesday after the Denmark goalkeeper saved Neal Maupay's penalty in his side's goalless draw with Brighton. Schmeichel came to Leicester's rescue when he plunged to his right to stop Maupay's spot-kick early in the first half at the King Power Stadium. That was the […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno's knee injury is not as bad as feared, but the Gunners suffered another blow on Tuesday as Brazilian forward Gabriel Martinelli was ruled out for the rest of the season. Leno suffered a ligament sprain rather than cruciate ligament damage in Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Brighton that the […]

Milan (AFP) – Former France international Jeremy Menez will return to Italy after signing a three-year deal on Tuesday with newly-promoted Serie B side Reggina. "Menez is here," the club from Reggio Calabria in the south of Italy said in a video posted on Twitter. The 33-year-old forward, who played for France 24 times, started […]

London (AFP) – Burnley chairman Mike Garlick has pledged to "root out the racists" behind the White Lives Matter banner that flew over his team's match at Manchester City. A plane towing a banner that read "White Lives Matter Burnley" was seen in the sky above the Etihad Stadium on Monday shortly after both teams […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund are poised to sign Paris Saint-Germain right-back Thomas Meunier and 16-year-old English midfielder Jude Bellingham from Birmingham City, according to German media reports. National daily Bild, broadcaster Sky and local newspaper Ruhr Nachrichten report that Dortmund are set to announce a four-year deal for Belgium international Meunier. They say that […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero will travel to Spain for further tests on a knee injury that threatens to his season. The Argentine aggravated a problem that had bothered him for more than a month during the first half of City's 5-0 win over Burnley on Monday. He was seen clutching his […]

London (AFP) – Rebekah Vardy has launched libel proceedings against Coleen Rooney in the latest chapter of a dispute between footballers' wives that has gripped Britain. Rooney, 34, made headlines around the globe when she claimed that Vardy's Instagram account was the source of leaked stories about her private life. Vardy, 38, denied any wrongdoing […]