Lille (France) (AFP) – Neymar dedicated his second goal in Paris Saint-Germain's 2-0 win at Lille on Sunday to basketball legend Kobe Bryant, whose death on Sunday in a helicopter crash shocked the world. The Brazilian slotted home the 52nd-minute penalty that put PSG two goals up in the French Ligue 1 clash and went […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool let a 2-0 lead slip as League One Shrewsbury earned a FA Cup fourth round replay at Anfield thanks to a 2-2 draw, whilst Manchester United and Manchester City cruised into the fifth round on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp showed his focus is very much on a first Premier League title for […]

Milan (AFP) – Piotr Zielinski and Lorenzo Insigne scored in the second half as struggling Napoli shocked champions Juventus 2-1 to spoil coach Maurizio Sarri's return to the Stadio San Paolo on Sunday. Sarri had not been back to Naples since being sacked in May 2018 after three successful campaigns, and before moving to Chelsea. […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp confirmed he will not take charge of the Reds' FA Cup replay against Shrewsbury, nor will any senior players from the European champions take part. Klopp made 11 changes as the League One side, 59 places below Liverpool in the English football pyramid, came from 2-0 down to […]

Valladolid (Spain) (AFP) – Real Madrid moved top of La Liga for the first time since October on Sunday after grinding out a 1-0 win away at Real Valladolid to make Barcelona pay for their surprise defeat to Valencia. It is 16 weeks since Madrid last finished a round top of the pile and it […]

Milan (AFP) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic set up Ante Rebic to score the only goal as AC Milan beat Brescia 1-0 to claim a third consecutive Serie A win for the first time this season on Friday. Ibrahimovic missed a chance in front of goal before the break but provided the cross after 71 minutes that […]

Berlin (AFP) – Teenager Erling Braut Haaland scored twice more off the bench on Friday as Borussia Dortmund moved up to third in the Bundesliga with a 5-1 thumping of Cologne. Having claimed a hat-trick as a replacement on his Dortmund debut last Saturday to inspire a 5-3 win away at Augsburg, Haaland, 19, again […]

Milan (AFP) – Danish international Christian Eriksen is poised to complete a move from Premier League club Tottenham to Serie A side Inter Milan, according to reports in Italy on Friday. Eriksen will have a medical in Milan early next week before signing a contract until 2024 worth 20 million euros ($22 million) including bonuses, […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick has told his star-studded squad to focus only on their own performances in this season's Bundesliga title-race before hosting resurgent Schalke on Saturday. Defending champions Bayern go into this weekend's round of matches second in the table, four points behind leaders RB Leipzig, before facing fifth-placed Schalke […]

Istanbul (AFP) – Istanbul giants Besiktas have parted company with their coach Abdullah Avci after a series of poor results, the club said on Friday. Half-way through Avci's first season at the 'Black Eagles', the 15-time national champions sit seventh in the Super Lig, ten points adrift of leaders Sivasspor. "Our board of directors decided […]

London (AFP) – Tranmere manager Micky Mellon has told struggling Manchester United they cannot use the poor pitch as an excuse if they come unstuck in their FA Cup fourth-round match at Prenton Park. Third-tier Rovers booked a dream meeting against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side on Sunday by overcoming Premier League side Watford in their […]

London (AFP) – Newcastle signed Austria winger Valentino Lazaro on loan for the rest of the season from Inter Milan on Friday. Magpies boss Steve Bruce moved for Lazaro in a bid to bolster the Premier League club's misfiring attack. The 23-year-old is unlikely to make his debut in the FA Cup fourth round clash […]

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola wants FA Cup replays to be scrapped as the Manchester City manager prepares for Sunday's fourth round tie against Fulham. Guardiola is one of several Premier League bosses concerned about the damage being done to his players by the gruelling demands of the English fixture list. The Spaniard has already […]

London (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp has shrugged off the "Inevitables" tag as Liverpool take a break from their relentless pursuit of the Premier League title to focus on the FA Cup. Liverpool stretched their lead at the top of the table to 16 points on Thursday with a game in hand over nearest challengers Manchester […]

London (AFP) – Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers says Jamie Vardy's glute injury is not as bad as first feared and he expects the club's leading scorer to be back in action soon. Vardy was forced off during the first half of Wednesday's Premier League win against West Ham after initially trying to continue playing after […]