London (AFP) – Tammy Abraham insists Chelsea will play "beautiful football" at Stamford Bridge for the rest of the season after finally ending their frustrating run on home turf. Frank Lampard's side suffered successive Premier League home defeats against Bournemouth and Southampton before beating Burnley 3-0 on Saturday. Abraham notched his 13th league goal of […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus defender Merih Demiral will undergo surgery after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury at the weekend, the Serie A champions announced on Monday, with the Turkish international's Euro 2020 participation now at risk. Demiral scored in the third minute of the 2-1 win over Roma at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday […]

Paris (AFP) – Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang showed his undoubted goalscoring prowess for Arsenal with his third goal in four Premier League games before being sent off for a reckless tackle that means he will miss big clashes with Sheffield United and Chelsea. Islam Slimani meanwhile continued his fine Monaco form with the equalising goal […]

Milan (AFP) – Denmark captain Simon Kjaer has joined AC Milan on a six-month loan from Spanish club Sevilla with an option to buy, the Serie A side announced on Monday. The 30-year centre back has already started training and should be available for their midweek Italian Cup last-16 tie against SPAL at the San […]

Madrid (AFP) – Ernesto Valverde took training on Monday morning but his future as Barcelona coach looks bleak, with the club expected to make a decision on his position later in a board meeting, a club source confirmed. Valverde arrived more than two hours early at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper and took training as […]

London (AFP) – Sergio Aguero, fresh from breaking two more goalscoring records in Sunday's 6-1 thrashing of Aston Villa, will "die scoring goals", according to proud Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. The 31-year-old Argentine international broke the record for the number of goals by a non-English player, previously held by Thierry Henry, and hat-tricks (breaking […]

Milan (AFP) – Rising star Nicolo Zaniolo has suffered a cruciate ligament injury which could rule the Italy international out for the rest of the season, his club Roma announced on Sunday. "Zaniolo underwent medical assessments that confirmed the rupture of the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) in his right knee, along with some damage to […]

Paris (AFP) – Neymar scored twice and created another goal but leaders Paris Saint-Germain were held to an entertaining 3-3 draw at home on Sunday by a Monaco side playing their first Ligue 1 game under new coach Robert Moreno. The Brazilian gave PSG the lead after just two minutes at the Parc des Princes […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Karim el Berkaoui scored a nine-minute hat-trick Sunday as Hassania Agadir of Morocco defeated San Pedro of the Ivory Coast 3-0 in the CAF Confederation Cup. After a goalless first half in Agadir, 24-year-old Berkaoui broke the deadlock on 50 minutes. He struck twice more before the hour and the result […]

Milan (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo stretched his goal-scoring streak to six consecutive league games as Juventus took top spot in Serie A on Sunday with a 2-1 win at Roma, whose defeat was made worse by the cruciate ligament injury of rising star Nicolo Zaniolo. Juventus move two points ahead of Inter Milan, who were […]

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – Thibaut Courtois proved the hero on Sunday as Real Madrid beat city rivals Atletico Madrid in a penalty shoot-out in Saudi Arabia to win their 11th Spanish Super Cup. Courtois and Jan Oblak were both imperious during a goalless final in Jeddah but the Belgian came up trumps, saving Thomas […]

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola said Sergio Aguero's legendary status had grown again after becoming the Premier League's top scoring foreign player with a hat-trick as Manchester City thrashed Aston Villa 6-1 on Sunday. It may be too late to salvage City's defence of the Premier League title as they remain 14 points […]

Milan (AFP) – Alejandro Berenguer struck the only goal as Torino beat Bologna on Sunday to make it three wins in a week to close in on the Europa League places as Sampdoria came from behind to hammer relegation rivals Brescia 5-1. Fiorentina got their first win since October against bottom club SPAL with German […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Colombian Leonardo Castro and Serb Samir Nurkovic scored as Kaizer Chiefs celebrated turning 50 by beating Cape Town City 3-0 Sunday to take a nine-point South African Premiership lead. Castro and Nurkovic scored headed goals before Eric Mathoho did likewise to give the league leaders a second three-goal victory within five days. […]

London (AFP) – Watford captain Troy Deeney hailed the impact of Nigel Pearson in helping the Hornets bounce back from "rock bottom" after a 3-0 win at Bournemouth took them out of the Premier League relegation zone for the first time this season. Abdoulaye Doucoure and Roberto Pereyra struck either side of Deeney's fourth goal […]