Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer demanded a life ban from all football grounds for the spectator who allegedly aimed racist monkey chants at his team's Brazilian midfielder Fred on Saturday. United's 2-1 Premier League derby win over neighbours and defending champions Manchester City was overshadowed by a series of […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City are 14 points adrift of runaway leaders Premier League leaders Liverpool after a 2-1 derby defeat to Manchester United that was marred by alleged racist abuse aimed at United midfielder Fred and Jesse Lingard. City issued a statement promising to take a "zero tolerance" approach to any supporters […]

Turin (Italy) (AFP) – Coach Carlo Ancelotti ruled out resigning from his position as Napoli stretched their winless run to seven Serie A games with a 1-1 draw at struggling Udinese on Saturday. Kevin Lasagna scored for the north-easterners after 32 minutes, picking up a Seko Fofana cross after the Ivorian beat defender Kalidou Koulibaly, […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United delivered a potentially fatal blow to Manchester City's Premier League title hopes on Saturday after leaders Liverpool secured the Christmas number one spot with victory against Bournemouth. Defending champions City came into the match at the Etihad Stadium knowing they had to win after Jurgen Klopp's men coasted to a […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich dropped to seventh in the Bundesliga Saturday after Ramy Bensebaini's injury-time penalty fired leaders Borussia Moenchengladbach to a 2-1 win over the reigning champions. A second straight league loss puts pressure on Hansi Flick, who has been put in charge until January and was tipped to see out the season […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City pledged to take a zero tolerance approach against supporters found to have subjected Manchester United players to racist abuse after the Premier League champions lost 2-1 to their local rivals on Saturday. United midfielder Fred was hit by objects thrown from the crowd as he prepared to take […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United delivered a potentially fatal blow to Manchester City's Premier League title hopes on Saturday after leaders Liverpool secured the Christmas number one spot with victory against Bournemouth. City came into the match at the Etihad Stadium knowing they had to win after Jurgen Klopp's men coasted to a 3-0 victory […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United landed another body blow to Manchester City's hopes of retaining the Premier League title with a 2-1 derby win at the Etihad that leaves the champions 14 points adrift of runaway leaders Liverpool. Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial scored the goals for the visitors, who should have made […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United delivered a potentially fatal blow to Manchester City's Premier League title hopes on Saturday after leaders Liverpool secured the Christmas number one spot with victory against Bournemouth. City came into the match at the Etihad knowing they had to win after Jurgen Klopp's men coasted to a 3-0 victory on […]

Bournemouth (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool had enjoyed the perfect afternoon at Bournemouth after cruising to a comfortable 3-0 win to stretch their lead at the top of the Premier League to 11 points. Klopp said a commanding victory was the ideal preparation for Tuesday's Champions League visit to Salzburg, where a […]

Paris (AFP) – Neymar scored a sublime free-kick and set up another goal as Paris Saint-Germain rallied to beat 10-man Montpellier 3-1 on Saturday and restore their lead at the top of Ligue 1 to eight points. Montpellier, unbeaten at home since the opening day of the season, grabbed the lead on 41 minutes at […]

Berlin (AFP) – Match-winner Ramy Bensebaini admitted needing a reminder before taking the late penalty which sealed a 2-1 win for Bundesliga leaders Borussia Moenchengladbach and left ten-man Bayern Munich sixth in the table. Defending champions Bayern now trail Gladbach by seven points after their second league loss in a week as Bensebaini scored two […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho hailed Son Heung-min's wonder-strike in Tottenham's 5-0 thrashing of Burnley as the best goal he has seen since an equally stunning effort from Brazilian legend Ronaldo. On the day he was presented with the AFC Asian International Player of the Year award by compatriot Park Ji-sung, Son underlined his place […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich dropped to sixth after Ramy Bensebaini's injury time penalty fired Bundesliga leaders Borussia Moenchengladbach to a 2-1 win over the reigning champions on Saturday. A second straight league loss puts pressure on Hansi Flick, who has been put in charge until January and was tipped to see out the season […]

Bournemouth (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp could hardly have asked for more as his Liverpool side eased their way to a comfortable 3-0 win at Bournemouth ahead of Tuesday's decisive Champions League visit to RB Salzburg. First-half goals from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Naby Keita put the Reds in control before Mohamed Salah wrapped up […]