London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho's perfect start as Tottenham manager stretched to three games as Spurs saw off Bournemouth 3-2 thanks to Dele Alli's double on Saturday. The Portuguese coach made recovering Alli's form of old one of his top priorities when taking over from Mauricio Pochettino last week and it is already paying dividends […]

Milan (AFP) – Mario Pasalic scored twice to get Atalanta back to winning ways with a 3-0 Serie A victory in a Lombardy derby at Mario Balotelli's struggling Brescia on Saturday. Pasalic nodded in the opener on 26 minutes, before grabbing a second after an hour with Josip Illicic firing in a late third to […]

Madrid (AFP) – Sergio Ramos scored a goal and conceded a penalty as Real Madrid battled past Alaves on Saturday to go top of La Liga before Sunday's game between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. Barca and Atletico face off at the Wanda Metropolitano and Madrid did all they could to take advantage, with Dani Carvajal […]

Newcastle (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City's Premier League title hopes faltered once more as the champions twice blew a lead to draw 2-2 at Newcastle on Saturday. Pep Guardiola's men were frustrated for long spells after Jetro Willems quickly cancelled out Raheem Sterling's first half opener, but seemed to have found the moment of […]

Madrid (AFP) – Sergio Ramos scored a goal and conceded a penalty as Real Madrid battled past Alaves on Saturday to go top of La Liga before Sunday's game between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. Barca and Atletico face off at the Wanda Metropolitano and Madrid did all they could to take advantage, with Dani Carvajal […]

London (AFP) – Freddie Ljungberg will take charge of Arsenal for the first time as interim manager on Sunday against Norwich but said on Saturday he is unsure whether full-time management appeals to him. The 42-year-old Swede — who was a member of the Arsenal 'Invincibles' side under Arsene Wenger in the 2003/04 season — […]

Milan (AFP) – Players' union FIFPRO said Saturday they would support Napoli players against "further abuse and intimidation" after the Italian club's reported decision to fine their under-performing team. Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis has reportedly ordered that players be deducted part of their month's salary, some as much as 50 percent, after players refused […]

London (AFP) – England's football team have progressed to being regarded as a threat at major football championships which was not the case prior to the 2018 World Cup their manager Gareth Southgate told the BBC. The 49-year-old Englishman said the trajectory the team has been on makes them a hot contender to be crowned […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will continue the difficult balancing act of integrating Manchester United's exciting young talent into a first team still struggling to find consistency when they take on Aston Villa on Sunday. United faced a marathon trek to play Astana in Kazakhstan on Thursday although, having already qualified from […]

Bucharest (AFP) – Bucharest hosts the draw for Euro 2020 on Saturday with the fates of World Cup holders France and reigning European champions Portugal providing the greatest interest just over six months before the start of what is a controversial tournament. The coaches of all qualified nations will be in attendance for the draw […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Salisu Yusuf faces a baptism of fire as Enugu Rangers coach Sunday when the Nigerian club host Pyramids from Egypt as the CAF Confederation Cup groups kick off. National team assistant coach Yusuf now has two jobs after replacing Benedict Agwu, axed by Rangers this week after one win in five […]

London (AFP) – Unai Emery said it had been an "honour" to coach Arsenal despite being sacked as manager of the Premier League club on Friday after just 18 months in charge. The 48-year-old Spaniard was fired following the 2-1 home defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in Thursday's Europa League match, which extended their winless run […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola is interested in staying as Manchester City manager beyond the length of his current contract with the Premier League champions, which is due to expire next summer. The 48-year-old is already on course to make City the longest employer of his managerial career, having spent four years at […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola has confirmed that his assistant coach and close friend Mikel Arteta is free to consider other job opportunities should they come his way after Arsenal sacked Unai Emery. The former Premier League star has been linked with the newly vacated post at the Emirates and an Everton job […]

Paris (AFP) – Nemanja Radonjic came on as a second half substitute to score in the 89th minute and earn Marseille a 2-1 win in a breathless Ligue 1 encounter with Brest on Friday. Coach Andre Villas-Boas has now guided the former European champions to their fourth successive league win. It lifted the second-placed side […]