London (AFP) – Harry Kane hopes 'proven winner' Jose Mourinho can deliver the trophies that Tottenham crave after taking over as manager from Mauricio Pochettino. The Portuguese, back in the game after 11 months out, led his new club to a 3-2 win at West Ham on Saturday — their first Premier League away win since […]

London (AFP) – Frank Lampard believes he will learn a lot about his young Chelsea side from how they react to their defeat at Manchester City. Chelsea's six-game winning run came to an end as they were beaten 2-1 by the Premier League champions at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. It is a measure of […]

Madrid (AFP) – Alvaro Morata may be Atletico Madrid's best hope of a solution to their scoring problem as the striker appears finally to have found a club to call home. Morata will face Juventus in the Champions League on Tuesday having hit six goals in his last seven games for Atleti but his precision […]

Madrid (AFP) – When Zinedine Zidane dropped Gareth Bale for a Champions League game against Paris Saint-Germain last year, Bale believed it was the beginning of the end at Real Madrid. Two seasons on he remains but Madrid face PSG again at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday, with the Welshman's future still in doubt and […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham turned to Jose Mourinho to try and maintain their status as a Champions League club, but a terrible start to the Premier League season leaves the Portuguese with a mountain to climb either domestically or in Europe. Mourinho's appointment was not a universally popular one with the Spurs' support given his […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – A curse hanging over success-starved South African giants Kaizer Chiefs continued Sunday when a Judas Moseamedi brace gave outsiders Maritzburg United a 2-1 League Cup semi-final victory. Moseamedi punished a Daniel Cardoso blunder to score on 30 minutes and after Yagan Sasman levelled 12 minutes from time, the Maritzburg forward struck the […]

Bordeaux (AFP) – Marseille reclaimed second spot in Ligue 1 when they won 2-0 at 10-man Toulouse who cracked in the final 15 minutes. Earlier on Sunday, Bordeaux edged in-form Monaco 2-1 at home to briefly climb into third and Saint-Etienne drew 0-0 at home against Montpellier. In Toulouse, the home team were reduced to […]

Milan (AFP) – Felipe Caicedo snatched a late winner to keep Lazio third in Serie A with a 2-1 victory over Sassuolo on Sunday, as England defender Chris Smalling scored and set up two other goals for city rivals Roma in a win against Brescia to move fourth. Champions Juventus maintained their grip on the […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Trophy-holder Mohamed Salah is among 30 nominees named Sunday for the 2019 African Player of the Year award. He is one of 10 English Premier League stars to make the list, which includes his Liverpool teammates Sadio Mane and Naby Keita. There are two each from Arsenal (Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Nicolas Pepe) […]

Milan (AFP) – Sunday's Serie A match between Lecce and Cagliari was postponed because of heavy rain in the Puglia region of southern Italy. Following three pitch inspections, referee Maurizio Mariani opted to call off the match which had been scheduled to get underway at 1945GMT. Storms had earlier caused an electricity blackout at the […]

Berlin (AFP) – Hoffenheim missed out on an opportunity to move into the Bundesliga's top four on Sunday, suffering a heavy 5-1 home defeat by a Mainz side playing under newly appointed coach Achim Beierlorzer. The hosts failed to win for the first time in five games as the visitors moved out of the relegation […]

Sheffield (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United and Sheffield United shared the spoils after a dramatic 3-3 draw at Bramall Lane on Sunday, with the home side scoring a late equaliser after three goals from the visitors in seven minutes. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team, outplayed for 70 minutes by the promoted side, trailed 2-0 after […]

Berlin (AFP) – Goalkeeper Rune Jarstein was sent off as Hertha Berlin continued to sputter in the Bundesliga, losing 4-0 at Augsburg on Sunday. Hertha lost a fifth straight game and slid below Augsburg after Philipp Max, Sergio Cordova, Andre Hahn and Florian Niederlechner scored for the hosts. Hertha are just a point above the […]

Bordeaux (AFP) – Depleted Bordeaux edged in-form Monaco 2-1 on Sunday to claw back into the top three in Ligue 1. Already deprived of defenders Edson Mexer and Vukasin Jovanovic who were both suspended, midfielder Youssef Ait Bennasser, who could not play because he is on loan from Monaco, Bordeaux lost defender Laurent Koscielny to […]

Milan (AFP) – Felipe Caicedo snatched a late winner to keep Lazio third in Serie A with a 2-1 victory over Sassuolo on Sunday just ahead of city rivals Roma, who beat Brescia 3-0 with England defender Chris Smalling involved in all of his side's goals. Champions Juventus maintained their grip on the top of […]