London (AFP) – French striker Alexandre Lacazette has leaped to the defence of under-fire Arsenal manager Unai Emery saying fans were being fickle in criticising him after not praising him when they were on a good run last season. The pressure on the 48-year-old Spaniard grew with a 2-0 defeat by Leicester on Saturday, leaving […]

Milan (AFP) – Paulo Dybala struck the decisive goal in Juventus' 1-0 win over AC Milan on Sunday after replacing Cristiano Ronaldo as Juventus stayed top of Serie A, while Lazio and Cagliari moved into the Champions League places. Argentine forward Dybala hit the winner in the 77th minute in the Allianz Stadium having taken […]

Milan (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly left the Allianz Stadium before the final whistle of Juventus' 1-0 Serie A win over AC Milan on Sunday after being substituted for the second match in a week. Paulo Dybala replaced Ronaldo on 55 minutes with the Argentina striker going on to score the winning goal 22 minutes […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Seattle defenders Kelvin Leerdam and Victor Rodriguez and Peruvian striker Raul Ruidiaz scored second-half goals to spark the Sounders over Toronto FC 3-1 in Sunday's MLS Cup championship match. A noisy crowd of 69,274, the largest in the history of Seattle's NFL and MLS stadium, roared in delight at the final […]

Paris (AFP) – Dimitri Payet scored twice as 10-man Marseille beat rivals Lyon 2-1 on Sunday in a bad-tempered derby which was overshadowed by the behaviour of a record home crowd. The build-up to the game was focused on former Marseille boss Rudi Garcia's return to the Stade Velodrome after his controversial decision to join […]

Marseille (AFP) – The bus taking Lyon to their Ligue 1 match at Marseille was stoned on Sunday by home fans who Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas said had been lying in wait for them. The bus was left with two entirely shattered windows after an ambush that echoed a similar attacks at the corresponding fixture in […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool moved eight points clear at the top of the Premier League and nine ahead of Manchester City with a 3-1 win over the defending champions at Anfield to take a giant leap towards ending their 30-year wait for the title. Fabinho's searing strike and Mohamed Salah's stooping header handed Liverpool a […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool took a huge step towards a first league title in 30 years by beating defending champions Manchester City 3-1 at Anfield on Sunday to open up an eight-point lead at the top of the table. Two goals in the first 13 minutes from Fabinho and Mohamed Salah gave the European champions […]

Milan (AFP) – Ciro Immobile scored his 14th league goal this season as Lazio bounced back from their European disappointment with a 4-2 win over Lecce to move third in Serie A on Sunday, ahead of Cagliari who continued their superb form with a rout of Fiorentina. But Roma drop to sixth after falling 2-0 […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach maintained their four-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday as Patrick Herrmann scored twice in an emphatic 3-1 home win over Werder Bremen. RB Leipzig, who won at Hertha Berlin, and defending champions Bayern Munich, who routed Dortmund 4-0 at the Allianz Arena, had both trimmed Gladbach's […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp hailed his side's "incredible goals" after they beat Manchester City 3-1 on Sunday to move nine points clear of the defending Premier League champions. The European champions took a huge step towards a first top-flight title in 30 years by opening an eight-point lead at the top of […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hailed Manchester United's 3-1 win against Brighton on Sunday as their best performance of the season as his side notched their fifth victory in six games. United's win, which took them to within a point of the top five in the Premier League, came courtesy of goals […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – A blunder by Uganda goalkeeper Denis Onyango contributed to Mamelodi Sundowns losing 3-2 at Golden Arrows Sunday and suffering a setback in their South African Premiership title defence. Veteran Onyango palmed a shot from Danny Phiri only to let the ball slip from his grasp into the net after 61 minutes […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool took a huge step towards a first Premier League title in 30 years by beating defending champions Manchester City 3-1 at Anfield on Sunday to open up an eight-point lead at the top of the table. Two goals in the first 13 minutes from Fabinho and Mohamed Salah gave the European […]

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Out-going Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness said Sunday that interim coach Hansi Flick could be named permanent boss and revealed Niko Kovac was fired because some of their stars wanted him out. Kovac, 48, was dismissed by Bayern last Sunday in the wake of an embarrassing 5-1 thrashing at Eintracht Frankfurt, […]