London (AFP) – Tottenham surrendered a lead for the third straight Premier League game as Sheffield United moved up to fifth with a thoroughly deserved 1-1 draw at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday. Son Heung-min's strike just before the hour mark threatened to get Spurs out of jail, especially after a controversial VAR ruled […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 2-0 to move up to second in the Premier League on Saturday, while Tottenham's troubles continued with a draw at home to Sheffield United. League leaders Liverpool host Manchester City in a highly-anticipated clash between the champions of Europe and champions of England at Anfield on Sunday. And […]

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Timo Werner netted twice as RB Leipzig went second in the Bundesliga with a 4-1 win at Hertha Berlin on Saturday's 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Borussia Dortmund can go top of the German league table with a win at Bayern Munich on Saturday night, but prior […]

Milan (AFP) – Andrea Belotti converted a pair of penalties with Alex Berenguer bagging another brace to get Torino back to winning ways with a 4-0 romp over ten-man Brescia on Saturday. Torino snapped their six-match winless run and inflicted a first defeat on new Brescia coach Fabio Grosso whose side are second-last in the […]

Berlin (AFP) – A replica of the Berlin Wall separated the teams before Hertha Berlin's home Bundesliga tie against RB Leipzig at the city's Olympic Stadium, part of Saturday's celebrations making the 30th anniversary of the fall of the original wall. During the warm up a lightweight replica of the Berlin Wall, which fell on […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea secured a sixth straight Premier League win to move up to second as the in-form Tammy Abraham and Christian Pulisic struck to beat Crystal Palace 2-0. Abraham ended Palace's dogged defensive resistence with a simple finish from Willian's deft through ball seven minutes into the second half before Pulisic headed home […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bundesliga strugglers Cologne have sacked both sports director Armin Veh and head coach Achim Beierlorzer following their eighth league defeat in 11 games. Sports director Veh was dismissed immediately after the final whistle of Friday's 2-1 defeat, thanks to a late penalty at home to Hoffenheim, which left Cologne second from bottom. […]

London (AFP) – French star Kylian Mbappe is out of Liverpool's price range, the Premier League leaders manager and long-time admirer Jurgen Klopp says. The 20-year-old Paris Saint Germain striker — who was instrumental in France's lifting of the 2018 World Cup — has been linked with Real Madrid. This gathered momentum earlier in the […]

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Arsene Wenger has contradicted a claim by Bayern Munich that they turned him down for the vacant head coach's job and accused the defending German champions of a lack of discretion. Bayern need a new coach after Niko Kovac was sacked last Sunday with former Germany assistant Hansi Flick appointed interim […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool host Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday with the chance to open up a nine-point lead over the defending champions in the Premier League title race and take a huge step towards a first league crown for 30 years. Clashes between the two sides have become classics in recent seasons with […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Wonder boy Mostafa Mohamed headed the goal that gave hosts Egypt a 1-0 win over Mali as an eight-nation African contest for three places at the Tokyo Olympics Games kicked off Friday. Later, Ghana snatched a late 1-1 draw with Cameroon in the second match of a Group A double-header at […]

Nice (France) (AFP) – Bordeaux missed the chance to go second in the Ligue 1 table after draw 1-1 at Nice on Friday. The visitors' veteran forward Jimmy Briand equalised from the spot in the second half after Pierre Lees-Melou scored for Bordeux within the opening half an hour. Paulo Sousa kept faith in the […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – The US Women's national team won a key court ruling Friday in its equal pay lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation when a California court granted class certification to players. The US District Court decision by judge Gary Klausner allows the group to sue together rather than each player having to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Hoffenheim moved to second place in the Bundesliga on Friday as they beat Cologne 2-1 for a club record sixth straight victory in all competitions thanks to Juergen Locadia's injury time penalty. Jhon Cordoba opened the scoring for the hosts before Sargis Adamyan and Locadia's second half efforts lifted Alfred Schreuder two […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Sipho Mbule, who should have been 8,730 kilometres (5,425 miles) away in Cairo, scored to give SuperSport United a 1-0 South African Premiership win over Bidvest Wits in Johannesburg Friday. The midfielder was selected by South Africa for an eight-nation Olympic Games qualifying tournament in the Egyptian capital, which kicked off Friday. […]