Liverpool (AFP) – The comprehensive midweek defeat of Red Star Belgrade raised hopes Tottenham Hotspur have turned the corner after a dismal start to the season but their revival will face a stiff test when they face Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday. It will be the first meeting between the two sides since their confrontation […]

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers hailed his team as "ruthless" for their record-equalling 9-0 rout of Southampton in the Premier League on Friday as besieged Saints coach Ralph Hasenhuttl insisted: 'Blame me'. Ayoze Perez and Jamie Vardy both hit hat-tricks as Rodgers' side moved second in the table. The rout equalled […]

Nantes (France) (AFP) – Prolific striker Wissam Ben Yedder grabbed his ninth goal of the season as Monaco handed Nantes their first home Ligue 1 defeat of the campaign on Friday. Ben Yedder struck in the first half and had two more efforts ruled out for offside as Leonardo Jardim's rejuvenated Monaco clinched a fourth […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Ghana goalkeeper Richard Ofori kept a third consecutive clean sheet as Maritzburg United won 1-0 at Cape Town City Friday to reach the top half of the South African Premiership table. Ofori captains a team from eastern city Pietermaritzburg that have won three league matches in a row after failing to collect […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola insists Manchester City will not buy a player in the January transfer window despite admitting he is concerned about his team's growing list of injuries in defence. The Premier League champions look destined to be without Oleksandr Zinchenko and Rodri until December after the pair reported fitness problems […]

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester City went into the Premier League record books on Friday with a 9-0 hammering of Southampton that equalled the biggest ever win in the history of the division. Ayoze Perez and Jamie Vardy both hit hat-tricks as Brendan Rodgers' side moved second with a huge win that continued their […]

San Francisco (AFP) – Steve Kerr has warned the Golden State Warriors they may have to get used to results like their season-opening drubbing against the Los Angeles Clippers. The Warriors, who have reached the NBA Finals for the past five seasons, winning three of the them, suffered a brutal mauling on Thursday, pounded 141-122 […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Patrick Mahomes has lost his race to be fit for Sunday's clash with Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, the Kansas City Chiefs confirmed Friday. Chiefs quarterback Mahomes has been battling to recover from a knee injury, and although keen to play on Sunday, will be rested instead. "He just […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Former US international star Tab Ramos was named as the new head coach of the Houston Dynamo on Friday. Ramos, 53, joins the Major League Soccer outfit after stepping down from his roles as head coach of the US under-20 team and youth technical diretor. The Uruguayan-born former midfielder was also […]

Accra (AFP) – The Ghanaian Football Association on Friday named a new president more than a year after a corruption scandal forced a major shake-up of the game in the West African nation. Kurt Okraku — chief executive of local Premier League club Dreams FC — filled the position left vacant since Kwesi Nyantakyi stepped […]

Berlin (AFP) – Even former-Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp admits he has split loyalty for Saturday's hotly anticipated Ruhr Derby with both Schalke and arch-rivals Dortmund capable of going top of the Bundesliga. The current Liverpool boss led Dortmund to back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012, yet is torn over this weekend's match in […]

Berlin (AFP) – Despite injury woes and speculation over his future, Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac insisted Friday he's "not crying about" his predicament as his team eye regaining top spot in the Bundesliga. The defending champions are third in the table before Saturday's home game against Union Berlin, who have beaten top six clubs Borussia […]

London (AFP) – Frank Lampard said Friday that he is wary of Chelsea suffering a European hangover during their trip to battling Burnley after running up six straight wins with their impressive midweek victory at Ajax. Lampard's Blues won 1-0 in Amsterdam on Wednesday to boost their chances of making the last 16 of the […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain's injury-hit striker Neymar was left out of the Brazil squad announced Friday for friendlies next month against Argentina and South Korea. Neymar was ruled out for four weeks in mid-October with a hamstring injury he suffered playing for his country in a 1-1 friendly draw against Nigeria. A […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino admitted on Friday it has taken his side time to recover from the hammer blow of losing the Champions League final to Liverpool. The two sides will meet for the first time since the Reds' victory in Madrid at Anfield on Sunday after very different starts to the […]