Ascot (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Donjuan Triumphant, the first horse bought by the late Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, provided an emotional victory in the opening race on British Champions Day winning the Group One Champions Sprint Stakes at Ascot. The 33/1 outsider — running in the colours of King Power whose patriarch was killed […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Everton climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone on Saturday with a well-deserved 2-0 victory against West Ham that eased the pressure on Marco Silva. The Portuguese boss described the match at Goodison Park as a "must-win" game following four straight league defeats and a goal from Brazil forward Bernard in […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona's 'MSG' is finally up and running as Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann all scored in a ruthless 3-0 victory over Eibar on Saturday. Griezmann's place in the newly-formed attacking trident has not been secure this season but the Frenchman opened the scoring at Ipurua before teeing up Messi and […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola fears Manchester City will need to spend "two days in the fridge" to cope with their gruelling Christmas schedule. The Premier League revealed their fixtures for December and January on Thursday and it offers little help to City. Their trip to Wolves has been moved back from Boxing […]

Nice (France) (AFP) – Angel Di Maria grabbed two goals while Kylian Mbappe struck on his return from injury as Paris Saint-Germain won 4-1 at Nice on Friday to surge five points clear at the top of Ligue 1. PSG lost Neymar and the influential Idrissa Gueye to injury over the international break while Mbappe […]

Berlin (AFP) – Goncalo Paciencia scored twice in the first half as Eintracht Frankfurt beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 on Friday to deny the visitors the chance to move top of the Bundesliga. The Portuguese forward fired Frankfurt ahead inside five minutes as he latched on to a Danny Da Costa pass and held off two […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United's promising teenage striker Mason Greenwood signed a new contract with the struggling Premier League club on Friday. England Under-21 international Greenwood is now committed to United until 2023, with the option of a further year's extension. The 18-year-old became United's youngest starter in the Premier League era when he faced […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool defender Joel Matip signed a long-term contract extension with the Premier League leaders on Friday. Matip's existing deal was due to expire at the end of this season, but the former Cameroon international has now committed his future to Jurgen Klopp's side. Liverpool didn't reveal the length of Matip's new contract, […]

Sofia (AFP) – Bulgaria's coach quit Friday over the 6-0 loss to England in a Euro 2020 qualifier which was overshadowed by racist abuse that sparked a storm of protest. Monkey chants and apparent Nazi salutes during Monday's match in Sofia caused indignation in the football world and led to the resignation of Bulgaria's football […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona and Real Madrid have agreed a new date of December 18 for the Clasico after Spain's biggest football match was postponed on Friday due to protests in Catalonia. The fixture was set to be Barcelona's first home game since nine pro-Catalan independence leaders were sentenced to imprisonment on Monday for their […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has called for European intervention to ease tensions in his native Catalonia since nine pro-independence leaders were sentenced to imprisonment on Monday. Guardiola has been an outspoken campaigner for the independence movement and was chosen to read out a video message recorded in English by the "Democratic […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has taken a swipe at France boss Didier Deschamps after N'Golo Kante was injured on international duty. Kante will miss Chelsea's Premier League clash with Newcastle on Saturday after the midfielder suffered a groin injury last week. The 28-year-old sustained the problem while warming up for France's Euro […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid will be without both Gareth Bale and Luka Modric for this weekend's Liga match against Real Mallorca, Zinedine Zidane confirmed on Friday. Modric and Bale both picked up injuries during the Euro 2020 qualifier between Croatia and Wales on Sunday, which finished 1-1. Wales coach Ryan Giggs suggested after the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona and Real Madrid appear set to agree December 18 as the date for a rearranged Clasico after Spain's biggest football match was postponed on Friday due to protests in Catalonia. The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced that Barca and Madrid have until 10:00am (0800 GMT) on Monday to find a new […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes Manchester United will turn their floundering fortunes around, but wants to make sure they have to wait at least another week to do so. Klopp's men travel to Old Trafford on Sunday already 15 points ahead of their rivals just eight games into the campaign. United manager […]