London (AFP) – Manchester United announced on Monday they had appointed Ralf Rangnick as interim manager until the end of the season following the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The 63-year-old German joins from Lokomotiv Moscow, where he was manager of sports and development. At the end of the season Rangnick will take on a […]

Berlin (AFP) – Hertha Berlin, currently sitting 14th in the Bundesliga, sacked Pal Dardai as coach on Monday, replacing the Hungarian with former Turkey international Tayfun Korkut. Hertha's 1-1 home draw against Augsburg on Saturday saw the team stretch to four their winless streak, which included a 2-0 capital derby defeat by Union. Dardai, 45, […]

London (AFP) – Michael Carrick was adamant Ralf Rangnick had no role in Manchester United's gameplan for their 1-1 draw at Chelsea, but the club's impending interim manager would have taken heart from the way they frustrated the Premier League leaders. Rangnick, currently working as Lokomotiv Moscow's director of sports and development, is expected to […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Bobby Wood came off the bench to score a stoppage-time goal and lift Real Salt Lake to a 2-1 victory over favored Sporting Kansas City Sunday and into the MLS Cup Western Conference final. Salt Lake, who shocked the Seattle Sounders in a penalty shootout in the opening round, erased an […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Bobby Wood came off the bench to score a stoppage-time goal and lift Real Salt Lake to a 2-1 victory over favored Sporting Kansas City Sunday and into the MLS Cup Western Conference final. Salt Lake, who shocked the Seattle Sounders in a penalty shootout in the opening round, erased an […]

Madrid (AFP) – Vinicius Junior scored a scintillating 87th-minute winner on Sunday as Real Madrid came from behind to defeat Sevilla 2-1 and move four points clear at the top of La Liga. The 21-year-old Vinicius has been a revelation this season and proved the difference again at the Santiago Bernabeu, where he went off […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Ivorian teenage forward Karim Konate enhanced his reputation by scoring twice for ASEC Mimosas in a 2-0 CAF Confederation Cup play-offs first-leg victory over Angolan visitors InterClube on Sunday. The 17-year-old, who notched three goals in the CAF Champions League this season before ASEC were demoted to the second-tier Confederation Cup, struck […]

Milan (AFP) – Napoli paid the perfect tribute to Diego Maradona on Sunday by thumping Lazio 4-0 to move three points clear at the top of Serie A. FIFA president Gianni Infantino was among those present in Naples as the southern Italian city honoured one of its adopted sons, who led Napoli to their only […]

Lisbon (AFP) – Portuguese league officials met on Sunday to discuss the farcical game between Belenenses and Benfica, which had to be called off in the second half after Belenenses started with only nine players, including two goalkeepers, due to an outbreak of Covid-19. Belenenses played one of their goalkeepers, Joao Monteiro, as an outfield […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Recently retired Zimbabwe captain and forward Khama Billiat scored twice as Kaizer Chiefs beat Swallows 3-1 on Sunday and rose three places to second in the South African Premiership. Former Montpellier winger Keagan Dolly put Chiefs ahead on 43 minutes at wind-swept Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto. Billiat doubled the lead in first-half […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid bounced back from their Champions League disappointment by blowing away Cadiz 4-1 in La Liga on Sunday, with Diego Simeone's side scoring all of their goals in the second half. Thomas Lemar began the scoring flurry in the 56th minute before Antoine Greizmann and Angel Correa put Atletico out of […]

Berlin (AFP) – RB Leipzig's week of Covid misery went from bad to worse as they slumped to a 3-1 defeat at home to Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday in the absence of both fans and coach Jesse Marsch. After American coach Marsch and several key players tested positive for coronavirus earlier in the week, a depleted […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Sociedad missed the chance to take top spot in La Liga from Real Madrid in a 1-0 loss at Espanyol on Sunday which ended their 13-match unbeaten league run. Yangel Herrera scored a late winner as Sociedad remained one point behind Real Madrid, who host third-placed Sevilla later Sunday, having played […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Rangers held off Livingston as Giovanni van Bronckhorst's first league match in charge of the Scottish champions ended in a 3-1 away win on Sunday. Victory kept Scottish Premiership leaders Rangers four points clear of Celtic, with their Glasgow arch rivals defeating Aberdeen 2-1 later in the day. Scott Arfield and Joe […]

Berlin (AFP) – French defender Evan N'Dicka snatched an injury-time winner to hand resurgent Eintracht Frankfurt a 2-1 win over Bundesliga rivals Union Berlin on Sunday. N'Dicka's late header gave Frankfurt their first home win of the season amid a return to form in recent weeks. Frankfurt had an early goal ruled out for offside, […]