London (AFP) – Manchester City beat West Ham 2-1 in swirling snow on Sunday to return to second in the Premier League and Watford manager Claudio Ranieri endured a miserable return to Leicester. Free-scoring Liverpool laid down the gauntlet by hammering Southampton 4-0 the previous day to move to within one point of leaders Chelsea, […]

Milan (AFP) – AC Milan missed the chance to move top of Serie A on Sunday after crashing to a shock 3-1 home loss to Sassuolo which gives Napoli the opportunity to move clear at the summit. Sassuolo emerged worthy winners at the San Siro after recovering from Alessio Romagnoli's 21st-minute header through a superb […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain overturned an early deficit to beat 10-man Saint-Etienne 3-1 away in Ligue 1 on Sunday, with Lionel Messi setting up all three goals. The match also featured the long-awaited PSG debut of Spanish defender Sergio Ramos, while Neymar left the pitch sobbing in agony, stretchered off with an ankle injury. […]

Burnley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – The Premier League match between Burnley and Tottenham was called off a little under an hour before kick-off on Sunday because of heavy snow at Turf Moor. Attempts to clear the pitch proved in vain as the undersoil heating struggled to cope and snow fell as quickly as it could […]

Saint-Étienne (France) (AFP) – Spanish defender Sergio Ramos will make his long-awaited debut for Paris Saint-Germain in Sunday's Ligue 1 game at Saint-Etienne. The 35-year-old joined the club back in July, but has suffered from a nagging calf injury since. Ramos arrived at PSG with a glittering CV, having won the 2010 World Cup and […]

Paris (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski threatens to deny Lionel Messi a record-extending seventh Ballon d'Or title as the prestigious awards ceremony returns Monday after it was cancelled last year because of the pandemic. The Bayern Munich and Poland striker pilfered a Bundesliga record 41 goals in just 29 games last season to eclipse the long-standing […]

Paris (AFP) – Lille criticised the state of the pitch at their own Stade Pierre-Mauroy after the struggling Ligue 1 champions were held to a 1-1 draw by Nantes on Saturday, while second-placed Nice lost at home to bottom club Metz. Jocelyn Gourvennec's Lille, who are top of their Champions League group, sit 12th in […]

Madrid (AFP) – A Primeira Liga game between Belenenses and Benfica was called off in the second half on Saturday after Belenenses started with only nine players, including two goalkeepers, after being decimated by an outbreak of Covid-19. Belenenses played one of their goalkeepers, Joao Monteiro, outfield and had no substitutes at the Estadio Nacional […]

Montevideo (AFP) – Deyverson scored an extra-time winner as reigning champions Palmeiras retained the Copa Libertadores on Saturday with a 2-1 victory over Flamengo in an all-Brazilian final in Montevideo. Palmeiras struck five minutes in through Raphael Veiga but ex-Inter Milan forward Gabriel Barbosa equalised in the second half for 2019 winners Flamengo. On-loan Manchester […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona notched their first away win in La Liga this season in Xavi Hernandez's first away game in charge as late goals from Memphis Depay and Philippe Coutinho secured a 3-1 victory over Villarreal on Saturday. Barca had gone five away matches in the league without a win but Xavi had the […]

Milan (AFP) – Inter Milan moved to within one point of the Serie A summit on Saturday thanks to a 2-0 win over Venezia, while Duvan Zapata piled on the misery for Juventus who are reeling from a probe into their accounts. Hakan Calhanoglu continued his fine recent form in the 34th minute when he […]

Berlin (AFP) – Thomas Mueller says Bayern Munich team-mate Robert Lewandowski must be awarded the Ballon d'Or trophy when the winner is announced on Monday. Lewandowski is hoping to win his first Ballon d'Or after taking FIFA's rival award for men's player of the year in 2020. "'Lewy' has to win the thing on Monday […]

Berlin (AFP) – A long-range Leroy Sane strike fired record-breaking Bayern Munich back to the top of the Bundesliga table on Saturday after the defending champions were briefly overtaken by Borussia Dortmund. Sane's goal sealed a 1-0 victory over strugglers Arminia Bielefeld, who kept Bayern at bay for the opening 70 minutes at the Allianz […]

Berlin (AFP) – A long-range Leroy Sane strike fired Bayern Munich back to the top of the Bundesliga table on Saturday after the defending champions were briefly overtaken by Borussia Dortmund. Sane's goal sealed a 1-0 victory over strugglers Arminia Bielefeld, who kept Bayern at bay for the opening 70 minutes at the Allianz Arena. […]

Milan (AFP) – Duvan Zapata piled on the misery for struggling Juventus on Saturday with the only goal in Atalanta's 1-0 win which came with the Turin giants still reeling from a police probe into their accounts. Atalanta strengthened their hold on fourth place and Serie A's final Champions League spot thanks to Colombian Zapata's […]