London (AFP) – Unai Emery hailed the character of his ten-man Arsenal to twice come from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and move back into the Premier League top four on Sunday. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's 84th minute free-kick completed the comeback for a vital three points after three league games without a win for Emery's […]

London (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool's unquenchable appetite for success was the driving force behind the 2-1 win at Chelsea that extended their perfect start to the Premier League title race on Sunday. Klopp's side made it six successive league wins to open the season as they survived a second-half Chelsea barrage to move five […]

London (AFP) – Trent Alexander-Arnold saluted Liverpool's "massive" 2-1 win at Chelsea as the Premier League leaders maintained their perfect start to the title race on Sunday. Alexander-Arnold put Liverpool on course for their sixth successive league victory this term with a blistering first half free-kick at Stamford Bridge. Roberto Firmino doubled their lead before […]

Paris (AFP) – Angers moved into second place in Ligue 1 after replacement Casimir Ninga scored an 11-minute hat-trick in a 4-1 thrashing of Saint-Etienne on Sunday. Ninga, who joined the club from second-tier Caen in August, put Angers in the lead with less than a quarter of an hour remaining before adding two more […]

London (AFP) – Ten-man Arsenal twice came from a goal down to claim a much-needed 3-2 win over Aston Villa in dramatic fashion thanks to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's free-kick six minutes from time at the Emirates on Sunday. The Gunners' winless run in the Premier League seemed set to stretch to four games when John McGinn […]

London (AFP) – Trent Alexander-Arnold's thunderous strike inspired Liverpool's 2-1 win against Chelsea as the Premier League leaders moved five points clear at the top on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp's side extended their perfect start to the title race as they became the first club to win their opening six games in consecutive top-flight seasons. Alexander-Arnold's […]

Milan (AFP) – Two-time women's World Cup-winning coach Jill Ellis said Sunday she would be tempted to take over a men's team as she prepares for her final game with the United States. Ellis will say farewell to the United States national team on October 6 after a match against South Korea. "I love challenges, […]

Milan (AFP) – Fernando Llorente scored a brace as Napoli eased past Lecce 4-1 to keep in touch with leaders Inter Milan and second-placed Juventus in Serie A on Sunday, while Edin Dzeko struck a stoppage-time winner for Roma. Spaniard Llorente, who scored in Napoli's midweek 2-0 win over Champions League holders Liverpool, grabbed the […]

Berlin (AFP) – French under-21 striker Marcus Thuram came off the bench to score twice on Sunday and seal a dramatic 2-1 win for Borussia Moenchengladbach against Fortuna Duesseldorf in the Bundesliga. Hosts Gladbach crashed to a shock 4-0 defeat at home to Austrian side Wolfsberg in the Europa League in mid-week and were heading […]

London (AFP) – West Ham inflicted more away-day pain on a poor Manchester United side on Sunday, lifting themselves to fourth in the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win at the London Stadium. Andriy Yarmolenko's goal shortly before half-time and a wonderful late Aaron Cresswell free-kick extended United's barren run on the road. United, […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic maintained their 100 percent start to the Scottish Premiership season after conceding early on to beat Kilmarnock 3-1 at Celtic Park. Rangers also started slowly away at St. Johnstone, but blew away the hosts after the break to win 4-0 in Perth and remain just three points behind their arch rivals […]

Milan (AFP) – FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Sunday that world footbalil's governing body has been "assured" by Iranian authorities that women will be able to attend a World Cup qualifier in Tehran next month. FIFA had demanded Iran allow women free unlimited access to stadiums following the 'Blue girl' incident where a woman killed […]

Milan (AFP) – Virgil Van Dijk threatens to eclipse fellow European stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to lift FIFA's The Best Player award on Monday, to set himself up as favourite for this year's Ballon d'Or. Van Dijk, Ronaldo and Messi are the three men's finalists for The Best Player award, with the winner […]

Milan (AFP) – Romelu Lukaku fired Inter Milan back top of Serie A with the second goal of a 2-0 derby win that extended their perfect start to the season at the expense of city rivals AC Milan. Belgium striker Lukaku and Marcelo Brozovic's second half strikes gave Inter their fourth win in as many […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona threw on their stars of the present and the future on Saturday but neither Lionel Messi nor Ansu Fati could save them from a dismal 2-0 defeat away at Granada. Messi was still not deemed fit enough to start at Los Carmenes while Fati, the 16-year-old who has lit up La […]