Paris (AFP) – Captain Wissam Ben Yedder continued his impressive scoring form as Monaco beat Angers 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday to boost their chances of reaching the Champions League qualifying rounds next season. Ben Yedder, 31, scored his 21st league goal of the campaign just after the hour mark to reach a career-best […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Frank Lampard said Everton's players need to match the passion of their supporters if they are to avoid relegation from the Premier League after beating Chelsea 1-0 on Sunday to give their survival hopes a huge boost. The Toffees have not fallen out of the top flight since 1954 and could face […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Everton kept Premier League survival in their own hands as Richarlison scored the only goal of a vital 1-0 win over Chelsea. Frank Lampard's men remain in the bottom three, but narrow the gap on both Burnley and Leeds to two points with a game in hand to come. Richarlison pounced on […]

Paris (AFP) – Captain Wissam Ben Yedder continued his impressive scoring form as Monaco beat Angers 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday to maintain their chances of reaching the Champions League qualifying rounds next season. Ben Yedder, 31, claimed his 21st league goal of the campaign in the final half an hour after Abdoul Kader […]

Milan (AFP) – Rafael Leao made sure that AC Milan maintained their advantage in the Serie A title race after netting the only goal in Sunday's 1-0 win over Fiorentina which moved his team five points clear of local rivals Inter Milan. Portugal forward Leao struck with eight minutes remaining of a tense affair to […]

London (AFP) – Everton kept alive their hopes of Premier League survival by beating Chelsea 1-0 on Sunday as Tottenham leapfrogged London rivals Arsenal into the top four with a thumping win against Leicester. The result at a raucous Goodison Park means Frank Lampard's side are just two points from safety with five games to […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Rangers manager Giovanni Van Bronckhorst conceded his side's chance of retaining the Scottish Premiership looks over despite battling back to draw 1-1 at Celtic on Sunday. A share of the points leaves Cetic still six points clear at the top of the table and with a 19-goal advantage on goal difference with […]

Turin (Italy) (AFP) – Leonardo Bonucci celebrated his 35th birthday by putting Juve on the brink of Champions League football with a double in Sunday's 2-1 win over Venezia which also dealt a huge blow to the survival hopes of Serie A's bottom team. Italy defender Bonucci struck in each half at the Allianz Stadium […]

Paris (AFP) – Record seven-time winners Lyon saw off French rivals Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday to join holders Barcelona in the final of this season's Women's Champions League. The showpiece in the Italian city of Turin on May 21 will bring together the leading side in European women's football over the last decade and the […]

The US Men's National Team (USMNT) faces a unique challenge in planning out locations for future games. There are 50 states spread out across thousands of miles. Yet, there are only so many games to go around. Many other countries around the world, especially within CONCACAF, are geographically small. Island nations and Central American countries […]

London (AFP) – Bournemouth stayed ahead of Nottingham Forest in the race for automatic promotion to the Premier League with a 3-0 win at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday. Former Liverpool and Chelsea forward Dominic Solanke struck his 30th goal of the season before Philip Billing was twice on target in the second half at Ewood […]

Wolfsburg (Germany) (AFP) – Barcelona returned to the women's Champions League final despite having their 45-match winning run ended by a 2-0 loss at Wolfsburg in Saturday's semi-final second leg. The Spanish giants advanced to the May 21 final with a 5-3 aggregate win despite the shock loss at Wolfsburg after Tabea Wassmuth and Jill Roord scored […]

Milan (AFP) – Sampdoria boosted their chances of staying in Serie A on Saturday prevailing 1-0 in a relegation derby with local rivals Genoa, who missed a stoppage-time penalty and are now staring the drop in the face. Abdelhamid Sabiri struck a potentially huge blow in the race for top-flight survival when he bundled home […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti might have thought his days of winning Europe's biggest leagues were a thing of the past but on Saturday he added La Liga to his glittering list of honours. Madrid's triumph, sealed with a 4-0 win against Espanyol, ensured Ancelotti becomes the only coach to have clinched […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich suffered a title-party hangover Saturday in a shock 3-1 defeat at Mainz, while Erling Haaland claimed a hat-trick even though Borussia Dortmund also crashed 4-3 at home to Bochum. A week after Bayern beat second-placed Dortmund 3-1 in Munich to be crowned league champions for the tenth straight […]