Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain won 3-0 away at Angers on Wednesday but will have to wait a little longer to be confirmed as Ligue 1 champions after nearest challengers Marseille beat Nantes 3-2. PSG started the day 15 points clear with six games left and so knew they could clinch their eighth Ligue 1 […]

Madrid (AFP) – Karim Benzema missed two penalties in seven minutes on Wednesday but Real Madrid still had enough to defeat Osasuna 3-1 as they continued their march towards the La Liga title. Benzema was looking for his 45th goal of the season but was twice denied by Osasuna goalkeeper Sergio Herrera, who both times […]

Berlin (AFP) – Emil Forsberg headed RB Leipzig into their third German Cup final in four years with a last-gasp winner in a 2-1 home victory over Union Berlin on Wednesday. After an Andre Silva penalty had cancelled out Sheraldo Becker's first-half header for Union, Forsberg scored in the second minute of stoppage time to seal […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City held their nerve to move back above Liverpool at the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 win over Brighton on Wednesday. Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva all struck in the second half as Pep Guardiola's men edged one point ahead in the title race […]

London (AFP) – Eddie Nketiah boosted Arsenal's bid for a top-four finish in the Premier League as the striker's double inspired a dramatic 4-2 win against Chelsea on Wednesday. Nketiah was released by Chelsea as a 16-year-old in 2015 and he exacted a measure of revenge with his first league goals this season. The 22-year-old […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid were left frustrated by a goalless draw with Granada on Wednesday as Diego Simeone’s side missed the chance to pull away in the race for La Liga’s top four. The stalemate means Atletico move up to second in the table but could be overtaken by both Barcelona and Sevilla on […]

Paris (AFP) – Monaco beat local rivals Nice 1-0 on Wednesday as the resurgent principality side claimed a fifth straight win and moved above their neighbours in the fight for European qualification in Ligue 1. Russia's Aleksandr Golovin scored the only goal of the game in first-half stoppage time in the Cote d'Azur derby, turning […]

Madrid (AFP) – The president of the Spanish football federation, Luis Rubiales, has denied paying commissions to Kosmos, the events company founded by Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, as part of the Spanish Super Cup’s move to Saudi Arabia. Rubiales has been accused of a conflict of interest after the Spanish website El Confidencial reported the […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United chief scout Jim Lawlor and head of global scouting Marcel Bout have left the club ahead of what is expected to be a busy summer in the transfer market. The Red Devils are reeling from Tuesday's chastening 4-0 defeat at rivals Liverpool, where the chasm in quality between […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Rarely has a 4-0 defeat for Manchester United seemed so inevitable as the thrashing dished out on Tuesday by a Liverpool side sensing their shot at history. Ten matches now stand between Jurgen Klopp's men and potentially the first ever quadruple of Premier League, UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. […]

Miami (AFP) – Reigning Women's World Cup champion United States was drawn against Mexico, Jamaica and Haiti for July's CONCACAF W Championship, the North American qualifying event for the 2023 Women's World Cup. The draw conducted Tuesday by the regional football governing body at Miami placed the Americans and their rivals in Group A while […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick said the Red Devils are "six years" behind Liverpool after being blown away in a 4-0 defeat at Anfield on Tuesday. Jurgen Klopp's men won 5-0 at Old Trafford in October and expectations of a similar rout were well-founded as Liverpool exposed the massive gulf between […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Mohamed Salah conceded playing against Manchester United this season has been "easy" after scoring twice in a 4-0 thrashing of the Red Devils at Anfield on Tuesday which sent Liverpool top of the Premier League. Salah also scored a hat-trick as Liverpool ran riot to win 5-0 at Old Trafford when the […]

Milan (AFP) – Lautaro Martinez scored twice as Inter Milan beat city rivals AC Milan 3-0 on Tuesday to reach the Italian Cup final, where they will face either Juventus or Fiorentina. The semi-final second leg was closer than the scoreline suggested, but Inter ultimately were comfortable winners on aggregate after a goalless draw in […]

Qatar 2022 is not just potentially, but probably Lionel Messi's last World Cup. The Argentine has all the makings of a legend of the game, that much is indisputable. As an individual, he has more Ballon d'Ors than any other player in history. He ranks third on the all-time goal-scoring list, soon to be second […]