London (AFP) – Chelsea will require 18 more points to win the Premier League title, manager Antonio Conte told his players after their 2-1 victory over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea's lead was cut to seven points after they lost 2-1 at home to Crystal Palace at the weekend, but they preserved their advantage […]

Rome (AFP) – Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain scored twice to send former club Napoli crashing out of the Italian Cup semi-finals on a night of bitter emotions on Wednesday. Napoli won the second leg 3-2 but it was little consolation after they had been soundly beaten 3-1 in the first match in Turin as Juventus […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Newly-crowned champions Celtic dropped points for only the third time this season as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Partick Thistle at Parkhead. The much-changed Glasgow giants, who claimed their sixth Scottish Premiership in a row with a 5-0 hammering of Hearts on Sunday, took a 50th minute lead through […]

Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Hull climbed out of the bottom three of the Premier League for the first time since October and pushed Middlesbrough closer to relegation with a vital 4-2 home win on Wednesday. Marco Silva's side trailed to Alvaro Negredo's opener, but Lazar Markovic equalised before Oumar Niasse and Abel […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Josh King's late equaliser gave Bournemouth a precious 2-2 draw in their search for Premier League survival and damaged Liverpool’s Champions League qualification hopes. King pivoted to score from eight yards with three minutes left at Anfield on Wednesday after Liverpool failed to deal with a throw-in. Benik Afobe had given the […]

Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Son Heung-Min was Tottenham's hero as they kept their title hopes alive with three goals in the final minutes of a dramatic 3-1 win at Swansea on Wednesday. With just two minutes left, Mauricio Pochettino's team were in danger of falling 10 points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea, who were […]

London (AFP) – Mesut Ozil scored one and made another as Arsenal earned a much-needed win for manager Arsene Wenger with a 3-0 home victory over Premier League strugglers West Ham on Wednesday. Theo Walcott and substitute Olivier Giroud were the other scorers and victory lifted the Gunners to fifth place in the Premier League, […]

Paris (AFP) – Recalled Hatem Ben Arfa scored twice as holders Paris Saint-Germain eventually saw off third-tier Avranches 4-0 to ease into the French Cup semi-finals on Wednesday. It keeps alive PSG's hopes of a third consecutive clean sweep of domestic honours and they join Ligue 1 title rivals Monaco and Guingamp and Angers in […]

London (AFP) – Eden Hazard fired Premier League leaders Chelsea to a crucial 2-1 win over Manchester City, but Tottenham are hot on their heels after a sensational fightback in their 3-1 victory at Swansea on Wednesday. Chelsea remain seven points clear of second placed Tottenham with eight games to play, yet with just minutes […]

London (AFP) – Eden Hazard scored twice as leaders Chelsea beat Pep Guardiola's Manchester City 2-1 on Wednesday to reassert their control of the Premier League title race. Chelsea had given the chasing pack hope after crashing to a shock 2-1 loss at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday, but they bounced back to preserve […]

Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Uruguayan international Abel Hernandez scored one and set up another as Hull boosted their hopes of survival while seriously denting Middlesbrough's chances with a fine 4-2 win in their Premier League clash on Wednesday. Hernandez set up Senegalese international Oumar Niasse before scoring himself with Serbian international Lazar […]

Berlin (AFP) – Naby Keita's superb solo goal settled second-placed RB Leipzig's frantic 3-2 win at 10-man Mainz on Wednesday to trim Bayern Munich's lead to 10 points in the Bundesliga. After runaway leaders Bayern had their 20-match unbeaten run ended by a 1-0 defeat at Hoffenheim on Tuesday, RB were made to work for […]

Doha (AFP) – Migrant World Cup stadium labourers in Qatar can work 18-hour days — more than twice the maximum amount permitted by law — an external report into working conditions has found. And half of the 10 contracting companies surveyed in the compliance report, published Wednesday, failed to give their employees even one day […]

Sometimes putting yourself in the shoes of a typical soccer fan makes you realize what’s missing in the experience of watching the Beautiful Game. That was the inspiration for mycujoo CEO Pedro Presa. Being from Portugal and a supporter of Boavista — the country’s fourth biggest club in that country — he developed the idea for […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool were hit with an academy transfer ban and ordered to pay £100,000 ($124,000, 117,000 euros) after admitting their part in the 'tapping up' of a promising Stoke youngster. The Premier League club won't be able to sign any academy players who have been registered with a Premier League or Football League […]