Berlin (AFP) – Schalke 04 climbed two places to ninth in the Bundesliga on Sunday as masked Bosnia defender Sead Kolasinac produced a superb individual goal in their 1-0 win at Mainz. The Royal Blues of Gelsenkirchen are now unbeaten in their last four games including Thursday's 2-2 draw at Moenchengladbach which put them in the […]

Milan (AFP) – A first-half header from Juan Cuadrado delivered a 1-0 win for a jittery Juventus at Sampdoria Sunday during which infuriated coach Massimiliano Allegri kicked kit bags on the touchline. Juve's 24th league win of the campaign moved the champions 10 points clear of Napoli after their earlier 3-2 win at Empoli, while […]

Middlesbrough (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Marouane Fellaini scored his first Premier League goal for 15 months as Manchester United extended their unbeaten Premier League run to 18 games to move up to fifth with a 3-1 victory at relegation-threatened Middlesbrough on Sunday. Jesse Lingard added a stunning second and Antonio Valencia a stoppage-time third after an embarrassing mistake […]

Milan (AFP) – Lorenzo Insigne hit a brace as Napoli survived a late fightback by Empoli to claim a 3-2 win on Sunday that moved them up to second in Serie A seven points behind Juventus. Napoli looked on their way to an easy but maiden win at the Carlo Castellani stadium after Insigne struck […]

Atlanta (AFP) – The expansion Atlanta United recorded their first home win in franchise history on Saturday with a convincing 4-0 win over the Chicago Fire at the Georgia Tech University stadium. Forward Josef Martinez, the reigning Major League Soccer player of the week, scored twice for the United. The United took a 1-0 lead […]

Glasgow (AFP) – New Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha said his side still have a lot of work ahead of them after they thrashed Hamilton 4-0 at Ibrox. The 46-year-old declared himself happy to get his reign off to a winning start just a week after joining from Qatari club Al-Gharafa. But the Portuguese said more […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Chelsea manager Antonio Conte described Diego Costa as an example to his team-mates after the Premier League leaders went 13 points clear with a 2-1 win at Stoke City. The infamously feisty Costa, dropped in January after reports of a row with Conte, was left walking a disciplinary tightrope after […]

London (AFP) – Craig Shakespeare believes Kasper Schmeichel must be viewed as one of the game's top goalkeepers after his saves enabled Leicester City to record a fourth successive victory. First-half goals by Riyad Mahrez, Robert Huth and Jamie Vardy gave the champions a 3-2 win at West Ham United on Saturday, easing the relegation […]

West Bromwich (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he has made a decision on his future and will make it public very soon. Wenger revealed after seeing his side humbled 3-1 at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday that he has decided whether to stay with Arsenal when his contract expires at the […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus president Andrea Agnelli, who faces a grilling by an Italian anti-mafia commission, on Saturday angrily denied claims he knowingly met bosses of a feared organised crime group. Agnelli was summoned after wiretap evidence from an ongoing investigation into the 'Ndrangheta linked staff at the Serie A champions to the Calabria-based criminal […]

Bournemouth (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Bournemouth bolstered their bid for Premier League survival and pushed Swansea deeper into the relegation mire as Benik Afobe inspired a 2-0 home win on Saturday. Eddie Howe's side took the lead at Dean Court thanks to a first-half own goal from Alfie Mawson, who deflected in Afobe's shot. Afobe […]

Milan (AFP) – England goalkeeper Joe Hart had a typically topsy-turvy evening as Torino took a point in a thrilling 2-2 home draw with Inter Milan on Saturday. Inter travelled to the Stadio Olimpico looking for a precious win as they bid to maintain their drive for a top-three finish and a return to the […]

Sunderland (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Bottom club Sunderland spurned a golden opportunity to make up ground in a 0-0 draw home to Burnley that left them seven points from Premier League safety on Saturday. Tom Heaton denied Sunderland a dramatic late winner leaving David Moyes' men deep in relegation trouble after spurning a series of […]

Paris (AFP) – Mario Balotelli endured a frustrating afternoon as Nice dropped two vital points in the French title race with a 1-1 draw at mid-table Nantes on Saturday. Nice had plenty of the ball but Balotelli was well shackled by the home defence — not always fairly — and the maverick Italian striker won […]

Madrid (AFP) – Casemiro was Real Madrid's unlikely hero as he hit the winner to open up a five-point lead on Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a 2-1 win at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday. Karim Benzema fired the visitors into a half-time lead from Cristiano Ronaldo's cross. Aritz Aduriz briefly levelled for […]