London (AFP) – Crystal Palace recorded a third successive Premier League win for the first time since September after Troy Deeney's own goal consigned Watford to a 1-0 defeat on Saturday. Deeney, the Watford skipper, headed a free-kick by Yohan Cabaye into his own net midway through the second half to send Palace four points […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Dominic Calvert-Lewin notched his first Premier League goal and unsettled star Romelu Lukaku bagged a brace in Everton's 4-0 thrashing of 10-man Hull on Saturday. With Kevin Mirallas in Belgium for the birth of his child, Calvert-Lewin made his second league start this season and the 20-year-old took full advantage with the […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Gary Cahill kept Chelsea's title charge on track as the defender's 87th-minute winner gave the Premier League leaders a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Stoke on Saturday. Willian's cheeky free-kick put Chelsea ahead in the 13th minute but Stoke equalised when Jonathan Walters converted a penalty conceded by Cahill seven minutes […]

London (AFP) – Leicester City made it four wins from four under new manager Craig Shakespeare as the Premier League champions squeaked home 3-2 at West Ham United on Saturday. The win added to domestic home victories over Liverpool and Hull City plus Tuesday's Champions League success over Sevilla, which set up a last-eight assignment […]

London (AFP) – Arsene Wenger revealed he will make an announcement about his Arsenal future "very soon" after his side's problems increased in a 3-1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. "I know what I'll do in my future, so you will know very soon," Wenger told reporters after Arsenal's fourth loss in five Premier […]

Berlin (AFP) – Second-placed RB Leipzig crashed 3-0 at Werder Bremen on Saturday to suffer a shock second consecutive Bundesliga defeat which allows Bayern Munich the chance to extend their runaway lead. Carlo Ancelotti's Bayern started the weekend 10 points clear in their seemingly unstoppable march to a fifth straight German league title, which will […]

West Bromwich (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he had made a decision about his future following his side's dispiriting 3-1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. Wenger, Arsenal's manager since 1996, has come under heavy pressure since his team's 10-2 Champions League thrashing by Bayern Munich and fans made renewed […]

West Bromwich (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admitted his side face an uphill battle to finish in the Premier League top four after Saturday's dispiriting 3-1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion. Craig Dawson scored twice as West Brom condemned Arsenal to a fourth defeat in five league games, which left them five […]

West Bromwich (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Craig Dawson scored two close-range headers as West Bromwich Albion piled the pressure on beleaguered Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger with a 3-1 victory in the Premier League on Saturday. Dawson put West Brom ahead in the 12th minute, with substitute Hal Robson-Kanu restoring the hosts' lead after Alexis Sanchez […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona boss Luis Enrique suggested Lionel Messi will have to be rested for some of an April packed with huge clashes, but that even the Catalan giants would struggle without the "best player in the world". Messi has started every Barca game in 2017 and will do so once more when Valencia […]

Early in the Premier League season, when the campaign’s roadmap is drafted for the months to come, Liverpool’s match with Manchester City at Anfield on New Year’s Eve was billed as one of the decisive games of the top-flight campaign. Under Pep Guardiola, the men from the Etihad Stadium swept all before them in the […]

West Bromwich (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Disgruntled Arsenal fans paid for a plane trailing an anti-Arsene Wenger banner to fly over The Hawthorns prior to their side's game against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. The banner read "NO CONTRACT #WENGER OUT" and was seen flying above the stadium shortly before the Premier League game kicked […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City launch themselves into a foreboding run of fixtures at home to Liverpool on Sunday with Pep Guardiola under pressure to prove he has not lost his magic touch. Dumped out of the Champions League by Monaco on Wednesday, City face a five-way scrap with Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester […]

London (AFP) – Mauricio Pochettino believes Tottenham are better equipped to cope without star striker Harry Kane than they were earlier this season, as they approach the defining point in their campaign. Kane is sidelined for several weeks with ankle ligament damage sustained against Millwall in the FA Cup quarter-finals last weekend. Tottenham last time failed to […]

Middlesbrough (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Paul Pogba's absence has given Jose Mourinho another headache as Manchester United look to revive their Champions League qualification hopes at managerless Middlesbrough on Sunday. United midfielder Pogba will miss the Premier League fixture, plus France's forthcoming matches against Luxembourg and Spain, with a hamstring problem sustained during Thursday's 1-0 […]