Paris (AFP) – Saint-Etienne inflicted a third league defeat in four matches on faltering bitter rivals Lyon and bolstered their European aspirations with a 2-0 victory in Sunday's tempestuous Rhone derby. Kevin Monnet-Paquet scored a ninth-minute opener at Saint-Etienne's Stade Geoffroy Guichard and Romain Hamouma slotted in a second on 22 minutes as Les Verts […]

Rome (AFP) – Juan Cuadrado broke his Serie A duck for the season with a sensational strike that sent Juventus six points clear of Napoli thanks to a 1-0 win over Inter Milan on Sunday. Title hopefuls Roma, currently third at seven points behind, can move back up to second place with a win over […]

Libreville (AFP) – Egypt coach Hector Cuper was apologetic towards the supporters of his side after the Pharaohs threw away the lead to lose 2-1 to Cameroon in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final. Egypt had taken a first-half lead in Libreville through Mohamed Elneny but Cameroon levelled the scores in the second half when […]

Libreville (AFP) – Vincent Aboubakar came off the bench to score a stunning winner with two minutes left as Cameroon fought back from behind to beat Egypt 2-1 in a thrilling Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday. Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny had given Egypt the lead midway through the first half and Egypt looked […]

Madrid (AFP) – Samir Nasri missed a second-half penalty as Sevilla squandered the chance to close to within a point of La Liga leaders Real Madrid with a 0-0 draw home to Villarreal on Sunday. The Frenchman's low spot-kick was well saved by Sergio Asenjo, who then made a spectacular stop from Vicente Iborra's late […]

Berlin (AFP) – Japan's Makoto Hasebe converted a late penalty in Eintracht Frankfurt's 2-0 win over bottom side Darmstadt which saw them climb above Borussia Dortmund into third in the Bundesliga on Sunday. Frankfurt, who reached the European Cup final in 1960, are on course to make their Champions League debut next season after the […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel admits the troubled Premier League champions will be relegated unless they improve their "embarrassing" form. Claudio Ranieri's side crashed to their fourth consecutive league defeat as Manchester United romped to a 3-0 victory at the King Power Stadium on Sunday. The Foxes are only one point […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Henrikh Mkhitaryan's masterclass left Leicester fighting for their Premier League survival as Manchester United cruised to a 3-0 victory over the troubled champions on Sunday. Jose Mourinho's side condemned dismal Leicester to a fourth successive league defeat thanks in large part to Mkhitaryan's dynamic contribution at the King Power Stadium. […]

Rome (AFP) – Marco Parolo scored four times, three with his head, as Lazio hammered Serie A bottom side Pescara 6-2 on Sunday to maintain their Champions League challenge. Parolo's rare headed hat-trick was the first in Italy since Joaquin Larrivey achieved the feat for Cagliari in a 6-3 loss against Napoli in March 2012. All eyes […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero admitted on Sunday he does not know if he has a future under Pep Guardiola after losing his place to teenager Gabriel Jesus. A talismanic figure in City's two Premier League title wins, Aguero was left out of the starting line-up for this week's Premier […]

Libreville (AFP) – Traditional continental giants who had fallen on hard times, Egypt and Cameroon are looking to cap remarkable revivals when they meet in the Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday. The first winners of the trophy 60 years ago, Egypt have been African champions a record seven times but were making their […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund has threatened hard sanctions against any fans responsible for attacking terrified RB Leipzig supporters, including children and women, that led to 28 arrests before a German league match. "We can assure you: Borussia Dortmund will do its utmost to clear up our own fans' misconduct and sanction them as hard […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Gabriel Jesus scored two goals including an injury-time winner as Pep Guardiola's Manchester City recorded a dramatic 2-1 victory over struggling Swansea City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. The home side looked in complete control during a dominant first-half showing only to surrender an 81st-minute equaliser to Gylfi Sigurdsson. […]

Berlin (AFP) – "Extremely violent" Borussia Dortmund fans attacked terrified children and women from visiting RB Leipzig and police made 28 arrests including for possession of explosives, German authorities said. A crowd of 81,360 saw Dortmund's 1-0 home win over second-placed RB Leipzig on Saturday, but there were ugly scenes outside Borussia's Signal Iduna Park […]

London (AFP) – Eden Hazard said runaway Premier League leaders Chelsea could easily have won by double the 3-1 scoreline that extinguished Arsenal's title hopes for another season. The Belgian tore through the Arsenal defence at Stamford Bridge on Saturday for a stunning Chelsea second goal but suggested the champions-elect held back from inflicting further […]