Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) – James Milner ruled out a return to international football with England after scoring the winner that secured Liverpool a 2-1 victory in the Premier League at Swansea City on Saturday. Milner announced his retirement from international football in August after holding talks with then England manager Sam Allardyce and he […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric is set to be sidelined for a month after undergoing surgery on a left knee cartilage injury on Sunday. "Modric has today undergone successful arthroscopic surgery in his left knee to remove a patellar chondral fragment," Madrid said in a statement. The club refused to state how […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Walker Zimmerman's first-half header was enough to give FC Dallas a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy, who nevertheless clinched a Major League Soccer playoff berth. Zimmerman on Saturday scored the lone goal in the 39th minute, heading in Mauro Diaz's corner kick. The home win in Frisco, Texas, put […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Rangers midfielder Niko Kranjcar says he still believes his side have a good season ahead of them after they ended a four-match winless run with a 2-0 defeat of Partick Thistle at Ibrox on Saturday. The Croatian midfielder capped his best performance for the Ibrox club with his first league goal to […]

Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Chelsea manager Antonio Conte paid tribute to Diego Costa as the revitalised Spain forward took his season's tally to six goals in seven games in a much-needed 2-0 win at Hull. Costa did not reach the half-dozen goal mark until the first week of January last season, but […]

Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he was infuriated by his team's first-half performance after they came from behind to win 2-1 at Swansea City. The German lost both England midfielder Adam Lallana and Serbia defender Dejan Lovren to injury during Saturday's game, ruling both players out of international duty. But […]

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Wales boss Chris Coleman is hoping his team's World Cup qualifying hopes aren't derailed in Austria on Thursday by being forced to play in their grey shirts rather than patriotic red. Austria have worn a red strip at home for the last 12 years and are likely to stick with […]

Milan (AFP) – Ciro Immobile hit a brace either side of Keita Balde's second-half strike as Lazio moved up to provisional third place in Serie A with a clinical 3-0 win at Udinese. Amid injuries to Lucas Biglia, Stefan Radu, Bastos, goalkeeper Federico Marchetti and Dusan Basta, Lazio coach Simeone Inzaghi had to tinker for […]

Madrid (AFP) – Valencia named former Italy boss Cesare Prandelli as their fourth coach in a year on Saturday on a two-year deal. "Valencia Club de Futbol wish to communicate to fans that they have reached an agreement with Cesare Prandelli," the club said in a statement. "The Italian being appointed as first team coach […]

Paris (AFP) – Edinson Cavani was at his clinical best on Saturday with a first-half brace as Paris Saint-Germain eased to a 2-0 victory over Bordeaux, while Monaco thrashed Metz 7-0 to return to the top of Ligue 1. The oft-maligned Cavani struck twice in the first half-hour at the Parc des Princes as PSG […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer admitted their first dropped Bundesliga points of the season in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Cologne was especially annoying following their defeat at Atletico Madrid. Joshua Kimmich's first-half header at Munich's Allianz Arena was cancelled out by Anthony Modeste's volley as Cologne broke the Bavarian giants' 100 percent […]

Berlin (AFP) – Disgraced Uli Hoeness is set to be re-elected as Bayern Munich's president after the Bundesliga giants announced Saturday he is the only candidate for the post in the November elections. The 64-year-old was freed from jail in February after serving 21 months for tax evasion, but is set to resume the position […]

London (AFP) – West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic compared Dimitri Payet to Lionel Messi after the Frenchman's show-stopping strike earned his side a 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough on Saturday. West Ham were trailing to Cristhian Stuani's header at London Stadium when Payet picked up the ball wide on the left in the 57th minute […]

Glasgow (AFP) – One man was killed after a coach carrying football supporters to a Rangers match overturned on its way to a game on Saturday, a police spokesman said. The accident happened when the coach, believed to be carrying 36 fans plus the driver, overturned in East Ayrshire to the south of Glasgow en route […]

London (AFP) – Huddersfield cemented their position as surprise leaders of the Championship with a 1-0 victory at Ipswich on Saturday. David Wagner's side took the lead after club-record signing Christopher Schindler headed in from Aaron Mooy's corner in the second half. With Huddersfield defending doggedly, Schindler's goal was enough to secure an eighth win […]