Bucharest (AFP) – Romania attacking midfielder Nicolae Stanciu has joined Anderlecht on a five-year deal from Steaua Bucharest for a fee that could reach 9.8 million euros ($11m, £8.4m), the Romanian side announced on Sunday. Steaua owner Gigi Becali revealed that the Belgian club will pay "four million euros now, another 3.8 million in 10 […]

London (AFP) – Sam Allardyce marked his first squad announcement as England manager on Sunday by including uncapped West Ham United midfielder Michail Antonio in a 23-man party for next week's World Cup qualifier in Slovakia. Antonio was included on the same day he scored for the Hammers in their 3-1 loss away to Premier […]

Milan (AFP) – Mauro Icardi hit his first goal of the season but Inter Milan's plans for Champions League qualification suffered a second knock in as many weeks in a 1-1 home draw with Palermo on Sunday. After last week's shock 2-0 defeat at Chievo, Inter were keen to make amends in their first game […]

Berlin (AFP) – After four promotions in seven seasons, RB Leipzig made an impressive Bundesliga debut on Sunday, twice coming from behind as Marcel Sabitzer's equaliser sealed a 2-2 draw at Hoffenheim. Founded in 2009 by Austrian energy drink's firm Red Bull, RasenBallsport Leipzig are widely unpopular amongst German football fans, due to the commercialism […]

Milan (AFP) – AC Milan coach Vincenzo Montella has been forced to backpedal after a joke about the Serie A giants' lack of summer transfer spending compared to city rivals Inter went down badly at the club. Montella joked after Saturday's 4-2 defeat to Napoli that the Chinese consortium who have agreed to buy the […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Raheem Sterling struck twice and Fernandinho added another goal as Manchester City made it five wins in as many matches under the management of Pep Guardiola with a 3-1 victory at home to West Ham in the Premier League on Sunday. Guardiola's men made hard work of seeing off the […]

Milan (AFP) – Inter Milan are set to complete the signing of Euro 2016 winner Joao Mario from Sporting Lisbon after presenting the midfielder to fans at the San Siro on Sunday. Reports claimed Joao Mario, 23, will join Frank De Boer's side for 40m euros plus 5m in bonuses to Sporting. "It's great to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Julian Schieber's injury-time winner sealed Hertha Berlin's 2-1 victory at home to newly-promoted Freiburg on Sunday for a dramatic start to the hosts' 2016/17 German league season. Hertha were cruising to a 1-0 win at Berlin's Olympic Stadium on the opening weekend of the Bundesliga, thanks to Vladimir Darida's second-half goal before […]

Paris (AFP) – Bordeaux edged a tight encounter with Nantes 1-0 on Sunday at the Stade Matmut-Atlantique to register their second successive home win of the new Ligue 1 season. Uruguayan striker Diego Rolan tapped in the only goal of the game in the 31st minute from close-season signing Jeremy Menez's cross. Jocelyn Gourvennec's hosts […]

West Bromwich (United Kingdom) (AFP) – West Bromwich Albion and Middlesbrough scrapped their way to a goalless draw in a Premier League game of few chances at The Hawthorns on Sunday. The point apiece saw newly-promoted Boro climb into sixth place, with West Brom moving up to tenth in the table. But this was a […]

Geneva (AFP) – FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in an interview published Sunday that he will make less than two million Swiss francs a year, well below the salary of his disgraced predecessor, Sepp Blatter. Infantino has not yet agreed to terms with FIFA but speaking to Switzerland's Blick newspaper, he said his salary "will […]

If you're trying to find out how you can watch Sporting CP vs. Porto, you've come to the right place. Two of the biggest clubs in Portugal clash on Sunday when Sporting Clube de Portugal take on FC Porto with a game scheduled to kick off at 1pm ET. For soccer fans in the United […]

Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes that Marcus Rashford is proving his value to the side after the young striker scored the late goal that defeated Hull City on Saturday. Rashford hit eight goals in 18 matches for United last season, having broken into the first team in […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane closed the exit door on Colombian playmaker James Rodriguez despite leaving the 2014 World Cup's top scorer on the bench once more for Real's 2-1 win over Celta Vigo on Saturday. Rodriguez has fallen down the pecking order at the Bernabeu since Zidane took charge in January […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers hailed his players for making what he described as a near perfect start to the season after a 4-1 win over Aberdeen took them top of the Scottish Premiership. It capped off a great week for the Scottish champions who clinched a place in the lucrative group stage […]