Chicago (AFP) – San Jose was named Sunday by the US Soccer Federation as the site of a crucial World Cup qualifier for the bottom-table Americans against Honduras on March 24. The US squad opened with a 2-1 home loss to Mexico and a 4-0 drubbing at Costa Rica last November, prompting the firing of […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Scott Sinclair scored twice as Celtic surpassed a 50-year-old club record in style with a 4-0 thrashing of Hearts on Sunday to extend their unbeaten domestic run to 27 matches. Callum McGregor, only playing due to an injury to Stuart Armstrong in the warm-up, opened the scoring in the first half before […]

London (AFP) – Jamie Collins went from builder to hero on Sunday as his penalty secured non-league Sutton a 1-0 win over second-tier highflyers Leeds United and a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time. Sutton, whose assistant coach Ian Baird ironically captained Leeds to the 1987 FA Cup […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund conceded a late goal in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's low-key Bundesliga return on Sunday in a 1-1 draw at Mainz which cost them third place in the table. Aubameyang, the German league's top scorer with 16 goals, was back in Dortmund's starting line-up following Gabon's group-stage exit from the Africa Cup of […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Headers from Marouane Fellaini and Chris Smalling, and second half efforts from Henrkih Mkhitaryan and Bastian Schweinsteiger ensured holders Manchester United enjoyed a comfortable 4-0 fourth round FA Cup victory against Wigan on Sunday. For German World Cup winner Schweinsteiger it was a rare sweet moment since Jose Mourinho took […]

Oyem (Gabon) (AFP) – Brothers Jordan and Andre Ayew scored for Ghana as they reached the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals Sunday with a 2-1 win over the Democratic Republic of Congo in Oyem. Jordan opened the scoring after 63 minutes of a tight, bruising quarter-final in northern Gabon and Andre put Ghana ahead again […]

London (AFP) – Jamie Collins's penalty secured non-league Sutton a 1-0 win over second-tier highflyers Leeds United and a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time on Sunday. The club captain, who was working on a building site on Friday, said he hoped for a Premier League side in […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona's La Liga title challenge suffered a huge blow as the Spanish champions were controversially held 1-1 at Real Betis despite Luis Suarez's last minute equaliser on Sunday. A point is enough to move Barca above Sevilla into second on goal difference after Sevilla also missed the chance to go top of […]

Paris (AFP) – Mario Balotelli secured a first win in four games for Nice as they provisionally returned to the top of Ligue 1 with a 3-1 victory at home to Guingamp on Sunday. Alassane Plea struck after 11 minutes to give Nice the lead at the Allianz Riviera and Jean-Michael Seri, back from Africa […]

London (AFP) – Jamie Collins went from builder to hero on Sunday as his penalty secured non league Sutton a 1-0 win over second tier highflyers Leeds United and a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history. Sutton, whose assistant coach Ian Baird ironically captained Leeds […]

Sutton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Mallik Wilks whose brother Raheem was shot dead last Thursday came on as a substitute for tier two Leeds United in their FA Cup fourth round clash with non league Sutton on Sunday. Raheem, 19, was shot dead in Leeds in what police termed a 'targeted attack' and they have […]

London (AFP) – A goal by former Wales international Steve Morison secured third tier Millwall a deserved 1-0 victory over Premier League Watford in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday. It was Millwall's second successive top level scalp after eliminating Bournemouth in the previous round. Second tier Fulham more predictably prevailed over out of […]

London (AFP) – France international Dimitri Payet's long drawn out transfer saga ended on Sunday as Premier League side West Ham agreed to sell him to Ligue 1 outfit Marseille for a reported £25million (29.3m euros, $31.3m). The 29-year-old — who starred for the Hammers last season scoring 12 goals — had effectively gone on […]

London (AFP) – France international Dimitri Payet's long drawn out transfer saga ended on Sunday as Premier League side West Ham agreed to sell him to Ligue 1 outfit Marseille for a reported £25million (29.3m euros, $31.3m). The 29-year-old — who starred for the Hammers last season scoring 12 goals — had effectively gone on […]

Melbourne (AFP) – Sydney FC have extended their unbeaten run to 17 matches and opened an 11-point lead at the top of Australia's A-League with a 2-1 win over title rivals Melbourne Victory. Graham Arnold's Sky Blues came from behind to defeat 10-man Victory for the second time this season to all but seal the […]