Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola's Manchester City were denied a morale-boosting Premier League victory as Tottenham Hotspur came from two goals down to earn a contentious 2-2 draw on Saturday. Blunders by Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris allowed Leroy Sane and Kevin De Bruyne to give City a deserved 2-0 lead, only for Dele […]

Port-Gentil (Gabon) (AFP) – Ghana secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations as Asamoah Gyan's goal was enough to beat Mali 1-0 in Port-Gentil on Saturday. On an appalling playing surface, Gyan headed home from Jordan Ayew's cross in the 21st minute to score his eighth goal at the Cup […]

Madrid (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane urged Real Madrid's notoriously demanding fans to lay off Cristiano Ronaldo as the Real coach faces up to a mounting injury crisis on top of a congested fixture list. Ronaldo was whistled as his sluggish start to 2017 continued with a wasteful display in front of goal as Madrid edged […]

Port-Gentil (Gabon) (AFP) – Ghana coach Avram Grant said his team's 1-0 victory over Mali on Saturday that sealed their progress to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals owed much to their ability to hold on in the second half. "In tournaments you play for the points. In the first half we went 1-0 ahead, […]

Bournemouth (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Bournemouth substitute Benik Afobe salvaged a 2-2 draw against Watford in the Premier League as the hosts twice came from behind at Dean Court on Saturday. Watford were on course for their first win in seven matches before Afobe denied them all three points eight minutes from time on the […]

Paris (AFP) – Edinson Cavani struck his 19th and 20th goals of the Ligue 1 season as French champions Paris Saint-Germain won 2-0 at in-form Nantes on Saturday. The impressive away win leaves PSG still in third, but they are now just a point behind leaders Nice and level with Monaco, who have a game […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – After Wayne Rooney broke Bobby Charlton's Manchester United scoring record by scoring his 250th goal for the club, AFP Sport looks back at his career highs and lows: HIGHS Euro 2004 explosion Rooney's emergence as a global star can be traced back to the 2004 European Championship in Portugal, when, […]

Port-Gentil (Gabon) (AFP) – Ghana secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations as Asamoah Gyan's goal was enough for them to beat Mali 1-0 in Port-Gentil on Saturday. On an appalling playing surface, Gyan headed home from Jordan Ayew's cross in the 21st minute to score his eighth goal at […]

Berlin (AFP) – Lukasz Piszczek saved Borussia Dortmund's blushes with the winner in a 2-1 victory at 10-man Werder Bremen on Saturday to lift them up to fourth in the Bundesliga. A Dortmund side missing predator Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang trail leaders Bayern Munich by 12 points, but climbed up from sixth with their first league win […]

Madrid (AFP) – La Liga side Villarreal have bolstered their attacking options with the return of Adrian Lopez on loan from Porto until the end of the season. "Villarreal and Porto have reached an agreement for the loan of forward Adrian Lopez, who will wear the yellow shirt until the end of the season subject […]

Naples (Italy) (AFP) – Colleagues at club level, Kalidou Koulibaly and Faouzi Ghoulam will come up against each other when Senegal meet Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations on Monday. The game in Franceville, south-eastern Gabon, is decisive for Ghoulam's Algeria, who have to win and hope Tunisia lose to outsiders Zimbabwe if they […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Wayne Rooney fired home a spectacular injury-time equaliser to break Bobby Charlton's Manchester United goalscoring record and force a 1-1 draw with Stoke City in Saturday's Premier League clash. Rooney couldn't have chosen a better way to grab his 250th goal for the club from a free-kick with time running […]

Middlesbrough (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Andy Carroll scored twice as West Ham added to Middlesbrough's struggles in the Premier League with a 3-1 win at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday. The England international sent a thumping header beyond Victor Valdes to give the Hammers, who were again playing without want-away France playmaker Dimitri Payet, a […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Wayne Rooney became Manchester United's record scorer when he netted his 250th goal for the English giants in a 1-1 draw at Stoke on Saturday, saying the landmark meant "a hell of a lot." Rooney equalised in the fourth minute of stoppage time to break fellow England great Bobby Charlton's […]

London (AFP) – Seamus Coleman's late strike gave Everton a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday to leave the losers without a win under Sam Allardyce in five Premier League matches and third from bottom of the table. The Irish international's goal four minutes from time was no more than the visitors deserved — […]