Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho played down the severity of an injury sustained by match-winner Henrikh Mkhitaryan during Sunday's 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford. Mkhitaryan, 27, settled the game with his first Premier League goal, running onto Ander Herrera's pass in the 29th minute and powering a […]

London (AFP) – A superb Diego Costa strike stretched Chelsea's winning run to nine matches equalling their streak in 2007 after they overcame an obdurate West Brom side 1-0 on Sunday in their Premier League clash. Costa's 12th goal of the season sees the Blues maintain their three point advantage over Arsenal — who briefly […]

Turin (Italy) (AFP) – Gonzalo Higuain hit his 19th Serie A brace and Miralem Pjanic added a last-gasp third as injury-depleted Juventus came from a goal down to end Torino's hopes of derby glory with a 3-1 win on Sunday. Juve's 13th victory of the campaign kept the five-time champions on top and moved them […]

The Seattle Sounders beat Toronto FC on penalties on Saturday night to win MLS Cup 2016 at BMO Field. Here are the ten things we learned from the final. 1. The Strangest of Victories After putting together some of MLS’ best-ever teams, year in and year out, it took the season in which the Seattle […]

London (AFP) – Diego Costa fired Chelsea back to the top of the Premier League as the Spain striker's late winner clinched a hard-fought 1-0 victory against West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. Antonio Conte's side had been knocked out of first place by Arsenal on Saturday, but they reopened a three point lead over the […]

Osaka (Japan) (AFP) – Silvio Romero struck twice as Mexican side Club America beat Asian champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2-1 on Sunday to set up a Club World Cup semi-final with Real Madrid. Kim Bo-Kyung swept the South Koreans in front after 23 minutes in Osaka before the Argentine forward pounced twice to turn the […]

Toronto (Canada) (AFP) – The Seattle Sounders were crowned champions of Major League Soccer for the first time in the club's history after defeating Toronto FC 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out. Seattle's Roman Torres on Saturday struck the winning spot-kick at a frigid BMO Field to shatter Toronto's hopes of becoming the first Canadian winners […]

Istanbul (AFP) – Besiktas football club of Istanbul, is one of Turkey's oldest sports organisations with an impassioned fan base known for their opposition to the authorities. Twenty nine people, mainly police officers, were killed on Saturday in double attacks outside its stadium that followed the club's home Super Lig match against Bursaspor in the […]

Paris (AFP) – Come 8 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Monday, what looks to be a poorly kept secret will officially be out — Cristiano Ronaldo will bag his fourth Ballon d'Or as the world's top footballer. The Real Madrid and Portugal star won the Champions League for the second time in three seasons and third […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Rangers manager Mark Warburton says his team is finally starting to click after seeing them defeat Hearts 2-0 at Ibrox on Saturday. A goal in each half for Rob Kiernan and Barrie McKay allowed Rangers to gain revenge for a 2-0 defeat to Hearts at Tynecastle just 10 days ago as they […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos believes the European champions will ride the momentum of his injury time winner to edge out Deportivo la Coruna 3-2 into their quest to win the Club World Cup. Real fly out to Japan on Sunday aiming to be crowned the world's best team for a fifth […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola shrugged off his team's woeful defending in a 4-2 defeat at Leicester, insisting that tackling opposing players was not high on his list of priorities. Premier League champions Leicester claimed victory at the King Power Stadium with Jamie Vardy ending his 16-match club goal drought […]

London (AFP) – Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal must maintain the standards they set in beating Stoke if they are to last the course in the Premier League title race. Wenger's side recovered after falling behind to claim a 3-1 victory at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday that moved them to the top of the table […]

Milan (AFP) – A pair of sparkling assists from Felipe Anderson helped Lazio up to fourth place in Serie A with a 2-1 win at Sampdoria on Saturday. Anderson set up both Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Marco Parolo for goals late in the first half as Lazio moved to within five points of league leaders Juventus. […]

Berlin (AFP) – Ralph Hasenhuettl insists his young RB Leipzig team can handle their setback in the Bundesliga title race as their shock defeat at strugglers Ingolstadt let Bayern Munich regain top spot. Leipzig, who have an average age of 23, had kept star-studded Bayern off the top of the German league table for three […]