Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United dismantled Premier League champions Leicester in a ruthless 20-minute burst as Jose Mourinho's decision to drop Wayne Rooney was rewarded with a 4-1 win at Old Trafford on Saturday. Leicester imploded defensively as United racked up four goals between the 22nd and 42nd minutes. It was a stylish […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Paul Pogba finally ended his wait for a first goal for Manchester United since his world record transfer in Saturday's clash against Leicester. Pogba had gone five games without scoring following his £89 million ($115 million, 102 million euros) arrival from Juventus and had to endure criticism of some below-par […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney has been dropped to the bench for the visit of Premier League champions Leicester to Old Trafford on Saturday. The 30-year-old's place in the starting line-up has been widely debated with United manager Jose Mourinho saying his place was not set in stone. Rooney started […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho has vowed to silence the critics when Manchester United host champions Leicester, while his old rival Arsene Wenger hopes to celebrate a memorable milestone with a rare success against Chelsea on Saturday. Mourinho finds himself under fire less than two months into his United reign after three successive defeats and […]

London (AFP) – West Ham's attempts to solve the crowd control problems that have ruined the club's move to the London Stadium will be closely scrutinised when Southampton visit on Sunday. The Hammers' switch from Upton Park to the former Olympic Stadium in Stratford has been beset by issues with fan safety and a series […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney's place in the starting line-up is not a cast iron certainty, said club manager Jose Mourinho on Friday. The 31-year-old England skipper — who on Thursday had said he didn't pay any attention to outside criticism of his form — has failed to sparkle and was anonymous […]

Paris (AFP) – Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier was sent off against his old club as Paris Saint-Germain slumped to a 2-0 defeat away at Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Friday. Aurier was shown a second yellow card for conceding a penalty that Yann Bodiger converted early in the second half to put Toulouse in […]

Berlin (AFP) – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored for the fifth time in five Bundesliga games this season as Borussia Dortmund beat Freiburg 3-1 on Friday to move level on points with league leaders Bayern Munich. Aubameyang tapped in after fine work by livewire Ousmane Dembele to give Thomas Tuchel's side the lead on the stroke of […]

Doha (AFP) – Ambitious World Cup 2022 hosts Qatar have sacked coach Jose Daniel Carreno just a fortnight ahead of a crucial 2018 qualifier in South Korea and after successive defeats. He was dismissed following recent back-to-back defeats against Iran and Uzbekistan which left Qatar's hopes of making the World Cup in Russia in two […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho has vowed to silence the critics when Manchester United face champions Leicester, while his old rival Arsene Wenger hopes to celebrate a memorable milestone with a rare success against Chelsea on Saturday. Mourinho finds himself under fire less than two months into his United reign after three successive defeats and […]

London (AFP) – Four-time African Player of the Year Yaya Toure's chances of ever playing for Manchester City again diminished further Friday after his fiery agent launched another withering attack on club manager Pep Guardiola. Guardiola had said earlier this week Toure would not play for the club until his agent Dimitri Seluk apologised for […]

London (AFP) – Burnley striker Andre Gray will serve a four match suspension after being found guilty of misconduct for homophobic comments he posted on Twitter in 2012, England's Football Association announced on Friday. The 25-year-old published the tweets when he was a non-league player in 2012, but they resurfaced on social media after he […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona coach Luis Enrique insists his star-studded squad can cope without Lionel Messi for the next three weeks, but claimed the Argentine's absence is "terrible" for football. Messi will miss Barca's trips to Sporting Gijon, Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Champions League and Celta Vigo in the next week due to a groin […]

Dublin (AFP) – Martin O'Neill ended months of speculation on Friday revealing he and assistant Roy Keane had signed extensions to their contracts with the Republic of Ireland. The 64-year-old Northern Irishman — who has been at the helm since 2013 — had agreed to the deal back in June but it had remained unsigned […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho insisted Friday he was unhurt by attacks on his players from football "Einsteins", adding it was a very different matter when he publicly criticised his team. Mourinho's approach was called into question by various sections of the media during a run of three successive defeats […]