Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly willing to shell out upwards of £250 million next summer in order to pry Cristiano Ronaldo away from Real Madrid. The French champions tested the Spanish giant's resolved this summer with a £110 million bid for the Portuguese forward, and it appears PSG officials have not given up their chase to land […]

As the UEFA Champions League started up again last week, fans of English teams were left with the now familiar sight of the richest league in the world being put to shame by decidedly modest opposition. Three out of four English clubs lost, and two to teams that have markedly smaller budgets (although compare Manchester City’s […]

Liverpool striker Danny Ings eclipsed the much-anticipated return of Daniel Sturridge by coming off the bench to score but it was not enough for victory against Norwich. The half-time substitute needed just three minutes to coolly slot home his first goal for the club in front of the Kop. However, when Simon Mignolet flapped at […]

Anthony Martial continued his dream start to life at Manchester United as he scored twice in their comeback victory at Southampton. Last year it was Robin van Persie who scored twice in a narrow win for Louis van Gaal's side at St Mary's but now United supporters have a new hero as their £36million deadline-day […]

Boss Mauricio Pochettino has revealed that Heung-Min Son charmed his new Tottenham colleagues with Korean food ahead of his matchwinning display in Sunday's 1-0 Premier League defeat of Crystal Palace. Son, signed towards the end of the summer transfer window for a reported £22million from Bayer Leverkusen, concluded a fine week by scoring the only […]

Frenchman Paul Pogba created one goal and scored another as Juventus finally claimed their first Serie A win of the season, while Francesco Totti hit his 300th goal for Roma in a 2-2 draw with Sassuolo. After their worst start to the season in several decades, Juventus travelled to Genoa hoping to build on an […]

Stoke boss Mark Hughes was critical of both his players and the match officials after he saw the Potters' two-goal lead slip in their 2-2 draw with Leicester at the Britannia Stadium. The hosts raced ahead as the fit-again Bojan Krkic marked his first Barclays Premier League start in eight months with a goal in […]

Watford's Odion Ighalo piled the pressure on sorry Newcastle as his first-half double paved the way for a 2-1 victory at St James' Park. The Nigeria international struck on 10 and 28 minutes as he took advantage of some pitiful defending to give the promoted Hornets what proved to be a decisive lead. Daryl Janmaat […]

A solitary goal from Karim Benzema spared Real Madrid's blushes as the Spanish giants moved to the top of La Liga with a nervy 1-0 win over Granada on Saturday. Atletico Madrid remain just a point behind their city rivals as Fernando Torres came off the bench to inspire Diego Simeone's men to a 2-0 […]

Bayern Munich's emphatic 3-0 win at Darmstadt delighted coach Pep Guardiola as the Bavarian giants went top of the Bundesliga just three days after their Greek odyssey. Borussia Dortmund host Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday and Bayern took their chance to go top of the league with a fifth straight win with goals by Arturo Vidal, […]

Jose Mourinho issued a robust and colorful defense of Diego Costa following Chelsea's 2-0 defeat of Arsenal. Here Press Association Sport describes the exchange with journalists in Mourinho's post-match media conference. Journalist: Arsene Wenger says Diego Costa deserved a red card – did he? Jose Mourinho: My view is this. I played against Arsenal 12, […]

Jose Mourinho's Chelsea restored order with a battling 2-0 win over nine-man Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. The champions won at home for the first time in the Barclays Premier League this season as Kurt Zouma headed in and Eden Hazard's late shot ricocheted in off Calum Chambers. The Blues, now unbeaten in eight league games […]

Despite Arsenal being hard done by after Diego Costa should have been red-carded in today's game at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho went on an extraordinary rant against Arsene Wenger and his moaning. If ever a manager deserved an opportunity to moan, it was today after Arsenal's defeat, which included two Arsenal players being […]

Luke Shaw will be spared the torment of completing his 500-mile return to Manchester from Eindhoven by land. After three days' treatment at the St Anna Ziekenhuis hospital on the outskirts of Eindhoven, Shaw is almost ready to return to England. The Manchester United defender has been in the Dutch city since he broke his […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says England forward Daniel Sturridge could make his long-awaited return from injury in Sunday's match against Norwich. Sturridge has not played for Liverpool since an FA Cup win at Blackburn in April and managed just 18 appearances in all competitions last season due to a series of muscular […]