Paris (AFP) – Recalled Hatem Ben Arfa scored twice as holders Paris Saint-Germain eventually saw off third-tier Avranches 4-0 to ease into the French Cup semi-finals on Wednesday. It keeps alive PSG's hopes of a third consecutive clean sweep of domestic honours and they join Ligue 1 title rivals Monaco and Guingamp and Angers in […]

London (AFP) – Eden Hazard fired Premier League leaders Chelsea to a crucial 2-1 win over Manchester City, but Tottenham are hot on their heels after a sensational fightback in their 3-1 victory at Swansea on Wednesday. Chelsea remain seven points clear of second placed Tottenham with eight games to play, yet with just minutes […]

London (AFP) – Eden Hazard scored twice as leaders Chelsea beat Pep Guardiola's Manchester City 2-1 on Wednesday to reassert their control of the Premier League title race. Chelsea had given the chasing pack hope after crashing to a shock 2-1 loss at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday, but they bounced back to preserve […]

Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Uruguayan international Abel Hernandez scored one and set up another as Hull boosted their hopes of survival while seriously denting Middlesbrough's chances with a fine 4-2 win in their Premier League clash on Wednesday. Hernandez set up Senegalese international Oumar Niasse before scoring himself with Serbian international Lazar […]

Berlin (AFP) – Naby Keita's superb solo goal settled second-placed RB Leipzig's frantic 3-2 win at 10-man Mainz on Wednesday to trim Bayern Munich's lead to 10 points in the Bundesliga. After runaway leaders Bayern had their 20-match unbeaten run ended by a 1-0 defeat at Hoffenheim on Tuesday, RB were made to work for […]

Doha (AFP) – Migrant World Cup stadium labourers in Qatar can work 18-hour days — more than twice the maximum amount permitted by law — an external report into working conditions has found. And half of the 10 contracting companies surveyed in the compliance report, published Wednesday, failed to give their employees even one day […]

Sometimes putting yourself in the shoes of a typical soccer fan makes you realize what’s missing in the experience of watching the Beautiful Game. That was the inspiration for mycujoo CEO Pedro Presa. Being from Portugal and a supporter of Boavista — the country’s fourth biggest club in that country — he developed the idea for […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool were hit with an academy transfer ban and ordered to pay £100,000 ($124,000, 117,000 euros) after admitting their part in the 'tapping up' of a promising Stoke youngster. The Premier League club won't be able to sign any academy players who have been registered with a Premier League or Football League […]

Bayern Munich's game away to Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday, April 15 will be televised live on the over-the-air FOX network in the United States. As of writing, Bayern Munich is running away with the title after creating a 13-point lead atop the Bundesliga table. Bayer Leverkusen, meanwhile, are an incredible 33 points behind the league […]

Helsinki (AFP) – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin vowed on Wednesday to fight any "blackmail" by Europe's most powerful football clubs over the Champions League. Ceferin took a tough line against Europe's top leagues, angry at having been excluded, in their opinion, from talks on the future of the world's biggest club tournament. "To some clubs, […]

Mexico City (AFP) – An injury-time winner from Hirving Lozano saw Mexican side Pachuca snatch a 3-1 victory over FC Dallas on Tuesday to fire the Liga MX outfit into the final of the CONCACAF Champions League. Major League Soccer's Dallas looked to have forced extra-time after Cristian Colman scored in the 86th minute to […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has told Luke Shaw to improve his understanding of the game if he wants to win a regular place in the side. Shaw made his first appearance in a month against Everton on Tuesday and won the stoppage-time penalty that allowed Zlatan Ibrahimovic to earn […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Craig Shakespeare refused to declare Leicester's survival battle won despite leading his team into the top half of the Premier League table. Shakespeare's team moved to 10th place after a 2-0 victory against Sunderland on Tuesday that left beleaguered Black Cats boss David Moyes looking doomed to relegation. The triumph […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola says Manchester City have shown they can out-play Chelsea once this season and will prove the point when they face the Premier League leaders again on Wednesday. Guardiola's side make the trip to Stamford Bridge with Chelsea already being hailed as champions-elect after opening up a seven-point gap […]

Rome (AFP) – Lazio reached the Italian Cup final on Tuesday despite losing 3-2 in the second leg to bitter city rivals Roma, advancing 4-2 on aggregate. A double from Egyptian Mohamed Salah on 66 and 90 minutes added to Stephan El Shaarawy's goal two minutes before the break to give Roma victory on the […]