Paris (AFP) – A second-half brace from Edinson Cavani saw champions Paris Saint Germain come from two down to earn a 2-2 draw with Ligue 1 leaders Nice at the Parc des Princes on Sunday. The visitors withstood an early onslaught to go into the break 2-0 up after a sumptuous free-kick from Wylan Cyprien […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Slaven Bilic dedicated West Ham's point in a 2-2 draw at Liverpool on Sunday to the people of Turkey after twin attacks in Istanbul killed 38 people. A car bomb exploded on Saturday outside the stadium of football giants Besiktas, where Bilic coached for two years, and less than a minute later […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Divock Origi scored for the fourth consecutive match to save a point for frail Liverpool as they were frustrated in their attempts to stay in touch with Premier League leaders Chelsea on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp's side took an early lead through Adam Lallana's stylish finish, but weaknesses at the back allowed Dimitri […]

Paris (AFP) – Seven former champions and nine dreaming of a first crown — Monday's draw for the last 16 of the Champions League throws up a raft of fascinating permutations as the competition switches into knockout mode. Conventional wisdom says group winners can feel favoured as they are drawn out of the hat against […]

London (AFP) – Goal-shy Southampton will have to cope without their most prolific striker Charlie Austin for up to four months, says manager Claude Puel. Austin, who has scored almost half of the Saints' paltry 14 goals in the Premier League this season, faces surgery on the shoulder he dislocated in last Thursday's Europa League […]

Turin (Italy) (AFP) – Gonzalo Higuain hit his 19th Serie A brace as Juventus moved seven points clear of Roma and AC Milan at the top with a 3-1 derby win over Torino on Sunday. Scoring his last league goal in a 2-1 win over Napoli at the end of October, Juve fans had every […]

Madrid (AFP) – Sevilla strengthened their grip on third in La Liga thanks to captain Vicente Iborra's hat-trick in a 3-0 win at Celta Vigo on Sunday. Iborra was only brought on as a substitute at half-time by coach Jorge Sampaoli after his exertions as Sevilla booked their place in the last 16 of the […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach claimed their first Bundesliga win for 11 weeks on Sunday to relieve the pressure on coach Andre Schubert with a controversial 1-0 victory over 10-man Mainz. Danish defender Andreas Christensen netted 'Gladbach's crucial winning goal on 76 minutes when the ball flew his way after captain Lars Stindl's shot cannoned […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored his first Premier League goal for Manchester United and was later stretchered off as Jose Mourinho's side claimed a timely 1-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Mkhitaryan converted Ander Herrera's through ball just before the half hour to end a frustrating run of four successive home […]

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 […]