Milan (AFP) – AC Milan motored into second place in Serie A on Saturday with an emphatic 4-1 win at Empoli — their first win in the fixture in eight seasons. Gianluca Lapadula, taking advantage of the absence through injury of Colombia striker Carlos Bacca, bagged a brace — a goal in either half — […]

Madrid (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice as Real Madrid were thankful to a late missed penalty from Duje Cop to open up a seven-point lead over Barcelona with a 2-1 win over Sporting Gijon on Saturday. Madrid looked set for an easy afternoon as Ronaldo opened the scoring from the penalty spot before he […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said it was "too early" to talk about the Premier League title after his team recaptured the summit by beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 on Saturday. Chelsea fell behind to Christian Eriksen's stunning 11th-minute strike, but equalised through Pedro Rodriguez's exquisite curler and took victory after Victor Moses rammed […]

Berlin (AFP) – Mats Hummels headed in the crucial goal as Bayern Munich beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 on Saturday to end a three-game winless streak and close back to within three points of leaders RB Leipzig. Leipzig had gone six points clear on Friday with a 4-1 win at Freiburg, and Bayern were grateful to […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea fought back for a 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur that cemented their place on top of the Premier League, while title rivals Manchester City and Liverpool kept pace with the leaders on Saturday. Antonio Conte's Chelsea had been knocked out of pole position by City's 2-1 win at Burnley and Liverpool's […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea stormed back from behind to end Tottenham Hotspurs' unbeaten Premier League record with a 2-1 victory on Saturday that propelled Antonio Conte's soaring side back into top spot. Chelsea had seen Liverpool and Manchester City steal past them earlier in the day and fell behind in the 11th minute when Christian […]

Madrid (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane admitted his side had an afternoon to forget on Saturday despite Real Madrid moving seven points clear at the top of La Liga thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's double in a 2-1 win over Sporting Gijon. Victory extended Real's unbeaten run in all competitions to 31 matches, but Madrid were grateful […]

Paris (AFP) – Monaco kept up their outstanding recent form as Valere Germain scored twice in a 4-0 win over Marseille in the Mediterranean principality on Saturday. Gabriel Boschilia opened the scoring from a free-kick before Germain added two more of his own as Monaco put the game to bed before half-time, with substitute Guido […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Divock Origi and James Milner pitched in with second-half goals as Liverpool finally broke down stubborn Sunderland in a 2-0 victory on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp's side will happily take the three points from this Premier League clash as their patience was pushed to the limits in a war of attrition at Anfield. Sunderland […]

Madrid (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice as Real Madrid were thankful to a late missed penalty from Duje Cop to open up a seven-point lead over Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a 2-1 win over Sporting Gijon on Saturday. Madrid looked set for an easy afternoon as Ronaldo opened the scoring […]

Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Michael Dawson netted a 72nd-minute equaliser as Hull City drew 1-1 against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday to deny Tony Pulis's team a third successive Premier League win. West Brom, the visitors, were bidding to go level on points with sixth-place Manchester United and took a deserved 34th-minute […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester salvaged a dramatic 2-2 draw against Middlesbrough as Islam Slimani converted a penalty deep into stoppage-time at the King Power Stadium on Saturday. Claudio Ranieri's side trailed twice to goals from Middlesbrough striker Alvaro Negredo, but Riyad Mahrez got Leicester's first equaliser with a penalty before his Algerian team-mate […]

Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Spanish striker Fernando Llorente scored twice in injury-time Saturday to give Swansea a thrilling 5-4 win over fellow strugglers Crystal Palace and drag the Welsh club off the foot of the Premier League. The astonishing finale left Palace bemoaning a sixth straight loss which has sucked them to the brink […]

London (AFP) – Substitute Divock Origi and James Milner struck to send Liverpool top of the Premier League as both they and Manchester City stole past previous leaders Chelsea in Saturday's action. Sergio Aguero scored two scruffy goals as City won 2-1 at Burnley and Liverpool followed suit by downing Sunderland 2-0 after losing Brazilian […]

Al-Ain (United Arab Emirates) (AFP) – South Korea’s Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won the Asian Champions League 3-2 on aggregate after a 1-1 draw with UAE’s Al Ain in the final's second leg on Saturday. An atmosphere of gloom enveloped the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium as home fans wept after Al Ain squandered a penalty to […]