Milan (AFP) – Former Chelsea fans' favourite Gianfranco Zola has emerged as a surprise, last-minute candidate to replace sacked Inter Milan coach Frank De Boer, reports suggested Saturday. De Boer's sacking after a 1-0 defeat at Sampdoria last week has plunged the San Siro giants into crisis just 11 games into the season. Newspaper reports […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Jordan Henderson wants Liverpool to be remembered for winning trophies rather than as the Premier League's great entertainers. Prior to this weekend's round of matches, Liverpool were the league's joint top-scorers on 24 goals in 10 games together with leaders Manchester City. But Liverpool captain Henderson said while the way Jurgen Klopp's […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United are in need of a lift as they travel to Swansea, but must seek it without the presence of their manager Jose Mourinho on the touchline. Mourinho must watch from the stand at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday, having been given a one-match ban for confronting referee Mark […]

London (AFP) – Buoyed by the return of Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur will look to arrest their current slump and improve their dismal record at the Emirates Stadium in Sunday's derby against Arsenal. Though they remain the last unbeaten team in the Premier League, Tottenham have gone six games without victory in all competitions since […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester City can end a solid week in style with a victory over West Bromwich Albion that would send them into the Premier League's international break on a high. Yet for a club still making history and breaking down barriers, the Premier League champions had felt a little low heading […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Embattled Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho launched a stirring defence of his misfiring Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Friday. The 35-year-old Swede has scored just once in 11 games after starting brilliantly for his new club — where he was reunited with Mourinho after they were together at Inter Milan […]

Berlin (AFP) – Ivory Coast striker Salomon Kalou bagged a hat-trick as Hertha Berlin defeated weary Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-0 to move into third spot in the Bundesliga on Friday. The former Chelsea and Lille star allowed Hertha to maintain their 100 percent home record while Gladbach, who were playing just three days after drawing with […]

Paris (AFP) – Algerian playmaker Ryad Boudebouz scored twice as Montpellier beat Marseille 3-1 on Friday to leave new OM coach Rudi Garcia still looking for a first league win in charge. Boudebouz netted both of his goals in the first half and Steve Mounie also struck for the hosts at the Stade de la […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United's Spanish international midfielder Juan Mata said it is time for his team to play well rather than talk a good game, starting with Swansea on Sunday. The 28-year-old — United's player of the month in a spell of poor results for them and manager Jose Mourinho including a […]

NBC Sports this weekend will be doing a first TV to digital to social line up to provide soccer fans in the United States with plenty of coverage of the Premier League. Due to the clocks already going back one hour in the United Kingdom, Saturday's game between Chelsea and Everton on NBC will kick […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp stressed he would have the "final say" over which players were bought and sold at Anfield after the Merseysiders announced Friday their newly-created post of sporting director. Michael Edwards, who previously held backroom roles as Liverpool's head of analytics, director of technical performance and technical director has the […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea manager Antonio Conte was adamant Friday he had no cause for regret in failing to sign Romelu Lukaku, given he had a "complete player" at his disposal in rival striker Diego Costa. Brazil-born Spain international Costa tops the current Premier League scoring charts with eight goals, while Belgium's Lukaku has found […]

London (AFP) – Harry Kane will be fit to play some part in this weekend's North London derby, Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino said Friday. The England striker has been out for nearly seven weeks with an ankle problem but Pochettino said it would "not be a risk" for the 23-year-old to feature in some […]

London (AFP) – Arsenal's Hector Bellerin insisted Friday he was happy to see out his existing contract with the Gunners amid reports linking him with a move to Premier League leaders Manchester City or Spanish giants Barcelona. The 21-year-old Spain full-back, battling to be fit for the North London derby at home to Tottenham Hotspur […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid, one of the world's richest clubs, have returned 20.3 million euros to Madrid city council after the EU said it constituted "illegal" state aid, city officials said Friday. In a statement, the city council said it would inform the European Commission it had received the sum, which is equvalent to […]