Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta will be out for between six and eight weeks, the Spanish champions confirmed on Saturday after he suffered knee ligament damage in a 3-2 win at Valencia. Iniesta was stretchered from the field in tears after just 14 minutes, but fears he could be sidelined for months were […]

Milan (AFP) – AC Milan midfielder Manuel Locatelli admitted his disbelief after beating Juventus and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon with a second-half stunner to secure a 1-0 win over the champions and leaders Saturday. "I still can't believe it, I'm sure I'll shed a few tears when I see my family and friends," a visibly […]

Milan (AFP) – A second-half screamer from Manuel Locatelli ended AC Milan's long wait for victory over Juventus in a contentious 1-0 San Siro win that saw an apparently valid Miralem Pjanic opener chalked off for the visitors. Milan, enduring a nine-game winless streak against the Turin giants, are now just two points behind the […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti hailed the Bundesliga leaders' first-half performance in Saturday's 2-0 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach as their most impressive of the season. First-half goals by Bayern's Chile and Brazil internationals gave Ancelotti's Munich their first win in three matches in Germany's top flight after draws against Cologne and Eintracht Frankfurt. […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho scored a pair of crackers to give Liverpool a 2-1 win over West Brom on Saturday but Gareth McAuley denied them a place at the top of the Premier League. The impressive Merseysiders needed to win by at least two goals at Anfield if they were to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich broke their Borussia Moenchengladbach jinx on Saturday as Arturo Vidal and Douglas Costa netted in a 2-0 home win to put the champions three points clear on Saturday. First-half goals by Bayern's Chile and Brazil internationals gave Carlo Ancelotti's Munich a first win over Gladbach in five German league matches […]

London (AFP) – An 81st-minute Gareth McAuley goal prevented Liverpool from provisionally going top in the Premier League as they defeated West Bromwich Albion 2-1 on Saturday. Needing a two-goal win to move above leaders Arsenal, Liverpool took a 2-0 lead through Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho, but McAuley's strike left them in second place […]

In a division that’s long been dominated by a couple of teams, it’s refreshing to see some new names battling it out at the top of La Liga. Atletico Madrid, of course, have been in the mix at the summit of the table for more than three years now, forcefully challenging the duopoly of Real […]

London (AFP) – An 81st-minute Gareth McAuley goal prevented Liverpool from provisionally going top in the Premier League as they defeated West Bromwich Albion 2-1 on Saturday. Needing a two-goal win to move above leaders Arsenal, Liverpool took a 2-0 lead through Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho, but McAuley's goal left them in second place […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United star Wayne Rooney took a swipe at former team-mate Michael Owen for expressing support for his club's bitter rivals Liverpool. Owen has a foot in both camps after making his name during a glittering spell at Liverpool and also playing for United in the twilight of his career. But the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Valencia's sporting director Jesus Garcia Pitarch railed against the "absolutely lamentable" display of the referee after Barcelona snatched a controversial 3-2 win at Mestalla on Saturday. Lionel Messi converted a 94th-minute penalty in a bad-tempered match overshadowed by a serious knee injury to Barca's Andres Iniesta. Valencia are likely to face action […]

London (AFP) – Winston Reid's 94th-minute goal enabled West Ham to grasp a last-gasp 1-0 win over Premier League basement club Sunderland at the London Stadium on Saturday. Defeat left Sunderland still searching for their first league win of the season. But it had appeared the northeast club would at least come away with only […]

Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Xherdan Shaqiri's marvellous brace moved Stoke City out of the Premier League relegation zone on Saturday after a 2-0 victory away to struggling Hull City. Switzerland international Shaqiri rifled in a long-range strike on 26 minutes at the KCOM Stadium before converting a second-half free-kick as Stoke registered […]

London (AFP) – Newcastle went three points clear at the top of the Championship after an emphatic 3-0 win over Ipswich, while promotion rivals Norwich crashed to a shock 1-0 home defeat on Saturday. Rafael Benitez's side scored the fastest goal in the Championship this season when Ayoze Perez struck after just 60 seconds at […]

Paris (AFP) – Lyon's alarming slump in form continued on Saturday as they lost 3-1 at home to Guingamp despite leading scorer Alexandre Lacazette putting them in front at their Parc OL. Lacazette opened the scoring with his seventh league goal of the campaign from the penalty spot but Guingamp turned the game on its […]