Shanghai (AFP) – Argentine striker Carlos Tevez arrived Thursday to a rousing welcome from hundreds of fans in Shanghai, where he will join local side Shenhua in a deal that reportedly makes him the world's top-earning footballer. Tevez, 32, is the highest-profile foreign player lured to China's free-spending domestic leagues in a recent gold rush […]

Oyem (Gabon) (AFP) – French coaches Herve Renard and Claude le Roy loom large over the key Africa Cup of Nations Group C clash between Morocco and Togo in Oyem Friday. Renard, a Cup of Nations winner with Zambia in 2012 and the Ivory Coast in 2015, was hired by Morocco last year and given […]

Berlin (AFP) – Arjen Robben is demanding a show of strength when Bayern Munich resume their hunt for a fifth straight title at Freiburg on Friday as the Bundesliga resumes after its winter break. The German league is back after a four-week rest with Bayern three points clear of nearest rivals RB Leipzig, who briefly […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane admitted he was surprised by his side's slow start as they slumped to a second defeat in four days, 2-1 at home to Celta Vigo in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final on Wednesday. Zidane's men hadn't lost in a Spanish record 40 games […]

Plymouth (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp pledged Lucas Leiva would remain at the club after the Brazilian's goal secured a 1-0 FA Cup third-round replay victory at fourth-tier Plymouth Argyle. Lucas, Liverpool's stand-in captain, scored his first goal in seven years to see off League Two minnows Plymouth at Home Park on […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United's relative failure on the pitch has not been reflected off it as for the first time in over a decade they top Deloitte's Football Money League for revenue in the 2015/16 season. United — who were last on top in the 2003/04 campaign — earned record revenue of 689m euros […]

Milan (AFP) – Ciro Immobile and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic struck in the second half as stuttering Lazio overame Genoa 4-2 on Wednesday to book an Italian Cup quarter-final with Inter Milan. Lazio enjoyed a bright start at the Stadio Olimpico and were off the mark on 20 minutes when Filip Djordjevic sprung the offside trap to […]

Libreville (AFP) – Cameroon closed in on the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations by beating Guinea-Bissau 2-1 on Wednesday while hosts Gabon were left still waiting for a win despite another goal from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The Indomitable Lions came from behind to defeat Guinea-Bissau with Sebastien Siani and Michael Ngadeu netting after Piqueti's […]

Madrid (AFP) – After surrendering a record 40-game unbeaten run, Real Madrid suffered a second defeat in four days on Wednesday as Celta Vigo took a 2-1 first leg lead from their Copa del Rey quarter-final at the Santiago Bernabeu. All three goals came in a six-minute spell midway through the second-half as strikes from […]

Plymouth (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Stand-in captain Lucas Leiva scored his first goal in seven years to earn Liverpool a 1-0 victory at fourth-tier underdogs Plymouth Argyle in Wednesday's FA Cup third-round replay. The Brazilian, playing at centre-back, met countryman Philippe Coutinho's 18th-minute corner with a firm near-post header to sink Plymouth, who had drawn […]

Univision Deportes' broadcast of the Monterrey against Guadalajara game reached 1.5 million viewers last weekend, making it the most-watched Liga MX match ever in the 8-10pm ET timeslot. The Liga MX Clausura game was featured on Sabado Futbolero, Univision Deportes' popular Saturday night sports broadcast, aired on Saturday, January 14, 2017. The Monterrey-Chivas game had […]

Libreville (AFP) – Defender Michael Ngadeu smashed in the winning goal as Cameroon came from behind to beat minnows Guinea-Bissau 2-1 at the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday. Guinea-Bissau had gone in front in the Group A game in Libreville when Piqueti produced a contender for goal of the tournament in the 13th minute. […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – The Los Angeles Galaxy confirmed the signing of US international Jermaine Jones on Wednesday, bolstering the midfield resources following the departure of Steven Gerrard. Jones, 35, was a key member of the USA squad at the 2014 World Cup and joins the Galaxy after three Major League Soccer seasons with the […]

Liverpool won their last Premier League title back in 1990 and many people believe that German tactician Jurgen Klopp is capable of bringing the glory days back to Anfield. The Reds have been producing thrilling performances under the former Borussia Dortmund boss, but it remains to be seen if they are capable of winning the […]

Oyem (Gabon) (AFP) – Emmanuel Adebayor has been without a club for six months now but the only thing on his mind in that time has been leading his country Togo into the Africa Cup of Nations. In an interview with AFP at the Togo team's base in Oyem in northern Gabon, the former Arsenal, […]