London (AFP) – Chelsea cemented their position on top of the Premier League with a 3-1 victory at title rivals Manchester City, while Alexis Sanchez's hat-trick in a 5-1 thrashing of West Ham took Arsenal into second place on Saturday. Gary Cahill's own goal from a Jesus Navas cross gifted City the lead on the […]

London (AFP) – Goals from Kemar Roofe and New Zealand international striker Chris Wood ended Steve Bruce's seven-match unbeaten run as Aston Villa manager with Leeds running out 2-0 winners in their Championship clash on Saturday. Victory saw Leeds move into fourth place in the second tier with their fifth win in six Championship matches […]

London (AFP) – Alexis Sanchez fired a 14-minute hat-trick as Arsenal rose to second in the Premier League with an irrepressible 5-1 victory at West Ham on Saturday. Chile forward Sanchez was the star of the show in east London as Arsenal moved above Liverpool and Manchester City with a triumph that was every bit […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona boss Luis Enrique believes the Spanish champions need a dramatic improvement in their home form if they are to prevent Real Madrid running away with a first La Liga title in five years. Sergio Ramos's stoppage time equaliser salvaged a point for Real in a 1-1 draw in El Clasico on […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has been charged with drink driving, police revealed on Saturday. Toure was driving in Dagenham in east London at the time of the alleged offence on Monday evening. The Metropolitan police said the 33-year-old was then charged on Tuesday with driving while his alcohol level was above […]

Moscow (AFP) – Reigning champions CSKA Moscow thrashed Ural Yekaterinburg 4-0 on Saturday to secure third spot in Russia ahead of their trip to Wembley to play Tottenham in midweek. Zenit St Petersburg's hopes of winning their fifth Russian Premier League title suffered a slight setback though as they were held to a goalless draw […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain blew their chance to provisionally move top of Ligue 1 on Saturday as they crashed to a shock 3-0 defeat at Montpellier. Paul Lasne struck just before half-time for Montpellier, the last team other than PSG to lift the French title back in 2011-12, with Ellyes Skhiri adding a second […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Sergio Ramos's stoppage-time equaliser maintained Real Madrid's six-point lead at the top of La Liga as the European champions salvaged a 1-1 draw at Barcelona in Saturday's El Clasico. Luis Suarez looked to have breathed new life into the title race when he headed home the opener from Neymar's free-kick eight minutes […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Australian international Tom Rogic grabbed a last minute winner to complete a remarkable comeback by champions Celtic on Saturday as they beat Motherwell 4-3 in the Scottish Premiership. The 23-year-old struck to keep Celtic eight points clear of bitter historic rivals Rangers, who leap-frogged Hearts into second after they beat Aberdeen 2-1 […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jonathan Walters and Marc Muniesa inspired Stoke to a 2-0 win over Burnley on Saturday, lifting Mark Hughes' side into the top half of the Premier League table. This win, following last weekend's 1-0 success at Watford, moved the Potters up two spots to ninth. Last year's Championship champions Burnley, […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham claimed only their second win in 11 matches as Harry Kane celebrated signing a new long-term contract with two goals in a 5-0 rout of struggling Swansea on Saturday. Kane committed his future for the next five and a half years this week and the England striker scored a 39th-minute penalty […]

London (AFP) – A double from Belgian international striker Christian Benteke inspired Crystal Palace to a 3-0 win over Southampton and saved manager Alan Pardew's job in ending a six match Premier League losing streak on Saturday. Benteke's brace — taking his tally to seven this season — and a goal from James Tompkins gave […]

Sunderland (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Sunderland climbed off the bottom of the Premier League as Leicester City's disastrous title defence suffered another blow with a 2-1 defeat at the Stadium of Light on Saturday. Robert Huth's own goal and a Jermain Defoe effort put Sunderland in control in the second half and Shinji Okazaki's strike came […]

West Bromwich (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Coach Tony Pulis ended a bad week on a high note as West Brom beat Watford 3-1 to move above Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday. Pulis was criticised by a judge this week and ordered to pay back a hefty bonus to ex-club Crystal Palace, but […]

London (AFP) – Gary Johnson received a public apology from English football giants Chelsea on Saturday over the sexual abuse he suffered as a young player from late scout Eddie Heath in the 1970s. The club — who had been heavily criticised after Johnson claimed he was paid £50,000 ($63,000) by them not to go […]