London (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli has signed a new six-year contract that is set to see him stay with the north London side until 2022, the English Premiership club announced Monday England international Alli joined Spurs from lower league side MK Dons in February 2015 and the 20-year-old has since scored 11 […]

Shanghai (AFP) – Ex-Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini threatened a shake-up at big-spending Hebei China Fortune after two defeats in his first two games in charge. The Chilean cut a frustrated figure as Hebei lost 3-2 away to Yanbian Fude on Saturday, a week after slumping 3-0 to Chinese Super League leaders Guangzhou Evergrande. Ambitious […]

Berlin (AFP) – High-flying Hertha Berlin will attempt to loosen Bayern Munich's iron-grip in the Bundesliga on Wednesday in the German league's top-of-the-table clash. Hertha's 2-0 win at home to Schalke on Sunday means Berlin and Bayern, the only German clubs who still have 100 percent records with three wins from three, will square off […]

Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho says Manchester United's humiliation at Watford underlines how much work needs to be done to transform his spluttering side into title contenders. Mourinho's men crashed to their third successive defeat on Sunday as Watford's shock 3-1 victory condemned United and their manager to an historically bad day. It […]

London (AFP) – Mauricio Pochettino admitted Tottenham may already be feeling the pace after being left to sweat on an injury to England striker Harry Kane who was carried off after scoring the winner in a 1-0 victory at home to Sunderland. Kane scored his second goal in as many league games but he was […]

Milan (AFP) – Coach Massimiliano Allegri ordered Juventus to get their feet on the ground after a chastening 2-1 'Derby d'Italia' defeat to Inter Milan came hot on the heels of a stale Champions League draw with Sevilla. Juventus travelled to the San Siro looking to make amends after a goalless stalemate against the Europa […]

Montpellier (France) (AFP) – Struggling giants Marseille failed to get a shot on target in a tense 0-0 draw with Lyon, whose team bus was stoned ahead of the bitter Ligue 1 clash on Sunday. Potential new Marseille owner, American tycoon Frank McCourt was at the Velodrome alongside club president Margarita Louis-Dreyfus where the under […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid shrugged off the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale to record a club record 16th consecutive league win 2-0 at Espanyol to stay top of La Liga on Sunday. James Rodriguez made the most of a rare start to open the scoring in first-half stoppage time before Karim Benzema […]

Moscow (AFP) – Veteran full-back Sergei Ignashevich shrugged off his 37 years to head the winning goal as reigning Russian champions CSKA Moscow beat rock-bottom Samara 2-1 on Sunday. Midfielder Alexander Golovin was also on target as CSKA ground out a win which left them in second place in the table, two points behind leaders Spartak. Golovin […]

Milan (AFP) – Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi continued his impressive form against Gianluigi Buffon by firing his seventh goal past the Juventus keeper from their past eight meetings on Sunday. Icardi is considered Buffon's 'bogey man' striker having found the veteran's net six times leading up to Sunday's 'Derby d'Italia' — three times for […]

Milan (AFP) – A second-half winner by Ivan Perisic boosted Frank De Boer's survival prospects as Inter Milan fought to a deserved 2-1 'Derby d'Italia' win over Juventus in Serie A on Sunday. De Boer, who succeeded Roberto Mancini at Inter two weeks before the start of the season, was rumoured to be facing the […]

Marseille (AFP) – Lyon's team bus was stoned as the players arrived at the Velodrome stadium for their traditionally high tension clash with Marseille in Ligue 1 on Sunday. "The Lyon players' bus was stoned and a window broken, but there were no injuries," a police spokesman told AFP. In the same fixture last season, […]

Marseille (AFP) – Frank McCourt, the future owner of French Ligue 1 giants Marseille, was described as "the man we've been waiting for" by the club's sporting director Basile Boli on Sunday. "He's going to spark something and so much the better for us," said the former player after meeting McCourt in Marseille on Sunday. […]

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Charlie Austin came off the bench to give Southampton their first Premier League win of the season by scoring in a 1-0 win over Swansea at St Mary's on Sunday. It was the south coast club's first Premier League success under manager Claude Puel and their second victory in a […]

London (AFP) – Harry Kane found the net for the second time in two Premier League games as Tottenham Hotspur beat Sunderland 1-0 on Sunday, but was stretchered off late on. The England striker scored at White Hart Lane for the first time since March to lift his team to third and keep the visitors […]