London (AFP) – Manchester United enjoyed a dream start to the Premier League season as Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick in a 5-1 thrashing of Leeds in front of 73,000 fans at Old Trafford, while Chelsea and Liverpool also got their campaigns off to a winning start on Saturday. Over 300,000 fans are expected to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Erling Braut Haaland weighed in with two goals and three assists as Borussia Dortmund threw down a marker on the first weekend of the Bundesliga season with a 5-2 thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. Defending champions Bayern Munich kicked off the new season with a 1-1 draw at Moenchengladbach on Friday. […]

Norwich (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Virgil van Dijk made a winning return from injury as Liverpool eased to a 3-0 win at Norwich to open their Premier League season on Saturday. Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah were on target for Jurgen Klopp's men as they made a promising start to their quest to […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United enjoyed a dream start to the Premier League season as Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick in a 5-1 thrashing of Leeds in front of 73,000 at Old Trafford, while Chelsea and Liverpool also got their campaigns off to a winning start on Saturday. Over 300,000 fans are expected to attend […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel told his side to hunt down Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool in the fight for the Premier League title after cruising past Crystal Palace 3-0 to open their campaign on Saturday. The European champions added the UEFA Super Cup in midweek to their Champions League win last […]

London (AFP) – Fulham gave an early indication of their determination to return to the Premier League as they whipped hapless Huddersfield 5-1 despite being reduced to 10 men in the Championship on Saturday. The Cottagers are top the table after two matches although nine other teams are also on four points. An Ivan Cavaleiro […]

Paris (AFP) – French champions Lille were left stunned by the man who led them to last season's Ligue 1 title, going down 4-0 at home to Christophe Galtier's new club Nice on Saturday as Denmark's Kasper Dolberg scored twice. Galtier oversaw Lille's remarkable title triumph in May as the side from northern France pipped […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer described Manchester United's 5-1 thrashing of Leeds as 'the best feeling in the world' after giving a returning crowd of 73,000 at Old Trafford a show to remember on Saturday. Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick and Paul Pogba provided four assists as United got their Premier League […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman said on Saturday that he was "excited about the team" and urged them to avoid "living in the past" ahead of the first Liga match of the post-Lionel Messi era on Sunday against Real Sociedad. The departure of Messi "has been painful for all the fans, for everything […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United enjoyed a dream start to the Premier League season as Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick in a 5-1 thrashing of Leeds in front of 73,000 at Old Trafford, while Chelsea swept aside Crystal Palace 3-0 on Saturday. Over 300,000 fans are expected to attend the opening weekend of the season […]

Berlin (AFP) – VfB Stuttgart romped to a 5-1 thrashing of newly-promoted Greuther Fuerth on Saturday as defender Marc-Oliver Kempf netted twice in the rout. Defending champions Bayern Munich kicked off the new season with a 1-1 draw at Moenchengladbach on Friday and less than 24 hours later, Stuttgart ran riot against luckless Fuerth. Japan […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Hosts Cameroon and title-holders Algeria are among the six top seeds confirmed this weekend for the 24-team Africa Cup of Nations draw in Yaounde on Tuesday. Cameroon, who last hosted the biennial competition in 1972 when only eight sides participated, have been champions five times and Algeria twice. Senegal, currently the top […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick and Paul Pogba provided four assists as Manchester United thrashed Leeds 5-1 at a packed Old Trafford on Saturday to get their Premier League season off to a flying start. In front of 73,000, the biggest football crowd in the United Kingdom since March 2020, […]

Johannesburg (AFP) – Mali, ranked 10th in Africa, are among eight countries who have been barred from hosting 2022 World Cup qualifiers next month after failing Confederation of African Football (CAF) venue inspections. Other nations who must use a neutral ground for a home fixture between September 1-8 are Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Djibouti, […]

Kigali (AFP) – Rwanda's leader Paul Kagame on Saturday unloaded on his beloved Arsenal after they opened the Premier League season with a loss to newcomers Brentford, saying Gunners fans deserve better than "mediocrity". The veteran president and long-time Arsenal supporter tweeted a tirade after Brentford returned to their first English top-flight season for 74 […]