Yaoundé (AFP) – Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah have helped Liverpool conquer England and Europe, now both crave Africa Cup of Nations winners' medals. Both sharpshooters will be in quarter-finals action on Sunday in Cameroon with Mane-inspired Senegal tackling surprise packets Equatorial Guinea while Salah and his Egypt teammates confront Morocco. Mane says he […]

It's incredible to see how tight the table is for the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers. Heading into the latest range of matches to be played across January 27-28, eight nations are in contention for a place in Qatar. Argentina and Brazil have already qualified. But only four points separate six nations between Colombia (with 17 […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea solidified their place in the Premier League's top four by beating Tottenham 2-0 on Sunday as Liverpool cut the gap on Manchester City at the top to nine points with a 3-1 win at Crystal Palace. A third defeat to Chelsea in the past month cost Spurs the chance to move […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea kept alive their faint Premier League title hopes as Hakim Ziyech's superb strike inspired a crucial 2-0 win over Tottenham on Sunday. Ziyech broke the deadlock with his dazzling long-range curler early in the second half at Stamford Bridge. Thiago Silva's header killed off Tottenham, who were furious that Harry Kane […]

London (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp said he was relieved to get through January with Liverpool still in the Premier League title race after a rollercoaster 3-1 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday. Klopp's men shone despite the absence of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane at the Africa Cup of Nations for the first half hour […]

London (AFP) – Liverpool kept hope of a Premier League title race alive as a 3-1 win over Crystal Palace cut the gap on leaders Manchester City to nine points, while Arsenal missed the chance to move into the top four after being held 0-0 by Burnley. Jurgen Klopp's men also have a game in […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel admitted his side need to improve their attitude for Sunday's Premier League clash with Tottenham if they are to avoid a battle just to remain in the top four. The Blues' title challenge has evaporated over the past two months after a run of one win in seven […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City could move 14 points clear at the top of the Premier League on Saturday but erstwhile challengers Chelsea are looking nervously over their shoulders after a slump in form. Pep Guardiola's side travel to Southampton on Saturday looking for their 13th consecutive league win, with second-placed Liverpool not in action […]

London (AFP) – Diogo Jota fired Liverpool into the League Cup final against Chelsea as the Portugal forward's double sealed a 2-0 win at Arsenal in the semi-final second leg on Thursday. Jota put Liverpool on course for Wembley with a first half strike and he clinched their berth with a late second goal in […]

London (AFP) – Kepa Arrizabalaga has urged Chelsea to regain the initiative in the race for a Champions League place after their poor run of form continued with a 1-1 draw at Brighton. Despite a stalemate on the south coast on Tuesday, the Blues remained third in the Premier League, having topped the table early […]

Brighton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel blamed fatigue for an alarming slump in form that continued with a 1-1 draw at Brighton on Tuesday. The European champions have won just one of their last seven Premier League games to realistically end their title challenge and leave the third-placed Blues looking over their […]

Brighton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Chelsea surrendered a lead against Brighton for the second time in a month as both sides had to again settle for a 1-1 draw on Tuesday. The European champions went ahead against the run of play when Hakim Ziyech's snap shot caught Robert Sanchez in the Brighton goal by surprise. […]

London (AFP) – Thomas Tuchel said on Monday it would be wrong to change Chelsea's approach just to suit misfiring striker Romelu Lukaku, insisting the club are doing "everything to help him". The Chelsea boss voiced his frustration at the Belgium forward and his other attacking players after the west London side's costly 1-0 defeat […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp insisted Liverpool will not give up the chase of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League after bouncing back to winning ways to beat Brentford 3-0 on Sunday. Fabinho, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Takumi Minamino scored the goals as the Reds coped without the absence of Mohamed Salah and […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool kept their slim hopes of reeling in Manchester City at the top of the Premier League alive by seeing off Brentford 3-0 at Anfield to move up to second in the table on Sunday. Fabinho, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Takumi Minamino scored the goals as the Reds coped without the absence of […]