Nottingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Nottingham Forest celebrated their first home game in the Premier League for 23 years by beating West Ham 1-0 on Sunday. The two-time European champions have made 14 new signings in a bid to maintain their top-flight status and two of those making their home debuts were the heroes as […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Erik ten Hag expressed his surprise at seeing Manchester United capitulate to a 4-0 defeat at Brentford that leaves the Red Devils bottom of the Premier League for the first time in 30 years. But after just two games in charge, the Dutchman is getting a crash course in United's […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona were held 0-0 by Rayo Vallecano in their opening game of the La Liga season and had captain Sergio Busquets sent off late on. The Catalans had 21 shots on goal and the majority of possession at the Camp Nou but were unable to break the deadlock. Barca boss Xavi started […]

Milan (AFP) – AC Milan got off to a winning start in their Italian title defence with a hard-fought 4-2 win over Udinese on Saturday as Denzel Dumfries' stoppage-time strike earned Inter Milan a late win at Lecce. Champions Milan bounced back from going behind with less than two minutes on the clock to claim […]

Paris (AFP) – Neymar continued his outstanding run of form at the start of this season with a brace, while Kylian Mbappe marked his return to the side with a goal as Paris Saint-Germain trounced Montpellier 5-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Mbappe had a first-half penalty saved in his first competitive outing of the […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said he had the "main responsibility" for a humiliating 4-0 loss away to Brentford on Saturday left the one time kings of English football bottom of the Premier League. Brentford, who only ended a 74-year absence from English football's top flight with promotion to the Premier […]

Lecce (Italy) (AFP) – Romelu Lukaku made a dream start to his return to Inter Milan on Saturday after scoring less than two minutes into the Serie A club's season opener at Lecce. Belgium forward Lukaku nodded home from close range with just 81 seconds gone to give Inter the lead at the Stadio Via […]

Lecce (Italy) (AFP) – Romelu Lukaku made a dream start to his return to Inter Milan on Saturday after scoring less than two minutes into the Serie A club's season opener at Lecce. Belgium forward Lukaku nodded home from close range with just 81 seconds gone to give Inter the lead at the Stadio Via […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United suffered an embarrassing 4-0 thrashing by Brentford to sink to the bottom of the Premier League on Saturday, while Manchester City went top as the champions rolled over Bournemouth 4-0. Arsenal also have a maximum six points from two games after Gabriel Jesus starred in their 4-2 win […]

Paris (AFP) – A horrible mistake by teenage substitute goalkeeper Dogan Alemdar gifted an equaliser to Breel Embolo as Monaco bounced back from their midweek Champions League elimination to draw 1-1 with Rennes in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Alemdar hesitated inside his own six-yard box as he controlled a backpass from Joe Rodon, allowing the […]

Berlin (AFP) – Former Chelsea striker Timo Werner found the back of the net on an emotional return to Leipzig but it was not enough to secure their first win of the season as Cologne snatched a 2-2 draw on Saturday. Leipzig played the majority of the game with 10 men, after Hungarian midfielder Dominik […]

Milan (AFP) – Carlo Ancelotti confirmed on Saturday that he will quit football management when he eventually leaves Real Madrid, ending one of the most glorious careers of football's modern era. Ancelotti had said in May that he would "probably" quit once he left Madrid, but he removed all doubt in an interview with Italian […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City stormed ominously to the top of the Premier League by cruising to a 4-0 win over Bournemouth, while Gabriel Jesus opened his Arsenal account in a 4-2 win over Leicester on Saturday. As soaring temperatures across England forced the need for water breaks at all this weekend's Premier […]

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Steven Gerrard won his first managerial clash with former England teammate Frank Lampard as Aston Villa beat Everton 2-1 to get off the mark in the Premier League. Goals from Danny Ings and Emi Buendia eased the pressure on Gerrard after a run of two wins in their previous 12 […]

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti on Saturday said he was surprised that German midfielder Toni Kroos did not feature on the list of 30 finalists for the Ballon d'Or. Five members of the Champions League winning side were nominated on Friday in the shape of Thibault Cortois, Casemiro, Luka Modric, Vinicius Junior […]