Madrid (AFP) – A brace from French veteran striker Karim Benzema got Real Madrid off to a flier in La Liga Saturday, his double laying the foundation for a 4-1 victory at Alaves to leave Carlo Ancelotti celebrating the start of his second spell in charge. Eternal rivals Barcelona may have lost Lionel Messi but […]

Paris (AFP) – Lionel Messi got a first proper taste of his new home on Saturday as he was presented to a full stadium of Paris Saint-Germain fans before watching his team-mates beat Strasbourg 4-2 in Ligue 1 with Kylian Mbappe playing a starring role. Messi received a rapturous reception as he ran out onto […]

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 […]

Milan (AFP) – Italian champions Inter Milan on Saturday signed 35-year-old striker Edin Dzeko from Serie A rivals Roma, just a day after selling Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea for a reported fee of £97 million ($135 million). In a quickfire double swoop, Inter also announced they had signed Dutch defender Denzel Dumfries from PSV Eindhoven. […]

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 […]