Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Craig Shakespeare refused to declare Leicester's survival battle won despite leading his team into the top half of the Premier League table. Shakespeare's team moved to 10th place after a 2-0 victory against Sunderland on Tuesday that left beleaguered Black Cats boss David Moyes looking doomed to relegation. The triumph […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola says Manchester City have shown they can out-play Chelsea once this season and will prove the point when they face the Premier League leaders again on Wednesday. Guardiola's side make the trip to Stamford Bridge with Chelsea already being hailed as champions-elect after opening up a seven-point gap […]

Rome (AFP) – Lazio reached the Italian Cup final on Tuesday despite losing 3-2 in the second leg to bitter city rivals Roma, advancing 4-2 on aggregate. A double from Egyptian Mohamed Salah on 66 and 90 minutes added to Stephan El Shaarawy's goal two minutes before the break to give Roma victory on the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid's fine form continued as Filipe Luis scored the winner in a 1-0 win over Real Sociedad to close to within seven points of La Liga leaders Real Madrid on Tuesday. Luis had scored his first goal of the season in Saturday's 2-0 win at Malaga and netted for the second […]

Paris (AFP) – Valere Germain hit a brace as Monaco bounced back from their League Cup final disappointment to surge into the French Cup semi-finals with a 2-1 win over 10-man Lille on Tuesday. The principality club are still looking for a first trophy since 2003 after capitulating in Saturday's clash with Paris Saint-Germain in […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic marked his return from suspension with a 94th-minute equaliser as Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw with Everton on Tuesday on another frustrating night at Old Trafford. Phil Jagielka's first goal in almost two years looked to have caused terminal damage to United's hopes of finishing […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester City moved within touching distance of Premier League safety and piled more misery on Sunderland manager David Moyes with a 2-0 victory over the strugglers on Tuesday. Craig Shakespeare now has five wins in five games as Leicester manager after substitute Islam Slimani and England striker Jamie Vardy struck […]

Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Troy Deeney scored his 100th league goal for Watford as they took a significant step towards Premier League survival on Tuesday with a 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion. Deeney, 28, set up M'Baye Niang for a spectacular opener and then scored early in the second half to give Watford […]

Burnley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – George Boyd lifted Burnley away from the Premier League relegation zone as the Scotland winger sealed a 1-0 home win over Stoke on Tuesday. Sean Dyche's side ended a seven-match winless run thanks to Boyd's second-half strike at Turf Moor and they look on course to preserve their top-flight status. […]

Berlin (AFP) – Runaway Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich had their 20-match unbeaten run in all competitions ended at Hoffenheim on Tuesday as Andrej Kramaric's winner sealed the hosts' historic 1-0 victory. Bayern's run came to an end a week before their mouth-watering Champions League home leg quarter-final against Real Madrid. This was Bayern's first loss […]

London (AFP) – English third-tier club Charlton Athletic paid tribute to the policeman killed in the recent London terror attack prior to their home game against Milton Keynes Dons on Tuesday. Keith Palmer, a Charlton season ticket-holder, was stabbed to death by a lone assailant as he guarded the Houses of Parliament in Westminster last […]

NBC Sports today announced that they'll be taking their broadcast crew to England for the third season in a row to allow their talent to broadcast live from three games across England. Talent including Rebecca Lowe, Kyle Martino, Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe will make the trek to England to bring viewers closer to the […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham suffered a blow as they chase a possible domestic double with the news highly-rated midfielder Harry Winks is out for the rest of the season with an ankle ligament injury. The 21-year-old — who has impressed this season making 33 appearances in all competitions — suffered the injury in the 2-0 […]

Swansea City manager Paul Clement will bring his team to the United States this summer for three friendlies and a training camp. The Swans will head to the United States on July 13 where they'll be based in Philadelphia. The first opponent will be a friendly against Philadelphia Union on July 15. The Welsh team […]

Madrid (AFP) – Spanish international Iago Aspas tied his future to Celta Vigo by extending his contract to 2022, the club said on Tuesday. "Unbeatable news for Celta and their fans," the club said in a statement. "Aspas will play in light blue until 2022." "Both the club and I wanted to close the renewal […]