Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich went seven points clear at the top of the Bundesliga with a 3-0 win at Cologne on Saturday in a perfect warm-up for their midweek Champions League trip to Arsenal. Spain internationals Javi Martinez and Juan Bernat gave Bayern a comfortable two-goal lead before substitute Franck Ribery netted a third […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Marko Arnautovic scored twice as Stoke City sent Middlesbrough tumbling into the Premier League relegation zone with a routine 2-0 home win on Saturday. The Austria international struck twice in the first half — his fifth and sixth goals of the season — to get Mark Hughes's men back to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Germany winger Marco Reus will miss Borussia Dortmund's Champions League, last 16, second-leg clash at home to Benfica on Wednesday due to a hamstring injury, coach Thomas Tuchel said Saturday. Reus limped off on 44 minutes of Dortmund's 6-2 rout of Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga with a suspected tear in his […]

West Bromwich (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Goals by Wilfried Zaha and Andros Townsend made it a miserable day for former Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis as the Eagles moved out of the Premier League bottom three with a 2-0 win over West Brom. For the Palace hierarchy the victory will be extra sweet — aside […]

Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester's revival following Claudio Ranieri's shock sacking gathered pace as Riyad Mahrez inspired a crucial 3-1 win over fellow strugglers Hull on Saturday. Following Ranieri's ruthless dismissal last week, Leicester have finally recaptured the form that carried them to the Premier League title last season. In severe danger of being […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri left doubts hanging over his commitment to the Italian champions on Saturday by saying he could decide his future with the club later this month. Allegri, who has won two Serie A titles in Turin and steered Juve to the Champions League final in his first season in […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger dropped top scorer Alexis Sanchez to the bench for the crucial Premier League clash with Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday. Sanchez, who has scored 20 goals this campaign, will sit alongside the second leading scorer Theo Walcott, who has 15, in a game that could prove decisive ultimately […]

Madrid (AFP) – Karim Benzema scored twice as Real Madrid made light of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale's absence to move back to the top of La Liga with a 4-1 win at Eibar on Saturday. Benzema proved decisive when he was needed most by the European champions without his usual strike partners as the […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is likely to face disciplinary action after appearing to elbow Bournemouth's Tyrone Mings during Saturday's fiery 1-1 draw in the Premier League. Mings appeared to stamp on Ibrahimovic's head with his left foot as he jumped over him late in the first half and the Swedish striker […]

Berlin (AFP) – Franck Ribery came off the bench to seal Bayern Munich's 3-0 win at Cologne on Saturday, extending their Bundesliga lead to seven points. Bayern warmed up for Tuesday's Champions League last 16 second leg at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium — holding a 5-1 first-leg lead — with their fourth big win in five […]

Last Sunday's La Liga games between Atletico Madrid-Barcelona and Villarreal-Real Madrid both surpassed 500,000 viewers in the games that were shown across beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español in the United States. Out of the two matches, the game that had the most viewers was the pulsating game between Villarreal and Real Madrid with […]

Milan (AFP) – Makeshift Napoli striker Dries Mertens hit a brace in a thrilling 2-1 win away to Roma that has put Juventus firmly on track for a record sixth consecutive Serie A title. Belgium midfielder Mertens was given the nod ahead of striker Arkadiusz Milik despite the Poland star's recent return from a five-month […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic denied deliberately elbowing Bournemouth's Tyrone Mings during Saturday's stormy 1-1 draw between the teams. "Listen, what happens on the field stays on the field. I'm not someone who attacks someone off the field," Ibrahimovic told the BBC at Old Trafford. "You have the TV, you […]

Berlin (AFP) – Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has revealed in his autobiography that he prays in Turkish on the pitch during the German national anthem before international matches. "Just before kick-off, I pray. It's become a tradition of mine. It's always the same text. I pray in Turkish," he writes in his autobiography 'Die Magie […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic escaped a red card despite appearing to intentionally elbow Bournemouth's Tyrone Mings during Saturday's Premier League game between the teams. Ibrahimovic caught Mings with his elbow late in the first half, moments after the Bournemouth defender appeared to stamp on the Swede's head with his […]