Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pablo Zabaleta's first goal in two years helped earn Manchester City an important but nervous 2-0 win over Watford on Wednesday as Pep Guardiola's team returned to winning ways. Victory marked City's first Premier League success on their own turf since beating Bournemouth on September 17, but was only assured […]

Sunderland (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Cesc Fabregas struck as Antonio Conte's Chelsea edged a battling Sunderland team 1-0 on Wednesday to establish a six-point advantage at the top of the Premier League. While they controlled much of the match, Chelsea struggled to create clear-cut chances and required two superb saves from goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to […]

Middlesbrough (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Adam Lallana scored twice and Divock Origi found the net for the fifth consecutive game as Liverpool climbed to second in the Premier League thanks to a comfortable 3-0 victory at Middlesbrough. Jurgen Klopp's controversial decision to drop goalkeeper Loris Karius proved to be fully justified with Simon Mignolet keeping a clean […]

London (AFP) – Cesc Fabregas's goal earned Chelsea a 1-0 victory at Sunderland on Wednesday — their 10th in succession — as Antonio Conte's side surged six points clear at the Premier League summit. Fabregas, who came in for Nemanja Matic, curled in from Willian's 40th-minute cut-back to establish Chelsea's longest winning run within the […]

London (AFP) – Mark Noble boosted West Ham's bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League as the midfielder sealed a 1-0 win over Burnley at the London Stadium on Wednesday. Slaven Bilic's side had been dragged into the fight for survival after a miserable run of six games without a win. But Noble's strike […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola is back in management after being hired as the new boss of Championship club Birmingham on Wednesday. Zola has been appointed at St Andrew's just 24 hours after the second-tier team's new Asian owners sacked previous manager Gary Rowett. The 50-year-old, widely regarded as one of Chelsea's all-time […]

Paris (AFP) – Ligue 1 leaders Nice were knocked out of the French League Cup on Wednesday, going down 3-2 to Bordeaux in their last-16 tie. Jaroslav Plasil put Bordeaux ahead after 14 minutes and a 22nd-minute strike from Gaetan Laborde made it 2-0 before Alassane Plea pulled one back just before the interval. Laborde […]

London (AFP) – Wayne Rooney was recalled for Manchester United's Premier League visit to Crystal Palace on Wednesday as the striker chased Bobby Charlton's goalscoring record. Rooney needs one more goal to equal Bobby Charlton's United record of 249 goals and the England star's return at Selhurst Park gives him another chance to make history. […]

Sunderland (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard was ruled out of the Premier League leaders' trip to Sunderland on Wednesday after suffering a knee injury. Hazard sustained the problem during Sunday's 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion and although he continued playing in that match, the Belgium star was deemed unfit to feature […]

Berlin (AFP) – Julian Nagelsmann wants to get one over his ex-mentor Thomas Tuchel, who helped start his coaching career, when Hoffenheim host Borussia Dortmund in a key Bundesliga clash on Friday. Alongside Real Madrid, Hoffenheim are the only other club still unbeaten in Europe's main leagues and are fourth in Germany's top flight, but […]

fuboTV today announced a game changing deal for soccer fans in the United States with the news that they'll be adding networks from NBC, FOX Sports and Telemundo in addition to entertainment and sport channels from NBA TV, The Big Ten Network and A&E. For soccer fans, the list of new channels that fuboTV will […]

Osaka (Japan) (AFP) – Japan's Kashima Antlers shocked South American champions Atletico Nacional 3-0 on Wednesday to reach the Club World Cup final, helped by a controversial first-ever penalty awarded by video referee. Nacional's players reacted furiously after Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai referred to the new technology in Osaka following complaints from the Kashima bench […]

Despite suffering a 2-1 defeat away to Everton on Tuesday, Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez scored yet another goal. The Chilean now has 14 total goals (12 in the Premier League) in just 22 appearances of the current campaign. Alexis is compiling these numbers mostly playing as a center forward for Arsenal, something that he has not […]

Libreville (AFP) – Gabon insists it is ready to host the African Cup of Nations despite concern about the state of preparations amid political instability just one month ahead of the opening ceremony. The CAN is due to run from January 14 to February 5 next year but was thrown into doubt after violence broke […]

London (AFP) – An English court on Wednesday ordered former football coach Barry Bennell to be held in custody over eight child sex offences on one victim. The 62-year-old former Crewe Alexandra youth coach appeared by video-link before Crewe magistrates court in northwest England and was ordered to appear before Chester Crown Court on January […]