Glasgow (AFP) – Moussa Dembele grabbed a late winner as Celtic clinched a place in the Scottish League Cup final with a 1-0 defeat of Old Firm rivals Rangers at Glasgow's Hampden Park on Sunday. Rangers looked a much improved side from the one hammered 5-1 at Parkhead in their last meeting with arch-rivals Celtic […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League with a 1-1 draw home to Southampton on Sunday but the performance again raised questions over the title credentials of Pep Guardiola’s team. The stalemate was a fifth consecutive game without a victory for City and Guardiola, as Kelechi Iheanacho’s […]

Beijing (AFP) – Marcello Lippi will earn almost $5 million a year as China coach but will pocket far more through a tie-in with a football academy, state media said Sunday. The 68-year-old Italian was named boss of the national team by the Chinese Football Association on Saturday and has the tricky goal of steering […]

Doha (AFP) – Qatar's World Cup organisers have announced that a worker employed in the construction of one of the stadiums for the 2022 tournament has died in a "work-related" incident. It is the first time World Cup organisers in Qatar have announced a work-related death in regard to the tournament. "It is with deep […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri slammed refereeing officials after seeing Miralem Pjanic's goal chalked off as the champions were stunned 1-0 by AC Milan in a San Siro sizzler. The Turin giants had beaten Milan in the sides' last nine meetings and, in front of 75,829 spectators, showed throughout a stirring encounter why […]

Bournemouth (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino admitted he is "concerned" after three successive draws called into question his squad's ability to stay the course in the Premier League and Champions League. He acknowledged his players were not "fresh" in Saturday's goalless draw away to Bournemouth, which cost them the chance to top […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp will hold talks with former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard after the 36-year-old midfielder appeared to announce his departure from the LA Galaxy at the end of the current Major League Soccer season. Gerrard’s comments are bound to fuel speculation that the highly popular Liverpudlian could return to play for the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta will be out for between six and eight weeks, the Spanish champions confirmed on Saturday after he suffered knee ligament damage in a 3-2 win at Valencia. Iniesta was stretchered from the field in tears after just 14 minutes, but fears he could be sidelined for months were […]

Milan (AFP) – AC Milan midfielder Manuel Locatelli admitted his disbelief after beating Juventus and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon with a second-half stunner to secure a 1-0 win over the champions and leaders Saturday. "I still can't believe it, I'm sure I'll shed a few tears when I see my family and friends," a visibly […]

Milan (AFP) – A second-half screamer from Manuel Locatelli ended AC Milan's long wait for victory over Juventus in a contentious 1-0 San Siro win that saw an apparently valid Miralem Pjanic opener chalked off for the visitors. Milan, enduring a nine-game winless streak against the Turin giants, are now just two points behind the […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti hailed the Bundesliga leaders' first-half performance in Saturday's 2-0 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach as their most impressive of the season. First-half goals by Bayern's Chile and Brazil internationals gave Ancelotti's Munich their first win in three matches in Germany's top flight after draws against Cologne and Eintracht Frankfurt. […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho scored a pair of crackers to give Liverpool a 2-1 win over West Brom on Saturday but Gareth McAuley denied them a place at the top of the Premier League. The impressive Merseysiders needed to win by at least two goals at Anfield if they were to […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich broke their Borussia Moenchengladbach jinx on Saturday as Arturo Vidal and Douglas Costa netted in a 2-0 home win to put the champions three points clear on Saturday. First-half goals by Bayern's Chile and Brazil internationals gave Carlo Ancelotti's Munich a first win over Gladbach in five German league matches […]

London (AFP) – An 81st-minute Gareth McAuley goal prevented Liverpool from provisionally going top in the Premier League as they defeated West Bromwich Albion 2-1 on Saturday. Needing a two-goal win to move above leaders Arsenal, Liverpool took a 2-0 lead through Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho, but McAuley's strike left them in second place […]

In a division that’s long been dominated by a couple of teams, it’s refreshing to see some new names battling it out at the top of La Liga. Atletico Madrid, of course, have been in the mix at the summit of the table for more than three years now, forcefully challenging the duopoly of Real […]