Milan (AFP) – Edin Dzeko was celebrating hitting his first league brace on the road as Roma stunned Napoli 3-1 in the 'Derby del Sole' to relaunch their Serie A title hopes Saturday. "It's not easy to win at Napoli and to score three goals here, we did very well," Dzeko told Sky Sport. "Scoring […]

London (AFP) – Theo Walcott scored two first-half goals and Mesut Ozil a fine third as Arsenal beat Swansea City 3-2 at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday to go level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester City. But the Gunners had to survive a nervy finale after Granit Xhaka was dismissed 20 minutes from […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Nolito's header saved a point for a dominant Manchester City side as the Premier League leaders had two penalties saved in a 1-1 draw at home to Everton on Saturday. Everton's Romelu Lukaku scored on the break 19 minutes into the second half after Ronald Koeman's visitors had absorbed sustained […]

Madrid (AFP) – Lionel Messi took just three minutes to score on his return from injury as Barcelona enjoyed the perfect preparation for the visit of Manchester City in midweek with a 4-0 thrashing of Deportivo la Coruna on Saturday. The Spanish champions were already 3-0 up thanks to Luis Suarez and a double from […]

London (AFP) – Manchester City twice missed penalties in a 1-1 draw with Everton on Saturday as 10-man Arsenal went level with them on points at the top of the Premier League table after seeing off Swansea 3-2. Arsenal leapfrogged Tottenham Hotspur into second place after their arch north London rivals also dropped points in […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Joe Allen scored twice as Stoke City collected their first win of the Premier League season on Saturday by defeating bottom side Sunderland 2-0 to climb out of the relegation zone. Allen headed in the opening goal after just eight minutes before the Wales midfielder doubled his tally with Stoke's […]

Bournemouth (United Kingdom) (AFP) – A double by Junior Stanislas inspired Bournemouth to a 6-1 Premier League thrashing of Hull on Saturday and make it a miserable start for Mike Phelan in his first match as permanent manager. Stanislas' brace plus goals by Charlie Daniels, Callum Wilson, Steve Cook and Dan Gosling — Ryan Mason […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich are now winless in their last three games after being held to a 2-2 draw at ten-man Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday in the German league. After last month's 1-0 Champions League defeat at Atletico Madrid and their 1-1 league draw with Cologne before the international break, this was […]

Milan (AFP) – Edin Dzeko struck a brace and Mohamed Salah added a third as clinical Roma dented Napoli's Serie A title hopes with a superbly-orchestrated 3-1 win at a shocked San Paolo on Saturday. Napoli were looking to get back to winning ways after a shock defeat at Atalanta two weeks ago left them […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has been sidelined for up to three weeks with a fresh injury and will miss Wednesday's Champions League game at home to PSV Eindhoven. The 33-year-old, who is out of contract at the end of the season, picked up a leg injury on Friday in training and […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur and South Korea winger Son Heung-min has become the first Asian footballer to be named the English Premier League's player of the month after he won September's edition of the award. Son scored four goals in the top flight for Spurs last month and played a key role in taking […]

London (AFP) – Claudio Ranieri admitted Leicester had only themselves to blame for the latest setback in their lacklustre defence of the Premier League title. Ranieri's side slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Chelsea on Saturday and are languishing 10 points behind leaders Manchester City just five months after becoming English football's most unexpected champions. […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea gave Antonio Conte a well-timed vote of confidence as Diego Costa and Eden Hazard inspired a 3-0 win against spluttering champions Leicester on Saturday. Conte had to endure speculation he was in danger of being sacked just three months into his Chelsea reign after bookmakers suspended betting on his dismissal on […]

Being top of La Liga is no longer a novelty for Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid. Indeed, seven games into the Spanish football season, the Vicente Calderon club’s hike to the summit of the table has barely made headlines. The bald statistics totted up from their games no longer make for spectacular reading either. Atletico have […]

Sydney (AFP) – Football Federation Australia was Saturday seeking clarity on whether its Asian World Cup qualifier against Thailand in Bangkok next month will still go ahead following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The FFA said it was chasing official notification from governing football bodies whether the match scheduled for the Rajamangala Stadium in […]