Berlin (AFP) – Scottish teenager Oliver Burke scored his first Bundesliga goal on Sunday as new-boys RB Leipzig drew 1-1 at Cologne to remain unbeaten in Germany's top flight. Leipzig are backed by Austrian energy drinks giants Red Bull and are unpopular with fans of Germany's traditional clubs due to the commercialism they represent. For […]

London (AFP) – Southampton condemned West Ham to another miserable experience at their new London Stadium as Charlie Austin and Dusan Tadic inspired the visitors' 3-0 victory on Sunday. West Ham's move from Upton Park to the former Olympic Stadium just across east London was supposed to herald the start of a successful new era. […]

Madrid (AFP) – Antoine Griezmann was Atletico Madrid's hero once more with the winner as last season's Champions League finalists moved third in La Liga with a 1-0 win over 10-man Deportivo la Coruna. However, the hosts' victory was overshadowed by an anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered by midfielder Augusto Fernandez before half-time that will […]

Paris (AFP) – Nice may have been without Mario Balotelli but they ground out a 1-0 win at Nancy on Sunday to go back to the top of the Ligue 1 table. With Balotelli, scorer of four goals in his first two appearances in French football, left behind on the Cote d'Azur due to an […]

London (AFP) – Southampton condemned West Ham to another miserable experience at their new London Stadium as Charlie Austin and Dusan Tadic inspired the visitors' 3-0 victory on Sunday. West Ham's move from Upton Park to the former Olympic Stadium just across east London was supposed to herald the start of a successful new era. […]

Milan (AFP) – Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah and Italian defender Daniele Rugani were added to the Juventus casualty list on Sunday after suffering knee injuries in a 1-0 win at Palermo. Asamoah and Rugani are expected to be ruled out "for 45 days", according to a short statement by the Italian champions and league leaders […]

Madrid (AFP) – Antoine Griezmann was Atletico Madrid's hero once more with the winner as last season's Champions League finalists moved third in La Liga with a 1-0 win over 10-man Deportivo la Coruna. Moroccan winger Faycal Fajr undid a fine opening 45 minutes for the visitors when he picked up two quickfire yellow cards […]

Berlin (AFP) – Schalke 04 have made the worst start to a Bundesliga season in the club's history with Sunday's 2-1 loss at Hoffenheim their fifth straight league defeat. The latest set-back piles the pressure on Schalke's new coach Markus Weinzierl. His side are the only club to still have no points in Germany's top […]

Milan (AFP) – Inter Milan's Geoffrey Kondogbia paid the price for blanking coach Frank De Boer's instructions with an early exit as Bologna held the misfiring Nerazzurri to a 1-1 draw Sunday. French midfielder Kondogbia was kept out of Inter's starting line-up on several occasions last season by former coach Roberto Mancini as he struggled […]

FIFA video game fans, your wait is almost over. On September 27, gamers will be able to pick up FIFA 17 and begin their mini game featuring The Journey with Alex Hunter. While this mode was hyped a lot, gamers really want to know if it will be worth it. And, so far, my answer is […]

Berlin (AFP) – Schalke remain bottom of the German Bundesliga following a fifth straight Bundesliga defeat with Sunday's 2-1 loss at Hoffenheim piling the pressure on coach Markus Weinzierl. Werder Bremen's dramatic 2-1 win over Wolfsburg on Saturday, with both of their goals coming in the last five minutes, had seen Schalke take Bremen's place […]

Milan (AFP) – Torino coach Sinisa Mihajlovic heaped praise on Joe Hart after a sterling performance by the England goalkeeper in a 3-1 win over Roma in Turin on Sunday. Ousted from Manchester City by Pep Guardiola last month, Hart joined the unfashionable Serie A side in a bid to maintain his status as England's […]

Milan (AFP) – Roma forward Francesco Totti, who will turn 40 next week, reached another career landmark against England 'keeper Joe Hart on Sunday when he hit his 250th career goal in Serie A. Totti, who will celebrate his birthday on Tuesday, came off the bench to help reduce arrears for the visitors when he […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bruno Labbadia became the second German league coach to be sacked this season after Hamburg announced on Sunday he had been fired in the wake of his team's fourth straight defeat. Labbadia returned for his second stint with Hamburg in April 2015, but was shown the door for the second time after […]

Los Angeles (AFP) – Toronto FC, New York Red Bulls and New York City FC all punched their tickets to the postseason Saturday as the Major League Soccer playoff field begins to take shape. The three clubs join the Western Conference-leading FC Dallas, who became the first MLS team to secure a playoff spot last […]