Leicester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jamie Vardy scored his first goal of the season as Leicester energised their Premier League title defence with a 2-1 win against Swansea in a torrential thunderstorm on Saturday. Vardy's 32nd-minute strike gave Claudio Ranieri's side a deserved half-time lead and captain Wes Morgan added the Foxes' second goal on […]

Berlin (AFP) – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has resumed his duel with Robert Lewandowski to be the Bundesliga's top scorer by netting twice in Saturday's 2-1 win over Mainz on the opening weekend of the new season. Aubameyang netted 25 league goals last season, finishing second to Bayern Munich striker Lewandowski's 30 in the scorers' charts, and […]

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jay Rodriguez's first goal in two years for Southampton denied Sunderland their first victory in the opening month of the past six Premier League seasons, as the two sides drew 1-1 at St Mary's on Saturday. Rodriguez's goal — aided by a terrible error by the previously impressive young goalkeeper […]

London (AFP) – Scott Dann's last-gasp equaliser grabbed Crystal Palace a 1-1 home draw with Bournemouth at Selhurst Park on Saturday, as both sides picked up their first Premier League point of the season. Bournemouth striker Josh King put the visitors into an early lead, before Palace midfielder Yohan Cabaye saw his penalty saved by […]

Berlin (AFP) – Werder Bremen coach Viktor Skripnik admits he fears for his job already after his side were crushed 6-0 by champions Bayern Munich in their opening game of the Bundesliga season on Friday. "I'm in no-man's land and I'm under the microscope now, I know," he said after his team's lacklustre display at […]

Doha (AFP) – Qatar Football Association on Saturday backed its vice president Saoud Al-Mohannadi and took aim at FIFA after the governing body called for a two-and-a-half-year ban against the senior official. On Friday, FIFA's ethics commission recommended the ban, stating that Mohannadi had refused to cooperate with an inquiry. Although FIFA did not say […]

It appears as if the Gunners have finally made a move for a center forward during the current summer transfer period. BBC have reported that Arsenal have met the release clause of about £17 million for Deportivo La Coruna forward Lucas Perez. Mirror have also claimed that the Spaniard arrived in England for a medical […]

Berlin (AFP) – Pep Guardiola's successor Carlo Ancelotti says he has changed little at Bayern Munich as the defending German champions drubbed Werder Bremen 6-0 on Friday to kick off the new season. The Italian is clearly a fan of the adage 'never change a winning team' after Guardiola led Bayern to the German league […]

London (AFP) – Left-back Danny Rose's 72nd-minute equaliser earned Tottenham Hotspur a 1-1 draw with Liverpool in a hard-fought Premier League encounter at White Hart Lane on Saturday. James Milner gave Liverpool a deserved lead with a penalty shortly before half-time, but Spurs got their reward for a spell of sustained second-half pressure when Rose […]

NBC Sports will broadcast a Premier League Transfer Deadline Day Special on Wednesday night from 5-8pm ET. The program will air live on NBCSN, the NBC Sports App and Sling Blue. The summer transfer window closes on Wednesday night at 6pm ET/3pm PT (11pm UK time), so the first hour of NBC's special program can […]

If you're trying to find out how you can watch Nacional vs. Benfica, you've come to the right place. So far this season, Benfica is undefeated after one win and one draw. They'll be hoping to make that two wins today when they play away at Nacional who lost 2-0 to Arouca last weekend. For […]

London (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp returns to the scene of his first game as Liverpool manager at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday, still searching for an effective winning formula. Liverpool won 4-3 at Arsenal in their opening league game, but lost 2-0 at promoted Burnley last weekend before bouncing back to beat […]

If you're trying to find out how you can watch Lazio vs. Juventus, you've come to the right place. After last weekend's exciting finish to the Juventus-Torino game where Gonzalo Higuain scored the winner, Juventus are back today with an away match versus Lazio. Speaking of narrow victories, Lazio got one last week too with […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Claudio Bravo must wait to make his Manchester City debut as he prepares to watch his new club's home Premier League game with West Ham United on Sunday from the stands at the Etihad Stadium. The Chilean goalkeeper has completed the formalities over his reported £17 million ($22 million, 19 […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney believes new manager Jose Mourinho's methods are already bearing fruit ahead of his side's Premier League trip to Hull City on Saturday. United have won their two opening games, against Bournemouth and Southampton, and go into the weekend level on points with Manchester City, Chelsea and, unexpectedly, […]