Burnley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Burnley forwards Sam Vokes and Andre Gray each scored their first Premier League goals as the promoted club inflicted a surprise 2-0 defeat upon Liverpool on Saturday. Liverpool had edged Arsenal 4-3 in a ding-dong opening fixture, but they were cut down to size by a Burnley team whose top-flight […]

Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Antonio Conte won the battle of two old Serie A adversaries as Chelsea came from behind to beat Walter Mazzarri's Watford 2-1 on Saturday thanks to Diego Costa's latest last-gasp winner. Etienne Capoue put Watford ahead after 55 minutes with his second goal of the season, but Michy Batshuayi equalised […]

London (AFP) – Victor Wanyama sparked Tottenham's season into life as the Kenya midfielder's late goal secured a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday. Wanyama's 83rd minute header at White Hart Lane finally broke the resistance of a Palace side who are without a goal and without a point after […]

West Bromwich (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Gareth Barry's second-half header gave Ronald Koeman his first victory as Everton manager, with the Toffees beating West Bromwich Albion 2-1 at the Hawthorns on Saturday. The Baggies started the match brightest with Gareth McAuley heading in after just nine minutes, but Kevin Mirallas equalised for the visitors on […]

Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola extended his 100 per cent start as Manchester City manager as Sergio Aguero's brace and a late double from Nolito secured an impressive 4-1 win at Stoke on Saturday. City's away form last season undermined their efforts to regain the Premier League title with just four wins from […]

If you're trying to find out how you can watch Porto vs. Estoril, you've come to the right place. Porto and the Primeira Liga have a new home on US television and streaming, and its name is fuboTV. Porto's second game of the season will be shown live and exclusively in the USA on fuboTV, […]

If you're trying to find out how you can watch Juventus vs. Fiorentina, you've come to the right place. Despite losing Paul Pogba to Manchester United, Juventus will start their 2016/17 Serie A season today to try to win another scudetto against a talented Fiorentina side. Out of all of the Serie A matches this […]

Madrid (AFP) – Portugal's Euro 2016 winning captain Cristiano Ronaldo resumed training for his club Real Madrid on Saturday after picking up a knee injury in the final victory over France. No date has been set for a full return to action but a slimline and tanned Ronaldo trained separately from the rest of the […]

London (AFP) – AFP Sports picks out five facts on Belgian international striker Christian Benteke who completed his move to Crystal Palace from Liverpool for £27million (31m euros, $35m) on Saturday: Congo's loss Belgium's gain Benteke was born in the then Zaire and what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. His father Jean-Pierre was […]

London (AFP) – Belgian international striker Christian Benteke became Crystal Palace's record signing on Saturday as the Premier League club paid £27million (31m euros, $35m) with add ons to end his unhappy spell at rivals Liverpool. The 25-year-old, who cost Liverpool £32.5m when he joined from Aston Villa last year but fell out of favour […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho pledged to shape his team around Paul Pogba after the France midfielder made a successful Old Trafford return in a 2-0 win over Southampton. Pogba played the whole game as Zlatan Ibrahimovic's brace sank Southampton on Friday, a week after returning to United from Juventus […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Germany handed departing coach Silvia Neid the perfect send off by claiming women's football Olympic gold for the first time thanks to a 2-1 win over Sweden in front of a huge crowd at Rio's Maracana. Dzsenifer Marozsan's sweet strike and Lisa Sembrant's comical own goal put Germany 2-0 up […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic marked his competitive home debut with a brace as Paul Pogba's second Manchester United debut ended in a 2-0 Premier League win over Southampton on Friday. Pogba played for the full 90 minutes after his return to United in a world-record 89 million pounds (105 million euros, $116 […]

Berlin (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski netted a hat-trick on Friday as holders Bayern Munich brushed past minnows Carl Zeiss Jena with a 5-0 away win in the first round of the German Cup. The Poland striker put Bayern ahead after just three minutes at fourth-division club Jena, the former East German champions who have fallen […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Paul Pogba produced an assured display as he made his second Manchester United debut in Friday's 2-0 home win over Southampton following his world-record transfer from Juventus. The France international, 23, earned the approval of the Old Trafford crowd with some elegant touches and came close to scoring on several […]