Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – A goal from Mesut Ozil on his first start of the campaign rounded off a much-needed win for Arsenal as they secured a comfortable 3-1 Premier League triumph at Watford. Santi Cazorla, from the penalty spot, Alexis Sanchez and Ozil were all on target to put the Gunners in total command by […]

Moscow (AFP) – Finland international midfielder Roman Eremenko scored the only goal as champions CSKA Moscow squeezed past promoted Tomsk in the Russian Premier League on Saturday. The away win lifted CSKA top of the Premier League table, one point ahead of city rivals Spartak, who visit Anzhi Makhachkala on Sunday. Zenit St Petersburg, who […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Veteran goalkeeper Shay Given's unfortunate own goal proved the difference as Everton continued their fine start to the new season by beating Stoke City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday. The 40-year-old Given, who was in the Republic of Ireland squad at Euro 2016, did well to turn a Leighton Baines […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea swept to the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 victory over Burnley, while Arsenal won 3-1 at Watford to ease the pressure on Arsene Wenger on Saturday. After a dismal title defence last season, Chelsea look revitalised under new manager Antonio Conte and the Italian was able to celebrate […]

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 […]