Victor Valdes's unsuccessful time at Manchester United effectively came to an end on Sunday when it was confirmed the goalkeeper was joining Standard Liege on loan. The 34-year-old will remain with the Belgian club until the end of the season and then become a free agent. A statement on United's website said: "Manchester United and […]

Louis van Gaal’s face said it all after Manchester United succumbed to their 6th loss of the season. The venue Old Trafford and the club Southampton but this felt like the same old song and dance for the Dutchman. Saturday's 0-1 loss to Southampton is another damning defeat for the club especially given that they had seemed […]

Jamie Vardy rediscovered his Midas touch to extend Leicester City's fairytale season as they regained top spot in the Premier League with a 3-0 win at home to Stoke on Saturday. The England striker had not scored for seven matches during which Claudio Ranieri's surprise package had managed only one win and had crashed out […]

Dele Alli produced a contender for goal of the season as Tottenham cemented their position in the Premier League's top four with a 3-1 win against Crystal Palace on Saturday. Alli has emerged one of the brightest young stars in the top-flight this season and the teenage midfielder's meteoric rise gathered pace at Selhurst Park […]

Debutant Charlie Austin's late goal earned Southampton a 1-0 victory at Manchester United on Saturday that put the pressure back on beaten manager Louis van Gaal. Austin joined Southampton for £4 million ($5.7 million, 5.2 million euros) from Queens Park Rangers last week and made a spectacular debut as a substitute at Old Trafford. The […]

Adam Lallana scored a 95th-minute winner as Liverpool came from behind to beat Norwich City 5-4 in an extraordinary ding-dong Premier League battle at Carrow Road on Saturday. Ex-Everton man Steven Naismith helped Norwich take a 3-1 lead and although they fell 4-3 down, Sebastien Bassong slammed in a 91st-minute equaliser, only for Lallana to […]

Lionel Messi scored a spectacular winner as Barcelona moved to the top of La Liga with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Malaga on Saturday. The European champions were handed the perfect start when Munir El Haddadi tapped home the opener after just 64 seconds, but were far from their best and Malaga deservedly leveled through […]

Borussia Dortmund consolidated second place in the Bundesliga on Saturday with a convincing 3-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach to trim Bayern Munich's runaway lead in the table. Goals by Dortmund's Marco Reus, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Ilkay Gundogan, with a consolation from Gladbach's Raffael, sealed the win which left Dortmund both eight points behind Bayern and […]

With Jose Mourinho gone and Chelsea languishing, Premier League leaders Arsenal have an opportunity to assert their supremacy over their London rivals in Sunday's encounter at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger managed just one win against his former Chelsea counterpart Mourinho in 15 attempts, and that came in this season's Community Shield. Mourinho […]

League leaders Arsenal host London rivals Chelsea on Sunday (11am ET on NBCSN and Telemundo in the US) as they aim to avenge a 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge last September. The Blues no longer have Jose Mourinho in the dugout which should be a pleasant sight for Arsene Wenger and Arsenal as they had […]

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has played down reports he could become Chelsea's next full-time manager, following the sacking of Jose Mourinho earlier this season. Allegri, who steered Juve to a league and Cup double last season, as well as the Champions League final, was linked to the struggling Premier League giants in tabloid reports on […]

Pep Guardiola entered the final four months of his three-year reign as Bayern Munich coach on Friday with the Spaniard under pressure to sign off with the treble. Bayern kicked off the second-half of the season at Hamburg with a 2-1 victory, and if things continue, Guardiola will end the Bundesliga season on May 14 […]

Borussia Dortmund boss Hans-Joachim Watzke says the Bundesliga should be more assertive in the fight for publicity with England's Premier League as the German league returns from the winter break. "I have no fear of the English (league), we must make sure our qualities are in the foreground," Watzke told the Koelnischen Rundschau in a […]

Both teams go into this Midlands derby on the back of midweek wins in the FA Cup. West Brom sealed their place in the fourth round with a 1-0 at Bristol City while Villa struck for two late goals to overcome League Two's Wycombe. After last season's FA Cup quarterfinal, where the Villa and Baggie […]

Germany's World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm has dropped the first hint that he may retire before his Bayern Munich contract expires in 2018. The 32-year-old stepped down as Germany's skipper after leading them to their Brazil 2014 World Cup triumph, but he has suggested he may retire from all soccer within the next two years, […]