Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Erling Haaland hit his first Premier League hat-trick to inspire Manchester City's fightback from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace 4-2 on Saturday. Pep Guardiola's side were rocked in the first half at the Etihad Stadium as a John Stones own goal and Joachim Andersen's header put Palace in […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Liverpool equalled the record for the biggest Premier League win by thrashing Bournemouth 9-0 at Anfield on Saturday to register their first victory of the season at the fourth attempt. Roberto Firmino and Luis Diaz both scored twice with strikes from Harvey Elliott, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Fabio Carvalho and a […]

Berlin (AFP) – French striker Anthony Modeste headed in a first-half goal to get Borussia Dortmund's season back on track with a narrow 1-0 win away at Hertha Berlin on Saturday. Dortmund, who came under heavy criticism after throwing away a 2-0 lead in the 88th minute to lose 3-2 against Werder Bremen last Saturday, […]

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United maintained their revival as Bruno Fernandes clinched a hard-fought 1-0 win at Southampton on Saturday. Erik ten Hag's side sat bottom of the Premier League after losing their opening two games against Brighton and Brentford. But United have recovered from that embarrassing start to secure successive league victories […]

When it comes to kit design, the United States men's and women's national teams have historically featured a wide array of styles. Outside of the patriotic color palette of red, white, and blue (most of the time, anyway), the hasn't been much design consistency across the various incarnations of USMNT and USWNT uniforms. And with […]

Milan (AFP) – Inter Milan slumped to their first defeat of the season as Spanish duo Luis Alberto and Pedro Rodriguez struck late to guide Lazio to a 3-1 win on Friday which takes the Roman club to the top of Serie A. It marked another disappointing evening for Inter manager Simone Inzaghi who has […]

Berlin (AFP) – Freiburg continued their impressive start to the Bundesliga season, defeating a dogged Bochum 1-0 at home on Friday. In a game played in wet and wild conditions, Freiburg's Italian midfielder Vincenzo Grifo scored the only goal of the game when he headed in his own saved penalty, which had been saved two […]

London (AFP) – Everton on Friday signed striker Neal Maupay from Premier League rivals Brighton for an undisclosed fee, hoping the Frenchman can supply the goals they are desperately missing. The 26-year-old, who scored 27 times in 110 appearances over three years at Brighton, penned a three-year contract. "Everton is a great club with unbelievable […]

Rome (AFP) – Juventus have signed Poland striker Arkadiusz Milik from Ligue 1 outfit Marseille on loan with an option to buy for 7 million euros ($6.9 million) it was announced on Friday. The Italian club will pay Marseille 900,000 euros for the season which could rise to 1.7 million euros depending on certain goals […]

Well, matchday three certainly provided some early season fireworks in the Premier League. Manchester United picked up a much-needed win, while Liverpool now enters desperate times. Meanwhile, Chelsea dropped the ball at Leeds, who blitzed the Blues, 3-0. Finally, Manchester City dropped points in a thrilling 3-3 draw with Newcastle. So, where does that leave […]

Geneva (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday dismissed an appeal by Cardiff against having to pay the first instalment of the transfer fee for Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, who died in a plane accident en route to his new club. CAS threw out the appeal filed by the former English […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann on Friday paid little heed to concerns the Bundesliga season was over before it begun, saying his only focus was on his team’s quest for an 11th consecutive title. Speaking at a press conference ahead of his side’s home clash with Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, Nagelsmann said […]

London (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp said on Friday that Liverpool are "working constantly" on potential new signings as the Reds try to deal with the injury crisis that contributed to their dismal run. Klopp has brought in Darwin Nunez, Fabio Carvalho and Calvin Ramsay since the end of last term. But Liverpool have been rocked […]

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola insists there is no chance of Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva leaving Manchester City during the current transfer window. Silva is reported to be interested in quitting the Premier League champions for personal reasons. The 28-year-old was on the bench for City's first two games this term before starting and scoring […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham manager Antonio Conte said on Friday he backs Son Heung-min to end his goal drought after the South Korea forward failed to score in the first three games of the Premier League season. Son drew a blank in Tottenham's matches against Southampton, Chelsea and Wolves in a rare barren spell for […]