Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich turn their focus on Arsenal and the Champions League on Wednesday having effectively ended the title-race in the Bundesliga with a fifth straight-crown now theirs to lose. With a third of the German league season still to play, Bayern hold a commanding seven-point lead as all their main rivals lost […]

Milan (AFP) – Desperate Napoli fans have signed up as official Real Madrid supporters in a bid to attend a Champions League clash that will see an estimated 10,000 Napolitans descend on the Spanish capital Wednesday. Napoli, last season's runners-up, are nine points behind Juventus in the Serie A title race but, with a league-topping […]

Burnley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Antonio Conte believes any of six teams could still win the Premier League despite his Chelsea side moving 10 points clear at the summit after drawing 1-1 at Burnley. Chelsea negotiated a potentially difficult visit to Turf Moor on Sunday, where Burnley have the third-best home record in the division, […]

Barcelona (AFP) – Lucas Digne says Barcelona's deadly strike force will again carry them past Paris Saint Germain when the teams meet at the Parc des Princes in the Champions League last-16 on Tuesday. At just 23, left-back Digne has already experienced the demands at the top level with PSG in his homeland and Roma […]

Paris (AFP) – Lucas Moura has been knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona twice before with Paris Saint-Germain, but the Brazilian insists the French club can come out on top in the sides' latest meeting. PSG host the Spanish champions in the first leg of their last-16 tie at the Parc des Princes […]

Lisbon (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel hopes the return of the Champions League will provide the jolt his inconsistent side need ahead of Tuesday's visit to Benfica in the first leg of their last-16 tie. The Germans tormented opposing defences and finished above European champions Real Madrid in Group F after setting a […]

Milan (AFP) – Gonzalo Higuain struck his 21st Serie A brace to go level top of the Serie A scoring charts in a 2-0 win at Cagliari that edged Juventus closer to a record sixth consecutive scudetto Sunday. Higuain's 17th and 18th goals of the league season means the Argentina striker is tied with Edin […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola has refused to rule out the possibility that Sergio Aguero could leave Manchester City at the end of the season, but says he wants to keep the striker. Aguero, who has a contract until 2020, has been restricted to brief substitute appearances in each of City's last two […]

Milan (AFP) – Gonzalo Higuain struck his 21st Serie A brace to go joint-top in the scoring charts as Juventus opened up a seven-point lead with a comfortable 2-0 win at 10-man Cagliari on Sunday. Higuain's 17th and 18th goals of the league season means the Argentina striker is tied with Roma front man Edin […]

Paris (AFP) – Nice's fading Ligue 1 title aspirations suffered a costly setback as they fell five points behind leaders Monaco despite rallying from two goals down in Sunday's 2-2 draw at Rennes. First-half strikes from Morgan Amalfitano and Giovanni Sio left Rennes on course for a first win in nine matches, but Valentin Eysseric […]

Madrid (AFP) – Antoine Griezmann sealed a thrilling Atletico Madrid comeback from 2-1 down with four minutes remaining to beat Celta Vigo 3-2 and move into fourth in La Liga. Sevilla remain four points ahead of Atletico in third as they moved within three points of leaders Real Madrid thanks to substitute Joaquin Correa's winner […]

Madrid (AFP) – Sevilla moved to within three points of La Liga leaders Real Madrid thanks to substitute Joaquin Correa's winner 10 minutes from time in a 1-0 win at Las Palmas. Las Palmas were the better side for the majority of the 90 minutes, but were caught out by a simple route one move […]

Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Claudio Ranieri acknowledged Leicester City cannot continue haemorrhaging defeats after Sunday's 2-0 loss at Swansea City left the Premier League champions one point above the relegation zone. Swansea defenders Alfie Mawson and Martin Olsson struck in the first half at the Liberty Stadium to condemn Leicester to a fifth successive […]

Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Defenders Alfie Mawson and Martin Olsson gave Swansea City a 2-0 win over Leicester City on Sunday that nudged the flatlining Premier League champions closer to the relegation zone. Mawson and Olsson netted crisp strikes prior to half-time at the Liberty Stadium to give Swansea manager Paul Clement a fourth […]

Milan (AFP) – Edin Dzeko made amends for a first-half penalty miss to hit Roma's second in a 2-0 win over Crotone that kept the capital side's Serie A title challenge ticking over on Sunday. Roma's 17th win of the campaign moved Luciano Spalletti's men back up to second spot to close the gap to […]