Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain missed the chance to eat into Monaco's lead at the top of the French Ligue 1 table after being held to a 0-0 draw by Toulouse at the Parc des Princes on Sunday. At the same venue where they had blown away Barcelona five days earlier, winning 4-0 in the […]

Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona needed a last minute Lionel Messi penalty to see off lowly Leganes 2-1 as a poor week for the Spanish champions continued on Sunday. Barca were thrashed 4-0 by Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday to leave their Champions League hopes hanging by a thread and had to rely on Messi for snatching […]

Blackburn (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Jose Mourinho refused to dwell on the prospect of facing his former club Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-finals after Manchester United negotiated a difficult fifth-round visit to Blackburn Rovers in a 2-1 victory. It took the substitute pairing of Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to combine for the latter […]

Milan (AFP) – Torino coach Sinisa Mihajlovic leapt to the defence of Joe Hart on Sunday despite the England goalkeeper shipping four goals in a 4-1 defeat to Serie A title hopefuls Roma. Edin Dzeko, a former teammate of Hart's at Manchester City, beat the Englishman on 10 minutes with a low strike from the […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho will have to get past former club Chelsea if FA Cup holders Manchester United are to keep their hopes of retaining the trophy alive following the quarter-final draw on Sunday. Giant-killers Lincoln — the first non-league side into the last-eight in over a century after beating Premier League Burnley on […]

Milan (AFP) – Edin Dzeko struck his 19th Serie A goal and Francesco Totti came off the bench to provide an assist as Roma kept their 'scudetto' hopes alive with a 4-1 win over Torino on Sunday. Roma's 18th win of the campaign allowed Luciano Spalletti's men to leapfrog Napoli, 3-1 winners at Chievo, and […]

Milan (AFP) – Sampdoria striker Fabio Quagliarella was close to tears Sunday as he recounted the "nightmare" of a stalker bringing his dream move to Napoli to a premature end as his family feared for their lives. Quagliarella joined hometown club Napoli from Udinese on a five-year deal worth 18 million euros in 2009, scoring […]

Blackburn (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic combined to score the winning goal that carried Manchester United through to the FA Cup quarter-finals in a 2-1 win at Blackburn Rovers. United will face Chelsea in a mouthwatering last-eight tie at Stamford Bridge next month as victory maintained Jose Mourinho’s interest in all […]

London (AFP) – Jose Mourinho will have to get past former club Chelsea if FA Cup holders Manchester United are to keep their hopes of retaining the trophy alive following the quarter-final draw on Sunday. Giant-killers Lincoln — the first non-league side into the last-eight in over a century after beating Premier League side Burnley […]

Berlin (AFP) – RB Leipzig cut Bayern Munich's lead at the top of the Bundesliga to five points on Sunday as Emil Forsberg and Timo Werner netted in a 2-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach. Leipzig brushed off consecutive defeats with an impressive display at Borussia Park to trim the lead of Bayern, who had needed […]

Paris (AFP) – Alexandre Lacazette scored his 21st league goal of the season as Lyon fought back from behind to win 4-2 at home to Dijon in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Corentin Tolisso poked the ball in following a corner to give Lyon the lead in the 11th minute at the Parc OL, but Julio […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Rangers' hopes of clinching second place in the Scottish Premiership were dealt a major blow as Dundee defeated the troubled Glasgow giants 2-1 at Dens Park on Sunday. Mark O'Hara fired Dundee in front early in the first half before Kevin Holt added a second just before the break. Joe Garner gave […]

Milan (AFP) – Marek Hamsik moved to within three goals of Diego Maradona's Napoli record in a 3-1 win at Chievo as veteran Zdenek Zeman steered Pescara to a first win since August in a 5-0 rout of Genoa on Sunday. Slovakia midfielder Hamsik took his tally to 112 on Sunday with an easy tap-in […]

London (AFP) – Harry Kane's fifth hat-trick for Tottenham and second this year eased the Premier League club past second-tier Championship side Fulham 3-0 and into the FA Cup quarter-finals on Sunday. The 23-year-old England striker, who took his tally to 19 for the season, ended a difficult week for Spurs and manager Mauricio Pochettino […]

Milan (AFP) – Brazilian striker Gabriel 'Gabigol' Barbosa handed Inter Milan all three points and kept his side within reach of the European places with his maiden Serie A strike in a 1-0 win at Bologna on Sunday. The 20-year-old Brazil international joined Inter from Santos in August for just under 30 million euros ($32M) […]