Giovanni Van Bronckhorst got off to a perfect start as Rangers manager as a 2-0 win over Sparta Prague secured their place in the last 32 of the Europa League, while Leicester edged towards the knockout stages with a 3-1 win over Legia Warsaw. But Celtic’s chances of progress were ended by a late Bayer […]
Manchester City beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 on Wednesday but both clubs qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League, along with Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Sporting Lisbon. Gabriel Jesus tapped in from Bernardo Silva’s deft knockdown on 76 minutes to settle an absorbing match at the Etihad after Raheem Sterling had cancelled out […]
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is to be sacked as Manchester United manager, according to widespread reports on Saturday following a humiliating 4-1 defeat at Watford. Solskjaer admitted he was “embarrassed” after his team’s fifth defeat in their last seven Premier League games. The Times, The Guardian and the Manchester Evening News reported that the result of […]
Rhys Priestland kicked an injury-time penalty to seal Wales a 29-28 victory over 14-man Australia in a tense Test match at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday. It looked like the Wallabies had grabbed an unlikely victory when Kurtley Beale hit a 77th-minute penalty, but there was drama to the end as Priestland booted […]
Wayne Rooney’s Derby are facing relegation from the second-tier Championship after being deducted a further nine points for breaches of English Football League accounting rules. It takes the total points docked this season to 21, after the club were previously deducted 12 points for entering administration. A further three-point deduction, which is suspended, will take […]
The Netherlands clinched the final automatic place in European qualifying for the 2022 World Cup as late goals from Steven Bergwijn and Memphis Depay sealed a 2-0 win over Norway on Tuesday, with Turkey and Ukraine grabbing play-off spots. The Dutch, with injured coach Louis van Gaal watching from the stands in Rotterdam, only needed […]
European champions Italy missed out on automatic qualification for next year’s World Cup after being held to a goalless draw by Northern Ireland in Belfast on Monday, ceding top spot in Group C to Switzerland who beat Bulgaria 4-0. The Italians needed to match Switzerland’s result to qualify directly but while Roberto Mancini’s side could […]
West Ham beat Liverpool 3-2 on Sunday to end the Reds’ 25-match unbeaten run in the English Premier League. Jurgen Klopp’s team were one game away from setting a new club record of 26 matches unbeaten in all competitions but three costly errors from goalkeeper Alisson Becker cost them dear. Elsewhere in the English top […]
Crystal Palace claimed a second successive Premier League victory and extended their unbeaten run to six games as goals by Wilfried Zaha and Conor Gallagher secured a 2-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. Both sides went into the game in good form but produced a desperately poor first half at Selhurst Park with neither […]
West Ham qualified for the Europa League knockout stages despite Tomas Soucek’s own goal costing them victory in a 2-2 draw at Genk on Thursday, but Leicester have work to do after being held 1-1 at home by Spartak Moscow. Celtic gave their chances of reaching the last 32 a boost by beating Ferencvaros 3-2 […]
Tottenham Hotspur have named Antonio Conte as manager until the summer of 2023, the Premier League club said on Tuesday, a day after sacking Portuguese coach Nuno Espirito Santo. Former Chelsea and Inter Milan boss Conte replaces Nuno, who was fired on Monday after 17 matches in charge, with Saturday’s 3-0 home defeat by Manchester […]
Afghans cross a bridge above the Kabul river in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept 28, 2021. (FELIPE DANA / AP) The Taliban’s spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada made his first public appearance since 2016 at a famous Islamic seminary over the weekend, praising the militant group for sweeping to power as the US withdrew from Afghanistan. Haibatullah […]
In a video speech at the forum on national reunification and rejuvenation held in Yichang, Hubei province, on Friday, Liu Junchuan, deputy head of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee said that after the reunification with the motherland, Taiwan's fiscal revenue will be used to improve the well-being of […]
Shell-shocked Bayern Munich suffered their heaviest defeat in the German Cup Wednesday when their star-studded team was thrashed 5-0 at Borussia Moenchengladbach. Full-strength Bayern conceded the first goal after just 71 seconds and were 3-0 down with 21 minutes played. It was the first time for 27 years Bayern have conceded so many goals so […]
Mohamed Salah hit a hat-trick as Liverpool humiliated Manchester United, romping to a stunning 5-0 victory at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday that leaves Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s future in serious doubt. United were 4-0 down at halftime for the first time in the Premier League after shambolic defending and the sense of […]
West Ham United took control of Group H in the Europa League thanks to Thursday’s 3-0 home win over Genk. Craig Dawson scored late in the first half before Issa Diop and Jarrod Bowen helped the Hammers to go six points clear. Elsewhere in the group Rapid Vienna beat Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 to open their […]
South Korea’s Pohang Steelers will face Saudi giants Al Hilal in the AFC Champions League final after defeating title-holders Ulsan Hyundai 5-4 on penalties on Wednesday. The two sides, rivals on South Korea’s east coast, were locked at 1-1 after 120 tense minutes with Pohang equalising with just a minute left of normal time to […]
Manchester City delivered a dominant Champions League performance to sweep past Club Brugge 5-1 on Tuesday and re-emphasise their status as major contenders for a first European title. Joao Cancelo gave City a deserved lead on the half-hour and Riyad Mahrez converted a penalty just before the break as Pep Guardiola’s side bounced back in […]
Patrick Vieira nearly enjoyed a dream return to Arsenal but Alexandre Lacazette’s 96th minute equaliser salvaged a 2-2 draw for the Gunners against Crystal Palace on Monday. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s seventh-minute strike gave the hosts the perfect start. But a five-game unbeaten that had lifted the mood around the Emirates looked set to be punctured as […]
England have been ordered to play their next two home games in Uefa competition without supporters present after disturbances during their Euro 2020 final against Italy at Wembley in July, European soccer’s governing body said in a statement on Monday. The ban on fans attending the second game has been suspended for a probationary period […]