LIVERPOOL (AFP) – Diogo Jota struck after just 97 seconds as Liverpool closed to within one point of Premier League leaders Chelsea after a 4-0 stroll against Southampton on Saturday (Nov 27). Liverpool’s long unbeaten run was ended by high-flying West Ham earlier this month but they have clicked effortlessly back into gear, scoring 10... » read more
PARIS (REUTERS) – Lionel Messi scored his first Ligue 1 goal as Paris St Germain opened a 13-point lead in Ligue 1 despite playing almost half an hour with 10 men in a 3-1 home win against Nantes on Saturday (Nov 20). Messi found the back of the net with a curled left-footed effort from... » read more
YEREVAN (REUTERS) – Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan scored twice in their 4-1 World Cup qualifying victory over Armenia on Sunday (Nov 14) to finish top of Group J with their seventh straight win under coach Hansi Flick. Already-qualified Germany, missing a dozen players through injury, suspension and Covid-19 quarantine and having made six changes to... » read more
EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS (REUTERS) – Memphis Depay scored twice to guide the Netherlands to a first win following the return of coach Louis van Gaal with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Montenegro in their World Cup Group G qualifier in Eindhoven on Saturday (Sept 4). Depay slotted a first-half penalty and added a second goal after... » read more
TALLINN (REUTERS) – Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Belgium overcame an early scare to crush Estonia 5-2 away on Thursday (Sept 2) and solidify their position at the top of World Cup qualifying Group E. Lukaku’s extended his scoring record to 66 goals in his 99th appearance for his country after Belgium were shocked when... » read more
LONDON (AFP) – Romelu Lukaku scored on his second Chelsea debut on Sunday (Aug 22) as the club’s record signing inspired a 2-0 win at troubled Arsenal, while Harry Kane made his first appearance for Tottenham this season in a 1-0 victory against Wolves. In Sunday’s other game, Mason Greenwood salvaged a 1-1 draw for Manchester... » read more
MUNICH (REUTERS) – Paris St Germain forward Kylian Mbappe scored twice to steer the visitors to a 3-2 victory over holders Bayern Munich in a topsy-turvy Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday (April 7). Mbappe fired in his eighth goal of the competition in the 68th minute after Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting in the 37th minute... » read more
PHILADELPHIA • It is not every day that a player scores his career high in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and even rarer that two would achieve the feat with the same number of 50 points on the same day. But to Joel Embiid and Jamal Murray, it was just another nonchalant day at the... » read more
LONDON • Since last September, Marcos Alonso had been kicking his heels at home and flirting with other clubs eager to offer him an escape route. Former Chelsea manager Frank Lampard reportedly had a furious row with the Spain international after their 3-3 Premier League draw at West Bromwich Albion, blaming him for their defensive... » read more
NEW YORK • Of the eight previous National Basketball Association (NBA) games the Brooklyn Nets have played before Thursday, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant have scored team-high points in all but one of them. Both of them were absent against the Philadelphia 76ers but the Nets did not miss them much, even if they were... » read more
Friday should be a seismic day in the sporting calendar. Not merely as it is 2021 – good riddance to 2020 – but because perhaps its greatest player could upend the footballing world by announcing his departure. Lionel Messi has scored 644 goals for Barcelona, more than anyone else has ever scored for one club,... » read more
MIAMI • Brooklyn’s Kyrie Irving and Miami’s Duncan Robinson each matched a National Basketball Association (NBA) Christmas Day record with seven three-pointers to ignite lopsided victories on Friday, as the Heat stretched their holiday win streak to eight games. Irving scored 37 points, hitting seven of 10 three-point attempts in his return to Boston, as... » read more
LOS ANGELES • It was yet another high-scoring Christmas victory for LeBron James, but he was not the brightest star on Friday night. The Los Angeles Lakers had routed the Dallas Mavericks 138-115 in their National Basketball Association (NBA) game, with James contributing a mere 22 points at the Staples Centre. They already look on... » read more
BERLIN • Chelsea striker Timo Werner scored twice on his return to Leipzig on Saturday, as Germany went top of their Nations League A Group 4 after a convincing 3-1 win over Ukraine. Having moved to the Premier League side in summer after four years with RB Leipzig, Werner played a starring role behind closed... » read more