1 September 2014 04:55
America were beaten for the first time in the Apertura season as Monterrey moved level on points atop the Liga MX standings.
Dante Lopez’s goal two minutes from the end handed Pumas UNAM a 1-0 win on Saturday and condemned America to their first defeat in seven rounds.
That loss saw rivals Monterrey (+6) join America (+8)...
1 September 2014 04:51
Blooming suffered their first loss of the Liga del Futbol Profesional Boliviano season to create a logjam at the top of the table.
Alejandro Melean and Thiago Santos helped Oriente Petrolero to a 2-0 win over Blooming, who remain a point clear at the top after four games.
But the loss has seen things tighten up at the summit.
Six
1 September 2014 04:00
Colo Colo continued their impressive Chilean Primera Division form to keep the pressure on league leaders Universidad Chile.
A three-goal first half led Colo Colo to a 4-0 thrashing of Antofagasta at the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.
It marked Colo Colo’s third straight win, a run which has included nine goals
1 September 2014 03:56
Chelsea midfielder Marco van Ginkel has followed Fernando Torres to Milan, signing a one-year loan deal with the club on Sunday.
The 21-year-old was signed by Chelsea last year but his first season in London was severely interuppted by an ACL injury he suffered in the League Cup, meaning he managed just two competitive matches
1 September 2014 03:53
Cruzeiro consolidated their lead atop the Brazilian Serie A table, while Flamengo won again.
In-form Bolivian attacker Marcelo Moreno was the pick of the bunch yet again, scoring twice in the second half as defending champions Cruzeiro overcame Chapecoense 4-2 on Saturday.
Leo and substitute Alisson were also on target after...
1 September 2014 02:58
Juan Aurich lifted their maiden Torneo Apertura title on Saturday after they saw off Universitario 2-0 at the Estadio Elías Aguirre.
Having essentially wrapped up the trophy after accounting for Universidad San Martin last weekend, Roberto Mosquera’s men made no mistake as they ended their season in perfect...
1 September 2014 02:45
Carmelita ran riot against Belen Siglo XXI as they closed the gap on Deportivo Saprissa in the Costa Rican Primera Division.
Angelo Padilla netted a second-half brace in Carmelita’s 4-1 win away from home on Sunday, while Saprissa were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at cellar-dwellers Uruguay.
Carmelita’s victory
1 September 2014 02:27
Racing and Penarol maintained their perfect starts to the Uruguayan Primera Division with strong wins on matchday three.
Gabriel Fernandez’s late brace of penalties helped league leaders Racing to a 3-1 win at Atenas, who are point-less.
Mauricio Larriera’s men have scored 11 goals in their three victories, and only...
1 September 2014 02:00
Ryan Nelsen seems to have paid the price for his public dispute with Toronto general manager Tim Bezbatchenko after he was sacked on Sunday.
Nelsen, who took charge of the MLS franchise in January last year, and most of his coaching staff were relieved of their duties following Saturday’s 3-0 loss to the New England
1 September 2014 01:06
Real Sociedad came from behind to stun an off-colour Real Madrid 4-2 in La Liga, while Barcelona won again on Sunday.
It appeared European champions Real Madrid would emphatically put worries over a poor start to the season behind them when they flew out of the blocks, Gareth Bale’s neat finish adding to Sergio
29 August 2014 21:30
Paris Saint-Germain face their toughest test of the new campaign against Saint-Etienne with a host of key players set to miss out.
The Ligue 1 champions have made an unconvincing start to the season having taken five points from their first three league games, with a home win over Bastia sandwiched by draws with Reims and Evian.
Y...
29 August 2014 21:28
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers does not want Mario Balotelli’s potential debut to divert focus ahead of Sunday’s trip to Tottenham.
The Italy international is in line for his Liverpool bow at White Hart Lane, having arrived from Milan on Monday amid plenty of excitement on Merseyside.
Formerly of Manchester City,...
29 August 2014 21:09
Tottenham have agreed a fee with Montpellier for the transfer of midfielder Benjamin Stambouli, the French club confirmed on Friday.
The former France Under-21 international was part of the Ligue 1 title-winning side at Montpellier in 2011-12, having come through the club’s youth system.
However, he now looks set to leave
29 August 2014 20:45
Chelsea have confirmed Fernando Torres will join Milan on a two-year loan, subject to a medical and personal terms being agreed.
Spain striker Torres moved to Stamford Bridge in January 2011 following a highly productive stint with Liverpool.
The reported fee of £50million paid by Chelsea represented a British transfer
29 August 2014 20:21
Real Madrid travel to Real Sociedad for Sunday’s La Liga fixture following the high-profile departures of Angel di Maria and Xabi Alonso.
With limited time remaining in the transfer window, Santiago Bernabeu bosses allowed Di Maria to leave for Manchester United and Alonso for Bayern Munich in midweek.
The pair had formed a...
29 August 2014 19:51
Chelsea forward Patrick Bamford will enjoy a second loan spell in the Championship after joining Middlesbrough until January 1.
The England Under-21 forward spent the second half of last season on loan at Derby County, scoring eight goals in 14 starts and nine substitute appearances.
Prior to that temporary stint away from
29 August 2014 19:30
Giancarlo Gallifuoco has penned a one-year deal with Premier League side Swansea City.
The 20-year-old had previously been on the books of fellow top-flight side Tottenham, but his contract at White Hart Lane expired.
Gallifuoco has now moved to the Liberty Stadium and will play predominantly in the club’s Under-21 squad.

29 August 2014 19:24
Liam Rosenior insists Hull City have no time for a European hangover as they return to Premier League action at Aston Villa on Sunday.
Hull’s maiden voyage into continental competition was ended on Thursday as last’s season’s FA Cup runners-up were knocked out of the UEFA Europa League by Lokeren on away goals,...
29 August 2014 19:24
Barcelona have completed the signing of Brazilian full-back Douglas Pereira on a five-year contract.
The Catalan giants announced that a deal had been agreed with Sao Paulo for the 24-year-old’s services on Wednesday.
Douglas has now completed his medical and penned terms at Camp Nou until 2019.
Barca have paid an initial
29 August 2014 18:56
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has hit back at comments made by Roy Hodgson regarding the fitness of full-back Luke Shaw.
Van Gaal placed Shaw on an individual regime during United’s pre-season tour of the United States after claiming the 19-year-old had returned to training unfit.
England boss Hodgson has
29 August 2014 05:41
Penarol eased into the second round of the Copa Sudamericana, while Cesar Vallejo were also among the teams to advance.
Jorge Fossati’s Penarol were comfortable 6-0 winners on aggregate after routing Wilstermann 4-0 in Bolivia on Thursday.
Diogo Bittencourt got the ball rolling for the Uruguayan visitors in the second leg...
29 August 2014 05:07
Uruguay continue to struggle in the early stages of the Costa Rican Primera Division after going down 2-0 to Carmelita.
In what was a fiery game at the Estadio Allen Riggioni Suarez on Wednesday, hosts Carmelita scored two goals in as many minutes to collect all three points.
Victor Chavarria opened the scoring in the 65th minute
29 August 2014 04:39
Cristiano Ronaldo has tipped former Real Madrid teammate Angel Di Maria to succeed at Manchester United.
Di Maria sealed a British transfer record £59.7million move to Old Trafford on Tuesday after falling down the pecking order in Carlo Ancelotti’s side and has been given Ronaldo’s old number seven jersey.
Ronal
29 August 2014 04:36
Velez Sarsfield preserved their 100 per cent record in the Argentine Primera Division, while River Plate ran rampant midweek.
In-form attacker Lucas Pratto was on target again as Velez made it four wins from four, edging Lanus 1-0 at the Estadio Jose Amalfitani on Thursday.
Pratto, who netted a brace against Independiente on...
29 August 2014 04:30
Cruzeiro are poised to progress to the quarter-finals of the Copa do Brasil after routing Santa Rita 5-0 on Wednesday.
Bolivian attacker Marcelo Moreno bagged a brace as the Brazilian Serie A champions produced a masterclass in the first leg of their last-16 clash at the Estadio Governador Magalhaes Pinto.
Cruzeiro – seven...
29 August 2014 03:28
Barcelona vice-president Jordi Mestre labelled his team’s UEFA Champions League group as “difficult”.
The La Liga giants face three league champions – Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1), Ajax (Eredivisie) and APOEL (Cypriot First Division) – in Group F.
Mestre said Barca had been handed a tough draw, even
29 August 2014 02:57
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has talked up his side’s chances of winning the UEFA Champions League for the second consecutive season.
The 29-year-old was speaking after the Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday, when he also picked up UEFA’s Best Player in Europe Award.
Real Madrid have been...
29 August 2014 02:29
Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp said the UEFA Champions League draw his team were handed was “not an easy” one.
The Bundesliga outfit will face Arsenal, Galatasaray and Anderlecht in Group D in a decent draw.
Klopp is wary of the teams in the group, but said Dortmund would deal with the challenges presented.
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29 August 2014 01:42
Steve Bruce expressed his disappointment with the nature of Hull City’s exit from the UEFA Europa League on Thursday.
Hull’s foray into Europe came to an end at KC Stadium, exiting on away goals despite beating Lokeren 2-1 in the return leg courtesy of Robbie Brady’s brace.
Last season’s FA Cup runners-up
29 August 2014 01:00
Lyon and Real Sociedad were the big-name casualties in the UEFA Europa League play-offs on Thursday.
Ligue 1 Lyon travelled to Astra nursing a 2-1 deficit from last week’s tie on home soil and managed to claim a 1-0 win in the return leg courtesy of Jordan Ferri’s strike midway through the first half.
But the Romanian...
28 August 2014 19:51
Louis van Gaal hopes Saturday’s Premier League trip to Burnley will represent the start of the rebuilding process for Manchester United.
Having endured the disastrous tenure of David Moyes, United fans approached the 2014-15 campaign high on optimism after watching Van Gaal guide Netherlands to a third-place finish at the...
28 August 2014 19:41
Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for the first time on Thursday.
Ronaldo landed the FIFA Ballon d’Or in January and secured yet another gong at an awards ceremony in Monaco following the UEFA Champions League draw, beating off competition from Bayern Munich duo
28 August 2014 19:33
Garry Monk wants to make the Liberty Stadium a fortress as Swansea City prepare to host West Brom in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Welsh club have made an impressive start to the 2014-15 campaign, winning 2-1 at Manchester United before edging Burnley 1-0 on home soil last weekend.
A League Cup triumph over Rotherham United...
28 August 2014 19:19
Cameroon are confident that their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in DR Congo will go ahead, despite an outbreak of Ebola in the country.
Volker Finke’s men are due to take on DR Congo next Saturday as they bid to start their qualification campaign with a victory.
However, following the confirmation of cases of the deadly
28 August 2014 19:15
Ronald Koeman is anticipating a stern physical test at West Ham as he seeks his first Premier League victory as Southampton manager.
Following a 2-1 defeat to Liverpool and a goalless home draw with West Brom, Southampton travel to Upton Park on Saturday still searching for their opening league win of the new season under the...
28 August 2014 19:10
Stoke City boss Mark Hughes is anticipating a tough encounter against a “quite incredible” Manchester City on Saturday.
Hughes returns to his former club still looking for Stoke’s first win of the new Premier League season after a surprise home defeat to Aston Villa was followed by a 1-1 stalemate at Hull City...
28 August 2014 18:38
Real Madrid must emerge from a group featuring Liverpool if they are to make history and defend their UEFA Champions League crown.
No side has ever won back-to-back Champions League titles, but Real do boast 10 victories in Europe’s premier club competition – a feat labelled in Spain as ‘La Decima’...
28 August 2014 17:44
Swansea City manager Garry Monk has stated his desire to bring in a left-back and a winger before the closure of the transfer window.
With the deadline on Monday fast approaching, Monk is keen to add a couple of new faces to his squad to augment Swansea’s excellent start to the 2014-15 campaign.
Premier League wins over
28 August 2014 17:34
Southampton boss Ronald Koeman is keen for the club’s “difficult” transfer window to conclude on Monday.
The Premier League club have been ravaged by a spate of sales that has seen the likes of Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw, Dejan Lovren, Calum Chambers and Rickie Lambert leave the club.
And while Koeman has been able...
28 August 2014 17:21
AZ have revealed that coach Marco van Basten will not take charge of Saturday’s Eredivisie clash at Dordrecht due to issues with his health.
It was reported in the Dutch media that the legendary former Netherlands striker has been suffering from heart palpitations following the death of his father last month.
AZ revealed
28 August 2014 07:21
The Los Angeles Galaxy underlined their MLS title credentials with a 4-1 thrashing of DC United on Wednesday.
Bruce Arena’s men scored three times in the first half at their StubHub Center home to set up their win over the Eastern Conference leaders.
Alan Gordon, Omar Gonzalez and Baggio Husidic struck before Landon Donovan
28 August 2014 06:58
River Plate and Libertad stormed into the second round of the Copa Sudamericana on Wednesday.
Guillermo Almada’s River Plate scored three goals in the second half as they accounted for Universidad Catolica 3-0 at the Estadio Luis Franzini in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Goals from Michael Santos, Santiago Garcia and Cristian
28 August 2014 06:34
Pachuca took a step closer to the CONCACAF Champions League quarter-finals with a 7-3 drubbing of Municipal on Wednesday.
A four-goal first half and striker Dario Carreno’s hat-trick set the tone as the Liga MX outfit ran riot away from home at the Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores in Guatemala.
Pachuca have two wins from two
28 August 2014 05:00
LDU Quito preserved their unbeaten start to the season with a 3-0 win over rivals Deportivo Quito in the Ecuadorian Primera A on Wednesday.
Jonathan Ramis, Juan Anangono and Holger Matamoros were all on target at the Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria as LDU Quito claimed bragging rights against their neighbours.
LDU
28 August 2014 04:33
Liverpool right-back Glen Johnson insisted he is not worried about his contract status at the club.
Johnson is set to become a free agent at the end of the 2014-15 season and there are doubts as to whether Liverpool will offer the 30-year-old – one of the club’s highest earners since arriving in 2009 – a new
28 August 2014 04:03
Stefan Kiessling lauded Bayer Leverkusen’s scintillating start as the German side eased through to the UEFA Champions League group stages.
Leverkusen routed Danish opponents FC Copenhagen 4-0 at the BayArena on Wednesday, a result that saw the Bundesliga side progress 7-2 on aggregate over two play-off legs.
Hosts...
28 August 2014 03:58
Rafael Benitez was left lamenting defensive errors as Napoli failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stages.
A 3-1 defeat to Athletic Bilbao in Spain on Wednesday condemned the Serie A outfit to a 4-2 loss on aggregate in their play-off tie.
Napoli appeared on track for a Champions League berth when captain Marek...
28 August 2014 02:46
Choi Yong-soo says FC Seoul will adopt a more aggressive approach as they prepare to host Jeju United in K. League Classic action on Sunday.
After a slow start to the season, Seoul have won three games on the bounce to sit seventh in the league standings.
Seoul stunned league leaders Jeonbuk Motors in round 22 and backed up that...
28 August 2014 01:34
Mexican defender Severo Meza insists Monterrey are capable of playing better, despite a run of back-to-back wins in Liga MX.
After their disappointing loss at Veracruz on matchday four, Monterrey have returned to form with successive wins against Cruz Azul (3-1) and Puebla (1-0).
Colombian striker Dorlan Pabon –...
28 August 2014 00:13
Ernesto Valverde described it as a “historic day” as Athletic Bilbao defeated Napoli to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stages.
Finely poised at 1-1 after the first leg in Naples, Bilbao were driven on by the fervent San Mames support and came back from a goal down early in the second half to secure a 3-1
