27 October 2014 04:50
Deportivo Saprissa saw their winning streak ended in the Costa Rican Primera Division, while leaders Alajuelense lost.
Saprissa had won five matches in succession – six in all competitions – prior to the weekend, but were humbled by lowly Belen Siglo XXI 4-3 on Sunday.
Jeaustin Campos’ men appeared on track to...
27 October 2014 04:45
Bradley Wright-Phillips tied the MLS goalscoring season record after New York Red Bulls accounted for Sporting Kansas City on Sunday.
Englishman Wright-Phillips bagged a brace as the Red Bulls wrapped up their regular-season campaign with a 2-0 win at Sporting KC.
The two-goal performance took Golden Boot winner
27 October 2014 04:29
Medellin gained the ascendancy in the Colombian Primera A as Santa Fe and Once Caldas slipped up yet again.
Argentine forward German Cano’s brilliant 73rd-minute solo effort gave visiting Medellin a 1-0 win at Envigado on Sunday.
Cano made it five goals in four games after cutting inside his defender, rounding the
27 October 2014 03:44
Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero apologised for calling Inter Milan’s Indonesian owner Erick Thohir “that Filipino”.
Ferrero made the comment in an interview with RAI, discussing Massimo Moratti’s decision to resign as Inter’s honorary president.
“Moratti is a great man and it seems unfair
27 October 2014 02:34
Libertad continued to close in on the Paraguayan Division Profesional lead as Cerro Porteno were held again.
A hard-fought 2-1 win over Deportivo Capiata saw Pedro Sarabia’s Libertad extend their unbeaten league run to five games.
Fabian Balbuena and Juan Danilo Santacruz were on the scoresheet after Carlos Ruiz
27 October 2014 02:15
Queretaro kept their Liga MX play-off hopes alive with a dramatic last-gasp 3-2 win over league-leading America.
After surrendering a two-goal lead at Estadio Corregidora, a 10-man Queretaro earned an unlikely win as Brazilian striker Camilo Sanvezzo bagged his second of the match in the 93rd minute on Friday.
Sanvezzo managed...
27 October 2014 02:03
Barcelona and Independiente del Valle had narrow wins to consolidate the top two spots in the Ecuadorian Primera A.
Ruben Israel’s Barcelona (25 points) remained one point clear of Independiente, after edging El Nacional 1-0 at home on Sunday.
Christian Suarez’s 68th-minute goal was the difference, taking Barcelona...
27 October 2014 01:59
Universidad Chile returned to winning ways in the Primera Division as their nearest rivals kept the pressure on.
A 2-0 loss at Colo Colo last time out put the league leaders under pressure, but they responded with a 2-1 victory over Palestino.
It saw them maintain their two-point advantage at the top, despite Colo Colo and...
27 October 2014 01:37
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone is baffled by the ongoing scrutiny surrounding his side’s ability from set-pieces.
The La Liga champions are set-piece specialists having scored 11 of their 15 league goals from either corners or free-kicks after Sunday’s narrow 1-0 win at 10-man Getafe.
Croatia international Mario
27 October 2014 00:48
Deportivo Tachira stumbled again to relinquish the Venezuelan Primera Division lead as Carabobo stayed unbeaten.
Daniel Farias’ Tachira are suddenly on a four-match winless run in all competitions after a 1-0 loss at home to Metropolitanos.
Jorge Rojas’ 17th-minute goal was all the visitors to the Estadio
26 October 2014 06:05
Marco Pappa starred as the Seattle Sounders clinched their maiden MLS Supporters’ Shield with a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Pappa came off the bench at half-time and scored twice in the final stages to lead the Sounders to the Supporters’ Shield – awarded to the team with the best regular-season
26 October 2014 05:59
CSKA Sofia coach Stoycho Mladenov was left fuming after he was knocked unconscious by a snowball thrown from Levski Sofia fans on Saturday.
Visiting CSKA won 3-0 in snowing conditions but Bulgaria’s biggest fixture – know as the ‘eternal derby’ – was marred by crowd trouble as Mladenov was hit in
26 October 2014 05:51
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero is facing an enforced stint on the sidelines, after a reckless tackle against West Ham on Saturday.
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce labelled Aguero’s tackle on Mark Noble as “dangerous”, and referee Martin Atkinson’s failure to punish the Argentine leaves him open to
26 October 2014 04:57
Borussia Dortmund will be hoping the DFB-Pokal provides some welcome relief from their Bundesliga woes.
Dortmund travel to 2.Bundesliga club St Pauli in the second round on Tuesday amid a six-game winless streak in Germany’s top flight that has left them languishing just a point above the relegation play-off spot.
Jurgen...
26 October 2014 04:34
Sampdoria coach Sinisa Mihajlovic said he felt an early goal could have derailed Roma, after their 0-0 draw in Serie A.
Rudi Garcia’s Roma were coming off a 7-1 UEFA Champions League shellacking at the hands of Bayern Munich in mid-week.
Despite failing to trouble the scorers at home in Genoa, Mihajlovic hailed his...
26 October 2014 03:22
Roma coach Rudi Garcia said he felt they buried the demons of their heavy loss to Bayern Munich, in a 0-0 draw at Sampdoria.
Garcia’s men copped a brutal 7-1 thrashing from Bundesliga heavyweights Bayern in the UEFA Champions League, and the capital club bounced back to take a point from their Serie A trip to Genoa on...
26 October 2014 03:20
Ligue 1 leaders Marseille travel to Rennes for a Coupe de la Ligue last-32 clash on Wednesday, while Bordeaux are at Toulouse on Tuesday.
Marcelo Bielsa’s league leaders are in red-hot form, coming into the cup contest off eight straight wins in the French top flight.
Marseille claimed a league cup hat-trick from 2010 to...
26 October 2014 01:08
Real Madrid came from behind to overwhelm Barcelona en route to a 3-1 El Clasico win in La Liga on Saturday, while Valencia bounced back.
Luis Enrique made the entry to Barcelona’s team sheet that the eyes of the football world were waiting for as Luis Suarez started, having served his four-month ban for biting Giorgio...
26 October 2014 00:36
Roma missed out on the chance to go top of Serie A as they were held to a 0-0 draw at Sampdoria.
Rudi Garcia’s side were looking to bounce back from their humiliating 7-1 UEFA Champions League defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich but were unable to breakdown a stubborn Sampdoria, for whom goalkeeper Sergio Romero
26 October 2014 00:31
Manchester United have been dealt a blow ahead of Chelsea’s visit to Old Trafford, with Radamel Falcao in doubt for Sunday’s fixture.
Falcao was a second-half substitute against West Brom on Monday due to jet lag but the on-loan striker could miss the Premier League blockbuster after sustaining a knock in training.
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24 October 2014 18:16
Pep Guardiola believes Bayern Munich are about to embark on their most crucial period of the campaign before the mid-season break.
The Bundesliga champions meet Borussia Monchengladbach in Sunday’s top-of-the-table clash, before a DFB-Pokal tie with Hamburg next Wednesday ahead of Der Klassiker with rivals Borussia
24 October 2014 18:04
UEFA is investigating claims of match-fixing against Latvian club Daugava Daugavpils after members of the club were arrested.
In a statement on Friday, UEFA revealed it had been informed of arrests that had taken place on Wednesday following criminal investigations by Latvian law enforcement authorities.
Irregular betting
24 October 2014 17:51
Goa head coach Zico has accused Atletico de Kolkata boss Antonio Lopez of striking Robert Pires in the face during their recent meeting.
Home side Goa led 1-0 at half-time of the Indian Super League clash on Thursday thanks to Andre Santos’ strike, before the visitors came back in the second period as Cavin Lobo’s
24 October 2014 17:47
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has confirmed Angel di Maria will be fit to face Chelsea at Old Trafford on Sunday.
The Argentina international has been in sensational form since completing a British transfer record move to the Barclays Premier League from Real Madrid during the close season.
The winger complained of a
24 October 2014 17:33
Sean Dyche believes Burnley’s mental fortitude will come to the fore as they prepare to face Everton in the Premier League on Sunday.
Burnley defied most people’s expectations by gaining promotion from the Championship in Dyche’s first full season in charge, but they have struggled in their new surroundings.
Dyc...
24 October 2014 17:22
Milan midfielder Andrea Poli feels Sunday’s Serie A clash with Fiorentina will give a true indication of their ability.
The fourth-placed Milan are on an unbeaten streak of four and could make up further ground on the likes of Sampdoria and Roma with victory at San Siro.
A wretched campaign last term means Milan are free...
24 October 2014 17:16
Serbia will appeal UEFA’s decision to dock them three points and fine them €100,000 for their part in the abandoned fixture with Albania.
The Euro 2016 Group I qualifier between the two sides in Belgrade took place among a fractious political backdrop, and was abandoned shortly before half-time when a drone carrying...
24 October 2014 17:02
Inter will hope to put a week of turmoil behind them with victory at Cesena in Serie A on Sunday.
The Italian giants were rocked on Thursday when club icon Massimo Moratti resigned as honorary president.
Reports have suggested that Moratti – a former president and revered figure at Inter – wanted coach Walter...
24 October 2014 16:58
Rudi Garcia insists Roma’s 7-1 battering at the hands of Bayern Munich does not undo their fine start to the season.
Bundesliga champions Bayern ran riot in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League clash at the Stadio Olimpico, with the game essentially put to bed by half-time as Pep Guardiola’s men raced into a 5-0
24 October 2014 16:42
Antoine Griezmann is hoping to kick on at Atletico Madrid after scoring on Wednesday – starting at Getafe this weekend in La Liga.
In a close-season that saw the likes of Diego Costa, Filipe Luis and Thibaut Courtois leave the Spanish champions, Griezmann’s signing was billed a coup for Atleti.
The 23-year-old was a...
23 October 2014 14:25
Sam Allardyce believes West Ham will not get a better chance to defeat Manchester City as the two prepare to meet at Upton Park on Saturday.
West Ham have benefited from a productive transfer window in the early weeks of the Premier League campaign, with the strike duo of Diafra Sakho and Enner Valencia particularly impressive...
23 October 2014 14:13
Marseille’s Ligue 1 title credentials are sure to be tested in Sunday’s much-anticipated clash at Lyon.
The Olimpico pits two in-form teams against each other, with Marcelo Bielsa’s Marseille equalling a club record for consecutive wins – stretching back to 1998 – with a 2-0 success over Toulouse...
23 October 2014 14:07
Western Sydney defender Nikolai Topor-Stanley understands the importance of the AFC Champions League final first leg against Al Hilal.
The A-League surprise package have reached the decider in their maiden campaign in the competition, and host the first leg in Parramatta on Saturday.
Al Hilal, two-time champions, arrived in...
23 October 2014 13:54
As if the biggest game in club football needed it, Luis Suarez’s Barcelona debut adds another fascinating sub-plot to Saturday’s El Clasico.
The Uruguay forward – who moved from Liverpool to Barca in a reported €94million deal in the close-season – is set to make his Liga bow at the Santiago...
23 October 2014 13:48
Diego Simeone believes Antoine Griezmann is beginning to show what he is capable of after a difficult start to his Atletico Madrid career.
France striker Griezmann scored only his second goal for the Spanish champions in a 5-0 UEFA Champions League hammering of Malmo on Wednesday.
Griezmann has not been at his best since
23 October 2014 13:33
Sunderland have announced the signing of free agent Anthony Reveillere on a deal until the end of the season.
The 34-year-old full-back arrives on a free transfer, having been unable to find a club since his contract at Napoli expired at the end of 2013-14.
Before moving to Naples, Reveillere spent 10 years at Lyon, where he won
23 October 2014 13:26
Bayern Munich’s top-of-the-table clash at Borussia Monchengladbach could not come at a better time for the Bavarian giants.
The defending Bundesliga champions are four points clear at the top and can extend that gap to seven with an away win and if other results go their way.
Pep Guardiola’s men have won their last...
23 October 2014 13:13
On Saturday, the sight of Luis Suarez in a Barcelona shirt will add extra spice to one of football’s most captivating rivalries.
A global television audience in the hundreds of millions will tune in as Real Madrid host Barcelona in El Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu. Not one of them needs a special reason to fix their...
23 October 2014 13:10
Guangzhou Evergrande can clinch a fourth straight Chinese Super League title by avoiding defeat against Beijing Guoan on Sunday.
Marcello Lippi’s men lead Guoan by six points heading into the top-of-the-table clash at Tianhe Stadium and need only a draw to become the first team to win four consecutive top-flight crowns in
23 October 2014 13:09
The top two go head-to-head in the K.League on Sunday as leaders Jeonbuk Motors entertain Suwon Bluewings.
Choi Kang-hee’s Jeonbuk side are seven points clear at the summit and can take another giant step towards the title with a fifth straight league win in the last fixture before the division splits.
Two goals in three
19 October 2014 06:52
DC United wrapped up the Eastern Conference championship in the MLS on Saturday, continuing their impressive revival in 2014.
Goals to Chris Pontius and Eddie Johnson saw DC defeat Chicago Fire 2-1 in the United States’ capital city and although the visitors surged late, Ben Olsen’s side held on for three points to...
19 October 2014 06:43
Juventus star Arturo Vidal insists he was never fined by the club and said his relationship with those at the Serie A giants is good.
The Chile international was reportedly involved in a nightclub brawl earlier in October, with suggestions the midfielder was fined.
In a statement on Saturday, the 27-year-old denied the reports
19 October 2014 06:05
Portland Timbers coach Caleb Porter has urged his team to “refocus” ahead of their decisive CONCACAF Champions League fixture.
The Timbers were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw by Real Salt Lake in the MLS on Friday as they attempt to qualify for the play-offs but have an equally important game on Tuesday when they...
19 October 2014 04:19
Both Roma coach Rudi Garcia and striker Mattia Destro quickly turned their attention to Bayern Munich after disposing of Chievo on Saturday.
Garcia’s side scored all of their goals in the opening 33 minutes at the Stadio Olimpico as they cruised past Chievo 3-0 in Serie A, and the French coach immediately refocused on...
19 October 2014 03:00
New Schalke coach Roberto Di Matteo admitted his first game in charge was not “spectacular” but was pleased with the clean sheet.
Di Matteo replaced Jens Keller as Schalke’s boss on October 7 and sat on the bench for the first time on Saturday as the North Rhine-Westphalia-based club triumphed 2-0 at home over...
19 October 2014 02:01
Just when three players returned from injury, Borussia Dortmund saw full-back Erik Durm strain his thigh in the warm-up on Saturday.
Durm felt some “tension” in his thigh as he prepared for Dortmund’s match in Cologne – which they would lose 2-1 – and was replaced in the starting line-up by Marco
19 October 2014 02:01
Athletic Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde felt his struggling team deserved more from their clash at home to Celta de Vigo on Saturday.
Aritz Aduriz opened the scoring for Bilbao from the penalty spot in the sixth minute but Nolito equalised in the second half in the 1-1 draw.
It continued Bilbao’s slow start to the La Liga
19 October 2014 00:41
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo starred as Barcelona and Real Madrid claimed comfortable La Liga wins on Saturday.
Messi edged one closer to La Liga’s all-time goalscoring record as Barcelona easily beat Eibar 3-0 at Camp Nou.
The Argentina international went into the match needing just two goals to go level on 251...
19 October 2014 00:32
Graziano Pelle felt Southampton had a duty to keep their foot on the gas throughout Saturday’s sensational 8-0 trouncing of Sunderland.
Pelle, the Premier League’s player of the month for September, scored twice as Southampton stormed to their biggest Premier League win.
Having been gifted the lead courtesy of a...
19 October 2014 00:10
Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri insists his side remain confident in their Serie A title bid, despite a frustrating 1-1 draw at Sassuolo.
Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri insists his side remain confident in their Serie A title bid, despite a frustrating 1-1 draw at Sassuolo.
The Italian champions had Paul Pogba to thank...
