It was a Premier League weekend when fans returned to grounds and witnessed victories full of swagger for potential title contenders.
Table-topping Tottenham are starting to look like they might go the distance under Jose Mourinho after the prolific partnership between Harry Kane and Son Heung-min made Arsenal s forward line look second rate.
Liverpool returned to winning ways with a confident victory over Wolves at Anfield, this time video technology working in their favour when a penalty given against Sadio Mane was overturned at a key moment.
Manchester City strung together back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time this season, against Fulham, in Pep Guardiola s 250th match in charge of the club while Chelsea briefly went top of the table as Frank …
Arsenal boss Unai Emery has revealed how a chance encounter with Javi Gracia in Spain coincided with his former team-mate s dismissal from Watford.
Gracia lost his job following a run of one draw and three defeats to start the Premier League season.
The ex-Osasuna, Malaga and Rubin Kazan head coach had travelled to his homeland during the international break and bumped into Emery in the Basque region.
The pair were discussing the forthcoming fixture between their teams when news of Watford s decision came t
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It s amazing, Emery said. I met him, we found each other last week in my town, in Hondarribia, when I was there with my family.
I was walking and in front of us was Javi Gracia.
And in the moment we started speakin…
Paris Saint-Germain remain on track to smash Ligue 1 records after a late goal from Giovani Lo Celso earned a battling 1-0 win at Bordeaux on Sunday.
Unai Emery s men, already champions of France, booked a place in the Coupe de France final with a midweek victory over Caen that moved them a step closer to a domestic treble, the Coupe de la Ligue having already been won against Monaco.
Various Ligue 1 landmarks are in reach of PSG after the league s runaway winners eventually found a way to break down a stubborn and resilient Bordeaux at Matmut Atlantique.
Gustavo Poyet s side created a series of fine chances, with Malcom dazzling on the right wing, but Alphonse Areola kept out drives from Lukas Lerager and Martin Braithwaite, as well as a close-range Pablo heade…
Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes both refused to dwell on Manchester United s come-from-behind win against Arsenal as the Red Devils look ahead to life under interim manager Ralf Rangnick.
With Rangnick watching in the stands, Ronaldo scored twice to lead United past Premier League rivals Arsenal 3-2 on Thursday before caretaker boss Michael Carrick announced his departure from Old Trafford.
Carrick – who was placed in temporary charge after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s sacking, overseeing wins against Villarreal and Arsenal, and a draw at Chelsea – revealed he would not be staying on and serving as a coach under Rangnick.
After helping to snap United s three-game drought in the Premier League, superstar Ronaldo quickly switched focus as Rangnick prepares to s…
West Ham United have lodged a £32m bid for Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette, .
The France international has been strongly linked with a move to the Premier League with Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur also interested though the Hammers are keen to steal a march on their rivals with this, their latest offer.
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has placed a deadline of June 30 on the sale of the in-demand star, so the Hammers will be keen to get a deal wrapped up by then.
Since making his debut in the 2009/10 campaign, Lacazette has racked up two hundred and twenty-nine club appearances in all competitions, scoring ninety-two goals.
Twenty-one of those strikes came in Ligue One last season a tally that was only bettered by Paris Saint Germain for…
Pep Guardiola has continued his record of reaching at least one semi-final in every season in top-flight management after Manchester City beat Middlesbrough in the FA Cup.
The Catalan took over Barcelona s first team in 2008 and helped establish one of the best sides Europe has ever seen during his four-year stint, reaching the Champions League semis every season and only failing to qualify for the Copa del Rey s last four on one occasion.
Guardiola was similarly effective in cup competitions at Bayern Munich, as he guided them to the DFB-Pokal and Champions League semi-finals three years in a row, before eventually departing for Manchester City at the beginning of the current campaign.
And he is on track to continue that strong record in England, with City sw…
Djalma cancelled out Youssef Msakni s penalty as Angola secured a 1-1 draw with Tunisia in Group E of the Africa Cup of Nations.
Monday s clash in Suez saw few clear chances created by either side, with Tunisia captain Msakni seemingly having stepped up to seal all three points for his team.
Naim Sliti was brought down in the box late in the first half and Msakni made no mistake with the resulting spot-kick, but Angola hit back and claimed a deserved point when Djalma slotted home.
Angola had the better of the opening 45 minutes but Tunisia took the lead in the 34th minute.
A sweeping counter-attack led to Sliti cutting inside Paizo and shaping to shoot, with the defender s desperate lunge bringing him down, leaving Msakni to convert from 12 yards.<…
Suwon Bluewings 0 Jeonbuk Motors 3 (aet, 4-2 on penalties): Quarter-final comeback ends in spot-kick
Jeonbuk Motors saw their incredible second-leg turnaround come up short after losing on penalties to Suwon Bluewings following a 3-3 aggregate draw in the AFC Champions League quarter-finals.
The Suwon World Cup Stadium played host to a remarkable revival from Jeonbuk, who wiped out a 3-0 first-leg deficit in pursuit of a fifth semi-final outing in the competition, but saw Adriano s stoppage-time penalty saved by the inspired Shin Hwa-yong.
Adriano had struck early on to reduce the overall margin for the visitors, whose hopes of a comeback were raised further by Choi Bo-kyung s second-half header.
The leveller arrived from substitute Kim Shin-wook, but he was one of two Jeonbuk players to fluff his lines during spot-kicks as the Bluewings progressed to the …
Cameron Carter-Vickers hailed the top-notch dedication and consistency of former teammate Harry Kane ahead of the United States showdown with England.
Like Kane, Carter-Vickers came through Tottenham s academy but, having spent most of his 13-year spell out on loan, he departed for Celtic on a permanent deal in July.
But the defender will be reunited with the England skipper on Friday, when the Stars and Stripes and Three Lions face off in Group B at the Al Bayt Stadium.
And Carter-Vickers heaped praise on Kane, who is three goals away from breaking Wayne Rooney s all-time national goalscoring record.
He said: Training with him, you can see every day how hard he works, his dedication not just on the field, off the field as well. It s top-notch, and you ca…
Sergio Ramos has urged the Santiago Bernabeu crowd to put club loyalties aside and show respect to Gerard Pique during Spain s crucial World Cup qualifier against Italy.
Real Madrid captain Ramos and Barcelona defender Pique are foes in LaLiga but the pair will come together for Saturday s international fixture in the Spanish capital.
Often outspoken, Pique has been targeted by boo boys during his time with the national team and Ramos pleaded with the Madrid supporters not to follow suit.
To Pique or to anybody else you must always respect the players, Ramos told reporters.
[I ask the fans] to support us, it will be a tense and difficult match.
We want to perform well and play a good game.
Spain and Italy are level on 16 points atop th…