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Champions Paris Saint-Germain’s relentless pursuit of a second straight French title continued with a 3-1 win at Rennes on Saturday. Brazilian-born Italy midfielder Thiago Motta cracked home a long-range strike on 19 minutes before Zlatan Ibrahimovic…

Barcelona moved five points ahead of Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga with a 2-1 win over Villarreal on Saturday thanks to a double from Neymar. Madrid, meanwhile, had to fight back from 2-0 down with 10 men to rescue a point in a 2-2 draw at lowly…

Bayern Munich bounced back from their midweek Manchester City defeat with a 3-1 win over Hamburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday, while Borussia Dortmund suffered a Champions League hangover. Bayern slumped to their first defeat since July on Tuesday…

Jay Rodriguez scored his sixth goal of the season to secure a 1-1 draw for Southampton with in-form Newcastle in their Premier League clash on Saturday. Yoann Gouffran had given Newcastle the lead in the first-half only for Rodriguez to reply in the…

Everton saved their best until last as the Toffees climbed to fourth in the Premier League with a 4-1 win over Fulham on Saturday. Roberto Martinez’s side were in danger of being held to a lacklustre draw against the struggling Cottagers when Dimitar…

Chelsea moved into second place in the Premier League after first-half goals from Fernando Torres and Ramires secured a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Jose Mourinho’s side took advantage of Arsenal’s heavy 6-3 defeat…

Manchester City asserted their Premier League title credentials with an extraordinary 6-3 defeat of leaders Arsenal on Saturday that took them to within three points of Arsene Wenger’s side. Sergio Aguero gave City a 14th-minute lead, with Alvaro Negredo…

South Africa’s Dawie Van der Walt fired a four-under 66 in the third and final round to win the Nelson Mandela Championship by two shots at the rain affected EPGA event on Saturday. The 30-year-old finished the shortened tournament on 15 under par to…

Captain Allan Wanga led by example netting a brace to power hosts Kenya to the 2013 edition of the Council…

Mohamed Aboutreika recently announced that he will retire from professional football after the FIFA Club World Cup, which began this…

By Callum Hamilton  @Callum_TH on Dec 13 2013, 11:55a + Arsenal will need to improve if they are to get anything from Manchester City on Saturday, with their midweek defeat to Napoli rendering them vulnerable. It’s an unfortunate point to consider…

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says that his side cannot let fixture congestion get the better of them as they look to defend their five-point lead in the Premier League. Arsenal visit title rivals Manchester City in Saturday’s early game, just over…

Four men appeared in court in Birmingham, central England, on Friday following an investigation into match-fixing in English non-league football. Footballers Michael Boateng and Hakeem Adelakun, both 22, and alleged co-conspirators Chann Sankaran, 33…

Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole will make an immediate return to the substitutes’ bench against Crystal Palace this weekend, manager Jose Mourinho revealed on Friday. The England left-back, 33 next week, played against Steaua Bucharest in the Champions…

Manchester United received another setback on Friday when manager David Moyes revealed that striker Robin van Persie will be out for a month with a thigh injury. The Dutchman recently returned from a four-game lay-off due to a groin problem, playing…

Swansea City are through to the last 32 of the Europa League despite producing a lacklustre performance in losing 1-0 to St Gallen in Switzerland on Thursday. The Welsh side knew that a point in would secure their qualification for the knockout stages…

Tottenham Hotspur made it six wins from six in Europa League Group K by beating Anzhi Makhachkala 4-1 at White Hart Lane on Thursday. Spanish striker Roberto Soldado, whose form since signing for Spurs in the summer has been the subject of criticism…

Greg Dyke had an air of defeatism after the World Cup draw but you can only achieve the impossible if you have a go

Ghana has named a provisional 28-man squad for next year’s Orange African Nations Championship (CHAN) in South Africa.According to the…

Raja Club Athletic (MAR) treated a packed Agadir Stadium to a confident 2-1 display against OFC representatives Auckland City FC…