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Five-goal Napoli go top after Inter lose at home
MILAN (Reuters) – Domenico Berardi converted a penalty in the fifth minute of injury time on Sunday to give Sassuolo a shock 1-0 win away to Inter Milan who were knocked off the top of the Serie A table by Napoli following their 5-1 win at Frosinone. Gonzalo Higuain scored twice, taking his tally to […]
Bournemouth sign Wolves striker Afobe
LONDON (Reuters) – Premier League Bournemouth have signed Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Benik Afobe, the club announced on Sunday. The fee, officially undisclosed, is reported to have beaten Bournemouth’s record of eight million pounds ($11.61 million). Afobe missed Wolves’ FA Cup defeat by West Ham on Saturday because he was in talks with the south-coast club, […]
Villarreal flying high, Neville’s Valencia beaten
MADRID (Reuters) – Villarreal stayed hard on the heels of the La Liga leaders when a Cedric Bakambu double secured a 2-0 win at home to Sporting Gijon on Sunday as Gary Neville was again denied a debut victory with Valencia in Spain’s top flight. Villarreal occupy Spain’s fourth Champions League qualification berth with half […]
Zidane a change for the better at Real, Modric says
MADRID (Reuters) – Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric believes Saturday’s 5-0 drubbing of Deportivo La Coruna in La Liga in Zinedine Zidane’s debut as coach shows the former Real and France great is the right man for the job. Modric, a Croatia international, said he was sorry for Rafa Benitez, sacked and replaced by Zidane […]
Focus or you’re out, Ranieri tells Leicester players
LONDON (Reuters) – Leicester City’s over-achieving players will be sold if they lose their focus and slide down the table in the second half of the Premier League season, manager Claudio Ranieri said. The Foxes were top of the league at Christmas but have slipped to second, two points behind Arsenal, and are goalless in […]
Bakambu double keeps Villarreal flying high in La Liga
MADRID (Reuters) – Villarreal stayed hard on the heels of the La Liga leaders when Congo forward Cedric Bakambu hit a double to secure a 2-0 victory at home to promoted Sporting Gijon on Sunday. Bakambu opened the scoring in the 26th minute at the Madrigal when he tapped in Roberto Soldado’s pass and doubled […]
Dortmund question Januzaj’s attitude after loan flop
LONDON (Reuters) – Borussia Dortmund have accused Manchester United’s Belgian winger Adnan Januzaj of having the wrong attitude during his now terminated loan spell at the Bundesliga side. “I had the feeling that Adnan was never completely with us, that a part of him always stayed in Manchester and he compared everything with Man United,” […]
Rooney spares United blushes, agony for Eastleigh
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – It was not a day for FA Cup romantics as Manchester United scrambled past Sheffield United and minor league Eastleigh came within a whisker of causing the third round’s only genuine shock on Saturday. Old Trafford fans endured more than 90 minutes of insipid stalemate before Wayne Rooney’s stoppage-time […]
Players bored, says Scholes as Man Utd scrape FA Cup win
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United scraped into the FA Cup fourth round after a late penalty knocked out Sheffield United on Saturday but the Old Trafford gloom remained and former midfielder Paul Scholes says even the players are bored. Fans yawned through another laboured performance in the pouring rain as the 11-times […]
‘Zizou effect’ at Real has Bernabeu buzzing
MADRID (Reuters) – Zinedine Zidane’s triumphant start as Real Madrid coach set the Bernabeu buzzing on Saturday and the 10-times European champions are hoping the ‘Zizou effect’ can return the world’s richest club to winning ways. The former Real and France midfielder, appointed after the unpopular Rafa Benitez was sacked on Monday, watched his new […]
Lazio ruin Fiorentina’s hopes of going top
ROME (Reuters) – Fiorentina missed out on an opportunity to snatch top spot in Serie A as they slumped to a 3-1 home defeat by Lazio on Saturday. Balde Diao Keita, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Felipe Anderson struck as the visitors climbed to ninth with 27 points from 19 matches. Fiorentina, who replied through Facundo Roncaglia […]
Villa’s woes continue with FA Cup draw at lowly Wycombe
LONDON (Reuters) – Aston Villa could find no respite from their Premier League woes as they suffered the embarrassment of being held to a 1-1 draw at fourth-tier Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup third round on Saturday. Villa, seven points adrift at the foot of the league, became the second top-flight club to be […]
