Valencia put a week of turmoil behind them to beat Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in Frank Lampard’s first Champions League game in charge of the Blues on Tuesday. Chelsea dominated possession, but were toothless in attack after losing promising...
Lionel Messi returned from injury to make an innocuous first appearance of the season as Barcelona were held to a 0-0 draw away at Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League opener on Tuesday. Messi, who has missed the start of the season with a calf...
Substitute Nicolo Barella scored in added time to rescue a 1-1 draw for a disappointing Inter Milan in their Champions League opener against rank outsiders Slavia Prague on Tuesday. It looked as though the Czech side would leave San Siro with all...
A former bench-warmer at Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund sharpshooter Paco Alcacer is hoping to hurt his former club when the two teams meet in the Champions League on Tuesday. Alcacer, 26, joined Dortmund in 2018 after struggling to hold down a place in...
Jurgen Klopp has warned Liverpool that retaining the Champions League will be even harder than their incredible march to victory in Madrid last season. Klopp's side start their bid to win a seventh European Cup with a trip to Napoli for their Group E...
Football can provide unpredictable twists as Balzan goalkeeper Kristijan Naumovski discovered last weekend. On Saturday, the Macedonian goalkeeper faced his former club Birkirkara for the first time since he left the Valley club last summer. The match...
'We, as a country, need to shout loud to be heard'
Frank Lampard said Chelsea's transfer embargo did not force his hand to play young forward Tammy Abraham, who has surged to the top of the Premier League goalscoring charts. With Chelsea currently banned from bringing in new players, Lampard has...
Promoted Lecce stunned Torino 2-1 on Monday, denying the hosts the chance to overtake city rivals Juventus in Serie A for the first time in four years. Substitute Marco Mancuso sealed a first win for the team from the heel of Italy who scored the...
Aston Villa duo Tyrone Mings and Anwar El Ghazi were involved in a furious clash and West Ham defender Arthur Masuaku was sent off in a separate incident during Monday's fiery 0-0 draw. Mings and El Ghazi lost their cool in the first half at Villa...
Another officiating insult was nothing compared to the hand injury to quarterback Drew Brees on Sunday as the New Orleans Saints fell 27-9 to the Los Angeles Rams in an NFL playoff rematch. Rams quarterback Jared Goff passed for 283 yards and a...
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a hat-trick as Los Angeles Galaxy pummelled Sporting Kansas City 7-2 on Sunday to put themselves in the thick of the Major League Soccer playoff race. After giving up an early goal to Sporting's Felipe Gutierrez, the Galaxy...
Liverpool could face Mexican side Monterrey or Qatari club Al Sadd, coached by Xavi Hernandez, in their first match at the FIFA Club World Cup in December after Monday's draw for the tournament. As European champions, Liverpool will enter the...
David de Gea has signed a new long-term contract with Manchester United, the Premier League club announced on Monday, ending months of speculation over his future. The Spaniard, 28, who had been linked with a return to Spain with Real Madrid for...
Italian police on Monday arrested 12 leading Juventus hardline fans as part of a major investigation into violence and extortion linked to match ticket sales. The suspects are accused of criminal association, aggravated extortion, money laundering and...
Neymar returned with a bang for Paris Saint-Germain, while Ansu Fati made sure Barcelona did not miss Lionel Messi, or Neymar for that matter. As RB Leipzig showed their mettle in the Bundesliga and Ajax warmed up for the start of the Champions League,...
Antonio Governucci has his eyes firmly set on helping Ħamrun Spartans to be as competitive as possible as the Reds clinched their first league win of the season against Tarxien Rainbows last Friday. Governucci replaced Gaetano Farrugio as the club’s...
Andre Schembri opened his account at his new club Chennaiyin FC as the Indian Super League (ISL) side defeated Ahmedabad’s ARA FC 3-1 in their first pre-season friendly, on Sunday. New signings Schembri and Nerijus Valskis of Lithuania were on the...
The Man. United legend has been a regular visitor for decades
VALLETTA 1 Pena Beltre 90 FLORIANA 1 Keqi 46 It could be early this season for Valletta to bring back their title mojo but their late leveller against rivals Floriana pointed out why they are champions as their tenacity and grind rescued them a point...
GUDJA UNITED 1 Carlos Santana 90 STA LUCIA 1 Ante 42 A late goal in the first half from Kevin Ante looked to be enough for Sta Lucia to defeat Gudja United and maintain their unbeaten but it was not to be as a penalty deep into stoppage time saw them...
Lazio fall at SPAL
Quique Sanchez Flores enjoyed a happy return to Watford as Arsenal blew a 2-0 lead at Vicarage Road to draw 2-2 on Sunday. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang looked to have the Gunners well on course for a comfortable three points when he struck twice in 11...
Maltese face Iceland in second appointment
The transformation of Raheem Sterling from derided international misfit to someone who is arguably England’s most important player has been incredible to watch. It hasn’t been fast and furious, rather slow and gradual, but I think, after his...
Sirens stun Hibernians, Senglea beat Mosta
Inter go top after beating Udinese
Newly-promoted Norwich stunned Manchester City 3-2 at Carrow Road on Saturday to inflict a first Premier League defeat on the English champions since January. Kenny McLean, Todd Cantwell and the prolific Teemu Pukki took advantage of a ragged City...
The fans jeered the Brazilian star, but he silenced them with a stunner
GŻIRA UNITED 1 Jefferson 29 SLIEMA WANDERERS 1 Cisotti 89 A last-gasp strike by Juri Cisotti earned Sliema Wanderers their first point of the season. Championship contenders Gżira United who drew with Ħamrun Spartans and Sta Lucia in their first two...
Popular Tags
