Lucerne could only close the gap on Super League leaders Basel by a point after they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to FC Zurich on Saturday night. …
Greek league leader Panathinaikos have lost 1-0 at Levadiakos giving defending champion Olympiakos a chance to narrow their five-point gap with the Athens club. Substitute Paschalis Melissas headed in a …
Galatasaray came from behind to beat Gaziantepspor 2-1 and extend their lead at the top of the Super Lig table to six points. Struggling Gaziantepspor claimed an unlikely lead when …
Mark Schwarzer received an icy reception on his return to the English Premier League as his club Fulham copped a 3-0 belting in the snow at Manchester City. Schwarzer turned …
Promotion rivals Birmingham and Southampton settled for a point apiece as they failed to find the crucial breakthrough amid atrocious conditions at St Andrew’s. Snow and wind hampered the eagerly-anticipated …
Paris Saint-Germain kept a three-point lead over Montpellier at the top of the French league when Nene scored twice in a 3-1 win over Evian on Saturday. Evian defender Cedric …
Real Madrid overcame windy conditions to win 1-0 at Getafe on Saturday to go 10 points clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga ahead of the Catalans’ game …
Ivory Coast sealed a semi-final place in soccer’s African Cup of Nations with a 3-0 victory against co-host Equatorial Guinea on Saturday. After missing a penalty, captain Didier Drogba took …
Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba turned from villain to hero as the Elephants defeated co-hosts Equatorial Guinea 3-0 on Saturday to advance to the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. The …
New Zealand defender Winston Reid bagged a controversial winner as 10-man West Ham extended their lead at the top of English football’s Championship with a 2-1 victory over local rivals …
Manchester City have opened up a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League with 3-0 win over Fulham on Saturday as Arsenal returned to form with a 7-1 …
Bayern Munich were held to a 1-1 draw at Hamburg on Saturday night to allow defending champions Borussia Dortmund to finish the weekend back on top of the German league. …
World Cup finalists France handed new coach Philippe Saint-Andre a winning start in the Six Nations with a 30-12 victory over Italy at a freezing Stade de France on Saturday. …
Titleholders Czech Republic and last year’s runners-up Russia both grabbed commanding 2-0 leads to put themselves a point away from victory in their Fed Cup World Group first round ties …
Celtic eased into the quarterfinals of the Scottish Cup on Saturday, beating Inverness 2-0 in one of four all-Premier League matches in the fifth round. Greece striker Georgios Samaras opened …
Robin van Persie scored a hat-trick as Arsenal silenced their critics with a 7-1 thrashing of Blackburn on Saturday to record their biggest Premier League win of the season. Disgruntled …
Top seed Tomas Berdych set up a meeting with third-seeded defending champion Gael Monfils of France in Sunday’s final of the ATP event in Montpellier. Czech Berdych, 26, eased past …
The president of the Egyptian Football Association and his board of directors all resigned on Saturday, having already been fired by the country’s prime minister following the riot at a …


