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April 7, 2025 11:38 AM

Liverpool suffer rare defeat, Southampton relegated in record time

Liverpool endured a rare stumble in their march to the title with a 3-2 loss at Fulham on Sunday as Southampton suffered the earliest relegation in Premier League history when they were beaten 3-1 at Tottenham Hotspur. The Manchester derby ended goalless for the first time since 2020 as City failed to leapfrog fourth-placed Chelsea, whowere held to a 0-0 draw by Brentford but sat a point above Pep Guardiola's side. Fulham enjoyed a deserved win over Liverpool, capitalising on dreadful defendin...

April 4, 2025 12:08 PM

Soccer: Fernandez steers Chelsea back into top four with 1-0 win over Spurs

Chelsea beat London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 on Thursday thanks to a goal by Argentina's Enzo Fernandez, boosting their hopes of a return to the Champions League as they climbed back into fourth place in the Premier League. Fernandez was left unmarked to head home in the 50th minute from a perfect cross by Cole Palmer on the England forward's return from a brief injury absence, in front of England coach Thomas Tuchel who was at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea thought they had a second goal soon a...

April 3, 2025 12:30 PM

Liverpool restore 12-point lead as Jota seals win over Everton

Liverpool continued their march towards the Premier League title with a 1-0 victory over Everton in a scrappy Merseyside derby as Diogo Jota slotted home the winner in the second half on Wednesday. The champions elect, with 73 points after 30 games, restored their 12-point lead over second-placed Arsenal while Everton, whose nine-game league unbeaten ended, are 15th on 34 points. Everton's Beto had an early goal chalked off for offside and missed a sitter before Jota broke the deadlock in the ...

April 3, 2025 10:02 AM

Soccer: Man City’s Grealish ends Premier League goal drought in win over Leicester

Jack Grealish scored his first Premier League goal for 16 months as Manchester City eased to a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Leicester City at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday to keep alive their hopes of Champions League qualification for next season. Grealish netted inside two minutes and Omar Marmoush added a second goal as City moved into fourth place in the table with 51 points from 30 games. Leicester are 19th with 17 points from the same number of matches, 12 points from relegation s...

April 3, 2025 9:31 AM

Soccer: Rashford scores again as Villa cruise to 3-0 win at Brighto

Marcus Rashford scored his first league goal for Aston Villa in a comfortable 3-0 win at Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday which moved the visitors ahead of the hosts in the Premier League table. Villa moved up to seventh place on 48 points, one behind Chelsea who host Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday, while Brighton are one point behind in eighth. With the title race and relegation battle all but decided, European qualification is still all to play for and Villa, playing their first league...

April 2, 2025 11:18 AM

Soccer: Wolves ease relegation worries with 1-0 win over West Ham

Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Jorgen Strand Larsen scored the only goal of the game as they beat visitors West Ham United 1-0 on Tuesday to make it two wins in a row and put some more daylight between them and the Premier League relegation places. The win leaves Wolves in 17th spot on 29 points, 12 ahead of Ipswich Town in 18th and 19th-placed Leicester City, who are both in action on Wednesday against Bournemouth and Manchester City respectively. West Ham are 16th on 34 points. The visitors...

April 2, 2025 11:02 AM

Soccer: Saka seals comeback with goal as Arsenal beat Fulham

Arsenal beat Fulham 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday thanks to another goal from stand-in striker Mikel Merino while Bukayo Saka struck a few minutes into his return from nearly four months out with injury. Arsenal went ahead eight minutes before halftime when a cute ball from Jurrien Timber put Ethan Nwaneri round the back of the Fulham defence. He found Merino whose shot deflected beyond the reach of goalkeeper Bernd Leno into the corner. The second half was a blizzard of chances for bot...

March 26, 2025 9:32 AM

Soccer: Brazil humiliated 4-1 by bitter rivals Argentina

Brazil were humiliated 4-1 by bitter rivals Argentina in South American World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday as the pressure mounted on manager Dorival Jr after his side were comprehensively outplayed and fortunate not to lose by more. After edging Colombia 2-1 at home on Thursday, Brazil came crashing back to earth against the world champions, who started the rout with a close-range strike by Julian Alvarez four minutes after kick-off. Alvarez took a through pass from Thiago Almada in his stride a...

March 12, 2025 12:11 PM

Shootout hero Donnarumma helps PSG knock Liverpool out of Champions League

Paris St Germain beat Liverpool 4-1 in a penalty shootout to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals after winning a rip-roaring last-16 second-leg match at Anfield 1-0 on Tuesday thanks to a goal from livewire Ousmane Dembele. After the tie had finished 1-1 on aggregate, PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved spot kicks from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones, while the visitors, who have never won the Champions League, converted all of their efforts. Ligue 1 leaders PSG will meet either...

March 7, 2025 11:14 AM

Man United draw 1-1 at Sociedad, Spurs lose 1-0 at Alkmaar

Manchester United took the lead through Joshua Zirkzee but were held to a 1-1 draw at Real Sociedad in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday as Tottenham Hotspur suffered a 1-0 defeat at AZ Alkmaar. Rangers won 3-1 at Fenerbahce with Vaclav Cerny scoring twice, and Olympique Lyonnais secured a 3-1 victory at Romanian side Steaua Bucharest thanks to two late goals from Malick Fofana. Manchester United had the only real chance of the first half against Sociedad when Bruno ...