Football: Sane double secures Champions League top spot for Man CityMANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) - Manchester City survived a sloppy start to secure top spot in Champions League Group F by coming from behind to beat Hoffenheim 2-1 thanks to Leroy Sane's double on Wednesday (Dec 12).Andrej Kramaric's penalty put the...

Football: London-born ex-Arsenal reserve Nico Yennaris makes China debut in 2-0 win over PhilippinesGUANGZHOU (AFP) - Nico Yennaris became the first foreign-born footballer to represent China when the former Arsenal reserve started in a 2-0 home win over the Philippines on Friday (June 7).The 26-year-old midfielder was...

Silva unfazed by 'snake' taunts from angry Watford fansLONDON • The relief on Marco Silva's face was palpable at the full-time whistle after being subjected to abusive chants and inflatable snakes waved in his direction in the 2-2 draw at Goodison Park on Monday.The Everton manager was facing Watford for the first time...

Football: Buchanan goal hands Canada slender 1-0 win over Cameroon in women's World CupMONTPELLIER, FRANCE (REUTERS) - Defender Kadeisha Buchanan scored on the stroke of halftime to hand Canada a winning start to the women's World Cup as they edged Cameroon 1-0 at a rainy Stade de La Mosson on Monday (June 10).Buchanan...

Belief can take United all the way: SolskjaerPARIS • This was the Manchester United of old, the United of Alex Ferguson, fighting till the final whistle and never giving up.This was the United of their glory days, playing with steel, with youth, and winning in Fergie time.Never before had a 2-0 home first-leg deficit...

Bielsa's sporting gesture celebratedLONDON • Marcelo Bielsa's sportsman-like decision to allow opponents Aston Villa to score unopposed was "a remarkable gesture" given that it ended Leeds' faint hopes of earning automatic promotion to the Premier League.Sunday's 1-1 draw at Elland Road meant that second-placed Sheffield...

Football: Boateng set for shock Barcelona move - reportsMADRID (AFP) - Ghanaian forward Kevin-Prince Boateng is on the verge of joining Barcelona in a shock loan move from Italian side Sassuolo, according to media reports in Spain on Monday.Catalan daily Sport reported that the leaders of La Liga had agreed a deal to take...

Football: Real win Madrid derby to muscle into title raceMADRID (REUTERS) - Real Madrid barged their way back into the Spanish La Liga title race with a 3-1 victory over Atletico Madrid in a feisty derby at the Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday (Feb 9).Casemiro, Sergio Ramos and Gareth Bale's strikes inflicted Atletico's...