Newcastle snatch late victory
NEWCASTLE, England ● Papiss Cisse scored a fortuitous injury-time winner as Newcastle United edged in-form West Bromwich Albion 2-1 in the English Premier League on Sunday. Substitute Sammy Ameobi’s shot from the edge of the box flicked off Cisse’s back and wrong-footed visiting goalkeeper Ben Foster to give Alan Pardew’s side all three [...]
Olinga with 16 La Liga’s youngest scorer
MADRID, Spain ● Sixteen-year-old Fabrice Olinga made history on Saturday when he became the youngest ever player to score in La Liga, grabbing the only goal as Malaga clinched a 1-0 victory at promoted Celta Vigo. The Cameroon-born forward came on as a 58th-minute substitute to make his league debut and got the 84th-minute winner [...]
Manchester City expose Arsenal’s weakness
BEIJING, China ● Manchester City exposed problems in the heart of Arsenal’s defence to seal a 2-0 friendly victory at Beijing’s Olympic stadium on Friday. Two goals just before half-time from Pablo Zabaleta and Yaya Toure proved enough for the Premier League champions against an Arsenal side without many of its key players [...]
Thrilling comeback Rapids
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. ● Sporting KC striker Teal Bunbury opened his 2012 goal-scoring account on Saturday with first-half brace at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, but the Colorado Rapids answered back with goals by Tyrone Marshall and Kosuke Kimura in the second half to finish the match tied at two goals apiece. It was [...]
First Wembley ticket for Hammers
LONDON, England ● West Ham United edged closer to a Premier League return with a 3-0 home win over Cardiff City on Monday, completing a 5-0 semi-final aggregate triumph to ease into the Championship (second division) playoff final. Kevin Nolan and Ricardo Vaz Te scored in the first half and a late Nicky Maynard strike [...]
City overpowers brave Norwich
NORWICH, England ● Carlos Tevez’s hat-trick helped Manchester City beat Norwich to reduce Manchester United’s lead to two points at the Premier League summit. Tevez’s swerving effort beat John Ruddy before he set up Sergio Aguero. Norwich replied when Andrew Surman blasted in after Joe Hart’s punch. But Tevez boosted the lead with [...]
Bremen outclassed by Stuttgart
STUTTGART, Germany ● Stuttgart outclassed Werder Bremen in a 4-1 win on Friday that consolidates fifth place in the Bundesliga and boosts its chances of clinching a European spot. Martin Harnik scored twice against his former side as Stuttgart came from behind to win for the third game in a row. “Today I was [...]
PSV lift ninth Dutch Cup
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands ● PSV Eindhoven won the KNVB Beker by ending Heracles Almelo’s fairytale run in the competition with a comfortable 3-0 victory on Sunday. Ola Toivonen opened the scoring in the 31st minute and Dries Mertens and Jeremain Lens added further goals after the break for the overwhelming favourites, who never looked [...]
Scoreless draw United, Sounders
WASHINGTON, DC ● D.C. United stretched its unbeaten streak to three matches with a 0-0 draw against the Seattle Sounders on Saturday night. After combining for 21 goals in their previous six league metings, the teams had the first scoreless draw in the four-year season series. Seattle also beat D.C. 2-1 in Washington in the [...]
