Eberechi Eze scored a hat-trick as Arsenal thrashed north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur to move six points clear at the top of the Premier League. Spurs boss Thomas Frank picked a five-man defence but his side could not contain the league leaders as Leandro Trossard opened the scoring for an utterly dominant Arsenal in the […]

Barcelona made a triumphant return to their rebuilt Camp Nou stadium on Saturday following two-and-a-half years in exile with a 4-0 win over Athletic Bilbao to go joint top of La Liga. Ferran Torres netted a brace after Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring. Fermin Lopez also struck in a comfortable win against Athletic, who had […]

LeBron James became the first player to take part in 23 consecutive NBA seasons when he stepped onto the court for the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday. The 40-year-old, who missed his side’s opening 14 games of the season because of sciatica, contributed 11 points, 12 assists and three rebounds in 30 minutes of a […]

Croatian Ivan Juric has been sacked as coach of Atalanta after back-to-back Serie A defeats left them in the bottom half of the table. Atalanta slipped to a three nil home loss to Sassuolo on Sunday which dropped them to 13th in the standings. The Bergamo club had started the season with a nine-match unbeaten […]

Bendel Insurance were again held to a goalless draw by Rivers United in a rescheduled Match Day 9 encounter of the NPFL at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin. Despite dominating play, the Benin Arsenals failed to convert their chances, with Alex Oweilsyefa’s header hitting the woodwork and Isaac Omijie’s strike narrowly missing the target, […]