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Reading, QPR relegated; Van Persie thwarts Arsenal
Reading and Queens Park Rangers were put out of their misery and relegated from the Premier League on Sunday, while Robin van Persie ensured his ...
Huntelaar scores hat trick on return for Schalke
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored a hat trick and set up another goal on his return from injury Sunday to lead Schalke to a 4-1 win against Hamburger SV that ...
APOEL Nicosia wins 22nd Cypriot championship title
APOEL Nicosia has been crowned Cyprus champion for the 22nd time in its 86-year history. Omonia Nicosia's 4-0 thrashing of Anorthosis Famagusta gave ...
Van Persie earns draw for United on Arsenal return
Robin van Persie marked his return to Arsenal by scoring a penalty amid a chorus of boos to give newly crowned Premier League champion Manchester ...
Feyenoord thrashes Heracles 6-0 in Eredivisie
Feyenoord thrashed Heracles Almelo 6-0 Sunday to keep the pressure on Dutch Eredivisie leader Ajax, which remains on track for a third straight league ...
Chelsea beats Swansea 2-0 in Premier League
Chelsea kept up its push for a Champions League spot by beating Swansea 2-0 on Sunday with both goals coming shortly before the halftime break.
Reading, QPR relegated from EPL after drawing
Reading and Queens Park Rangers became the first teams to be relegated from the English Premier League this season after they drew 0-0 on Sunday.
Motherwell beats Celtic to qualify for Europe
Motherwell qualified for the Europa League by coming from behind against Celtic to beat the newly-crowned Scottish Premier League champions 3-1 on ...
Mainz topscorer Adam Szalai out for rest of season
Mainz striker Adam Szalai has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a back injury. The Bundesliga club says the 25-year-old Hungarian ...
Porto beat Setubal 2-0 to keep pressure on Benfica
FC Porto won 2-0 at home over 10-man Setubal to keep the pressure on Portuguese league leader Benfica on Saturday. Porto remained unbeaten in 70 ...
Barcelona postpones title with draw at Bilbao
Barcelona conceded a late equalizer to spoil what would have been another heroic effort by Lionel Messi, with the 2-2 result at Athletic Bilbao on ...
Napoli beats Pescara 3-0 to keep title race alive
Napoli beat Pescara 3-0 in the Serie A on Saturday to postpone Juventus' title celebrations for at least another week. Second-half goals from Gokhan ...
Marseille wins to keep slim title hopes alive
France winger Mathieu Valbuena scored with a well-struck shot as Marseille won 1-0 at Lorient to keep its slim title hopes alive and strengthen its ...
Liverpool routs Newcastle 6-0 as Suarez ban begins
Liverpool showed it has plenty of attacking options even without Luis Suarez by routing 10-man Newcastle 6-0 in the English Premier League on Saturday ...
Who needs Suarez? Liverpool routs Newcastle 6-0
As Luis Suarez began a 10-match ban, Liverpool showed it still has bite up front by inflicting Newcastle's worst home loss since 1925 in the English ...
Bayern beats Freiburg for Bundesliga points record
Despite fielding a second-string side, Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich broke the league record for points in a season by beating Freiburg 1-0 on ...
Stoke beats Norwich 1-0 in Premier League
Charlie Adam ended a five-month scoring drought to give Stoke a 1-0 win over Norwich and move the team closer to securing another season in the ...
Everton beats Fulham 1-0 in Premier League
Everton moved within three points of a Europa League qualification spot after beating Fulham 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday. South African ...
Tottenham held by Wigan in chase for Champs League
Tottenham missed a chance to return to the Champions League qualification spots by drawing 2-2 at relegation-threatened Wigan on Saturday. Gareth Bale ...
Ancelotti unsure whether to stay on as PSG coach
Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti is unsure whether he wants to stay with the club for next season and will make his decision only after the ...
West Brom beats Southampton 3-0 in Premier League
West Bromwich Albion consolidated its mid-table position with a 3-0 win over Southampton on Saturday in a Premier League match that saw three players ...
Man City beats West Ham 2-1 in Premier League
Manchester City responded to the disappointment at conceding the Premier League title to Manchester United by beating West Ham 2-1 on Saturday to ...
Lille draws 3-3 with Sochaux in French league
Lille threw away a three-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Sochaux in the French league on Friday and miss an opportunity to get back in the race for a ...
Osasuna draws 2-2 at Rayo Vallecano in Spain
Rayo Vallecano and Osasuna played to a 2-2 draw Friday that left both teams short of their objectives in the Spanish league. Rayo stayed in eighth ...
Hannover wins 3-2 at Greuther Fuerth
Sergio da Silva Pinto scored late to give Hannover a 3-2 victory at Gruether Fuerth in the Bundesliga on Friday, leaving the last-place team still ...