Dybala, Mertens hat-tricks as Juventus, Napoli stay perfect

Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a brace on his return from suspension for Real Madrid, as Tottenham Hotspur ended their Wembley jinx and Liverpool were held on their Champions League comeback on Wednesday. Real have sorely missed their Portuguese superstar as he ...

Wednesday night saw a few surprise results while a debutant club makes a mark Defensive lapses cost Liverpool again IMAGE: Liverpool's Roberto Firmino and Sevilla’s Simon Kjaer vie for possession. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Juergen Klopp’s men did just enough to save themselves of an embarrassing defeat at home against Sevilla in their Champions League match on Wednesday. Sevilla ended Liverpool's six-game European winning streak at Anfield, holding them to 2-2 draw.   ...

Manchester City thrashed Dutch champions Feyenoord 4-0 as defender John Stones scored twice to get Pep Guardiola's side off to a flying Champions League start on Wednesday. Stones headed home two minutes after a sublime chip by skipper David Silva, and after ...

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Chennaiyin's new signing Gregory Nelson has played Europa matches in CSKA Sofia colours. Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/EuroFootball/Getty Images Chennaiyin FC have signed Dutch winger Gregory Nelson for the 2017-18 season of the Hero Indian Super League. The 29-year-old joins the 2015 ISL champions on a free transfer after the expiry of his contract at Bahrain outfit Al Muharraq. A product of the AZ Alkmaar youth system, ...

July 29 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Ukrainian championship matches on Saturday Saturday, July 29 Stal Kamianske 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 2 0 1 5 2 6 2 Dynamo Kiev 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 3 Stal Kamianske 3 2 0 ...

The new US special envoy on Ukraine said today that Russia is responsible for the "hot war" in the country's east, after fresh clashes between government forces and Russian-backed rebels. Kurt Volker, who was appointed this month as the State Department's ...

Clashes with Russian-backed rebels left six Ukrainian soldiers dead today in the bloodiest surge in fighting along the volatile frontline in recent months. The violence flared several days after a top rebel leader announced a plan to form a new "state" that ...

Italian Serie A champions Juventus announced they have loaned Brazilian Douglas Costa from German football giants Bayern Munich for six million euros ($6.85 million).The Italian club said on its website the former Shakhtar Donetsk player has signed a one-year ...

Sanchez will stay at Arsenal, says captain Mertesacker IMAGE: Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez celebrates. Photograph: Paul Childsdetails/Action Images via Reuters Arsenal captain Per Mertesacker believes Alexis Sanchez will not leave the Premier League club in the transfer window, despite the Chilean striker entering the final year of his current contract with no new deal in sight. Sanchez scored 30 goals in all competitions as Arsenal lifted the FA Cup but endured an underwhelming league ...