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...Everton earn second win in 13 league games ...McCarthy scores first of season ...Captain Coloccini sent off for foul on Lennon ...Cisse suspended, replacement Gouffran gives away penalty Everton eased their relegation fears as they beat 10-man Newcastle with a first Premier League...

Gareth Bale scored his first goals in 10 matches as Real Madrid kept pace with Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a win over Levante. Bale opened the scoring by powering home a loose ball in the box,...

...Costa scores his 18th goal of the league season ...Tadic equalises from the spot ...Ivanovic claims for a penalty waved away ...Forster makes several brilliant saves Chelsea moved six points clear at the top of the Premier League after drawing with Southampton in...

Paris St-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has apologised after saying France "does not deserve" PSG. Ibrahimovic's outburst came in the tunnel following his side's 3-2 Ligue 1 defeat by Bordeaux on Sunday. French sports minister Patrick Kanner had urged Ibrahimovic to say...

An amateur footballer has been jailed for killing a referee with a single punch after he was booked in a Michigan United Soccer League match. John Bieniewicz was about to show Bassel Saad a second yellow card and send the...

Lionel Messi scored twice to take his season's goal total to 43 as Barcelona beat Eibar comfortably to open up a four-point lead at the top of La Liga. Messi converted a 31st-minute penalty for Luis Enrique's side, who face...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his side can still knock Monaco out of the Champions League despite trailing 3-1 in their last-16 tie. They play the Ligue 1 side on Tuesday with no team having recovered from a similar deficit...

Former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has hit out at the English press once again, claiming he left Anfield for Barcelona because he was "tired" of the media. The Uruguay international ended his three-and-a-half year association with Liverpool last summer when...

Arsenal have proved past masters at finishing in the Premier League's top four but manager Arsene Wenger says the task is becoming harder every season. With 10 games remaining the Gunners are well-placed in third spot, four points behind second-placed...

Chelsea will win the Premier League title this season, manager Jose Mourinho has predicted. The Blues were knocked out of the Champions League by Paris St-Germain in midweek but lead the top flight by five points with 11 games remaining. Mourinho...