Florian Wirtz scored after 84 seconds as Bayer Leverkusen made it 38 games unbeaten in all competitions with a 3-2 victory in Freiburg on Sunday. Leverkusen’s seventh league win on the bounce kept them 10 points clear of serial champions Bayern Munich with eight games to play in their quest for the club’s first ever...
A long-range shot from Robert Andrich took Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen to a 2-1 home win against Mainz on Friday, setting a new German record of 33 games unbeaten. Andrich’s goal was helped by a goalkeeping mistake from Mainz’s Robin Zentner, who allowed the ball to slip through his hands and into the net. Leverkusen...
Arsenal climbed up to second in the Premier League with a 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest as Aston Villa’s unbeaten home record was ended by a 3-1 defeat to Newcastle on Tuesday. Goals from Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka maintained the Gunners’ title push at the City Ground ahead of their clash at home to...
Reigning champions Bayern Munich have been overshadowed by Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen this season, but their hopes of a 12th-straight title remain well alive as they prepare for Saturday’s trip to Eintracht Frankfurt. Unbeaten Bayern sit three points behind Leverkusen with a game in hand, after last week’s home match against Union Berlin was postponed...
Bayern Munich face Heidenheim on Saturday as the promoted side have the uneviable task of trying to stop the momentum of the side already vying with Bayer Leverkusen for this season’s Bundesliga title. Bayern and a skliful Bayer Leverkusen side coached by former Real Madrid and Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso head into the weekend as...
Rundu-based Julinho Sporting ended Eeshoke Chula Chula’s unbeaten run in a thrilling football encounter at Rundu Sports Stadium on Saturday, beating the visitors 1-0 in their Debmarine Namibia Premiership match. The match had football enthusiasts swarming in large numbers to Rundu Sports Stadium to throw their weight behind the home team. The encounter was also...
Virat Kohli hit 95 to lead India to a four-wicket victory over New Zealand and a fifth win in five matches at the World Cup on Sunday although the superstar batsman just missed equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 one-day international centuries. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami returned figures of 5-54 to help bowl out New...
Staff Reporter JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 9 — South African national football team, Bafana Bafana, is quietly on the rise under the leadership of coach Hugo Broos, boasting an impressive unbeaten streak in their last seven matches. During this remarkable run, the team secured victories in five matches and settled for draws in two, hinting at the...
Brazilian Lucas Ribeiro scored twice as Mamelodi Sundowns stretched an unbeaten South African Premiership run to 30 matches by winning 2-0 at Polokwane City on Wednesday. The record 13-time champions have not lost since September 2 last season when going down 2-1 to SuperSport United in a Pretoria derby. Victory over Polokwane was the sixth...