Football

Cristiano Ronaldo passed the 800-goal mark for club and country, scoring twice as Manchester United beat Arsenal 3-2 in an incident-packed Premier League match on Thursday.

Karim Benzema was the hero for Real Madrid on Wednesday night as his goal saw Los Blancos beat Athletic Club 1-0 at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Junior Messias scored a brace on his first AC Milan start as the Rossoneri thrashed Andriy Shevchenko's Genoa 3-0 on Wednesday to close the gap to Serie A leaders Napoli to one point.

Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool thumped Everton 4-1 in the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park on Wednesday to stay two points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea.

Alvaro Morata scored four minutes after coming on to seal a much-needed 2-0 win for Juventus away to bottom side Salernitana in Serie A on Tuesday and ease the pressure on the struggling Turin club.

A sizzling late strike from Vinicius Junior rescued a 2-1 victory for Real Madrid over Sevilla on Sunday night at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

AC Milan slipped to their second successive Serie A defeat when Sassuolo stunned their opponents in the San Siro after coming from behind to earn a 3-1 victory on Sunday.

A second-half penalty saved Chelsea's blushes and they drew 1-1 with Manchester United on Sunday in what could be Michael Carrick's final game in charge before Ralf Rangnick takes over.

Juventus suffered another setback as they lost 1-0 at home to Atalanta after a Duvan Zapata goal on Saturday, with a fifth defeat in 14 Serie A games leaving them in eighth place.

Late goals from Memphis Depay and Philippe Coutinho delivered Barcelona a 3-1 victory over Villarreal in La Liga on Saturday night at the Estadio de La Ceramica.

Diogo Jota scored the fastest goal of the 2021-22 Premier League season on Saturday at Anfield as Liverpool thrashed Southampton 4-0.

Either European champions Italy or Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal will miss out on the 2022 World Cup after being drawn in the same playoff path in Friday's draw.

January 2020 saw Real Madrid sign David Alaba ahead of his summer move, and they'll be hoping to pull off similar deals this winter. Kylian Mbappe is the priority, then Paul Pogba and Antonio Rudiger are other targets, all of whom can join on free transfers next summer.

Real Madrid secured a place in the last 16 of the Champions League after they cruised to a comfortable 3-0 at Sheriff Tiraspol on Wednesday.

Real Madrid and France star Karim Benzema has been found guilty of complicity in attempted blackmail with regard to the sex tape case involving former Les Bleus teammate Mathieu Valbuena.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho sent Manchester United into the Champions League round of 16 as Michael Carrick's interim tenure started with a 2-0 win over Villarreal at La Ceramica on Tuesday.

Zinedine Zidane has been enjoying a quiet life with his family in Madrid since leaving his job at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. In the meantime, though, his phone has rung on a number of occasions with several offers.

At Watford missed two penalties and then they shot four times past David de Gea to rub salt on the wounds of Manchester United, whose campaign in this season is turning out to be yet another nightmare, while for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – time seemed to run fast as far as his role as a coach was concerned. The Manchester United hierarchy kept the faith in him despite the failures – but still, he had to go and that was the only way the Red Devils could find one solution for many problems.

Ghanaian teenage substitute Felix Afena-Gyan's first senior goals earned Jose Mourinho's AS Roma a 2-0 victory at Genoa in Serie A on Sunday.

Tottenham came from behind to beat Leeds United 2-1 in Antonio Conte's first home Premier League game in charge on Sunday.