Naxxar Lions left it late to beat Mqabba yesterday, scoring two goals in the last ten minutes of the match to grab three precious points and move closer to Santa Lucia in third place. Now the Lions are just two points behind Santa Lucia who however have a game in hand....

Balzan registered their tenth win of the campaign when a solitary goal scored by Alfred Effiong was enough for them to defeat lowly St. Andrew’s. It was a drab encounter between two sides who have failed miserably this season....

Tarxien Rainbows and Senglea Athletic shared the spoils in a direct encounter from the lower part of the table. A point a piece which left both teams in the same position....

Gzira United consolidated their third place in the standings when, as widely expected, they overcame bottom placed Pieta Hotspurs yesterday afternoon. They overcame an early scare to run out easy winners with Justin Junior Mengolo scoring a hat-trick and Haruna Garba grabbing the side's other two goals....

Athletic Bilbao rallied with two goals early in the second half to defeat Girona 2-1 and move closer to the European spots in the Spanish league on Friday. Striker Cristhian Stuani put Girona...

Substitute Martin Terrier scored four minutes from time as Lyon won 1-0 at Rennes on Friday to narrow the gap to one point in the race for the runner-up spot in the French league. With runaway...

Andrej Kramaric denied Hoffenheim teammate Ishak Belfodil a hat trick by tapping in the final goal in a 4-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Friday. Belfodil rounded goalkeeper...

Cagliari took a step toward safety with a 3-0 win at last-place Chievo Verona in Serie A on Friday. Fabio Pisacane, Joao Pedro and Artur Ionita scored before the break, while the closest Chievo...

A Calil penalty half way through the second was enough for Hamrun Spartans to beat relegation troubled Qormi and move temporarily to fourth place in the standings, and keep in the hunt for a European berth next season....

Argentina star Lionel Messi admitted Friday to being upset with constant criticism in his homeland, saying in an interview that even his 6-year-old son asks why his countrymen attack his performances...