Kolade Daniel

Neymar finally made his return for PSG fresh from completing his ban as the French champions claimed a 2-0 win over Reims on Sunday night.

The match between Palmeiras and Flamengo that was filled with controversies, complaints and injunctions ended in a stalemate on the field.

Santos and Fortaleza had to settle out for a draw 1-1 on Sunday evening at Vila Belmiro for the 12th round of the Brazilian Championship.

Coutinho and Neto were on the lineup as Barca started their La Liga campaign with a 4-0 win over Villarreal.

Thiago Silva was entrusted by Frank Lampard to captain Chelsea’s clash against West Brom on Saturday afternoon. It didn’t end in good fashion as the veteran defender wasn’t on his best as the Blues battled from three goals down to secure a point.

Inter and São Paulo could only play out to a 1-1 draw on Saturday night at Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre. The game was valid for the 12th round of the Brazilian Championship.

Atlético-MG striker Keno was the star of the day as his hattrick secured all three points in his side’s 3-1 victory over Grêmio on Saturday night, in Mineirão.

Bayern Munich had to labor well into extra time against Sevilla before they could secure a 2-1 victory to lift the UEFA Super Cup.

Santos were left to labor hard in their 2-1 win against Delfín on Thursday in Ecuador despite the fact that they had a one-man advantage for majority of the game.

Atlético-GO have qualified for the round of 16 of the Brazil Cup and takes the last spot in the round of 16. Fluminense lost out after a woeful performance and only have themselves to blame.

New Chelsea defender Thiago Silva made his official debut for the club in yesterday’s 6-0 thrashing of Barnsley in the Carabao Cup.

Palmeiras will have to wait a little longer to confirm their qualification in the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores.

Thiago Neves, who made his debut for Sport, was the star of the night. However, it was Iago Maidana who secured the Lion's victory 1-0 over Corinthians. From a penalty, the defender scored, in the 36th minute, the only goal of the match, valid for the 12th round of the Brasileirão.

In the second Gre-Nal in history for Libertadores, the moment prevailed for those who have been undefeated for more than two years.

A second half penalty goal from Brazilian forward Hulk proved to be the difference as Shanghai SIPG secured a narrow 1-0 victory over Shijiazhuang Ever Bright on Tuesday night.

With 11 players absent, coming from a 5-0 thrashing and after a busy day that put even the game at risk, Flamengo managed to recover in the Libertadores.

São Paulo now find themselves at serious risk of elimination even in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores.

Brazilian midfielder Paulinho scored once again as Guangzhou Evergrande saw off Henan Jianye with a 2-1 score-line in the Chinese Super League.

Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus got a goal that wrapped up a convincing opening victory for Manchester City against Wolves at the Mo

Real Madrid had an underwhelming return to La Liga as they could only draw 0-0 away to Real Sociedad on Sunday in the first game of their title defence.

Grêmio and Palmeiras could only play out to a 1-1 draw in Porto Alegre in a game for the 11th round of the Brasileirão.

Only a goal was lacking on the evening, it was an exciting game but Botafogo and Santos could only play out to a goalless stalemate at the Nilton Santos stadium on Sunday night.

With the absence of Thiago Neves, Sport had to battle it out to a hard fought victory against Fluminense.

Cruzeiro suffered yet another defeat that sees them with a poor form of just one win in their last five outings.