Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes bagged one goal and created two more in his team’s spirited 3-0 Premier League victory over Leicester City, a victorious send-off for Ruud van Nistelrooy in his finale as interim manager.

Liverpool opened a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League as breakaway goals by Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah sealed a 2-0 win at home to Aston Villa this morning.

Winger Bradley Barcola has scored twice to reach 10 Ligue 1 goals as Paris Saint-Germain won at Angers 4-2 to maintain their six-point lead over second-placed Monaco.

Tailevu Northland’s women’s futsal team has secured a spot in the IDC Women’s Futsal Tournament, topping defending champions Suva Women’s Futsal in the Southern National Futsal League points table.

Manchester City slumped to a fourth successive defeat as Brighton & Hove Albion hit back from a goal down to beat the struggling Premier League champions 2-1 at home this morning.

Vincius Junior scored a hat trick to steer Real Madrid to an emphatic 4-0 win over Osasuna in a much-needed victory that was dampened by a serious injury to team-mate Eder Militao.

Amsterdam banned demonstrations for three days from Friday after overnight attacks on Israeli soccer supporters by what the mayor called “antisemitic hit-and-run squads”, and Israel sent planes to the Netherlands to fly fans home.

Mexico’s most-capped player Andres Guardado said he is retiring from football at the end of the season.

Veteran Labasa goalkeeper Simione Tamanisau expressed gratitude for returning to the national team after a four-year break, saying it’s an honor to represent the country again.

Australia coach Tony Popovic has dropped teenager Nestory Irankunda and called up experienced campaigners Rhyan Grant, Milos Degenek and Martin Boyle for this month’s World Cup qualifiers against Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

Manchester United’s Amad Diallo scored twice for a 2-0 win over PAOK in the Europa League as interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy achieved what the sacked Erik ten Hag failed to do with the club’s first victory in this season’s competition.

Tottenham Hotspur’s perfect Europa League start ended as they lost 3-2 at Galatasaray this morning with Victor Osimhen scoring twice for the hosts and Will Lankshear netting his first goal for Spurs but also getting sent off.