Freddie Sears finally broke his goal drought as West Ham beat Wolves 2-0 and moved out of the bottom three for the first time this season.

Sears had not scored since his debut against Blackburn back in March 2008 and went 73 games without a goal following loan spells at Crystal Palace, Coventry and Scunthorpe.

But it was to be a day for the young forward who scored the crucial second goal late in the game to help West Ham move out of the relegation zone and give them a major boost as they look to beat the drop.

Wolves must have sensed it was not going to be their day after Ronald Zubar scored an own goal with his knee and now have it all to do if they are retain their top flight status after falling to the foot of the Premier League table.

Wolves dominat…

Aberdeen recorded their first cinch Premiership victory of 2024 with a 1-0 win over Motherwell at Fir Park.

Leighton Clarkson slammed home the decisive goal after 25 minutes to end a run of 12 games without a league win for the Dons and move them three points clear of second-bottom Ross County.

Motherwell thought they had drawn themselves level when Lennon Miller found the net five minutes before half-time but they were denied following a lengthy VAR check.

Aberdeen leapfrogged St Johnstone into ninth, while Motherwell’s chances of a top-six spot are fading fast after losing ground on sixth-placed Hibernian.

There was a controversial moment inside the opening 40 seconds when Junior Hoilett was shown a yellow card for a dive inside the box.

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Chelsea have confirmed Fernando Torres will join Milan on a two-year loan, subject to a medical and personal terms being agreed.

Spain striker Torres moved to Stamford Bridge in January 2011 following a highly productive stint with Liverpool.

The reported fee of £50million paid by Chelsea represented a British transfer record only surpassed this week when Angel di Maria joined Manchester United from Real Madrid.

However, Torres has been unable to demonstrate anything close to his best form in London and is now in line to spend the final two years of his contract on loan at San Siro.

A statement from the Premier League club on Friday read: Chelsea Football Club and AC Milan have agreed terms for the two-year loan deal of Fernando Torres to the Italian clu…

The United States will enter the CONCACAF Gold Cup on the back of a comprehensive 4-0 defeat to World Cup winners Spain on Saturday.

The US were given a lesson by the reigning world and European champions in an international friendly at the Gillette Stadium, Massachusetts.

Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas and Barcelona s Andres Iniesta began on the bench, while Iniesta s club teammates Xavi Hernandez and Carlos Puyol were absent.

There was still plenty of talent throughout the team, with Barca s Champions League winners Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets and David Villa starting alongside Real Madrid men Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos.

But it was two of the less familiar faces who seized their opportunity to impress, with Villarreal s Santi Cazorla and Sevilla…

Sevilla are ready to move for Southampton forward Gaston Ramirez, .

The twenty-five year old is currently on loan at Championship promotion hopefuls Middlesbrough having failed to hold down a first team place under Ronald Koeman and he appears to have played his last game for the south coast club with his contract set to expire in the summer.

In total, he has racked up fifty-five appearances in all competitions for the Saints, scoring just eight goals since signing from Bologna in the summer of 2012.

He also had a loan spell at Hull City last season, where he got just one goal in twenty-two outings.

Sides in his native South America are also monitoring his situation though Sevilla, who currently sit fifth in La Liga and have a chance of qualifying f…

If there is anything that can spike Clasico tension levels beyond their traditionally dangerous highs, it is Luis Enrique meeting Zinedine Zidane.

The former France great will take charge of Real Madrid against eternal rivals Barcelona for the first time on Saturday with something of a score to settle against his opposite number.

In April 2003, with the game level at 1-1, Zidane sparked a huge on-field shoving match at the Santiago Bernabeu after catching Carles Puyol with a flailing arm. Luis Enrique, incensed, was the first to confront him, and got a push in the face for his efforts. Zidane was booked; the Barca captain, already on a yellow card, escaped unpunished.

Everyone defends their own team and I don t have a good or bad memory of anything, was Luis En…

Jaap Stam is to replace Giovanni van Bronckhorst as Feyenoord head coach in June, the Eredivisie side have confirmed.

Former Manchester United defender Stam was only appointed by strugglers PEC Zwolle at the end of December but will leave that role to take on the challenge in Rotterdam.

Van Bronckhorst announced in January that he would be stepping down at the end of the season, having led the club he represented during his playing days to two KNVB Bekers, two Johan Cruyff Shields and the 2016-17 Eredivisie title.

Explaining his move, Stam told Feyenoord s official website: I really enjoy PEC Zwolle, but for every ambitious coach if the opportunity arises to work at a club like Feyenoord you will seriously think about it.

I am grateful to PEC Zwolle that…

Gylfi Sigurdsson will miss Swansea City s tour of the United States after the Welsh club announced he did not feel in the right frame of mind to travel due to the current uncertainty over his future.

The Iceland midfielder is the subject of reported interest from Leicester City and Everton, having scored nine Premier League goals and contributed 13 assists last season to help Paul Clement s men stay in the top flight.

Sigurdsson s exploits have not gone unnoticed and Swansea are looking to receive up to £50million for a player they signed from Tottenham in July 2014 in a deal that saw Ben Davies and Michel Vorm move the other way.

Clement had praised Sigurdsson s professionalism following the 1-0 pre-season defeat at Barnet on Wednesday but he will be without t…

Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing AC Milan midfielder Franck Kessie, according to . Kessie is out of contract at Milan at the end of the season, and it is very likely that he will be at another club in 2022.

Spurs have appointed Antonio Conte as their new manager, and the former Chelsea and Juventus manager wants to bring Kessie to the North London club. Conte reportedly wanted to sign the Ivory Coast international when he was the head coach of defending Italian champions Inter Milan.

Kessie has made seven starts and one substitute appearance in Serie A for Milan so far this season, scoring two goals in the process. The midfielder has made two starts and one substitute appearance in the Champions League so far this campaign.

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While the end of the international break may be in sight for some there are still plenty of important games to get through before we can return to domestic football once again. The continent of Europe is focusing most of its attention on the countdown to UEFA Euro 2021 next year, but in South America, they re already looking ahead to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Today, we re going to take a look at one of this week s qualifying games that will be contested between Bolivia and Argentina.

Bolivia

Comprehensive defeats against Peru and Venezuela ensured that Bolivia s Copa America dream came to an end in 2019, and when they battled Ecuador and Venezuela again, things didn t get better in 4-1 and 3-0…