West Ham fans turn on Moyes after 4-0 EPL loss at Brighton
March 4, 2023 GMTBRIGHTON, England (AP) — West Ham fans turned on manager David Moyes after an alarming 4-0 loss at Brighton in the English Premier League on Saturday.
The away supporters chanted, “You don’t know what you’re doing” and “Sacked in the morning” to Moyes in the second half as West Ham extended its winless away run in the league to 11 matches with a feeble display.
Mitoma strikes again as Brighton beat Bournemouth in EPL
February 4, 2023 GMTBRIGHTON, England (AP) — Fresh from a dramatic late winner against Liverpool in the FA Cup, Kaoru Mitoma struck in the 87th minute for Brighton to beat Bournemouth 1-0 on Saturday.
The Japan international's headed goal was his third in as many games and sent his side up to sixth place in the English Premier League.
Late Brighton goal clinches draw at Leicester in EPL
January 21, 2023 GMTLEICESTER, England (AP) — Brighton scored two minutes from time to draw at Leicester 2-2 and maintain its assault on the English Premier League top five on Saturday.
The Seagulls missed the chance to move into the top five but climbed to sixth.
Brighton routs Everton 4-1, pressure builds on Lampard
January 3, 2023 GMTLIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Irish teenager Evan Ferguson scored in his first Premier League start to help Brighton rout Everton 4-1 and pile pressure on manager Frank Lampard on Tuesday.
Everton's winless run extended to six games, leaving Lampard’s team just one point and two places above the relegation zone.
Arsenal stretches lead to 7 points with 4-2 win at Brighton
December 31, 2022 GMTBRIGHTON, England (AP) — Arsenal stretched its Premier League lead to seven points with a 4-2 win at Brighton on Saturday capped by a well-worked breakaway goal from Gabriel Martinelli.
Goals from Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Eddie Nketiah had Arsenal 3-0 up by the 47th minute and seemingly cruising to an easy win, but Kaoru Mitoma kept Brighton in the game with a goal 25 minutes from time.
Japan beats Ghana 4-1 in World Cup tune-up for both teams
June 10, 2022 GMTKOBE, Japan (AP) — Japan defeated fellow World Cup qualifier Ghana 4-1 after Tunisia — another team headed to Qatar — beat Chile 2-0 on Friday in friendly matches in Kobe.
Chile did not qualify for the World Cup in Qatar but has lodged a protest with FIFA that could see it advance.
Cordova leads Mexico to soccer bronze in 3-1 win over Japan
August 6, 2021 GMTSAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Sebastian Córdova opened the scoring and added two assists to lead Mexico to a 3-1 victory over host Japan in the bronze medal match in Olympic men’s soccer on Friday.
It is only the second time Mexico has won an Olympic soccer medal, adding to the gold from the 2012 London Games.