Madrid (AFP) – Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde has said he feels supported by club president Josep Bartomeu and compared the reaction to their Champions League exit to a child having a tantrum. Barca crashed out in the semi-finals on Tuesday after one of the greatest comebacks in the tournament's history saw them lose 4-0 to […]

Milan (AFP) – Unheralded Atalanta moved third in Serie A on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Genoa edging the side from Bergamo closer to a first-ever Champions League qualification with two games left this season. Musa Barrow and Timothy Castagne's second-half goals sent Atalanta two points clear of Inter Milan, who play already-relegated Chievo […]

Madrid (AFP) – Gareth Bale will be excluded from Real Madrid's squad on Sunday for the second match running as Zinedine Zidane continues to suggest the Welshman is not part of his plans for next season. Bale will not even be on the bench for Madrid's penultimate La Liga game away at Real Sociedad, just […]

Paris (AFP) – Neymar responded to being handed a three-match ban by scoring as champions Paris Saint-Germain ended their three-game losing streak away from home with a 2-1 Ligue 1 victory at Angers on Saturday. Thomas Tuchel's PSG have seen their season fizzle out since a shock Champions League exit at the hands of Manchester […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has said that the pressure is now on league leaders Bayern Munich after his side bounced back in the Bundesliga title race on Saturday. Bayern missed the chance to wrap up a seventh successive title when they were held to a 0-0 draw at RB Leipzig, […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac said he his still confident of winning the Bundesliga after his team missed the chance to wrap up a seventh successive title thanks to a goalless draw at RB Leipzig on Saturday. Rivals Borussia Dortmund edged a nervy contest with Fortuna Duesseldorf 3-2 to return to within […]

London (AFP) – David Beckham cheered Salford into the English Football League as the club he co-owns with Manchester United's famous 'Class of 92' clinched a 3-0 win against AFC Fylde in the National League play-off final on Saturday. United legend Beckham was joined by former team-mates Phil Neville and Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs and […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich missed the chance to wrap up a seventh successive Bundesliga title as they were held to a goalless draw at RB Leipzig on Saturday and rivals Borussia Dortmund edged a nervy 3-2 win over Fortuna Duesseldorf. Chelsea-bound US international Christian Pulisic found the net in his final home game for […]

Milan (AFP) – Musa Barrow and Timothy Castagne's second-half goals fired Atalanta third in Serie A on Saturday as a 2-1 win kept the unheralded Bergamo side's push for a first-ever Champions League campaign on track. Castagne and Duvan Zapata both had goals ruled out for offside in the first 20 minutes of the game, […]

Milan (AFP) – Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri on Saturday dismissed talk he is about to quit the Serie A champions, hitting back at the criticism he received following his side's Champions League quarter-final exit at the hands of Ajax. "Sometimes I wonder if I hadn't managed to bring home some trophies in these years, what […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera has revealed he will leave Old Trafford at the end of the season amid reports of a move to Paris Saint-Germain. Herrera's United contract expires at the end of the season and it is believed he has lined up a deal with French champions PSG. United hadn't […]

Liverpool (AFP) – Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool's astonishing European fightback proves his side will not give up hope of winning the Premier League until Manchester City have the trophy in their hands on Sunday. Klopp's team staged arguably the greatest comeback in Champions League history on Tuesday when they thrashed Barcelona 4-0 to overturn a […]

Brighton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola wants his side to embrace the "privilege" of being in pole position to retain the Premier League title when they travel to Brighton on Sunday. City go into the final day of the season one point ahead of Liverpool after a title race that has […]

London (AFP) – Mauricio Pochettino said he would be "stupid" to stay as Tottenham manager if the club fails to deliver a blueprint for a future which can keep the London club rubbing shoulders with the giants of the game. Pochettino this week guided Tottenham into the Champions League final and could finish the Premier […]

Paris (AFP) – There were bitter tears of regret as Saint-Etienne missed the chance to leapfrog Lyon in Ligue 1 on Friday when their unbeaten streak was broken in a 1-0 home defeat to Montpellier. Saint-Etienne had been homing in on a first ever appearance in the Champions League and had the chance to go […]