Glasgow (AFP) – Scottish champions Rangers stayed on course for an unbeaten Premiership season despite conceding a late penalty in a 1-1 draw away to St Johnstone on Wednesday. Liam Craig equalised for the hosts in stoppage time after Chris Kane went down in the box following a less than forceful challenge. St Johnstone, however, […]

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City closed in on the Premier League title as the leaders fought back to win 2-1 at Aston Villa on Wednesday in their first match since withdrawing from the European Super League. Pep Guardiola's side were rocked by John McGinn's opener for Villa after just 20 seconds. But City […]

Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund remain four points from next season's Champions League places as Raphael Guerreiro's late goal helped seal a 2-0 home win over Union Berlin on Wednesday. Dortmund have four games left to bridge the gap to the Champions League spots, but can boost their chances with a win at third-placed Wolfsburg […]

Madrid (AFP) – UEFA has dropped Bilbao as a host city for Euro 2020 this summer, according to a statement published by the regional authorities on Wednesday. The Bilbao committee in charge of the four games due to be held at San Mames stadium has criticised UEFA's "unilateral" decision and asked to be compensated for […]

Doha (AFP) – Kenyan international Michael Olunga scored the first hat-trick of this year's Asian Champions League to spark Qatar giants Al Duhail to a thrilling 4-3 victory over Iran's Esteghlal on Wednesday. Olunga, who left Japan's Kashiwa Reysol to join Al Duhail earlier this year, struck twice in the first half before completing his […]

Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi was Wednesday named as the new head of the European Club Association (ECA) replacing Andrea Agnelli, one of the key figures in the doomed Super League project. Juventus chairman Agnelli left the job in the early hours of Monday after news of the breakaway league was revealed. […]

Milan (AFP) – Giacomo Raspadori struck twice as Sassuolo beat AC Milan 2-1 at the San Siro on Wednesday, hours after the hosts were forced to backtrack on their plans to join a European Super League. Italian forward Raspadori came off the bench in the second half and scored twice in a seven-minute spell, after […]

London (AFP) – Tottenham made a winning start to life after Jose Mourinho as Son Heung-min's last-minute penalty sealed a vital 2-1 victory against Southampton in their first match since withdrawing from the controversial European Super League on Wednesday. Mourinho was sacked on Monday after 17 turbulent months in charge of the north London club, […]

Paris (AFP) – Mauro Icardi netted a hat-trick and Neymar scored his first goal since January as holders Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Angers 5-0 on Wednesday to reach the French Cup semi-finals. Record 13-time winners PSG, who are bidding to win a sixth French Cup in seven seasons, made short work of the visitors at the […]

Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski is set to return from injury on Saturday and continue his bid to break Gerd Mueller's record of 40 goals in a single Bundesliga season. Lewandowski netted 35 league goals for Bayern before being sidelined by a knee injury while playing for Poland at the end of […]

Nyon (Switzerland) (AFP) – France's Stephanie Frappart is set to become the first woman to officiate at a men's European Championship after UEFA named her as a fourth official for Euro 2020 on Wednesday. Frappart has already achieved several firsts for female officials, having been the first woman to referee a match in Ligue 1, […]

London (AFP) – The two Milan giants and Atletico Madrid followed all six English Premier League clubs in pulling out of the European Super League on Wednesday, dealing a fatal blow to the project as besieged owners launched damage-limitation exercises, desperate to head off sanctions. The withdrawals by Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea […]

Milan (AFP) – Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini expressed his relief on Wednesday after the collapse of the European Super League and thanked managers at clubs involved for speaking out against the project. Twelve major European clubs, including Italian sides Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan, announced the launch of the breakaway tournament, which would […]

London (AFP) – Manchester United co-chairman Joel Glazer has "apologised unreservedly" for his club's role in the failed plan to launch a breakaway European Super League. United were one of 12 top European clubs to sign up to the controversial competition on Sunday. They hoped to use the tournament to control a greater share of […]

Milan (AFP) – Italy's AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus on Wednesday followed all six English clubs as well as Atletico Madrid in giving up on the European Super League (ESL) while continuing to push for a change in world football. Italian champions Juventus, whose president Andrea Agnelli was one of the driving forces behind […]