Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool grabbed a precious away goal on his emotional return to Borussia Dortmund as Thursday's Europa League quarter-final, first leg finished in a 1-1 draw. A superb finish from Liverpool striker Divock Origi was cancelled out by a bullet header from Dortmund captain Mats Hummels. The result favors the English side ahead of […]

Injury-hit Juventus star Paulo Dybala is set to miss the trip to AC Milan on Saturday where the champions can take another step towards a record-equalling fifth consecutive title. Dybala, who is Juve's top scorer with 14 league goals this term, has been sidelined since March 20 when he crumpled to the ground in pain […]

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini admitted his side must not repeat the defensive errors that marred their Champions League quarter-final, first leg with Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday despite the 2-2 draw giving them the edge. Away goals by Kevin De Bruyne and Fernandinho at the Parc des Princes mean City have the upper hand ahead […]

As of press time, less than one thousand tickets remain for the Arsenal vs. Chivas Guadalajara friendly that's scheduled to be played at the Stubhub Center outside Los Angeles on Sunday, July 31. Tickets for the game will certainly be sold out very soon. And for most Arsenal fans, the game will be the best […]

Wolfsburg coach Dieter Hecking has told Real Madrid defender Marcelo to "cut out the acting" following his antics during his team's 2-0 Champions League quarter-final first leg defeat in Germany. The Brazil left-back thrust his head towards Wolfsburg midfielder Maximilian Arnold's chest in the 69th minute of Real's shock defeat, then crumpled to the turf, […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger on Thursday played down a late-night scrape involving Jack Wilshere and revealed that the midfielder will make his long-awaited return to action this week. Wilshere, 24, was photographed speaking to police in the early hours of Sunday morning after reportedly being rejected from a nightclub in central London. The England midfielder […]

There aren’t many forwards in world soccer who intertwine attributes as neatly and as devastatingly as Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Soccer is full of players with searing pace, forwards with a strong running style and strikers who are unerringly composed when chances come their way. But to marry all these traits makes for a very […]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says there will be no place for sentimentality when he faces his former club Borussia Dortmund in Thursday's Europa League quarter-final, first-leg. "I want to beat them, even though they are all my friends here. No question," said the Liverpool boss who quit as Dortmund coach last May after seven years […]

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has described Jamie Vardy as a "fantastic horse" and says that his Premier League title-chasing players were "too small or too slow" for other clubs. A year ago, Leicester were six points from safety at the foot of the table, but Sunday's 1-0 win over Southampton left them seven points […]

Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid suffered a shock 2-0 Champions League defeat at Wolfsburg in Wednesday's quarter-final, first-leg to leave them on the verge of a European exit. Just five days after ending Barcelona's 39-game unbeaten run with a 2-1 away win in El Clasico, Real were humbled as Wolfsburg ignored their struggling mid-table form in […]

Away goals by Kevin De Bruyne and Fernandinho handed Manchester City a 2-2 first-leg draw at Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday to give the English side the edge in their Champions League quarter-final tie. On a night that will be remembered for some comical defending and a Zlatan Ibrahimovic penalty that was saved by City goalkeeper […]

Swiss police on Wednesday searched UEFA's headquarters for contracts linked to a Champions League television rights deal revealed in the so-called "Panama Papers", which involves FIFA's new president Gianni Infantino. "UEFA can confirm that today we received a visit from the office of the Swiss Federal Police acting under a warrant," the European football confederation […]

Leicester City are staying grounded despite requiring just 12 points from their final six games to complete an extraordinary Premier League title triumph, according to goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. A year ago, the east Midlands club were bottom of the table and six points adrift of safety, but Sunday's 1-0 win over Southampton left them seven […]

Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi's trial for tax fraud has been reset to its initial start date of May 31 after an earlier change in the schedule threatened his participation in June's Copa America in the United States. The initial decision to delay the start of the trial till June 7 would have seen […]

We're down to the final eight teams in the UEFA Europa League — a competition where this year, the winner gets an automatic qualification into next season's UEFA Champions League. For viewers in the United States, all of the Europa League quarter-final games will be shown live on television and live streaming. Here's the schedule: Thursday, […]