Amsterdam (AFP) – Ajax secured a second straight Dutch Eredivisie title on Wednesday with a 5-0 thrashing of Heerenveen at the Amsterdam Arena. The club's 36th league crown is the third in charge for outgoing coach Erik ten Hag, who will end his five-year stint at the helm at the end of the season to […]

Wolverhampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Kevin De Bruyne's four-goal haul kept Manchester City on course for the Premier League title as the defending champions thrashed Wolves 5-1 at Molineux on Wednesday. Pep Guardiola's men move three points clear of Liverpool with two games to play and boosted their goal difference to seven superior to the […]

London (AFP) – Kevin De Bruyne produced a four-goal masterclass as Manchester City thrashed Wolves 5-1 to move three points clear at the top of the Premier League, while Chelsea consolidated their top four place and pushed Leeds deeper into relegation trouble on Wednesday. City had seen second-placed Liverpool go level on points with them […]

Madrid (AFP) – Sevilla failed to make sure of their place in La Liga's top four on Wednesday as their poor end to the season continued with a goalless draw at home to struggling Mallorca. The stalemate at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan should only delay Sevilla's qualification for the Champions League given they sit five […]

London (AFP) – Chelsea moved to the brink of qualifying for next season's Champions League as they pushed Leeds closer to relegation from the Premier League with a 3-0 victory on Wednesday. Thomas Tuchel's side won for the first time since Todd Boehly's consortium agreed a deal to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich last week. […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Celtic are champions of Scotland for a 10th time in 11 years, but for a club used to winning there has seldom been a more unexpected triumph. The Hoops were a club in crisis less than a year ago. Rangers had demolished their quest for a record 10th consecutive Scottish title by […]

London (AFP) – Relegated Premier League club Watford have hired Rob Edwards as their new manager from the end of this season after his departure from fourth-tier champions Forest Green on Wednesday. Edwards will replace Roy Hodgson when the former England boss leaves Vicarage Road at the conclusion of their dismal campaign on May 22. […]

Vienna (AFP) – The Super League project "is over once and for all or at least for 20 years," UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said on Wednesday. "I don't like to call it Super league because it's everything but Super League," said the Slovenian after the Congress of the governing body of European football in Vienna. […]

New York (AFP) – The wildly popular FIFA video-game series will be rebranded EA Sports FC next year, its publisher Electronic Arts said on Tuesday, ending a three-decade relationship with football's governing body. Launched in 1993, a generation of millions of football fans and gamers across the globe grew up playing the game and it […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City are still licking their wounds from another painful Champions League exit, but by winning the race to sign Erling Haaland they have established themselves as a go-to destination for Europe's top talent. The 21-year-old goalscoring phenomenon had his choice of the continent's top clubs thanks to a reported […]

Madrid (AFP) – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice as Barcelona tightened their grip on second place in La Liga on Tuesday with a 3-1 win at home to Celta Vigo. But Barca’s victory was overshadowed by a nasty head injury to defender Ronald Araujo, who had to be taken away in an ambulance in the 64th […]

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Liverpool kept their Premier League title hopes alive as Sadio Mane's winner beat Aston Villa 2-1 on Tuesday to move level on points with Manchester City at the top of the table. The Reds quickly made amends for a slow start as Joel Matip cancelled out Douglas Luiz's opener inside […]

Madrid (AFP) – La Liga posted losses of 892 million euros for the pandemic-hit 2020-21 season, with Barcelona accounting for more than half of the shortfall, according to figures announced by the Spanish league on Tuesday. Barca were responsible for 56 per cent of La Liga's net pre-tax losses during that season as Spanish clubs […]

Berlin (AFP) – As Erling Haaland headed for Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund announced on Tuesday they had returned to the Norwegian's former club for a replacement and signed Karim Adeyemi from Salzburg. The 20-year-old striker, who has three Germany caps, completed a medical on Tuesday and signed for Dortmund until 2027. He has won the […]

London (AFP) – Thomas Tuchel admitted Tuesday that Chelsea's gruelling season was taking its toll on his players as he attempts to lift the FA Cup finalists for the final few games of the campaign. Chelsea, third in the Premier League, are one point ahead of London rivals Arsenal after just one win in their […]