London (AFP) – Eddie Howe admitted Thursday that Newcastle will not be able to spend wildly in the upcoming transfer window after securing their Premier League status. The Magpies' presence in next season's English top flight was confirmed on Wednesday by Leeds' 3-0 defeat to Chelsea, meaning Howe and the club's Saudi-backed owners can now […]

Rome (AFP) – Inter Milan claimed their eighth Italian Cup on Wednesday after overcoming old foes Juventus 4-2 in an extra-time victory full of incident and controversy. Ivan Perisic secured a thrilling win with a double in the first half of extra time but the match hung on the awarding of a soft-seeming penalty which […]

Wolverhampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Erling Haaland's arrival at Manchester City will make the English champions an even more ruthless attacking force, said Pep Guardiola after seeing his side thrash Wolves 5-1 on Wednesday. Haaland's £51 million ($63 million, 60 million euro) signing ends City's search for a recognised striker to replace the departed Sergio […]

Wolverhampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Pep Guardiola described Kevin De Bruyne's form as "beyond perfect" after the Belgian scored four goals in a 5-1 thrashing of Wolves that took Manchester City another step closer to retaining the Premier League. Pep Guardiola's men move three points clear of Liverpool with two games to play and boosted […]

Madrid (AFP) – Atletico Madrid secured qualification for the Champions League on Wednesday as a 2-0 victory away at Elche guaranteed their place in La Liga's top four. Matheus Cunha and Rodrigo De Paul were both on target as Atletico pulled six points clear of Real Betis in fifth, with two games left to play. […]

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 […]