Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said that he had no regrets about not taking the Tottenham Hotspur job after the London club damaged his side's Champions League qualification hopes. Three goals in six second-half minutes from Dele Alli, Toby Alderweireld and Erik Lamela gave Spurs a clinical 3-0 win on Sunday that took them […]

Manolo Gabbiadini opened the scoring as Napoli made light of Gonzalo Higuain's four-game ban to keep their Serie A title hopes alive with a 3-0 win at home to 10-man Verona on Sunday. Champions Juventus had stretched their lead to nine points with a precious 2-1 victory at AC Milan on Saturday that took the […]

Premier League leaders Leicester City qualified for the Champions League for the first time in their history on Sunday. Leicester's 2-0 win away to Sunderland allied to fifth-placed Manchester United's 3-0 loss at Tottenham Hotspur guaranteed the Foxes a top-four finish and with it one of the places on offer to English teams in European […]

Shinji Kagawa's superb chip was not enough to prevent Borussia Dortmund drawing 2-2 at Schalke on Sunday, edging Bayern Munich towards a historic fourth straight Bundesliga title. The draw in Gelsenkirchen leaves Pep Guardiola's Bayern seven points clear of second-placed Dortmund with five games left. The Bavarians are hoping to become the first club to […]

Divock Origi came off the bench to score twice as Liverpool beat Stoke City 4-1 at Anfield on Sunday for their biggest home win this season. Victory saw the Reds leapfrog the Potters into eighth place in the Premier League table. Origi had been on the pitch less than five minutes after replacing Sheyi Ojo […]

Dele Alli, Toby Alderweireld and Erik Lamela struck in six second-half minutes as Tottenham Hotspur swamped Manchester United 3-0 on Sunday to keep Premier League leaders Leicester City in sight. A game delayed half an hour by United's late arrival due to traffic congestion burst to life in the 70th minute with three rapid-fire goals […]

Barcelona boss Luis Enrique urged his side to show they are still the best team in the world in the final two months of the season after suffering a second consecutive La Liga defeat 1-0 at Real Sociedad on Saturday. The European champions saw their lead at the top of La Liga shrink to three […]

Jose Mourinho insisted he will be back in management this summer, but it won't be with the Syrian national team despite an ambitious approach for his services from the war-ravaged country. The 53-year-old Portuguese, out of work since being axed by Chelsea in December, has been widely linked to Manchester United where Louis van Gaal […]

This season’s Premier League has been a poisoned chalice for anyone wanting to form coherent arguments about teams. On one hand, there’s plenty to talk about, but it’s also near-impossible to actually know what’s going on. An accurate description would be that the usual favorites have dropped the ball, and that outsiders have capitalized. Leicester’s […]

Guus Hiddink defended his decision to rest goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois after a 1-0 loss at Swansea condemned Chelsea to a first Premier League defeat under their interim manager. Hiddink left Belgium international Courtois on the bench at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday, preferring to name Bosnia's Asmir Begovic in his starting line-up. Begovic did little […]

Gylfi Sigurdsson handed Chelsea their first Premier League defeat under interim manager Guus Hiddink as Swansea beat the Blues 1-0 at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday. Iceland midfielder Sigurdsson struck in the 25th minute to earn Swansea a victory that should ensure they avoid relegation, while Chelsea were left pointless for the first time since […]

Bayern Munich warmed up for Wednesday's crucial Champions League quarter-final at Benfica with a 3-1 win at Stuttgart on Saturday to maintain their iron-grip on the Bundesliga title race with five games left. An own goal from Stuttgart defender Georg Niedermeier and a second-half David Alaba strike put Pep Guardiola's Bayern 2-0 up. Daniel Didavi […]

Hapless bottom club Aston Villa avoided relegation from the Premier League by the skin of their teeth on Saturday despite a 2-1 loss at home to Bournemouth. Goals from Steve Cook and Josh King gave Bournemouth victory at Villa Park, but Norwich City's 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace kept Villa hanging by a mathematical thread. […]

Swansea City revealed on Saturday they are in talks with American businessmen Stephen Kaplan and Jason Levien, who are seeking to purchase a controlling stake in the Premier League club. Kaplan and Levien, both of whom have extensive sporting experience in the United States, are heading up an investment group that hopes to take charge […]

Claudio Ranieri has called on Leicester to maintain the consistency that has made them favorites to be crowned Premier League champions and carried them to the brink of the Champions League. While a seven-point lead over second-placed Tottenham is not enough to persuade Ranieri to discuss Leicester's chances of winning an historic first top-flight title, […]