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With a Bundesliga title just 90 minutes away, Borussia Dortmund coach  Edin Terzic called for calm on Thursday, saying “the key is to do nothing special.” Two points clear atop the standings, Dortmund can win its first title for 11 seasons by beating Mainz at home on Saturday, regardless of second-place Bayern Munich’s result at Cologne.  […]

Taking a break from training beneath a giant poster of Vinicius Junior, on the same field where the Real Madrid star got his professional start, Pierry Amaro Ricardo has a word for the racism his idol endures. “It’s inhuman,” says the 18-year-old Brazilian prospect. Like all the boys chasing the ball around the rectangle of green artificial turf […]

Real Madrid winger  Vinicius Junior has developed into LaLiga’s most devastating player on the field while his battle with racism is making a worldwide impact off it. The 22-year-old Brazilian forward drew global support after making a stand against racist abuse he received on Sunday from Valencia supporters at their Mestalla Stadium. Vinicius faced off with […]

Borussia Dortmund striker  Sebastien Haller said his team was achieving “something beautiful” after a 3-0 victory at Augsburg on Sunday sent it within one win of the Bundesliga title. “It’s just unbelievable. If someone told me I would be in this situation six months ago, I wouldn’t have believed them,” an emotional Haller told DAZN. Haller […]

            Alejandro Gallego‘s match ended in a coffin after the 25-year-old was one of three people killed during a knife fight between rival Atletico Nacional and Independiente Medellin hooligans last month. “It’s the most absurd thing that can happen, they’re killing kids over a club badge,” his distraught father, William Gallego, told AFP […]

Manchester City’s domestic dominance under  Pep Guardiola has made a mockery of the Premier League’s claim to be more competitive than Europe’s other top leagues. City sealed a fifth title in six seasons on Saturday with three games to spare, having ultimately seen off Arsenal’s challenge to win the league for the first time in 19 […]

With two rounds of the Bundesliga season remaining, Bayern Munich faces the biggest threat to its title hopes, at home against a resurgent RB Leipzig on Saturday. One point ahead of Borussia Dortmund atop the Bundesliga table, Bayern knows winning the next two games will ensure a record-extending 11th straight Bundesliga title.  While perennial bridesmaid […]

Manchester City is preparing for another Premier League coronation — the first leg of a potential treble that would write the club’s name into the history books. Victory at home for Pep Guardiola‘s side against Chelsea on Sunday will seal the deal, but it will be all over on Saturday if Arsenal loses to relegation-threatened Nottingham […]