Sunderland secured its place in English Championship playoffs with a 3-0 win away to Preston on Monday but only after Millwall suffered an extraordinary loss at home to Blackburn Rovers. The final day of the regular second-tier season kicked off with Millwall knowing a win would guarantee a place in the playoffs that decide the […]
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Premier League: Arsenal passes Newcastle test to keep pressure on Man City
Arsenal kept the Premier League title race alive as Martin Odegaard‘s strike and Fabian Schar‘s own goal beat Newcastle 2-0 on Sunday to close to within one point of leader Manchester City. City has a game in hand on top of the slender lead, but the Gunners are refusing to give up the fight in […]
Ligue 1: Could troubled PSG throw away French title?
Paris Saint-Germain is a club in turmoil, where the coach was already under pressure before this week’s suspension of Lionel Messi and a protest by fans outside Neymar’s home. The season is already widely seen as a failure for the Qatar-owned club, after it was dumped out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich in the last […]
Bundesliga: Bayern and Dortmund enter final straight of title battle just a point apart
After returning to the top of the standings, Bayern Munich turns its focus to its traditional whipping boy, Werder Bremen, on Saturday. One point clear of Borussia Dortmund, Bayern can guarantee an historic 11th straight Bundesliga title by winning its final four matches. If Thomas Tuchel‘s side defeats Bremen, it can go four points clear […]
Napoli's Osimhen and Kvaratskhelia rub shoulders with Maradona, but for how long?
Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia stand alongside Diego Maradona as Napoli greats after powering southern Italy’s biggest soccer club to just its third Serie A title. Osimhen, 24, and summer signing Kvaratskhelia, 22, have struck up a devastating partnership this season which has been central to Napoli winning its first league crown since 1990 and […]
Big Sam: New Leeds boss Allardyce says he is 'as good as' Guardiola
Sam Allardyce insisted Wednesday that he is “as good as” Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp as he plots to keep Leeds in the Premier League following the sacking of Javi Gracia. The Spaniard was dismissed with four games to go after just 10 weeks in charge, with the club outside the relegation zone only on goal difference. Allardyce, 68, […]
Premier League: 2022-23 managerial moves
• Chelsea (4). Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter, Bruno Saltor (interim), Frank Lampard. • Leeds United (4). Jesse Marsch, Michael Skubala (interim), Javi Gracia, Sam Allardyce. • Wolves (3). Bruno Lage, Steve Davis (interim), Julen Lopetegui. • Aston Villa (3). Steven Gerrard, Aron Danks (interim), Unai Emery. • Crystal Palace (3). Patrick Vieira, Paddy McCarthy (interim), […]
Messi's Parisian days are numbered
Lionel Messi faces being suspended by Paris Saint-Germain after traveling to Saudi Arabia earlier this week without the club’s permission, a source with knowledge of the matter told AFP on Tuesday. The source said that Argentina’s World-Cup winning captain, who is out of contract at the end of the season, would be banned for “several […]
Serie A: Napoli still with one more point to go — and six games to clinch Scudetto
The city of Naples woke up on Monday still digesting the disappointment of Napoli not sealing its first Serie A title in over three decades, but knowing glory is just a few more days away. Everything was set up for Napoli to win its third Scudetto a record-breaking six matches before the end of the […]
Haaland has world at his feet
Erling Haaland‘s feat in equaling the record for the number of Premier League goals in a season makes a mockery of the idea that it takes time to settle in the English top flight. The Norway powerhouse scored a penalty in Manchester City’s 2-1 win at Fulham on Sunday to move to 34 league goals […]
