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MADRID — Lamine Yamal has renewed his promise to win the Champions League with Barcelona. A day after the team’s elimination by Atletico Madrid in the quarterfinals, the 18-year-old Yamal said he will not give up and will fulfil his vow of capturing the trophy with the Catalan club. “We are Barça, and we will

Manchester United’s potential appointment of current Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola has been billed as a boost to the club’s chances of acquiring the south coast pairing of Eli Junior Kroupi and Marcos Senesi. Iraola recently confirmed that he would not renew his contract at Bournemouth beyond the end of the current campaign, thrusting one of

Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike has suffered a suspected Achilles injury and there are fears he could be out for at least six months. Sky Sports News understands the player is set for scans to determine the full extent of the injury, which is not yet known. The worst-case scenario is an absence as long as

Marco Rose is believed to be the frontrunner for the Bournemouth job. Sky Sports News understands the club have a shortlist of three potential successors to Andoni Iraola that also includes Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna. Bournemouth are believed to want to install Iraola’s successor quickly after it was confirmed on Monday he would leave at the

Marie-Louise Eta’s ascendance to the head coach role at Union Berlin has been chronicled by some as an obvious move. An assistant stepping up to take the reins after previous boss, Steffen Baumgart, suffered the sack. The chain of events makes perfect sense. Except this is no ordinary takeover. This has significance beyond the realms

Liam Rosenior was eager to point out that Chelsea were fourth in the Premier League table since his appointment as head coach in the lead-up to their meeting with Manchester City on Sunday. He might be better off not checking those standings now. With the three-goal reverse at Stamford Bridge, they slipped five places to

Bayern will bid to extend their advantage over Real at home (Getty Images) Bayern Munich will look to reverse years of hurt at the hands of Real Madrid as they lead going into the second leg of a blockbuster Champions League quarter-final. Last week’s first leg at the Bernabeu was as electric a game as

As the Premier League run-in gets into full swing, some fans may already begin to look ahead as next season’s kits begin to be leaked ahead of official launch. Arsenal handed Manchester City a much needed lifeline last week as their home defeat to Bournemouth allowing Pep Guardiola’s side to close the gap to six

Many of Cristiano Ronaldo’s records seem destined to remain unbroken for years into the future, if not forever. Scoring the most official goals in the history of football, the most international goals and the most times for Real Madrid are among three of his achievements that will, at the very least, last well into his

Manchester United’s chief problem in a historically poor season in 2024–25 was the failure to score enough goals. The defense was by no means airtight, but an inability to put the ball in the net frequently enough at the right end of the pitch brought immense vulnerability. After 32 matches in 2025–26, the Red Devils

Arne Slot described Hugo Ekitike’s injury as “really bad” after the France international was stretchered off during Liverpool’s Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. On the night Alexander Isak made a surprise start following a lengthy lay-off, Ekitike was hurt with what appeared to be a serious lower leg injury just before the half-hour mark

Atletico Madrid reached the Champions League semi-finals for the first time since 2016/17 after a 3-2 aggregate win over Barcelona. Diego Simeone’s men took a 2-0 lead into the second leg at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, but their advantage was spectacularly wiped out within 25 minutes after goals from Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres. A

Bayern Munich captain Manuel Neuer and Germany national coach Julian Nagelsmann have both made it clear multiple times that the world champion goalkeeper would not be playing at the 2026 World Cup. However, a new report from Bild has a different idea. The report (as captured by @iMiaSanMia) says that despite what has been said,

5 Napoli have made up their mind regarding the immediate future of their star striker Romelu Lukaku. As reported by La Repubblica, via Area Napoli, the veteran Belgian will not be part of the Napoli squad for the rest of the season. Lukaku has been struggling with injury issues since the start of the season,

Team news – No Williamson, Kendall startspublished at 18:03 BST 18:03 BST England v Spain (19:00 BST) Emma SandersBBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Wembley Sarina Wiegman makes three changes to the England side who beat Iceland in their last qualifying match. Captain Leah Williamson doesn’t make the squad having not played for two

Former FC Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas is thriving in Italy as the manager of Como 1907. After spending his final year as a player at the Italian club, the 38-year-old joined the coaching staff post-retirement in 2023, initially as an assistant manager, helping them earn promotion to Serie A. Advertisement Fabregas was then made the

Less than 48 hours after losing the Monte-Carlo Masters final to rival Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz survived an injury scare to defeat Otto Virtanen and reach the last 16 of the Barcelona Open. The Spaniard, who must win the tournament to reclaim the world No 1 spot from Sinner, defeated Finland’s Virtanen 6-4 6-2 despite

Rory McIlroy’s preparations for his successful Masters defence have come under scrutiny, but questions over the fairness of his time spent at Augusta National have been firmly dismissed. McIlroy became just the fourth player to win back-to-back Masters after holding on to beat Scottie Scheffler by one shot on Sunday. Having completed a career Grand

Chelsea have gone backwards under Liam Rosenior since he took over from Enzo Maresca and Champions League qualification is now in serious doubt. Rosenior’s side are sixth in the Premier League, one spot outside the Champions League places with six games remaining, but are in a dire run of form, winning just one of the