Liverpool may have returned to winning ways against Fulham, but Virgil van Dijk was quick to highlight that there is still plenty of work to do as we head into a defining period of the season. DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR

Villarreal have had an upturn in fortunes since Marcelino Garcia Toral returned as manager in 2023, but they must now thinking about replacing him. His contract expires at the end of the 2025-26 campaign, and it appears that he will not be leaving them into the Champions League for the second season in a row.

Larne manager Gary Haveron was named Manager of the Year at the Northern Ireland Football League’s awards. Glentoran striker Pat Hoban was named Player of the Year on Saturday night in Belfast. Glentoran are three points behind leaders Larne in the Irish Premiership and the two title protagonists face off at the Oval on Friday

Bayern Munich star Manuel Neuer is starting to come under immense pressure to halt his international retirement and take the pitch with Germany one more time at the World Cup. In the midst of all of that, Neuer was thrust into controversy last week when Lothar Matthäus said that German national team boss Julian Nagelsmann

Barcelona wonderkid Lamine Yamal is on the cusp of eclipsing Real Madrid legend Cristiano Ronaldo‘s tally of La Liga titles. Unbelievably, Yamal has already, officially, won the Spanish top flight as many times as Ronaldo did across his nine years in the capital – twice. He managed that feat at the age of just 17.

Gabriele Gravina insists Gennaro Gattuso is a ‘well-prepared coach’ who gave Italy ‘a soul’, but some players ‘didn’t perform as expected’ in the World Cup play-off. Outgoing FIGC President gave an interview to Corriere della Sera, in which he discussed his resignation and the crisis in Italian football. Advertisement The new FIGC President will be

Tommaso Baldanzi returns to Genoa’s starting XI against Domenico Berardi’s Sassuolo in the Serie A Round 32 lunchtime game. It kicks off at 12:30 CET (11:30 BST) at the Stadio Ferraris in Genoa. Siegrist, Cornet, Norton-Cuffy and Onana are injured for the home side, while Sassuolo must cope without Candè, Pieragnolo, Boloca and Romagna. Advertisement

Liverpool enjoyed one of their best halves of the season as they moved into a 2-0 lead during the Premier League game against Fulham at Anfield on Saturday. Goals from Rio Ngumoha and Mohamed Salah put Arne Slot’s Reds ahead by half-time – an unassailable lead that Fulham never came close to pulling back. Advertisement

Rasmus Hojlund will lead the Napoli attack in an away Serie A game at Parma today. It kicks off at 15:00 CET (14:00 BST) at the Stadio Tardini. The Partenopei sit second in the Serie A table, seven points below leaders Inter, who will play away at Como later this evening. Advertisement Parma’s top-goal scorer,

Chelsea welcome Manchester City to Stamford Bridge for Sunday’s box office showdown, with both sides ready to go for the jugular in a quest to realise their ambitions. The Blues have been a shadow of themselves in recent weeks, but they’ve been handed a lifeline in their bid to qualify for the Champions League. Advertisement

Now or never for Manchester City. Arsenal itself has handed them a golden opportunity. The Citizens are back to controlling their own destiny in the Premier League title race. Who would have thought that just a few weeks ago? To make it count, though, they will have to beat Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Arsenal, who

It is one of this season’s most compelling and unexpected Premier League plot lines: the shock unravelling of Tottenham Hotspur. The north Londoners are in the relegation places with eight games left and are still waiting for their first league win of the calendar year. The prospect of Tottenham dropping out of the top flight

Sports Illustrated rounds up the latest transfer rumors and gossip from around the world. Premier League Anthony Gordon has plenty of admirers. | Marc Atkins/Getty Images Bayern Munich have joined Arsenal in pursuit of Newcastle United forward Anthony Gordon, who is known to be interested in working under Gunners boss Mikel Arteta. (Source: CaughtOffside) Chelsea, Manchester United

An extremely youthful Atlético Madrid were defeated 2-1 by a Sevilla side desperate for a win on Saturday night. A team made up of second, third and fourth string players struggled to make any inroads in the Andalucian capital, but little will be made of this loss which comes between the two UEFA Champions League

Eight games remaining in the Premier League and for Pep Guardiola the equation is clear. Only eight wins equals Manchester City as champions of England once more. The math probably works out. After all, City trail leaders Arsenal by nine points. They have a game in hand and crucially the Gunners have to come to