MADRID, SPAIN – NOVEMBER 26: Diego Simeone, Head Coach of Atletico de Madrid, looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD5 match between Atletico de Madrid and FC Internazionale Milano at Estadio Metropolitano on November 26, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images) Diego Simeone tells Italy legends

Jonathan David has had an opportunity to discuss the criticism he has received in his first season at Juventus, has put to bed any rumours that he hasn’t settled in the dressing room and says that the Old Lady are ‘under more scrutiny than any other club in Italy’. David on Juventus struggles, false rumours

Time is running out for Wrexham to keep their dreams of an unprecedented fourth consecutive promotion alive. Phil Parkinson’s side have already exceeded expectations in their first season back in the EFL Championship since 1982, and are almost certain to record their highest-ever league finish this season. There will be plenty of positives to take

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — A small boy stands in the spring sunshine outside Anoeta, home of Real Sociedad. His name is Iñaki, six or seven years old, and he is happy now. At the start of the year, the team he comes here to watch with his dad, Aimar, was in trouble. Its worst start

Arsenal are reportedly eyeing a move for Eintracht Frankfurt left-back Nathaniel Brown (Picture: Getty) Nathaniel Brown says he is ‘aware’ of interest from Arsenal but remains fully focused on seeing out a successful end to the season with Eintracht Frankfurt for the time being. Brown, 22, enjoyed an eye-catching breakout campaign last term, making 25

Chelsea’s season is in danger of unravelling at a rapid pace after five defeats from six games, but they do sit top of a Premier League table – just not the right one. Sunday’s 3-0 defeat by Manchester City was a heavy blow to Chelsea’s Champions League qualification hopes, but it also threw up a

Football league loses $800m to illegal streaming, uses AI to stop it A study by Grant Thornton recorded more than 10.8 million unauthorised retransmissions of live events in 2024, and over 81% were never suspended at all. Now LaLiga, the Spanish football league that hosts the world’s most-watched club matches, is installing artificial intelligence to

A crucial week for Arsenal starts Wednesday night against Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League quarterfinals. Mikel Arteta’s team faces two huge games in its pursuit of a Premier League and Champions League double this season. Leading 1-0 against Lisbon after the first leg in Portugal last week, Arsenal is closing in on a place

Real Madrid visit Bayern Munich on Wednesday knowing they must produce something special to overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit and keep their Champions League dream alive. They were second best for long periods at the Bernabeu, with the German champions in control before a late push from the Spanish giants shifted the momentum. Advertisement Much

Soccer piracy losses estimated between $700M and $800M annually Real-time AI detection cuts piracy rates across major matches Traditional blocking tools struggle against large-scale streaming networks Piracy of live football streams has grown into an industrial-scale problem, with Spanish clubs warning that illegal viewing is draining hundreds of millions of dollars from the sport each

Atletico Madrid 1-2 Barcelona (3-2 on agg.) Atletico Madrid secured passage to the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in nine years, thanks to a goal from Ademola Lookman. Hansi Flick’s Barcelona could not stop the bleeding against a lethal Atletico, who for a third time this season against Atletico Madrid finished the match