Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze stole the spotlight with a superb hat-trick in the Premier League leaders’ demolition of Tottenham. Troubled champions Liverpool’s wretched season hit a new low in a loss to Nottingham Forest, while Chelsea are emerging as Arsenal’s main rivals. AFP Sport looks at three talking points from the weekend’s action: Arsenal have title

MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 22: Marcus Thuram of FC Internazionale and Matteo Gabbia of AC Milan look on during the Serie A TIM match between AC Milan and FC Internazionale at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on April 22, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Scaccianoce/Getty Images) Inter have Marcus Thuram back with Lautaro Martinez

Real Madrid have published their starting lineup for the upcoming match against Elche. Real Madrid starting XI: Courtois, Alexander-Arnold, Asencio, Huijsen, Carreras, Fran García, Ceballos, Güler, Bellingham, Rodrygo, Mbappé. Elche starting XI (TBC): Dituro; Núñez, Affengruber, Bigas, Pedrosa; Valera, Febas, Aguado, Mendoza; Rafa Mir, André Silva. Xabi Alonso goes with a 5-3-2 lineup tonight. Los

What a day it turned out to be for boyhood Arsenal fan Eze. Before the match Tottenham manager Thomas Frank joked “who?” when questioned about how close Eze was to becoming a Spurs player in the summer. Those words certainly came back to haunt him. A first senior hat-trick is a landmark in itself, let

1 Supporters of La Liga giants Real Madrid have on Sunday evening moved to praise two members of Xabi Alonso’s XI. This comes amid what has been a difficult outing to date for Los Blancos. Real are of course currently locked in action on the domestic front, in a La Liga meeting with Elche. After

Florentino Perez, President of Real Madrid, spoke during the Ordinary General Assembly of Representative Members of Real Madrid C.F. at Ciudad Deportiva Real Madrid on November 23, 2025, in Valdebebas, Madrid, Spain. Getty Images The Ordinary General Assembly of Representative Members of Real Madrid allowed club president Florentino Pérez a platform with which to outline

Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez took aim at his La Liga counterpart Javier Tebas for his failed Miami project, as well as his opposition to bringing the NFL to the Bernabéu, in the latest chapter of the pair’s ongoing rivalry. Pérez and Tebas have made it a habit of exchanging verbal blows in a feud

Real Madrid are hoping to put an end to their recent string of poor results against an Elche side with just three league wins this season. Talks of a crisis invaded the Spanish capital during the November international break. After failing to score or collect three points in their last two matches against Liverpool and

Chelsea have been handed a boost ahead of Tuesday’s clash with Barcelona with Pedri set to miss the game according to reports in Spain. Having beaten Burnley 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday, Chelsea welcome Spanish champions Barcelona to Stamford Bridge in a mouth watering Champions League clash. The Blues will be looking to

Javier Tebas, president of LALIGA, has responded harshly to the recent statements made by Florentino Pérez at the Real Madrid assembly, in which the Madrid president lashed out against the institutions of Spanish football and LaLiga. Tebas used his X profile (formerly Twitter) to criticize the tone of the Real Madrid president, labeling it as

MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 16: Nicolo Barella of FC Internazionale celebrates with teammate Federico Dimarco following their victory at the end of the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Quarter Final Second Leg match between FC Internazionale Milano and FC Bayern München at San Siro on April 16, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)