Real Madrid is still smarting from its 1-1 draw with Girona on Friday, but it was not just psychological damage that was inflicted on Los Blancos. Superstar attacker Kylian Mbappé was hit with an elbow to his head and suffered a laceration above his right eyebrow. As such, the Frenchman missed training on Sunday (as

Marcus Thuram admits scoring for France gave him ‘a confidence booster’ that revitalised his Inter form, but won’t say the Scudetto is won yet even after the 4-3 victory over Como. This was a dramatic evening at the Stadio Sinigaglia, as Como had taken a 2-0 lead with Alex Valle and Nico Paz just before

There’s been a lot of unease around Liverpool in the past couple of weeks. Three losses on the bounce, the news of two legends leaving at the end of the season, has made supporting this team very hard. Saturday’s win against Fulham was a welcome balm after the loss to Paris St. Germain midweek. The

Liverpool Transfer News: Premier League Forward Emerges as Key Summer Target Liverpool’s recruitment team are already shaping plans for the summer window, and one name gathering serious momentum is Eli Junior Kroupi. According to a report from Caught Offside, the Reds hold a “very concrete interest” in the Bournemouth forward, with internal discussions believed to

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