Kylian Mbappe has won the European Golden Shoe for the first time after scoring twice in Real Madrid’s 2-0 defeat of Real Sociedad on Saturday. The France international scored 31 league goals in his debut season in Spain, meaning he also won La Liga’s top scorer prize. A double in Real&#...

Xabi Alonso declared the start of a new era during his official unveiling as the new manager of Real Madrid. Alonso, 43, was appointed manager of his former club on a three-year deal on Sunday, replacing Carlo Ancelotti – who will take charge of the Brazil men’s national team. Madrid e...

Mason Mount has never lost his belief that one day a moment would come to transform his time at Manchester United. After an injury-ravaged time at the club since joining in June 2023, his first goal as a United player at Old Trafford on 8 May may just have been that moment. United were struggling, [...

Head coach Francesco Farioli has left Ajax in the wake of an end-of-season collapse that cost them the Eredivisie title. Ajax were top of the Dutch top flight with a nine-point lead with seven games to go but on Sunday ended up finishing a point behind champions PSV Eindhoven. Italian Farioli, 36, l...

Only captains will be allowed to approach referees during Premier League matches from next season. The top flight is set to adopt new guidelines – approved by the game’s law-makers, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), in March – that state only one player from each...

Canada striker Jonathan David has said he will leave Lille this summer amid links to several Premier League clubs. The 25-year-old will depart the French side at the end of the current season when his contract expires. “Every story has a beginning and an end,” the forward said in a vide...

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti says he has “never had a problem” with the club and does not want to “make a big deal” out of his impending departure for the Brazil national team. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) confirmed the 65-year-old’s appointment as...

Real Madrid want Xabi Alonso in place as their new manager in time for the start of next month’s Club World Cup. Sources say the plan is for Alonso, 43, to travel to Madrid on 1 June to prepare the team for their first game of the inaugural Fifa tournament on 18 June against Saudi […]

German referee Felix Zwayer, who once served a ban for alleged involvement in a match-fixing plot, will take charge of next week’s all-English Europa League final between Tottenham and Manchester United. Zwayer, now 43, was given a six-month suspension in 2006 after he was investigated for ta...

After a heartbreaking defeat by Inter Milan in the Champions League semi-finals, there was a very real possibility of Barcelona’s season falling apart. In recent seasons, perhaps it would. Downgrading a potential treble to a solitary cup triumph would have been on brand not so long ago, given ...