It’s a big weekend for Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Manchester City, who are getting ready to play in the semi-finals of the FA Cup at Wembley. Three of the four – Forest, Villa and City – are also chasing top-five Premier League finishes that will secure a Ch...

Long-awaited Roman Abramovich interview finally breaks silence on Chelsea sale to Boehly-Clearlake consortium It’s been nearly two years since Roman Abramovich handed over the keys to Chelsea Football Club, ending a near two-decade reign that brought unprecedented success to Stamford Bridge. Yet d...

Robert Lewandowski injury confirmed as Barcelona star ruled out of Copa del Rey final vs Real Madrid Barcelona’s worst fears have become reality. Star striker Robert Lewandowski is set to miss the upcoming El Clasico and the Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid after suffering a significant thig...

Manchester United’s ongoing struggles this season have cast a dark cloud over their hopes of returning to the Champions League, and their Europa League quarter-final clash with Lyon could be the final hurdle to salvaging what has otherwise been a disastrous campaign. With just one trophy left to f...

It was a night Arsenal fans will never forget. A dramatic 2-1 win against Real Madrid in a hostile Bernabeu secured the Gunners just a third Champions League semi-final – and a first since 2009 – after an impressive first-leg 3-0 win. Bukayo Saka’s saved early Panenka penalty and...

In the build-up to Wednesday’s night Champions League quarter-final tie at the Bernabeu against Arsenal, it felt like there was only one word on every Real Madrid fan’s mind – remontada. That is Spanish for comeback, and while Real Madrid sides of the past have produced stirring fi...

Can Inter’s old guard derail Kane’s Champions League hopes? For Inter Milan, the memories of Istanbul still sting. That 1-0 loss to Manchester City in the 2023 Champions League final wasn’t just a defeat—it was a missed opportunity. A golden one. Yet, less than two years later, here they...

Serhou Guirassy – a man with a modest career until two years ago – finds himself at the top of the Champions League scoring charts after his hat-trick against Barcelona, though it was not enough to prevent Borussia Dortmund going out. The striker, 29, has relegations from the German and ...

Unai Emery has enjoyed too much success in Europe to listen to talk of glorious failure but, if there is such a thing, Aston Villa delivered it on a night of pure theatre at Villa Park. Villa’s Champions League odyssey ended with defeat by Paris St-Germain, but the manner in which they unnerve...

Ballon d’Or winner Modric steps into the boardroom as Swansea’s new co-owner If Luka Modric has made a name for anything over the past two decades, it’s seeing the game from angles others don’t—executing passes that no one else could even imagine. But in a surprising twist off the pitc...