Pep Guardiola insisted there were no regrets after Manchester City’s bid to retain their Champions League crown ended in a heartbreaking penalty shoot-out loss to Real Madrid.The holders were beaten 4-3 on spot-kicks by the Spanish giants after their quarter-final tie ended 4-4 on aggregate – 1-1 on the night – despite a dominant display from Guardiola’s side in the secon...Full Story »

Manchester City’s dreams of retaining the Champions League were shattered after a dramatic penalty shoot-out loss to Real Madrid.Bernardo Silva and Mateo Kovacic both missed from the spot as City were beaten 4-3 on penalties after their pulsating quarter-final tie ended 4-4 on aggregate.Rodrygo had given Real an early lead in the second leg at the Etihad Stadium but City otherwise dominate...Full Story »

Arsenal’s Champions League hopes were snuffed out as Joshua Kimmich’s bullet header was enough to take Bayern Munich into the semi-finals.After an enthralling 2-2 draw at the Emirates Stadium last week, this tie was finely poised but it was the hosts who progressed as Kimmich headed home in the second half to seal a 1-0 win for Bayern.Thomas Tuchel became just the second man to lead ...Full Story »

Manchester United are joined by several top clubs in having an interest in Nottingham Forest defender Murillo. The Brazilian has been a revelation in the Premier League since signing from Corinthians. While he only arrived in August, he is ready to move on if Forest are relegated. Per Mundo Deportivo, he will be sought after by several top clubs, including Manchester United and Real Madrid....Full Story »

Manchester City hope to talk West Ham down from their massive demands for Lucas Paqueta in the Premier League champions' bid to sign the midfielder. Man City eager to sign Paqueta Personal terms reportedly agreed West Ham demand £85m for star WHAT HAPPENED?The Hammers are demanding any potential suitors for the Brazilian activate his £85 million ($105m) release clause if they w...Full Story »

Stockport manager Dave Challinor described his side’s victory over Notts County as “special” after winning the League Two title.Paddy Madden’s first-half hat-trick set up a 5-2 success, Antoni Sarcevic and Ethan Pye also on target as the hosts briefly threatened a comeback through Macaulay Langstaff and Dan Crowley.“Special, special night,” said Challinor. &ld...Full Story »

Russell Martin said the Sky Bet Championship automatic promotion race “dynamic” has changed after Southampton’s 3-0 domination of Preston.Saints had looked destined for a play-off place after three defeats in four games during February, but three home wins in seven days has them just four points off the top two.A Che Adams brace and Stuart Armstrong’s fourth goal of the s...Full Story »

Darrell Clarke was delighted to see his out-of-form Cheltenham side come from behind to take a 2-1 League One win from relegation rivals Burton.“It’s a good comeback win,” Clarke said. “It’s a must comeback win in a real pressure game where I thought we had to win it and we’ve done that.”Albion had edged ahead in a poor first half when substitute Steve S...Full Story »

Conor Shaughnessy struck late on as Portsmouth secured the League One title and promotion to the Championship with a 3-2 win over Barnsley at Fratton Park.Pompey knew one point would return them to the second tier following a 12-year absence but they were up against it after Devante Cole and John McAtee scored for the play-off chasing Tykes either side of Kusini Yengi’s equaliser.However, ...Full Story »

Che Adams notched a brace to give Southampton a 3-0 victory over Preston, a third home win in seven days and a clear view of the Sky Bet Championship automatic promotion places.Striker Adams claimed a classy first-half double – which took him past 100 league goals – before Scotland team-mate Stuart Armstrong crashed in a third.After three defeats in four matches in February, Saints t...Full Story »

Veteran defender Curtis Davies headed home the winner to complete a precious Cheltenham 2-1 comeback victory over League One relegation rivals Burton at the Pirelli Stadium.The Robins produced a stirring second-half fight back to end their four-game losing run with goals from Matty Taylor and Davies after substitute Steve Seddon had given the Brewers the lead.Seddon fired home in stoppage time a...Full Story »

Boreham Wood nudged closer to National League safety after settling for a goalless draw at mid-table Rochdale.The visitors headed into the game on the back of two straight wins that had taken them to the brink of safety and knew victory would lift them out of the bottom four.Rochdale had the better of the first-half chances with D’Mani Mellor twice coming close, while Ryan East rattled the...Full Story »

Jude Bellingham admitted joining Real Madrid last summer was a “no-brainer”.The England midfielder opted for the Spanish giants amid interest from a host of Europe’s top clubs after three highly-impressive seasons with Borussia Dortmund.The 20-year-old Birmingham academy product has hardly looked back since, netting 20 times in an outstanding debut campaign at the Bernabeu Stad...Full Story »

Tottenham Hotspur winger Bryan Gil is seeking a departure from North London this summer due to limited playing time in the ongoing campaign. The youngster has spent most of his time watching Spurs’ games from the sidelines, having started only 2 games out of his 10 Premier League appearances and playing a total of just 189 minutes. (Transfermarkt) Gil has not even been named in the squ...Full Story »

The former Chelsea manager has been linked with a move to the London Stadium. There are plenty of uses for hammers. You can, for instance, lose two football matches in the span of less than a week and utilise them as a means of inserting final nails into coffins. It wasn’t so very long ago that the common consensus settled on the prospect of David Moyes leaving West Ham in the immediat...Full Story »

Liverpool could agree to sell goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher amid interest from Nottingham Forest and Celtic. Liverpool make transfer decision on Kelleher Forest and Celtic keen on signing goalkeeper Reds could sell the player in the summer WHAT HAPPENED?Kelleher, who graduated from Liverpool's youth academy, has been a part of the senior side since 2019. In the current season, he has en...Full Story »

DAVID Beckham has won a £240million legal battle against dozens of online counterfeiters flogging fakes of his designer gear. The ex-England ace, 48, is a director of a firm which had been seeking up to £1.6million from each of 150 online sellers, mostly in Asia, profiting from the racket. David Beckham has won a big legal case against counterfeiters flogging rip-off versions of his ...Full Story »

Bryan Gil could reportedly leave Tottenham Hotspur in the summer transfer window after failing to break into the first team. Ange Postecoglou has managed to reinvent his Tottenham side after taking over in the summer, with a number of current players finding new life under the Australian manager's tutelage. Unfortunately, it is a two-sided coin, with some players being forced out to the frin...Full Story »

West Ham teenager George Earthy was taken to hospital after suffering a horror head injury just two minutes into his Premier League debut.The 19-year-old had just come on as a substitute when he collided with team-mate Edson Alvarez in the middle of the field.Earthy fell to the ground awkwardly and appeared to have been knocked out cold, sparking worrying scenes as medics and team-mates rushed t...Full Story »

West Ham’s European hopes suffered a second blow in the space of four days after a meek 2-0 home defeat by Fulham.The Hammers were beaten 2-0 by Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday, leaving them with a mountain to climb in the return match.They then blew the chance to climb up to sixth place in the Premier League, and right ...Full Story »