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Arsenal edged past Sporting to reach the Champions League semi-finals for the second successive ​season with a 0-0 home draw earning them a 1-0 aggregate victory on Wednesday. It was far from convincing though ‌for Mikel Arteta’s side as they held on to the lead given to them by Kai Havertz’s stoppage-time goal in Lisbon last week. The well-organised visitors ...

Bayern Munich’s Luis Diaz and Michael Olise scored late goals to ​earn the hosts a dramatic 4-3 comeback win over Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday and ‌send them into the last four 6-4 on aggregate after a thrilling tie. Diaz struck in the 89th minute and Olise in stoppage time to seal treble-chasing Bayern’s place in ...

Former Real Madrid player and Spain’s 1982 World Cup coach Jose Emilio Santamaria has died at the age of 96, Los Blancos said on Wednesday. Real Madrid mourned “one of the greatest legends of our club and of world football”. Centre-back Santamaria, who joined Real Madrid in 1957 from Uruguayan side Nacional, played in one of the most decorated eras ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has revealed that newly appointed coach Carlo Ancelotti directly sought his opinion on whether Neymar should return to the national team. Speaking to TV 247 on Tuesday, Lula said the Italian tactician raised the issue in a candid exchange. “Ancelotti asked me: ‘Do you think Neymar should be called up?’” he disclosed. Lula ...

Leeds United’s Noah Okafor scored twice as his side grabbed a morale-boosting 2-1 Premier League away win over bitter rivals Manchester United, who had Lisandro Martinez sent off in the 56th minute for pulling the hair of Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Manchester United remain third in the table on 55 points, ahead of Aston Villa on goal difference, while 15th-placed Leeds put ...

Nasum Ahmed has been at the centre of a payment controversy following his impressive Bangladesh Premier League campaign, but Sylhet Titans have firmly denied any outstanding dues. The left-arm spinner, who claimed 18 scalps in 12 matches to finish joint second in the highest wicket-takers’ list, played a key role in guiding Sylhet to the second qualifier. However, reports of ...

Mikel Arteta said Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday was a “big punch in the face”, calling on his players to stand up as the club’s Premier League title charge threatens to unravel. Junior Kroupi gave the visitors a well-earned lead after 17 minutes before Viktor Gyokeres clawed a laboured Arsenal back into the game from the penalty spot. ...

Leicester City, home to Bangladesh midfielder Hamza Choudhury, are staring at relegation to League One after slumping deeper into crisis in the EFL Championship on Sunday. A 1–0 home defeat to Swansea City on 11 April left the Foxes marooned in 23rd place, inside the relegation zone, with only four matches remaining. Leicester’s survival hopes were further hammered when their ...

Leaders Al-Nassr claimed their longest-ever Saudi Pro League winning ​streak with a 2-0 victory ‌at Al-Akhdoud thanks to goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Joao Felix ​on Saturday. Al-Nassr top the ​standings with 73 points from ⁠28 games, five ahead of ​second-placed Al-Hilal with six games ​to go. It was Al-Nassr’s 14th straight victory, which broke their previous record ​posted in ...

Real Madrid had to settle for a 1-1 draw against mid-table Girona in LaLiga on Friday, extending the hosts’ winless run to three games in all ​competitions and giving leaders Barcelona the chance to stretch their advantage at the ‌top. Federico Valverde put Real ahead six minutes after halftime but Girona levelled in the 62nd minute through Thomas Lemar. Barca ...