Women s Champions League holders Barcelona overturned a 1-0 first-leg deficit to reach a fourth straight final on Saturday, beating 10-player Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.
Emma Hayes hopes of ending her glittering spell with the Blues by lifting the Champions League trophy were dashed in heartbreaking fashion in front of a sell-out crowd in West London.
Barca went ahead through Ballon d Or winner Aitana Bonmati 26 minutes in, the diminutive Spaniard seeing her shot deflect off Kadeisha Buchanan to beat Hannah Hampton.
The hosts pushed for a response as Sjoeke Nuksen struck the post, but their position worsened just before the hour mark as Buchanan was perhaps harshly shown a second yellow card for her tackle on Salma Paralluelo.
Barca penned their hosts…
Julian Alvarez has left Manchester City to join Atletico Madrid in a deal reportedly worth a potential €95million (£81.5m).
The Spanish club will pay an initial €75m (£64.5m) up front and then a further €20m (£17m) in possible add-ons.
Alvarez has made 103 appearances in two seasons for City since joining from Argentine giants River Plate in 2022.
A World Cup winner with Argentina, Alvarez has won two Premier League titles, the FA Cup, the Super Cup and the Club World Cup during his time in Manchester.
4 Julian Alvarez is the fourth player to score in both the Copa América and World Cup semi-finals, alongside Lionel Messi, Romário and Diego Forlán. Protagonist.
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The 24-year-old, who helped Argentina wi…
Manuel Lanzini will leave West Ham when his contract expires at the end of June.
The Argentinian midfielder joined the Hammers from United Arab Emirates side Al Jazira in the summer of 2015 and has made 226 appearances, scoring 32 goals.
Lanzini’s most memorable moment was his long-range equaliser at Tottenham in 2020 as West Ham came from 3-0 down to snatch a 3-3 draw.
The 30-year-old has been linked with a return to Argentina and former club River Plate.
Manager David Moyes told the club website: “Manu is a fantastic professional, a really good lad, and whichever club he joins will have an excellent player on their hands.
“We are sorry to see him go, but he deserves the opportunity to play more regularly elsewhere, and we wish him well in …
Juventus are interested in signing Keylor Navas in the summer transfer window, according to . Naves is out of contract at Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season and will leave the Ligue 1 champions, and the report has claimed that Italian giants Juventus are among the clubs who are keen on securing the services of the former Real Madrid star as a potential replacement for Wojciech Szczęsny.
Navas has been on the books of PSG since 2019 and has done well for the French giants. The Costa Rica international goalkeeper has won the Ligue 1 title on three occasions with PSG. During his time at Madrid, the Costa Rican star won the La Liga once and the UEFA Champions League on three occasions.
The 37-year-old has made three appearances in Ligue 1 for PSG this season. He …
Luke Shaw says Manchester United must up their game and end Manchester City’s dominance after the pain of watching their rivals’ treble triumph.
The 28-year-old left-back is now the longest-serving first-team player at Old Trafford following the summer exits of David De Gea and Phil Jones.
The pair were the last remaining members of United’s title-winning 2012-13 squad, with City becoming the dominant force in England – never the mind the north-west – since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.
That success sticks in the craw of everyone at Old Trafford and Shaw says Erik ten Hag’s improving side must kick on to halt their neighbours’ supremacy.
Asked if City’s treble win gives United a little bit extra motivation to kick on next season, Shaw told th…
Marcus Rashford is richly deserving of his place in England s Euro 2016 squad, according to captain and Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney.
Rashford s United and England debuts were separated by just 92 days, though the 18-year-old found the net on both in a stunning start to his career.
Eight goals in 18 games at Old Trafford, as well as that maiden strike against Australia in Sunderland last week, was enough to convince Roy Hodgson to call-up Rashford.
And Rooney believes Rashford is here to stay, praising the way his fellow striker has handled his meteoric rise to fame.
He told a news conference: The way he took to coming into the Man United team and the way he s performed from then until the end of the season has been incredible for his age an…
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta revealed he has taken “a lot of things” from Jurgen Klopp’s reign at Liverpool but admits the next step has to be emulating his trophy success.
Klopp and Arteta will come head to head at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday with the table-topping visitors able to move eight points clear of their hosts with a win.
The German has already announced he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season having taken over in 2015.
During that time he has guided the Reds to a Premier League title, Champions League glory and both the FA Cup and League Cup.
Arsenal sat top of the table for 248 days last season before being usurped by Manchester City but realistically they need to beat Liverpool on Sunday to maintain a chance of pipping both cl…
Bayern Munich could send Champions League records tumbling when they face Paris Saint-Germain in the final on Sunday, with Robert Lewandowski and Neymar out for a share of history.
The Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal champions are in touching distance of an unprecedented winning streak and what would be a phenomenal goalscoring milestone in Europe s premier club competition.
Bayern star Lewandowski has been in sensational form and is two goals away from matching a benchmark set by five-time Champions League winner Cristiano Ronaldo.
Neymar will be out to bring home the trophy for PSG for the first time, but even if they lose he could still achieve a feat only previously managed by two other players.
We look at the best Opta Facts ahead of the showpiece at th…
Netherlands boss Frank de Boer accepts it is unlikely Virgil van Dijk will return to action before next season and will not put pressure on the defender to be fit in time for Euro 2020.
Liverpool centre-back Van Dijk has been sidelined since rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in October s Merseyside derby against Everton.
The 29-year-old returned to individual training last month, but Klopp reiterated last week he does not expect him to play any part at this year s rescheduled European Championship finals.
But De Boer, who was appointed as Ronald Koeman s successor in September, says the final decision will be made by the player himself closer to the tournament.
Anything he can contribute to Liverpool and possibly us would be a bonus, De Boer said …
If you re a Liverpool fan, it probably still feels strange, the fact that Jurgen Klopp isn t your team s manager anymore. You were probably very emotional after the game on Sunday at Anfield, when the Reds beat Wolverhampton Wanderers in the final round of the Premier League season and Klopp bid everyone in the stadium a warm and fond farewell, taking the opportunity to announce his successor with a song.
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The following day, after numerous reports suggested it was close to being done, Liverpool confirmed the appointment of Arne Slot as their new head coach on a three-year contract.
Who is Arne Slot?
Born in Bergentheim, Netherlands, Slot started his career as a player with PEC Zwolle. He also played for NAC Breda and…