French sports media leader L’Équipe has disavowed comments by a female presenter who criticized Belgium winger Jeremy Doku for wanting to leave the World Cup to be at the birth of his first child.

In front of the future king of England, Unai Emery reaffirmed his status as the king of the Europa League.

Aston Villa has secured a place in next season's Champions League by beating Liverpool 4-2.

John McGinn scored twice as Aston Villa routed Nottingham Forest 4-0 in the Europa League to reach its first major European final in 44 years.

First half goals from Casemiro and Benjamin Sesko have given Manchester United a 2-1 win over Brentford in the Premier League.

Freiburg has advanced to the Europa League semifinals by beating Celta Vigo 3-1.

First it was the Champions League.

Manchester United’s Matheus Cunha blew the Premier League title race wide open with a stunning winner as his team beat Arsenal 3-2.

Declan Rice proved why he’s a leading candidate to be the Premier League’s player of the season by inspiring Arsenal to a come-from behind victory at Bournemouth that opened up a six-point lead.

Gabriel scored a 96th-minute winner as Arsenal came back to secure a dramatic 2-1 win against Newcastle in the Premier League and close the gap on leader Liverpool.

Captain John McGinn has scored the only goal as Aston Villa beat Bologna 1-0 in the Europa League to secure its first win of the season.

Manchester City’s Champions League qualification ambitions have been thrown back into doubt after a surprising 0-0 draw at already-relegated Southampton, the Premier League’s last-placed team.

This was not the way Arsenal wanted to prepare for its Champions League semifinal clash with Paris Saint-Germain.

Kevin De Bruyne sparked Manchester City’s remarkable fightback in a 5-2 win over Crystal Palace in the Premier League that re-ignited his team’s Champions League qualification hopes.

Marco Asensio has scored a second-half brace to take Aston Villa into the FA Cup quarterfinals.

The midseason transfer window has closed with Manchester City and Aston Villa making big moves before the deadline.

Manchester United has lost 2-0 to Newcastle in the Premier League on another chastening night for new coach Ruben Amorim.

England has reached a second straight European Championship final by beating the Netherlands 2-1 thanks to substitute Ollie Watkins’ stoppage-time winner.

There could be a surprising team from each of Europe’s “big five” leagues when the new-look Champions League debuts next season.

Manchester United held Liverpool to a 0-0 draw at Anfield as Arsenal moved to the top of the Premier League after a 2-0 win against Brighton.

Mauricio Pochettino listened to the boos ring out at Stamford Bridge after his Chelsea side slumped to another disappointing loss in the Premier League.

Erling Haaland's flying scissor-kick was the highlight of Manchester City's 4-1 win at Southampton that kept the pressure on Arsenal in the English Premier League title race.

Newcastle's rise to becoming a team ready to compete in the Champions League is happening quicker than many would have predicted.

So complete was the humiliation of Erik ten Hag’s first Manchester derby that he chose to protect Cristiano Ronaldo from enduring the shame of being associated with such a performance.

It’s still advantage Manchester City in the English Premier League title race after the league leader and Liverpool won tricky away matches at in-form teams.

West Ham has an unusual situation on its hands.

The wait goes on for Manchester City.

Defending leads used to be a forte of Jose Mourinho but not anymore.

Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta reacts during the English Premier League soccer match between Burnley and Arsenal at Turf Moor stadium in Burnley, England, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka received a short pass from goalkeeper Bernd Leno, took a slightly heavy touch onto his weaker right foot, then attempted a dangerous pass across the face of goal around Burnley striker Chris Wood. “It’s the way we play and the way we want to play,” said Arteta, whose side had gone ahead through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. He was sent off in the teams’ meeting at Emirates Stadium in December and also in their game in January 2017. The team hasn't played in the Champions League since the 2016-17 campaign, missing out last season after a late collapse.

Arteta had billed the coming week, starting with the visit of Chelsea, as a “crucial” period that would determine which direction Arsenal was heading this season. A first league victory in nearly two months was vital, therefore, to boost Arsenal players' fragile confidence — even if it only lifted them into 14th place. “It's something to build on.”It took 90 minutes for the scrutiny that was hovering over Arteta to drift toward his Chelsea counterpart, Frank Lampard. That's three losses in the last four league games for Chelsea, which has dropped to seventh place and whose identity — and best lineup — is increasingly hard to decipher. The result kept Leicester above United in the standings after they started the day in second and third place.

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, gestures after Aston Villa's Ross Barkley scores his side's fifth goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Aston Villa and Liverpool at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. (Peter Powell/Pool via AP)BIRMINGHAM – Premier League champion Liverpool was humiliated 7-2 by Aston Villa to end its perfect start to the title defense on Sunday. Liverpool became the first reigning Premier League champions to concede seven in a game. A poor attempt at a pass was pounced upon in the Liverpool box by Grealish, who laid the ball to Watkins for a simple finish. But within moments the visitors had conceded again, with John McGinn’s volley going past Adrian via a deflection off defender Virgil Van Dijk.