ERLING HAALAND has scored more goals in his first 50 Champions League starts than any player in history. The Manchester City superstar reached the landmark appearance as he lined up against Real Madrid in the Champions League. Haaland marked the occasion by scoring the winner from the penalty spot at the Bernabeu as City prevailed...

THOMAS TUCHEL is looking to finalise England’s World Cup warm-up opponents after the FA confirmed the two friendlies in March. The Three Lions will take on Uruguay, managed by former Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa, at Wembley on Friday 27 March. Three days later, England will play Japan, also at Wembley, which will be the nation’s...

Marc Skinner, the Manchester United manager, defended his decision to make five changes after his team were outplayed in the Champions League.Melchie Dumornay’s two sumptuous late goals produced a margin of victory that was no less than OL Lyonnes deserved when United failed to lay a glove on their opponents. Continue reading...

SIMON JONES: Saudi Arabian Pro League clubs are waiting to see if peace can be brokered between Mohamed Salah and Arne Slot before making any approach for the unhappy Liverpool forward.

EMMA PATON will appear more times on TV over Christmas than the King, Wallace & Gromit and Strictly Come Dancing stars. As the face of Sky Sports Darts, Paton will be front and centre over 20 evenings of action as the sport’s first £1MILLION champion is crowned on Super Saturday next month. Yet her first...

JUDE BELLINGHAM says Real Madrid are struggling to put their finger on why they are struggling to pick up positive results - but he is still backing under fire boss Xabi Alonso to turn things around. Los Blancos have only won one of their last five LaLiga games - giving arch-rivals Barcelona a four-point cushion....

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City "are far away" from winning the Champions League despite beating Real Madrid in the Bernabeu.

Champions League pundit Rory Smith looks at the future of Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso following their 2-1 defeat to Manchester City in the Champions League, which leaves the Spanish club on a run of two wins from their last eight games.

The Magpies face PSV Eindhoven and Paris St-Germain in their final two games.

The £50million man has impressed for his new club.

Six different scorers contributed to Chelsea’s hammering, while Barcelona lead Lyon at the top of the standings on goal difference

Gunners are all but guaranteed a place in the last 16 after a professional performance against Club Brugge

Liverpool held a meeting with Jamie Carragher to discuss his coverage of the club due to concerns from their players.

LUKE HUMPHRIES reckons the Prince of Wales would love to go to the darts at Alexandra Palace. Cool Hand Luke — who beat teen prodigy Luke Littler to win the 2024 PDC World Championship — picked up his MBE from William at Windsor Castle today. Humphries earned the award for services to his sport, having also been...

ARSENAL cruised to a comfortable win against Club Brugge tonight - and it proved to be a historic occasion for Gabriel Martinelli. The Brazilian added his name to the scoresheet in the second half at the Jan Breydel Stadium. That came after a Noni Madueke brace had already put the Gunners on course for the...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says that Noni Madueke's first goal was "unbelievable" in their 3-0 defeat against Club Brugge.

West Midlands Chief Constable Craig Guildford has been recalled to Parliament amid claims he mislead MPs while explaining why Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were banned from an Aston Villa game.

Briton backs his manager despite dip in form

IAN LADYMAN AT THE SANTIAGO BERNABEU: Goals do strange things to football matches, even more so when one team is low on confidence. At Liverpool , Arne Slot knows this well.