Southampton extended their unbeaten run to 18 games with a seventh win in a row following a 3-0 victory over Blackburn which leaves them just three points off second place in the Championship.

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Liverpool are out of the Champions League after another 2-0 quarter-final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield saw them beaten 4-0 on aggregate.

Former England defender John Terry attends Colchester United's win over Accrington amid reports that he is part of a consortium looking to buy the club.

Northern Ireland boss Michael McArdle praises the "intent" his side showed in his first game in charge as they eased to a 4-0 win over Malta in World Cup qualifying.

Atletico could face Arsenal in last four of Europe’s premier competition

Reds battled hard but were ultimately beaten as Hugo Ekitike suffered serious injury

European champions defeated their Euro 2025 final opponents at Wembley

Liverpool saw their Champions League hopes slip away after a second-half penalty was controversially overturned

A NJ Transit spokesperson said the agency has not yet finalized its game day ticket prices

Liverpool 0-2 Paris Saint-Germain (0-4 agg.): Arne Slot’s side looked so far off the European elite as they crashed out of the Champions League to the holders

Defeat never tasted so good. At the end of a battle in which both teams had fought and both had bled too, a huge banner was unfurled at the south end of the Metropolitano and Atlético Madrid’s anthem belted out. “We give everything to win the cup,” it said, and, boy, had they.For the first time, Diego Simeone had seen his team lose a Champions League …

It felt routine in the end, the imperious champions of Europe through to another Champions League semi-final, Luis Enrique waving politely to the VIPs up in the Sir Kenny Dalglish stand having cavorted around Anfield following Paris Saint-Germain’s victory here last season, and a despondent Mohamed Salah bidding farewell to the Kop after his final European …

KIERAN GILL: Here we were thinking Diego Simeone might have his Atletico Madrid side pull the shutters down in front of their goal, as if closed for business.

Atletico Madrid reached the Champions League semi-finals for the first time since 2016/17 after a 3-2 aggregate win over Barcelona.

England 1-0 Spain: Rather than chasing the game, as they did throughout the Euros, the Lionesses were made to defend their lead after Lauren Hemp’s goal inside three minutes

Photos prompted investigation by The AthleticRussini seen as one of NFL’s top reportersNFL reporter Dianna Russini has resigned from The Athletic less than a week after photos of her and New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel prompted an internal investigation at The New York Times-owned sports outlet.The New York Post last week published the photos of …

Manchester United watch Premier League pair, Bayern Munich want Harry Kane's England team-mate, plus who is next for the Bournemouth job.

Brazil's president has revealed that Carlo Ancelotti picked his brain over whether to select Neymar for the World Cup. 

World Cup qualifier: England 1-0 Spain (Hemp 3’)Lionesses win sides’ first meeting since Euros finalA resolute England gave their chances of ­automatic qualification for 2027’s World Cup a ­tremendous boost as they beat the world champions, Spain, at Wembley and demonstrated they are strong enough defensively to hold off the most technically gifted …