Olivier Giroud scored twice as magnificent Milan ended an 11-year wait to win the Serie A title with a 3-0 defeat of Sassuolo.
Milan only needed a point at the Mapei Stadium on the final day of the season to dethrone city rivals Inter and they made it mission accomplished in style.
There were no sign of nerves from the rampant Rossoneri as the outstanding Rafael Leao set Giroud up for a double and also laid on the third goal for Franck Kessie in a totally one-sided first half.
Stefano Piolo s side eased to victory in a party atmosphere in Reggio Emilia on Sunday, finishing two points clear of Inter to finally claim the Scudetto once again.
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Milan swarmed all over Sassuolo from the start, Giroud forcin…
Flamengo boss Jorge Jesus is confident the Copa Libertadores will not become the latest chapter in his history of heartbreak following the semi-final hammering of Gremio.
Gabriel Barbosa s brace helped deliver a stunning 5-0 second-leg win at the Maracana, sealing a comprehensive 6-1 aggregate victory.
The Brazilian side are now through to face defending champions River Plate in their first Libertadores final since 1981.
For head coach Jesus, it is a chance to gain a degree of compensation for the successive Europa League final defeats he suffered while in charge of Benfica.
Reaching the final is important, but most important is winning the final, said Jesus, who took over at Flamengo in June.
It s my third continental final. I ve unfortunat…
Lionel Messi moving to Major League Soccer side Inter Miami would serve as a reference point for football in the U.S. as David Beckham s franchise look to make high-profile signings.
That is the message from Miami s chief business officer Xavier Asensi, who hinted to Mundo Deportivo that his side will look to make a move for Messi.
Gareth Bale and Giorgio Chiellini made their MLS debuts on Sunday for Los Angeles FC in a 2-1 win over Nashville SC.
Five-time Champions League winner Bale and Chiellini, who won Euro 2020 with Italy last year, joined Wayne Rooney, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Beckham as some of the biggest names to play in MLS.
With Messi s Paris Saint-Germain contract set to expire at the end of the upcoming season, Asensi suggested Miami will att…
Manchester United and Chelsea are interested in signing Kingsley Coman from Bayern Munich in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported that German champions Bayern want as much as €100 million as transfer fee for the 24-year-old winger.
Bayern want Coman to stay at the club and are in talks with the winger over extending his deal. However, that is proving to be difficult, and Premier League duo United and Chelsea want to take advantage of the situation.
Coman joined Bayern on a permanent contract in 2017 after spending the previous two seasons on loan at the German club from Juventus. The France international is a very decorated player and is a serial winner. The 24-year-old winger won the Ligue 1 title twice with Paris Saint-Germain, the Serie A…
They might have lost LaLiga s title race, but Barcelona at least got one over on Real Madrid by reaching the Champions League last eight.
A day after Madrid fell in Manchester, Quique Setien s Blaugrana, maligned this season for lacking a clear plan and a firm backbone, showed both in overcoming Napoli at Camp Nou.
Juventus were also knocked out on Friday, Cristiano Ronaldo s two goals not enough to spare them from elimination by Lyon or to keep Maurizio Sarri in a job. Not so for Lionel Messi: he scored, had another disallowed and won a penalty converted by Luis Suarez as Barca won 3-1 in the last-16 second leg and 4-2 on aggregate to reach a 13th straight quarter-final.
The suggestion is Sarri was facing the sack regardless of the Lyon result, but it seems u…
Benfica president Rui Costa has no regrets over sanctioning Enzo Fernandez s record-breaking move to Chelsea, saying the World Cup winner forced the transfer through his desire to leave.
Chelsea made Fernandez the most expensive acquisition in Premier League history on the final day of the January transfer window, meeting the £106.8million (€121m) release clause in his Benfica contract.
While Fernandez s arrival took Chelsea s spending to a reported £288.5m in January alone, the fee surpassed the £100m Manchester City spent to sign Jack Grealish from Aston Villa in 2021.
Benfica coach Roger Schmidt said Fernandez was unsettled by Chelsea s interest earlier in the month, and Costa admits the player s desire to leave left the Lisbon giants powerless.
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N Golo Kante s fitness is a more pressing issue than whether the Chelsea midfielder needs a contract extension, says Graham Potter.
The France international, whose current deal runs through the end of this season, has been sidelined with a hamstring injury since August.
Kante has struggled with a succession of fitness issues since helping to guide his country to success at the World Cup in 2018, though his experience has been invaluable when fit.
Questions therefore have been asked about his future, but ahead of Chelsea s Champions League clash with Milan on Wednesday, Potter says his main concern is helping the 31-year-old back to full fitness.
My focus at the moment is to help him rehabilitate in a good way so that he is available for us and on the pit…
Miguel Almiron and Eddie Howe have each claimed monthly Premier League awards in a stunning Newcastle United treble.
Almiron is the Player of the Month for October and also takes the Goal of the Month prize, with coach Howe named the Manager of the Month.
Newcastle become the first club to collect all three awards in a single month since November 2016, when Chelsea trio Diego Costa, Pedro and Antonio Conte stood out in their title-winning campaign.
The Magpies wins are reward for an outstanding October, in which Newcastle claimed 16 points from a possible 18 and scored 16 goals in the process – two league highs.
No player contributed more to that success than Almiron, scoring six often spectacular goals in six matches from chances worth just 2.7 expecte…
Alexis Mac Allister is pleased with the development of Liverpool so far under new coach Arne Slot, but knows there is still work to do.
Mac Allister helped Liverpool to their second straight win to start the 2024-25 Premier League season, as the Reds swatted Brentford aside 2-0 at Anfield.
Slot became the first Liverpool boss to win his opening two league matches since April 1991 in the process.
And Mac Allister, who was integral to much of Liverpool s play, believes Liverpool are swiftly adapting to their new coach s approach.
He told Sky Sports: We played a fantastic game.
The team gave everything from the first minute which you could see and it was a good game. In possession and without the ball it was good so we are really pleased.
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Unai Emery stressed the importance of Aston Villa remaining consistent as the season goes on after the 3-1 win over Fulham.
The result at Villa Park saw the midlands outfit make it six wins out of six at home in the Premier League this season and equal the post-war club record for successive top-flight home victories, matching the 13 in a row achieved in 1983.
Boss Emery, whose fifth-placed side are a point outside the top four, said: “We are now (on league match) 12 – there are still 26 matches to play.
“It’s a lot and of course to be consistent is the most important thing, when you are trying to build and to create a team and a structure and mentality.
“It’s the reason of course we can maintain the position like we are now, but it’s going …