6 h. ago Unai Emery says FA Cup and Premier League both important for Aston Villa

Villa’s pursuit for a return to the Champions League through a top-five finish in the Premier League takes a back seat as they head to Wembley.

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3 d. ago 'Boring' Burnley secure Premier League return as win seals Championship promotion for Leeds

Burnley and Leeds back in Premier League as Sheffield United left to rely on play-offs

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3 d. ago Ruud van Nistelrooy faces easy Leicester decision as Man Utd icon’s worst fears come true

Manchester United icon Ruud van Nistelrooy has led Leicester to an instant return to the Championship after their relegation from the Premier League was confirmed with defeat to Liverpool

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6 d. ago Arsenal vs Lyon LIVE: Alessia Russo set to return for Women’s Champions League semi

Can Arsenal continue resurgence under Renee Slegers and knock out the eight-time champions?

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8 d. ago Kieran Tierney nears Arsenal immortality as Celtic hero soaks up celebrations with Real Madrid cameo

The Scotland star could return to Parkhead this summer as a Champions League winner

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9 d. ago Aston Villa created unforgettable Champions League memories but the future is uncertain

Villa’s valiant comeback attempt against PSG in the quarter-finals fell short and it’s unclear whether they’ll be back

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9 d. ago Proud Unai Emery targets Champions League return after Aston Villa’s near miss

A rousing comeback from 5-1 down on aggregate to Paris St Germain came up just short.

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1 week ago Robert Pires: ‘Arsenal’s Champions League final defeat still hurts – it’s a wound that’ll never heal’

Exclusive interview: Arsenal travel to the Bernabeu looking to reach the Champions League semi-finals and return to the stage of one of Pires’ most painful Gunners memories

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1 week ago JOHN CROSS: 'Newcastle demolition leaves Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim facing very simple truth'

NEWCASTLE UNITED 4-1 MANCHESTER UNITED: One side has a trophy and is hitting its stride at the right time to make a return to the Champions League, while the others are enduring their worst-ever Premier League season and are, simply, a mess

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1 week ago How to watch Newcastle vs Manchester United: TV channel and live stream for Premier League today

Magpies are well placed to seal a return to the Champions League

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1 week ago Brentford’s Yoane Wissa strikes to bring Arsenal back down to earth

The last time we were here, on Tuesday night, Arsenal enjoyed surely the finest occasion in Emirates Stadium history. The 3-0 win over Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final will live forever; the return is eagerly awaited on Wednesday.It was always going to be lower-key here, Mikel Arteta making five changes to his team and watching them labour. The blood and thunder of the Madrid tie, the sheer drama, was missing. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Italian teams cannot cope with modern football’s intensity. They need a reboot | Philipp Lahm

Fifteen years on from a Serie A side winning the Champions League, Atlético Madrid are the blueprint for return to the topI am also a child of Italian football. My school was called AC Milan. The 4-0 win against Barcelona in the 1994 Champions League final was the benchmark in my training for how a team attack and defend together. What distances do we keep? Who is responsible for winning the ball? When are cross-field passes forbidden? No other game was shown more often by our Swedish chief instructor Björn Andersson; he must have seen it a hundred times.My other experience of Italy: I suffered heavy defeats during my career. In my youth, playing against Italian teams was a nightmare. At tournaments in Sicily, Viareggio or Sardinia, we got nothing for free and always took a beating. Later, we lost the semi-finals of the 2006 World Cup and the 2012 Euro with the national team. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Marcus Rashford warned over Man Utd return – even if he wins Champions League

Marcus Rashford has been warned that he will be forced to return to Manchester United at the end of his loan spell with Aston Villa despite finding form away from Old Trafford

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2 w. ago Arsenal news: Teen star identified in striker search as Thierry Henry comparisons played down

Arsenal will return to Champions League action against Real Madrid on Tuesday night after Liverpool's Sunday afternoon defeat offered them a glimmer of hope in the title race

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3 w. ago Chelsea risk UEFA investigation if Enzo Maresca clinches Champions League football this season

The London club has spent over £1 billion since the summer of 2022 to return to the competition they won the year earlier

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3 w. ago Chelsea face UEFA investigation if Enzo Maresca seals Champions League return

Chelsea and Strasbourg will need to show a clear separation if both reach next season's Champions League as the success of French club poses its big brother a headache

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3 w. ago Real Madrid hopeful over new major triple injury boost for Arsenal showdown

Ex-Gunners star could yet return to haunt his old club in massive Champions League quarter-final tie

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4 w. ago Marcus Rashford Man United transfer deal stance as Geovany Quenda £25m alternative emerges

Man United will have one eye on the summer transfer window but Ruben Amorim's team must first focus on a vital stretch of the season as they eye a return to the Champions League via the Europa League.

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4 w. ago ‘Getting worse and worse’: former Afghanistan captain’s anger at state of football in his country

Against a backdrop of brutal Taliban rule and corruption claims, Zohib Islam Amiri sees demoralisation setting inWhen Zohib Islam Amiri came back to play in Afghanistan in January for the first time since 2010, he was hoping to make a difference. “I wanted to try to give some of the young Afghan kids some inspiration,” he says. “But as soon as I got there it was clear that things were even worse.”Amiri, who made his international debut as a 15-year-old in 2005 before serving as captain for more than a decade, became the first Afghanistan player to move overseas when he joined Mumbai in 2011. The defender’s return to play for Abu Muslim in the Afghanistan Champions League – a competition set up in 2021 when the Taliban regained power – was never intended to be the end of his career. But having seen his side crowned champions after a controversial 8-0 victory amid allegations of match-fixing, Amiri decided enough was enough. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘Getting worse’: former Afghanistan captain’s anger at state of football under Taliban rule

Against a backdrop of brutal Taliban rule and corruption claims, Zohib Islam Amiri sees demoralisation setting inWhen Zohib Islam Amiri came back to play in Afghanistan in January for the first time since 2010, he was hoping to make a difference. “I wanted to try to give some of the young Afghan kids some inspiration,” he says. “But as soon as I got there it was clear that things were even worse.”Amiri, who made his international debut as a 15-year-old in 2005 before serving as captain for more than a decade, became the first Afghanistan player to move overseas when he joined Mumbai in 2011. The defender’s return to play for Abu Muslim in the Afghanistan Champions League – a competition set up in 2021 when the Taliban regained power – was never intended to be the end of his career. But having seen his side crowned champions after a controversial 8-0 victory amid allegations of match-fixing, Amiri decided enough was enough. Continue reading...

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