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A spot in the Copa del Rey final will be on the line when Athletic Bilbao meets Valencia in the second leg of a Copa del Rey semifinal on Wednesday at Mestalla Stadium. The teams enter the match tied 1-1 after the first leg in Bilbao on Feb. 10. Valencia comes into the semifinal after […]

The head of referees in England, Mike Riley, has apologised to Everton for the failure of his officials to award a penalty to the Toffees in their 1-0 defeat to Manchester City on Saturday, according to CBS Sports sources. Referee Kevin Friend and VAR both failed to spot a handball by Manchester City midfielder Rodri […]

February hasn’t been kind to Leeds United. They’ve conceded 20 goals during a month that saw them draw one game and lose four more as they tumbled closer to the relegation zone. What has happened to last season’s Premier League darlings? How did they go from a newly promoted team that finished ninth to a […]

Atalanta and Sampdoria will meet at Gewiss Stadium for a vital Serie A showdown on Monday afternoon. Sampdoria is 15th in the Serie A table after losing five of its last seven league games. Its prospects for avoiding relegation are getting slimmer as Sampdoria enters Monday’s match just four-points clear of 18th-place Venezia. Atalanta, meanwhile, […]

Jose Mourinho’s first season as manager of AS Roma has had its ups and downs, but with 12 matches left, the club still is in the fight for a European qualifying spot. On Sunday, they’ll take on Spezia in a match that could be crucial for both sides. Roma sits eighth in the Italian Serie […]

February hasn’t been kind to Leeds United. They’ve conceded 20 goals during a month that saw them draw one game and lose four more as they tumbled closer to the relegation zone. What has happened to last season’s Premier League darlings? How did they go from a newly promoted team that finished ninth to a […]

Paris’ Stade de France will host the 2022 Champions League final, which UEFA formally stripped from Russia on Friday morning. The Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg was due to be the venue for May’s showpiece fixture but the Russian invasion of Ukraine compelled European football’s governing body to move the match, which will be played […]

Getty Images German soccer club FC Schalke 04 is removing the logo of one of their biggest sponsors in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Schalke 04 will be removing the logo of Gazprom, which is a Russian state-owned energy firm that is based in Saint Petersburg, from their jerseys going forward, according to […]

For the first time in 17 years, FC Barcelona has dropped out of the UEFA Champions League and into the UEFA Europa League knockout play-offs. On Thursday, Barcelona will face Italian club Napoli. The two squads drew in the reverse fixture 1-1 last week, and now they’ll go head-to-head once more with a chance to […]

Getty Images The Premier League kicks off midweek action this Wednesday. Who’s Playing Leeds United @ Liverpool Current Records: Leeds United 5-11-8; Liverpool 17-2-6 What to Know Leeds United will head off to play at Anfield to try and steal back a positive result from Liverpool after losing their first round-robin matchup. They will face […]