Football

From Bayern Munich's sign of superiority over their title rivals to a potentially season-ending display from Diego Costa - here are the weekend's winners and losers WINNERS Bayern Munich What looked like a terrible season for Bayern Munich has just turned...

The Champions League quarter-finals have arrived with the Premier League launching a five-team assault on the the final four - but how many will succeed? Our Vieri Capretta predicts... Tottenham v Manchester City A Premier League special, as Spurs show off...

A decades-long dream come true was announced by Florentino Perez and Real Madrid this week - a stunning new signing for the club...but it wasn't a star player  In a sense, it resembled the proverbial cutting of an inauguration ribbon,...

Just in time for Copa America, David Neres, a new attacking talent raised at Ajax could produce the perfect forward trident for Brazil Brazilian football has always produced some of the most talented players in the world, but the situation...

From the brilliance of Lionel Messi, the luck of Liverpool and a weekend to forget in Milan, here are the big winners and losers Winners Liverpool After Manchester City’s victory the day before on Saturday, Liverpool had only one way to respond...

Philippe Coutinho was the biggest loser for Brazil in the international break, a footballer who is now facing serious competition for his place In the last two friendlies before Tite reveals his Copa América squad, a poor result against Panama...

Watford take on Manchester United this weekend as the club's unsung manager enjoys his highest levels of success since he landed in England last year We talked a few days ago about how the Premier League and its clubs have...

From a Premier League chase-down to a Serie A sizzler, who will be crowned champions in Europe’s top five leagues and claim the last Champions League spots? Premier League Liverpool are top of the league, two points clear of Manchester City,...

While France and England keep up their World Cup pace, the fall and fall of Croatia continues. Here are Europe's international break winners and losers Winners France Another demolition of Iceland, just like at the last Euros. The quality on show for...

Spain loves an argument, so when an international friendly for Catalonia cropped up the chance to mix politics, sport (and Gerard Pique) was too good to miss For some time now, Spain has been a place where you can find...

Despite being in fine form for Marseille and his country lacking other attacking options, leaving Mario Balotelli out of the Italy squad is still the right move Mario Balotelli’s name is carved forever in the history of the Italian national...

From incredible highs to ridiculous lows, Valencia, celebrated its 100th birthday this week with the team fighting to save a soporific centenary season It is challenging to write about one of the biggest sides in LaLiga and one of the...

Real Madrid's rebuild under Zinedine Zidane has begun the right way with a move for Brazilian defensive powerhouse, Eder Militao from Porto Real Madrid have secured the services of Porto defender and rising star Éder Militão, as he strongly imposed...

Zidane makes a winning return to Real Madrid with some old faces as Juventus ends chances of an invincible Serie A season - the weekend winners and losers Winners Zinedine Zidane The ideal way to return to his beloved Real Madrid bench....

Spanish sides have been dominating the Champions League and Europa League, but English clubs have been taking both LaLiga's tricks and talent Spain might only have three teams amongst the best 16 in the whole continent this season, but there...

While Cristiano Ronaldo pulled off another Champions League miracle, Bayern Munich had one of their worst ever nights - here are the week's winners and losers WINNERS Massimiliano Allegri The most criticised man in Italy for the past two weeks had his...

Zinedine Zidane has returned to Real Madrid for a second coming after pleas from the club President, but can a glorious history repeat for the Frenchman? I would actually pay quite a hefty sum of money for someone to explain...

A match-winning display in the Champions League when the chips were down for Manchester United gives belief that Fred can still win the critics over Fred's transfer to Manchester United has been causing a lot of controversy among fans, as...

While Mario Balotelli was getting revenge, Jack Grealish bounced back from an attack in the best way possible. Here are the weekend winners and losers Winners Mario Balotelli Another renaissance for Super Mario, this time at Marseille with Rudi Garcia as coach....

If Real Madrid think that matters can't get any worse - they can. Getafe are the no-nonsense, ass-kicking team of the year looking to push the club into fourth Times of mayhem usually provide the perfect environment for grinders to...