Bayer Leverkusen have emerged champions of Germany after winning the Bundesliga title for the first time in their 120-year history on Sunday with a 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen breaking Bayern Munich’s 11-year stranglehold on the German top flight. Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen knew victory would secure the title with five games to spare, and…
Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes suffered a huge blow as they fell to a 1-0 defeat by Crystal Palace at Anfield. Eberechi Eze converted from Tyrick Mitchell’s cut-back to finish off a flowing Palace move early on and the visitors were deservedly in front at the break. Jurgen Klopp’s Reds ramped up the pressure in…
Alexander Isak’s rich vein of form continued as Newcastle beat Tottenham to boost their hopes of European football next season. The striker now has 17 goals in 24 Premier League appearances this season. Anthony Gordan and Fabian Schar were also on target for the Magpies, while Timo Werner had two chances for Spurs but his…
Bayern Munich kept Bayer Leverkusen’s Bundesliga title celebrations on hold for at least one more day as the defending champions earned victory over relegation-threatened Cologne. England captain Harry Kane and Mathys Tel both hit the post in a frustrating first half for Bayern, who needed one point to avoid conceding the title. But goals from…
Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua: Wembley to host ‘Battle of Britain’ heavyweight clash Wembley Stadium looks set to host the all-British heavyweight clash between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. The long-awaited bout looks set to go ahead if Fury wins against Oleksandr Usyk on May 18 in Riyadh. And Fury’s co-promoter Bob Arum is confident…
The Australian Grand Prix will return to its traditional position as the first race of the new season in 2025. Melbourne, which will host the race weekend from 14-16 March, had held the first race virtually every year since it made its debut in 1996. But it has not done so since 2019 after the…
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag wants to sign a striker in the summer transfer window. The Dutchman felt his goalscoring options for this season “should have been enough”. But with seven games to play in the Premier League, United have just 45 goals, the fewest of the top 10 teams. Asked at a news…
Jonas Hofmann and Victor Boniface scored after coming off the bench as Bayer Leverkusen beat West Ham 2-0 at home on Thursday in their Europa League quarter-final first leg. Needing stoppage time winners from Patrick Schick to win both legs of their last 16 tie with Qarabag, Leverkusen were dominant but had failed to break…
Italian side Atalanta stunned Liverpool on Thursday night in the first leg Europa League quarter final match at Anfield winning by 3-0 Former West Ham forward Gianluca Scamacca scored in each half, before ex-Chelsea player Mario Pasalic added a late third goal to ensure the Italians start as strong favourites to reach the semi-finals when…
Barcelona and Paris St-Germain refused to give interviews to a television broadcaster after a controversial remark made about Lamine Yamal before their Champions League fixture. German Burgos, working for Spanish TV station Movistar, was speaking over footage of Barcelona winger Yamal doing kick-ups when he made the comment. Burgos is reported to have said: “If…
