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Southampton manager Russell Martin admitted he was proud to defy the low expectations that greeted his appointment by leading his club back to the Premier League on Sunday.... more »

Manchester United's FA Cup-winning stars have pledged to "achieve great things" in future as boss Erik ten Hag waits to discover if he will be sacked.... more »

Southampton clinched promotion back to the Premier League after a one-year exile as Adam Armstrong sealed a 1-0 win against Leeds in the Championship play-off final on Sunday.... more »

Budapest's Puskas Arena will play host to the 2026 Champions League final, UEFA confirmed on Wednesday.... more »

Antoine Griezmann secured Champions League qualification for Atletico Madrid with a hat-trick in a 3-0 triumph at Getafe on Wednesday in La Liga.... more »

City Football Group, the parent company of Manchester City, must reduce its stake in Girona if the Spanish club is to be allowed to compete in next season's Champions League, UEFA said on Wednesday.... more »

Uncapped Liverpool winger Ben Doak was the shock inclusion in Steve Clarke's provisional Scotland squad for Euro 2024 on Wednesday.... more »

Provisional Scotland squad for Euro 2024 named on Wednesday:... more »

Austria's captain David Alaba was the big name missing from the Euro 2024 squad announced Tuesday by coach Ralf Rangnick.... more »

Real Madrid supporters bade farewell to midfielder Toni Kroos in his final La Liga game for the club at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, a 0-0 draw against Real Betis.... more »

Sacked Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said Saturday he was leaving the club with a "clear conscience".... more »

Barcelona sacked coach Xavi Hernandez on Friday after the Catalan giants failed to win a trophy this season but just weeks since he and club president Joan Laporta agreed he would stay in the post.... more »

Atalanta were given a hero's welcome on Sunday as the Europa League winners strolled past Torino 3-0 in a festive homecoming after their stunning triumph over Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin.... more »

Olivier Giroud said goodbye to AC Milan fans with a goal in Saturday's entertaining season finale with Salernitana, drawn 3-3, that was the last match with the seven-time European champions for the France forward and for coach Stefano Pioli.... more »

Simone Inzaghi, who led Inter Milan to the Italian title, has been voted Serie A coach of the season, the Italian League announced on Friday.... more »

Fortuna Duesseldorf are one game away from returning to the Bundesliga for the first time in four years after a 3-0 win at Bochum in the relegation play-off first leg on Thursday.... more »

Fortuna Duesseldorf take on Bochum in the Bundesliga relegation playoff first leg on Thursday riding a wave of momentum, unbeaten in the league since February.... more »

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, a World Cup finalist with West Germany at the 1966 World Cup, died on Tuesday at the age of 85, his daughter confirmed to AFP subsidiary SID on Tuesday.... more »

Atalanta were given a hero's welcome on Sunday as the Europa League winners strolled past Torino 3-0 in a festive homecoming after their stunning triumph over Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin.... more »

Ademola Lookman scored a stunning hat-trick as Atalanta ended Bayer Leverkusen's 51-match unbeaten run to win the Europa League final 3-0 on Wednesday and claim their first trophy for 61 years.... more »

Xabi Alonso is hoping Bayer Leverkusen's Bundesliga title celebrations have given his players a thirst for more success as they aim to complete an unbeaten treble.... more »