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Louis van Gaal says Manchester United's top-four hopes would have been over had they lost to Manchester City, but believes they now have a "big chance" of Champions League qualification. Marcus Rashford's goal earned a 1-0 derby win over City...

Gareth Bale became the leading British goalscorer in La Liga history as Real Madrid thumped Sevilla in an action-packed match at the Bernabeu. The Welshman twice hit the woodwork and had a strike disallowed before tapping in his 43rd goal...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, (THEWILL) – Reports claim that Jose Mourinho will replace Louis van Gaal as the next Man Utd manager in the summer having signed a pre-contract with the club. According to a Spanish Newspaper, El Pais, the...

South Africa rejects Fifa's claim that a $10-million bribe was paid by the country to win the right to host the World Cup in 2010, Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said on Thursday. "South Africa did not pay any bribe nor...

Barcelona can extend their La Liga winning streak to 13 matches at fourth-placed Villarreal on Sunday in one of the few big tests remaining for Luis Enrique's champions elect. Atletico Madrid, who are second, travel to second from bottom Sporting...

Leicester City's N'Golo Kante has been named in the France squad for the first time. The talismanic midfielder has been called up for the upcoming friendlies against the Netherlands and Russia. Dimitri Payet of West Ham has also been included in...

Newcastle 'keeper Rob Elliot has admitted he would have laughed if he had been told Rafael Benitez would be the club's manager a few weeks ago. However now that he is, the Republic of Ireland international and his team-mates have...

Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola says he "doesn't care" who they play in the Champions League quarter-finals after beating Juventus. Thomas Muller scored a 90th-minute equaliser to take the tie into extra-time, where Bayern scored twice to prevail 6-4 on...

Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater has been named in the England squad for the Euro 2016 warm-up games against Germany and the Netherlands. It is the 26-year-old's first call-up to the senior national team. Roy Hodgson's team travel to Berlin to face...

Fifa wants to reclaim "tens of millions of dollars" taken illegally by its members and other organisations. It also says corrupt officials who served on its former executive committee were guilty of selling their votes in World Cup bidding contests. Former...