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Premier League champions Chelsea have given their full backing to under-fire manager Jose Mourinho following the team's torrid start to the season. After Saturday's surprise 3-1 home defeat by Southampton, the Portuguese said the Londoners would have to sack him...

Liverpool have made contact with representatives of Jurgen Klopp and Carlo Ancelotti, Sky sources understand. The club are keen to appoint a successor to Brendan Rodgers, who was sacked on Sunday evening, as quickly as possible. Rodgers was sacked following the...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the leading goalscorer in Paris Saint-Germain history on Sunday as reigning Ligue 1 champions extended their lead at the top following a 2-1 victory over arch-rivals Marseille. Michy Batshuayi nodded in the opener after 30 minutes at...

Luciano Vietto was Atletico Madrid's supersub in the derby against Real Madrid, with the young Argentinian leaving it late to cancel out Karim Benzema's goal and rescue a point for the hosts. Summer signing Vietto, 21, scored his first goal...

Jose Mourinho says he will only walk away from Chelsea if the club's players tell him he is no longer wanted. Saturday's home defeat to Southampton was the champions' fourth in eight Premier League games and sparked an astonishing seven-minute...

Brendan Rodgers has been sacked by Liverpool after their 1-1 draw with Everton in Sunday afternoon's Merseyside derby. The result left the Reds with just one win in their last nine games and that has brought his time as manager...

Real Madrid boss Rafael Benitez dismissed claims his side had paid for an overly defensive approach as Luciano Vietto's late equaliser handed Atletico Madrid a 1-1 draw in the capital derby on Sunday. Benitez's men went in front early on...

Jose Mourinho challenged Chelsea to stick with him or sack him after the capitulation against Southampton. Captain John Terry was restored but Saints exposed the now familiar failings in the defence which just five months ago formed the foundation for...

Cristiano Ronaldo's Champions League brace against Malmo took him to 501 goals for club and country and level with Raul as Real Madrid's all-time top scorer. Ronaldo's remarkable goal haul has come in 753 appearances for Real Madrid, Manchester United,...

Manchester United are "suffering" after six matches in 18 days, said boss Louis van Gaal following his side's 2-1 Champions League win over Wolfsburg. Juan Mata's first-half penalty and Chris Smalling's 53rd-minute goal gave United their first Group B victory. The...