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West Bromwich Albion welcome champions Chelsea to The Hawthorns on Monday safe in the knowledge that they will be playing Barclays Premier League football next season. A 1-1 draw at Newcastle United last Saturday, along with results elsewhere, guaranteed top-flight...

A hat-trick from Cristiano Ronaldo in a 4-1 win at Espanyol on Sunday night could not keep Real Madrid in the Primera Division title race. Madrid's win was rendered meaningless by Barcelona's victory at Atletico Madrid which saw the Catalan...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his seventh hat-trick of the season to give Real Madrid victory at Espanyol as Barcelona won the title. Ronaldo fired low under Kiko Casilla to make it 1-0 but Espanyol equalised through Cristhian Stuani after an error...

Wilfried Bony scored on his return to Swansea as Manchester City secured a place in the Champions League group stages by winning a thriller. Yaya Toure opened the scoring for City with a deflected effort, before James Milner slid in...

Thierry Henry says Steven Gerrard will go down as one of the best Premier League players, despite never winning the competition. Gerrard will leave Anfield this summer to join MLS side LA Galaxy, 17 years after making his Liverpool first-team...

Juventus defender Patrice Evra confirmed he will shake Luis Suarez's hand before the Champions League final with Barcelona despite their troubled past over a racism row. Suarez was banned for eight matches after being found guilty of racially abusing Evra...

The Spanish football season will be allowed to finish after the week-long Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) suspension and players' strike ended. After Spain's High Court ruled the players' strike over a TV rights dispute was unlawful, the RFEF reversed a...

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti says he does not know if he will be in charge next season after their Champions League semi-final exit. Real, who won the trophy under Ancelotti last season, lost 3-2 on aggregate to Juventus after...

Radamel Falcao's mother believes "bigger and better things" await her son next season and she is confident the striker will rediscover his goal-scoring touch. The Colombia international has disappointed for Manchester United this season, scoring just four goals in 28...

A Spanish court said it would rule on Thursday whether footballers can legally push ahead with a strike which threatens to shut down the country's top league this weekend. The National Court in Madrid made the announcement Wednesday after hearing...