• The Canadian Press

    Tight league title races play out across European soccer. Belgium aims for more epic last-day drama

    GENEVA (AP) — The helicopter is on standby again. Its task? To deliver the Belgian league trophy to the winner of another three-team title race that can only hope to match the epic climax of last season. European soccer has intense title chases for fans to savor this month: The Arsenal-Manchester City duel in England will get the most attention while, away from the “big five” leagues, traditional city rivalries are playing out in Scotland, Turkey and Portugal. Still, the best drama might be foun

  • The Telegraph

    Klopp lets rip at TNT Sports in rant about Liverpool fixtures

    Jurgen Klopp has launched a full-throttle attack on TNT Sports’ meddling with fixtures, calling his side’s recent schedule a “crime worthy of investigation by Amnesty International”.

  • BBC

    'Villa are still very much alive'

    Spanish football journalist Guillem Balague believes Aston Villa's Europa Conference League semi-final is "still alive" despite their 4-2 first-leg defeat by Olympiakos at Villa Park. Villa dominated the game in terms of possession and shots, but find themselves needing to overturn a two-goal deficit when they travel to Greece on Thursday, 9 May. "There is a parallel game where that penalty just before half-time is given to Aston Villa - I thought it was a penalty - and the penalty miss goes in and it is 4-4," Balague told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.

  • The Independent

    The answers to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter quiz

    Make sure you check on how you did with Miguel’s weekly quiz which is exclusive to those signed up to his Reading the Game newsletter