• The Canadian Press

    Klopp keeps the drama going to the end as Liverpool beats Spurs 4-2 in his penultimate Anfield match

    LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — The smile is back on Jurgen Klopp's face — even if his Liverpool players seem intent on testing his nerves right to the end. The Premier League title may be all but beyond the Merseyside club, but that doesn't mean the drama is over for Klopp, who will step down at the end of the season. Last week he was arguing on the sideline with Mohamed Salah as Liverpool effectively dropped out of the title race. And while Salah opened the scoring in a 4-2 win against Tottenham at

  • The Canadian Press

    Bayer Leverkusen's Lukáš Hrádecký sets record for foreign goalkeeper with 292 Bundesliga appearances

    FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen’s Lukáš Hrádecký set a record for a foreign goalkeeper in the Bundesliga on Sunday by making his 292nd appearance. The 34-year-old Finnish keeper played in Leverkusen’s 5-1 win at his former club Eintracht Frankfurt, breaking the record previously held by Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich goalkeeper Yann Sommer of Switzerland. “I like to read the newspapers or matchday papers before the game and I saw it there today,” Hrádecký told broadcaster

  • The Canadian Press

    Leverkusen extends unbeaten record to 48 games in 5-1 rout of Frankfurt without suspended Alonso

    BERLIN (AP) — No Xabi, no problem. Even without coach Xabi Alonso on the touchline, Bayer Leverkusen remained unbeaten Sunday with a 5-1 Bundesliga win over Eintracht Frankfurt that stretched its record run without defeat to 48 games in all competitions. Alonso was suspended for an accumulation of yellow cards, but he watched from the stands as his Bundesliga champions showed no tiredness from Thursday’s 2-0 win at Roma in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals. “It was another perspectiv

  • PA Media: Sport

    Chelsea take advantage of Man City loss to reignite WSL title race with huge win

    Chelsea marked Emma Hayes’ final home match at Kingsmeadow before her summer departure with a pivotal win.