• The Independent

    Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte and the slow decline of football’s star managers

    As Mourinho heads to Turkey to manage Fenerbahce and Conte returns to Italy to take charge of Napoli, Europe’s biggest clubs may have consigned two of the game’s largest characters to the past

  • BBC

    Italy's oldest club, where tradition meets ambition

    As their 130th year comes to a close, Italy's oldest club Genoa dream of a bright future.

  • Associated Press

    Lookman scores again and Europa League champion Atalanta beats Torino 3-0. Roma won't qualify for CL

    Atalanta followed up its Europa League title with a 3-0 win over Torino in Serie A on Sunday and ended Roma's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League. Gianluca Scamacca and Ademola Lookman scored first-half goals for Atalanta and Mario Pasalic added a penalty after the break as the Bergamo side moved up to fourth place, one point ahead of Bologna. Lookman was coming off a hat trick in Atalanta’s 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final on Wednesday, and the Europa League trophy was on the sideline before kickoff.

  • BBC

    Why Hearts won't receive a bye into Europa League group stage

    Hearts' hopes of receiving a bye straight into the Europa League group stage have been scuppered courtesy of Atalanta's fourth-placed finish in Serie A. After the Italian outfit beat Bayer Leverkusen to win Europe's second tier competition on Wednesday, Steven Naismith's side were eyeing an easier path into the competition. Had Atalanta finished fifth - and Borussia Dortmund won the Champions League on Saturday - a place in the group stage was Hearts'.