• The Canadian Press

    Atalanta comes from behind to beat Salernitana and improve Champions League chances

    ROME (AP) — Atalanta came from a goal down to beat Salernitana 2-1 in Serie A on Monday and improve its chances of a place in next season’s Champions League. The Bergamo-based club rose above Roma and into fifth place. The top five qualify automatically for the Champions League. Atalanta rested some regular starters with one eye on Thursday’s second leg of the Europe League semifinal against Marseille/ It went behind after 18 minutes when Loum Tchaouna scored against the run of play. But Atalant

  • The Guardian

    ‘Arne Slot loves to work with people … he opens the eyes of the players’

    The Dutchman leaves Feyenoord after a dream tenure and can emulate how Jürgen Klopp makes fans feel special

  • The Canadian Press

    From Real Madrid to relegation scrap: Union Berlin fires another coach as season unravels

    BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin played Real Madrid as many times as it fired its coach this season. The Bundesliga team trying to avoid relegation dismissed its second coach on Monday. Nenad Bjelica was let go and Marco Grote reappointed on an interim basis. Long-time favorite Urs Fischer was fired in November. He and Bjelica arguably paid the price for over-ambition after Union surprisingly clinched Champions League qualification last season. The two games against Madrid — the glamorous 14-time Euro

  • The Guardian

    César Luis Menotti obituary

    Football manager who nurtured a free-flowing style of play and led Argentina to their first World Cup title in 1978