Barcelona defender Gerard Pique left hospital on Wednesday after being kept in overnight for an accidental bash to the head during the Champions League defeat to Chelsea, the club said.
Football clubs are often cited as examples by those who believe that local connect is no more a big factor in building fan base. Most of Europe’s major clubs are now more focused on winning over a global audience than just concentrating of packing their stadium galleries.
Athletic Bilbao are hoping another strong performance at their San Mames home can see them past Sporting Lisbon in Thursday’s semi-final second-leg and into next month’s Europa League final.
A heroic Chelsea survived the dismissal of captain John Terry and a Lionel Messi missed penalty to eliminate holders Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate and secure a place in the Champions League final after an action-packed clash on Tuesday.
UEFA's disciplinary panel will decide whether to extend the Chelsea captain John Terry's punishment after his red card for violent conduct against Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final.
East Bengal extended their winless run in the AFC Cup to 20 matches after a 1-4 drubbing from Yemen’s Al Orouba on Wednesday. This was East Bengal’s fifth consecutive defeat in this season’s AFC Cup but they did score their first goal in this campaign through Edmilson Marques.
Bayern Munich summoned up all their famous resilience to fight back from 2-0 down and beat Real Madrid 3-1 on penalties on Wednesday to set up a Champions League final showdown against Chelsea.
Shootout in Madrid
Defending champion Santos lost 2-1 to Bolivar in the high altitude of La Paz on Wednesday in the first leg of their round-of-16 match in the Copa Libertadores.
Putting end to rumours that he was thinking of leaving Madrid at the end of the season, coach Jose Mourinho has confirmed that he intended to remain as coach at the club for next season.
Jose Mourinho says he will be supporting his "Chelsea heroes" against Bayern Munich in the Champions League final. The Real Madrid manager also rounded on critics of Chelsea's tactics, telling them: you know nothing.
Arsenal defender Carl Jekinson has said the Gunners are desperate to cling onto third place in the Premier League in order to ensure Champions League qualification for next season.
Spanish hopes of a mouth watering Champions League final between Real Madrid and Barcelona evaporated this week with both sides crashing out at the semi final stage but at least Real have the consolation of being on the verge of claiming their first la liga title since 2008
Fernando Llorente netted a dramatic late winner for Athletic Bilbao to eliminate Sporting and Atletico Madrid comfortably held on to a first-leg lead to oust La Liga rivals Valencia on Thursday and set up an all-Spanish Europa League final.
Barcelona have appointed Francesc 'Tito' Vilanova as the successor to coach Pep Guardiola, who announced Friday he is leaving the club after four hugely successful years at the helm.