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European wrap: Parrott on song in Prague

A week out from the Republic of Ireland's World Cup play-off semi-final in Prague, Troy Parrott continued his fine goalscoring form with a goal in the Czech capital as AZ Alkmaar powered their way into the UEFA Conference League quarter-finals.

Soccer • 19 Mar

Keane's Ferencvaros exit Europa League after hammering

Robbie Keane's Europa League journey with Ferencvaros came to a shuddering halt as the Hungarian champions suffered a 4-0 defeat to Portuguese side Braga to exit at the last-16 stage.

Soccer • 18 Mar

Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City, speaks to the media in a post match press conference after the team's defeat in the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 Second Leg match between Manchester City FC and Real Madrid CF at City of Manchester S

Guardiola confident Man City 'will be back' next season

Pep Guardiola promised his Manchester City side "will be back" next season after Real Madrid ended their Champions League hopes for a fourth time in the last five years.

Soccer • 17 Mar

Eberechi Eze of Arsenal high fives fans following the teams victory in the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 Second Leg match between Arsenal FC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Arsenal Stadium on March 17, 2026 in London, England.

Eze wonder goal underlining why he's at Arsenal - Arteta

Mikel Arteta claimed the wonder goal scored by Eberechi Eze to fire Arsenal on the way to the Champions League quarter-finals is "the reason why he's here".

Soccer • 18 Mar

PSG players celebrate a goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 second-leg match between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain at Stamford Bridge in London, United Kingdom on March 17, 2026.

PSG finish off Chelsea to keep UCL defence on track

Chelsea's interest in the Champions League came to a sobering end as Paris St Germain won 3-0 at Stamford Bridge to dump the Blues out 8-2 on aggregate in the last 16.

Soccer • 17 Mar

Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid celebrates after a goal which is subsequently disallowe during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 Second Leg match between Manchester City FC and Real Madrid CF at City of Manchester Stadium on March 17, 2026 in M

Vinicius Jr puts 10-man City to the sword as Real advance

Manchester City's Champions League hopes were ended by Real Madrid yet again despite a determined comeback attempt at the Etihad Stadium.

Soccer • 17 Mar

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: Eberechi Eze of Arsenal celebrates after scoring his teams first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 Second Leg match between Arsenal FC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Arsenal Stadium on March 17, 2026 in Lond

Eze stunner helps Arsenal past Leverkusen into last eight

Arsenal's Eberechi Eze opened his Champions League account with a stunning goal as his side outclassed Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 at home to reach the quarter-finals with a 3-1 aggregate victory.

Soccer • 17 Mar

Sporting Lisbon's Colombian forward #97 Luis Suarez celebrates scoring his team's third goal with Sporting Lisbon's Portuguese midfielder #23 Daniel Braganca during the UEFA Champions League last 16 second leg football match between Sporting CP and Bodoe/

Sporting through after comeback win over Bodo/Glimt

Sporting Lisbon became the fifth team to overturn a three-goal first-leg deficit to progress in the Champions League knockout rounds with a 5-3 aggregate win over Bodo/Glimt.

Soccer • 17 Mar

Eberechi Eze of Arsenal celebrates scoring his team's first goal with teammates during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 Second Leg match between Arsenal FC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Arsenal Stadium on March 17, 2026 in London, England.

Tuesday's Champions League results and reports

Arsenal, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Sporting CP have advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League after winning Tuesday night's second legs.

Soccer • 17 Mar

The RTE Soccer Podcast episode of 16 March 2026 featuring images of (clockwise from left) David McGoldrick, Kevin Long, Richie Towell and Paul Corry.

A McGoldrick silver lining, Ireland squad and Long games

Richie Towell and Paul Corry join Raf Diallo to look ahead to Thursday's Republic of Ireland squad announcement, discuss Friday's SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division action and this week's Champions League, while Shelbourne's Rachel Graham reviews the Women's Premier Division opening day.

Soccer • 16 Mar

BARCELONA, SPAIN - MARCH 15: Raphinha of FC Barcelona celebrates scoring a hattrick making it 4-1 during the LaLiga EA Sports match between FC Barcelona v Sevilla at the Camp Nou on March 15, 2026 in Barcelona Spain (Photo by David Ramirez/Soccrates/Getty

European round-up: Raphinha records hat-tick in Barca win

Raphinha netted a hat-trick as Barcelona restored their four-point advantage at the top of LaLiga with a comfortable 5-2 win over Sevilla.

Soccer • 16 Mar

ALKMAAR - (lr) Heracles Almelo goalkeeper Remko Pasveer and Troy Parrott of AZ Alkmaar during the Dutch Eredivisie match between AZ and Heracles Almelo at the AFAS Stadium on March 15, 2026 in Alkmaar, the Netherlands. TOBIAS KLEUVER / ANP (Photo by ANP v

In-form Parrott provides goal and two assists for AZ

Troy Parrott was in fine form again this afternoon for AZ Alkmaar, scoring once and providing two assists in the 4-0 victory over Heracles Almelo.

Soccer • 15 Mar

Newcastle United's Anthony Gordon gestures during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge on March 14, 2026 in London, England.

Gordon hits back at Shearer, Rooney and Keane criticism

Anthony Gordon said pundits Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer need to "get better at what they're doing" after they questioned why he only played in the second half of Newcastle's midweek draw with Barcelona.

Soccer • 15 Mar

Head coach Arne Slot of Liverpool FC during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 First Leg match between Galatasaray SK and Liverpool FC at Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi on March 10, 2026 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Slot plays down Premier League's midweek misadventures

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot insisted Premier League clubs should not be written off in Europe on the back of one bad week.

Soccer • 13 Mar

Anthony Gordon of Newcastle United plays during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, 1st Leg match between Newcastle United and FC Barcelona at St. James's Park in Newcastle, on March 10, 2026.

Howe dismisses Shearer's criticism of Gordon's non-start

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has hit back at Alan Shearer's criticism of Anthony Gordon after he failed to start Tuesday night's Champions League draw with Barcelona because of illness.

Soccer • 13 Mar

ALKMAAR, NETHERLANDS - MARCH 12: Troy Parrott of AZ Alkmaar celebrates 2-1 during the Conference League match between AZ Alkmaar v Sparta Prague at the AFAS Stadium on March 12, 2026 in Alkmaar Netherlands (Photo by Jeroen van den Berg/Soccrates/Getty Ima

Two goals for Parrott against Sparta in Conference League

Troy Parrott laid down a marker against Czech sides by bagging two goals for AZ Alkmaar versus Sparta Prague in the UEFA Conference League Round of 16 this evening.

Soccer • 12 Mar

Manchester City's Spanish coach Pep Guardiola looks on during the UEFA Champions League last 16 first leg football match between Real Madrid CF and Manchester City at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on March 11, 2026.

Pep admits chance of comeback against Real is remote

Pep Guardiola conceded his Manchester City side had "not much" chance but refused to rule out a dramatic fightback against Real Madrid in the Champions League last 16.

Soccer • 11 Mar

Bodoe/Glimt's Danish forward #09 Kasper Waarst Hogh (R) scores his team's third goal during the UEFA Champions League, Last 16, first-leg football match Bodo/Glimt vs Sporting CP at the Aspmyra stadium, in Bodo, Norway on March 11, 2026. Bodo/Glimt won th

Bodo/Glimt's dream run continues as Sporting put to sword

Another stellar display on their artificial home turf at the Aspmyra Stadium gave Norway's Bodo/Glimt a 3-0 win over Sporting Lisbon in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie on Wednesday.

Soccer • 11 Mar

Late collapse leaves Chelsea on brink as PSG score five

Filip Jorgensen's costly error at the Parc des Princes was the pivotal moment as Chelsea suffered a late collapse to lose 5-2 to Paris St Germain in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.

Soccer • 11 Mar

City have no answer to Valverde's virtuoso performance

Federico Valverde scored a sensational first-half hat-trick as injury-hit Real Madrid overpowered Manchester City 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.

Soccer • 11 Mar

Kai Havertz (C) reacts after scoring from the penalty spot with his teammates Arsenal's English midfielder #41 Declan Rice (R) and Arsenal's Spanish defender #36 Martin Zubimendi during the UEFA Champions League, Last 16, first-leg football match Bayer 04

Havertz homecoming helps Arsenal snatch Leverkusen draw

Kai Havertz climbed off the bench to score a last-gasp equaliser against the club where he began his career to earn Arsenal a 1-1 draw at Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.

Soccer • 11 Mar

Tottenham Hotspur's Argentinian defender #17 Cristian Romero conforts Tottenham Hotspur's Czech goalkeeper #31 Antonin Kinsky

Kinsky and Spurs endure Madrid nightmare

Tottenham's Champions League campaign is all but over after Antonin Kinsky's error-strewn display proved the catalyst for a punishing 5-2 loss at Atletico Madrid to heighten scrutiny on Igor Tudor.

Soccer • 11 Mar

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - MARCH 10: Lamine Yamal of FC Barcelona celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 First Leg match between Newcastle United FC and FC Barcelona at St James' Park on March 10,

Newcastle can't hold on against Barca and pay the penalty

Lamine Yamal denied Newcastle a priceless victory with the final kick of the game as Barcelona snatched a draw which sends them into next week's return as favourites to make the Champions League quarter-finals.

Soccer • 11 Mar

Noa Lang of Galatasaray A.S. reacts, as Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool interacts with referee Jesus Gil Manzano during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 First Leg match between Galatasaray SK and Liverpool FC at Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi on Ma

Deja vu in Istanbul as Liverpool edged out by Galatasaray

Arne Slot's 100th match as Liverpool boss ended in defeat as Galatasaray capitalised on a sloppy display to win the first leg of this Champions League last-16 tie 1-0 on a deafening evening in Istanbul.

Soccer • 11 Mar

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - MARCH 10: Malick Thiaw of Newcastle United brings down Dani Olmo of FC Barcelona for a penalty during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 First Leg match between Newcastle United FC and FC Barcelona at St James' Pa

Tuesday's Champions League results and reports

Liverpool lost 1-0 at Galatasaray in the first of Tuesday's Champions League last 16 first legs, while Newcastle and Barcelona couldn't be separated.

Soccer • 10 Mar

European soccer

European wrap: Parrott on song in Prague

Keane's Ferencvaros exit Europa League after hammering

Guardiola confident Man City 'will be back' next season

Eze wonder goal underlining why he's at Arsenal - Arteta

PSG finish off Chelsea to keep UCL defence on track

Vinicius Jr puts 10-man City to the sword as Real advance

Eze stunner helps Arsenal past Leverkusen into last eight

Sporting through after comeback win over Bodo/Glimt

Tuesday's Champions League results and reports

A McGoldrick silver lining, Ireland squad and Long games

European round-up: Raphinha records hat-tick in Barca win

In-form Parrott provides goal and two assists for AZ

Gordon hits back at Shearer, Rooney and Keane criticism

Slot plays down Premier League's midweek misadventures

Howe dismisses Shearer's criticism of Gordon's non-start

Two goals for Parrott against Sparta in Conference League

Pep admits chance of comeback against Real is remote

Bodo/Glimt's dream run continues as Sporting put to sword

Late collapse leaves Chelsea on brink as PSG score five

City have no answer to Valverde's virtuoso performance

Havertz homecoming helps Arsenal snatch Leverkusen draw

Kinsky and Spurs endure Madrid nightmare

Newcastle can't hold on against Barca and pay the penalty

Deja vu in Istanbul as Liverpool edged out by Galatasaray

Tuesday's Champions League results and reports