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Jose Mourinho's Roma have won once in seven games

Euro round-up: More misery for Mourinho as Roma beaten

Roma's poor form under Jose Mourinho continued as they were beaten 3-2 at Venezia while Real Sociedad returned to the top of La Liga.

Soccer • 07 Nov 21

Lionel Messi bid a tearful farewell to Barcelona in August

Updated Messi: Barca never asked me to play for free

Lionel Messi said he will return to live in Barcelona with his family when his time at Paris St Germain is over and would like to help the La Liga club in the role of a technical director, but the six-time world player of the year had words of criticism for Barcelona president Joan Laporta.

Soccer • 01 Nov 21

Gerard Pique (R) consoles Sergio Aguero as he leaves the field with an injury

Euro wrap: Aguero taken to hospital for cardiac exam

Sergio Aguero was taken to hospital for a cardiac exam after leaving the field early as Barcelona began life after Ronald Koeman with an uninspiring 1-1 draw at home to Alaves in La Liga on Saturday night.

Soccer • 31 Oct 21

Ronald Koeman took the reins back in August 2020

Barcelona sack Koeman after defeat to Rayo Vallecano

Barcelona sacked coach Ronald Koeman late on Wednesday night after their 1-0 La Liga defeat at Rayo Vallecano.

Soccer • 28 Oct 21

Radamel Falcao celebrates scoring the winner for Rayo Vallecano

Euro wrap: Barca's misery deepens, Bayern hammered

A first-half strike from Radamel Falcao was enough to hand Rayo Vallecano a shock 1-0 win over Barcelona as the Catalans slumped to their second successive La Liga defeat.

Soccer • 27 Oct 21

Erling Haaland goes airborne at the Westfalenstadion

European round-up: Haaland back with a bang in Germany

Erling Haaland marked his return from injury with two goals as Borussia Dortmund climbed to the top of the Bundesliga table.

Soccer • 16 Oct 21

Sergio Aguero has yet to start for the Catalans

Barcelona boost as Dembele and Aguero start training

Barcelona's floundering attack was given a much-needed boost as forwards Ousmane Dembele and Sergio Aguero returned to training following long injury lay-offs.

Soccer • 11 Oct 21

Barca may have to play away from Nou Camp for a year

Barcelona will have to move out of the Nou Camp for a year to allow for extensive redevelopment scheduled to begin in the summer of 2022.

Soccer • 08 Oct 21

Barcelona have confirmed losses of €481m for last season

Barcelona was 'technically bankrupt' earlier this year

Barcelona chief executive Ferran Reverter has said the club was "technically bankrupt" when Joan Laporta took over as president in March, and would have been "dissolved" if it was a public limited company.

Soccer • 06 Oct 21

Luis Suarez celebrates scoring against his former team

Suarez strikes to leave Barcelona in a sorry state

Atletico Madrid heaped more misery on Barcelona as first-half goals from Thomas Lemar and Luis Suarez saw Diego Simeone's men cruise to a 2-0 victory at the Wanda Metropolitano.

Soccer • 02 Oct 21

Euro wrap: Barcelona get back to winning ways

Under-fire Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman was given a welcome boost after his side returned to winning ways by beating Levante 3-0 at the Nou Camp.

Soccer • 26 Sep 21

Benzema was unable to continue his good goalscoring form for Real

European wrap: Villarreal hold Real as Atletico slip up

La Liga leaders Real Madrid saw their winning run come to an end after being held to a goalless draw by Villarreal at the Bernabeu.

Soccer • 25 Sep 21

Moise Kean scored his first goal for Juve since returning to Turin on loan from Everton

European wrap: Wins for Juventus, PSG and Real Madrid

Juventus earned their first win of the Serie A season at the fifth attempt after a 3-2 win at Spezia that lifted Massimiliano Allegri's side out of the bottom three.

Soccer • 22 Sep 21

European wrap: Suarez fires Atletico to summit

Luis Suarez hit two late goals as Atletico Madrid hit back from behind to sink struggling Getafe 2-1 and climb back to the top of La Liga.

Soccer • 21 Sep 21

Edin Dzeko hit two goals in five second-half minutes

European round-up: Inter storm to Serie A summit

Edin Dzeko scored twice as Inter Milan returned to the top of Serie A with a thumping 6-1 win over Bologna while Bayern Munich thrashed Bochum 7-0.

Soccer • 18 Sep 21

Jose Mourinho's side maintained their 100% start in Serie A

European round-up: Mourinho wins 1,000th game

Stephan El Shaarawy's stoppage-time goal gave Jose Mourinho a victory in his 1,000th game in management as Roma edged out Sassuolo 2-1 in Serie A.

Soccer • 12 Sep 21

The World Cup winner has not replicated the impact he had previously at Atletico since his move to Barcelona

Griezmann rejoins Atletico Madrid in deadline day loan

Atletico Madrid have announced that they have re-signed France forward Antoine Griezmann on a season-long loan from Barcelona.

Soccer • 01 Sep 21

Sergio Aguero is currently recovering form a calf injury

Barca register Aguero after Busquets & Alba pay cuts

Barcelona have registered Sergio Aguero after Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba accepted salary reductions.

Soccer • 31 Aug 21

Gianni Infantino wants the Premier League and La Liga to release players

FIFA's Infantino asks Premier League to release players

The English Premier League and Spanish La Liga should release players for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers next month to "preserve and protect sporting integrity", FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said.

Soccer • 25 Aug 21

Kylian Mbappe is reportedly keen on a move to Real Madrid

Transfer wrap: PSG say Real's Mbappe bid is too low

Paris St Germain have rejected an offer from Real Madrid for France superstar Kylian Mbappe saying the offer was "not sufficient", while Atletico Madrid have signed Matheus Cunha from Hertha Berlin.

Soccer • 25 Aug 21

Memphis Depay rescued a point for Barcelona

Euro round-up: Barcelona held, Inter start with win

Memphis Depay's first goal for Barcelona saw Ronald Koeman's side fight back to draw 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao while Serie A champions Inter Milan started their title defence by beating Genoa 4-0 at the San Siro.

Soccer • 21 Aug 21

Cristiano Ronaldo: "I can't allow people to keep playing around with my name."

'My story has been written' - Ronaldo rules out Real

Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has put to rest rumours that he is returning to Real Madrid, insisting that his story at the Spanish club "has been written".

Soccer • 18 Aug 21

European wrap: Barca begin life without Messi

Barcelona got off to a winning start following the departure of their talisman Lionel Messi with a 4-2 win over Real Sociedad.

Soccer • 15 Aug 21

European wrap: PSG unveil their galaxy of stars

Gareth Bale returned to Real Madrid's starting line-up and Lionel Messi was introduced to Paris St Germain's fans as both clubs made winning starts to the new season.

Soccer • 14 Aug 21

Real and rivals Barcelona, are unhappy about the value of the proposed deal

Real Madrid to sue over La Liga's CVC deal

Real Madrid have confirmed that they will launch civil and criminal lawsuits against La Liga president Javier Tebas and CVC Capital Partners' chief Javier de Jaime Guijarro over their proposed €2.7 billion deal.

Soccer • 10 Aug 21

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