Paris Saint-Germain have been crowned Ligue 1 champions for a fourth consecutive season following Sunday s 9-0 victory at Troyes.
Laurent Blanc s men dominated the French top flight throughout the campaign and can no longer be caught having built up a 25-point lead over Monaco with eight games still to play.
Monaco s 2-2 draw with Reims on Friday meant a win over Troyes would see PSG win their sixth French title and they duly obliged in some style, thanks partly to four goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The capital club have won 24 of their 30 league games in 2015-16, drawing five and losing just once, with Lyon recording a 2-1 win on February 28 to end their hopes of going the whole campaign without defeat.
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Argentina s World Cup-winning coach Cesar Luis Menotti says Lionel Messi has benefited from playing in a superior team to Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Barcelona and Real Madrid stars are expected to be among the final three Ballon d Or nominees once again this year, having shared the prize between them since as far back as 2008.
Ronaldo lifted the Champions League for the third time in his career in May, but has often seen his Madrid side overshadowed by Barca, who have won eight LaLiga titles and four European titles since Messi s debut in 2004.
But Menotti, who guided Argentina to their first World Cup triumph in 1978, believes his compatriot has spent his career playing for a stronger side.
Messi would not have been the same at Real Madrid, he told Fox Spor…
Roma striker Tammy Abraham has been inspired by Erling Haaland s goalscoring feats and wants to scale the same heights as the Manchester City forward.
Abraham, who was called up to England s latest squad on Thursday, joined Roma from Chelsea ahead of the 2021-22 campaign and scored 27 goals across all competitions in his maiden season.
Haaland has hit the ground running at Manchester City since arriving from Borussia Dortmund in June, hitting 14 goals in his first 10 games.
Abraham, 24, watches Haaland closely and hopes he can eventually be likened to the Norway international.
100 Erling Haaland has scored 100 goals in his last 99 games in all competitions since leaving RB Salzburg in January 2020. Unrelenting.
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Fermin Lopez and Alex Baena were on target as Spain beat 10-man Dominican Republic 3-1 to seal their place in the men s quarter-finals at the Olympic Games with a match to spare.
Miguel Gutierrez also struck for La Roja, who made it two wins from two in Group C at Stade de Bordeaux, where their opponents played over half of the game with 10 players following Edison Azcona s red card.
Santi Denia s side opened their campaign with a 2-1 victory over Uzbekistan at Parc des Princes on Wednesday, and the first goal of this contest was handed to them on a plate in the 24th minute.
Fermin ruthlessly pounced on Enrique Boesl s tame pass out of goal, with the Barcelona midfielder calmly slotting home.
The Dominican Republic levelled 13 minutes later through Angel …
According to a recent report from ESPN, Liverpool are interested in signing New York Red Bulls defender Aaron Long.
They’ll have to work fast if they want to get the American in before the transfer deadline on Monday, as the 28-year-old prepares for what could be his first move outside of the United States.
Long didn’t break into the NYRB side until 2017 and with the Major League Soccer season not being set to resume until at least April, a temporary move away could be on the cards.
That’d open up the door for a loan deal and when you consider how desperate Liverpool are to bring in some defensive reinforcements, it makes all the sense in the world for them to get someone in on loan.
Jurgen Klopp has been trepidatious when it comes to entering into…
Ever since Manchester City gave up on signing Harry Kane, it had looked like a decision where only the reigning Premier League champions came out better off.
They have become relatively comfortable at the top of the league, easing through the Champions League with the minimum of fuss and scoring plenty of goals along the way.
Meanwhile, Kane and Tottenham have had an under-par campaign, with the England striker managing just five Premier League goals in 21 games, until Saturday.
City were made to face every single doubt they would have had about missing out on Kane as Spurs put a dent in their title aspirations with a 3-2 win at the Etihad Stadium.
Despite largely dominating the game, City looked like a team without a natural goalscorer, and without a …
With officially unveiled as the new Chelsea boss on Tuesday, the former Tottenham boss knows that he has a real job on his hands after returning to the capital.
Arriving at Stamford Bridge on a two-year deal, the 51-year-old already finds himself at the heart of what is a major squad overhaul in SW6 this summer.
Watching complete his controversial £55million move to Manchester United earlier in the week, Chelsea have also seen the likes of N’Golo Kante, , Mateo Kovacic and Eduard Mendy head out of the Stamford Bridge exit.
However, really breaking the bank over the previous two transfer windows and watching their financial approach come under a huge amount of scrutiny, Pochettino is expecting a rollercoaster summer behind the scenes in west London.
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Borussia Dortmund bade farewell to several players on an emotional day at Signal Iduna Park, with Erling Haaland signing off in style.
Haaland is moving to Manchester City ahead of the 2022-23 season, with that move confirmed this week.
The 21-year-old – who joined Dortmund from Salzburg in 2019-20 – was presented with a wreath prior to kick-off on Saturday, as Dortmund faced Hertha Berlin in their final Bundesliga game of the season.
He was not the only player given an ovation before the match, with Axel Witsel and Dan-Axel Zagadou, who are leaving the club following the expiration of their contracts, and departing loanees Marin Pongracic and Reinier Jesus also paraded on the pitch, along with Marcel Schmelzer, who has retired.
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Arsenal boss Unai Emery cast doubt on the Gunners mounting a challenge for the Premier League title, despite seeing his side thrash Fulham 5-1 at Craven Cottage.
Doubles from Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – either side of Aaron Ramsey s stunning goal – saw Arsenal cruise to a ninth successive win in all competitions on Sunday.
The victory moved Arsenal into the top four, but Emery insisted that his team must continue to prove their winning mentality in the coming fixtures.
When we lost the first two matches against Manchester City and Chelsea, we were calm, Emery told a news conference when asked to comment on Arsenal s title chances.
When we are winning now I think we need to be in the same way in our mentality. We are going…
Frank Lampard has credited Jose Mourinho as the manager who made him believe in himself, adding the former Chelsea boss can inspire Tottenham s players to become winners.
Mourinho was appointed as Spurs manager on Wednesday, 11 hours after the club announced the departure of Mauricio Pochettino following a dismal start to the Premier League season.
Lampard played under Mourinho across two separate spells at Chelsea, winning the Premier League in back-to-back campaigns between 2004 and 2006.
Asked what Mourinho will bring to Tottenham s dressing room, Chelsea head coach Lampard cited the Portuguese s ability to instill self-belief in his squads, which he feels will be key to transforming Spurs fortunes.
What Jose did when he came to the club was give me…