Blackpool will check on the fitness of defender Dan Ballard ahead of Sunday’s Sky Bet League One play-off final against Lincoln at Wembley.Ballard, on loan from Arsenal, was taken off at half-time during the semi-final second leg against Oxford because of a groin problem and continues to be assessed.Should Northern Ireland international Ballard, who sat out training earlier in the week, no...Full Story »

Real Madrid have officially completed the signing of David Alaba on a free transfer from Bayern Munich. The 28-year-old has penned a four-year deal at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu and will officially join his new club when his contract at Bayern expires on June 30. MARCA first broke news of an agreement between the Austrian international and Los Blancos on January 18. Now, after passing a ...Full Story »

Brentford will make a late call on Christian Norgaard ahead of the play-off final against Swansea.Denmark midfielder Norgaard pulled up injured prior to the semi-final second leg win over Bournemouth.Left-back Rico Henry has been ruled out of the Wembley showpiece with a hamstring injury.Josh Dasilva and Shandon Baptiste remain long-term absentees.Swansea will be without Wayne Routledge after th...Full Story »

Barcelona have tabled a new contract offer to Lionel Messi. TV3 says Barcelona have offered Messi a new contract, with his current deal at the Camp Nou set to expire on June 30. The Catalan club have therefore decided to not wait for the results of the audit that Joan Laporta commissioned when he took office and have presented an offer to Messi. But Messi will not respond until he is aware ...Full Story »

Zinedine Zidane has left Real Madrid after the club missed out on the La Liga title... Zinedine Zidane has tonight left Real Madrid with immediate effect, according to reports. The Frenchman's future at the club has been in doubt for several weeks and now Zidane has taken matters into his own hands, walking away from his second stint in charge of Los Blancos. Real Madrid failed to win silverwa...Full Story »

It feels like Olivier Giroud has been linked with a January exit from Chelsea for years, but every November the manager starts to realise how reliable he is and he’ll start to work his way back into the team. His main goal was getting into the France squad for the upcoming Euros so there was no need to rock the boat this season, but it does look like this summer would be the natural tim...Full Story »

Eastleigh saw their Vanarama National League play-off hopes dented after being held to a 1-1 draw at Altrincham.The Spitfires, chasing a fourth straight win to keep pressure on their top-seven rivals, saw Tyrone Barnett’s early effort drop over the crossbar while Altrincham man Tom Hannigan then had a shot drift just wide.Eastleigh broke the deadlock six minutes into the second half as for...Full Story »

MARCUS Rashford shows off his rippling abs as he stars on the cover of Men’s Health magazine. The Manchester United hero, 23, lays bare his mission to combat child hunger and his views on racial attitudes. Marcus Rashford shows off his impressive physique for Men's Health magazine He also reveals how he thinks England will fare in the Euros after the tournament had to be delayed a year ...Full Story »

Manchester City FC striker Sergio Aguero will be departing the English club to join FC Barcelona when his contract expires next month. The La Liga club will likely be his last in Europe if he arrives there. However, two Major League Soccer clubs want to pounce once the 32-year-old and convince him to cross the pond. Furthermore, if Messi departs Barcelona, is Aguero going to commit to signin...Full Story »

Lee Ashcroft returned to Rugby Park to haunt Kilmarnock as his crucial strike sank their 28-year top-flight run and restored Dundee to the Scottish Premiership.The former Killie defender found himself cut loose by ex-boss Lee Clark despite helping the Ayrshire side beat the drop back in 2016.But it was his goal which sealed the fate of Tommy Wright’s team as the Ayrshiremen found themselve...Full Story »

Rangers youngster Chris McKee was sent off for "foul and abusive language of a homophobic nature" during a vital play-off match for loan side Brechin City. The 19-year-old was shown straight red card by referee Craig Napier 41 minutes into the League Two play-off final between Brechin and Kelty Hearts at Glebe Park.McKee joined the third tier Scottish side back in March on loan from Rangers, as...Full Story »

Newport reached the League Two play-off final in dramatic style despite losing a thrilling semi-final second leg to Forest Green.There was just a minute left of extra time when substitute Nicky Maynard cheekily clipped the ball past Forest Green keeper Luke McGee and rolled it into the empty net, leaving County 5-4 aggregate winners despite losing 4-3 on the night.They will face Morecambe at Wem...Full Story »

Sheffield United finished a miserable season with a 1-0 win against Burnley in front of their own supporters at Bramall Lane.David McGoldrick, this week voted the club’s player of the year, scored his eighth Premier League goal of the campaign midway through the first half as the Blades won for just the seventh time in the league this season.Three of those victories came in the nine matche...Full Story »

Morecambe boss Derek Adams was “so proud” of his side after they reached their first ever Football League play-off final with a 3-2 aggregate victory over Tranmere.Adams has taken the Shrimps from regular Sky Bet League Two strugglers to promotion contenders in 18 months and they held their nerve to stave off a strong second-half response from Rovers and book a trip to Wembley.The Sh...Full Story »

Morecambe are one victory away from reaching the third tier for the first time after making it through to the Sky Bet League Two play-off final with a 3-2 aggregate victory over Tranmere.The Shrimps, who missed out on automatic promotion by one point on the final day of the season, took a vital lead through Aaron Wildig in only the ninth minute of the game and held on to that advantage until Jam...Full Story »

SCORES of riot police descended on Koln supporters causing carnage in their Bundesliga contest. The German side took on Schalke in their relegation D-Day decider on Saturday afternoon. Koln supporters turned out in their hundreds ahead of their relegation decider Tensions were running high amongst supporters outside with Koln appearing to be heading for the second division. That was until Se...Full Story »

Swansea survived a late Barnsley surge to book a Sky Bet Championship final date with Brentford at Wembley.The Swans held on for a winner-takes-all shot at Premier League football on May 29 by drawing 1-1 at the Liberty Stadium for a 2-1 aggregate victory.Matt Grimes had doubled their first-leg lead with a superb strike before half-time, but Barnsley were given hope of turning the tie around whe...Full Story »

Lincoln boss Michael Appleton delivered a half-time rocket to his players to inspire their Sky Bet League One play-off semi-final fightback at Sunderland.The Imps saw their 2-0 first-leg lead evaporate at the Stadium of Light on Saturday before scraping their way back into the game to secure a 3-2 aggregate victory which booked them a trip to Wembley to face Blackpool next Sunday.Appleton told S...Full Story »

Callum Davidson saluted St Johnstone’s saviour Geoff Brown after the 1-0 Scottish Cup final win over Hibernian secured an extraordinary cup double.Wing-back Shaun Rooney, who scored the only goal in the Betfred Cup final win over Livingston at Hampden Park in February, was the hero again with a header in the 31st minute at the national stadium, with Hibs keeper Matt Macey’s penalty s...Full Story »

Joe Kizzi claimed a dramatic late winner as Bromley kept themselves in contention for the Vanarama National League play-offs with a thrilling 3-2 success at Aldershot.Defender Kizzi nodded home a cross from substitute Harry Forster in the fifth minute of added time to keep the Ravens behind seventh-placed Chesterfield on goal difference only.Harry Panayiotou looked like costing the visitors a pr...Full Story »