European football roundup: Man City, Chelsea, Juventus secure UCL spots; Salah wins 4th EPL golden boot; PSG win French Cup ahead of Champions League final, and more

PSG’s Marquinhos rises the trophy after winning the French Cup final between Paris Saint-Germain and Reims at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Saturday, May 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Manchester City, Chelsea and Newcastle secured the remaining Champions League places on a dramatic final day of the Premier League season. … Read more

Real Madrid ‘legend’ Alonso returns as new coach

Real Madrid appointed Xabi Alonso to replace Carlo Ancelotti as coach. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Real Madrid appointed Xabi Alonso to replace Carlo Ancelotti as coach on Sunday (May 25, 2025), with the Spaniard to take over from June 1 and lead the team at the Club World Cup. “Xabi Alonso will be the … Read more

Liverpool lift Premier League trophy after Palace draw

Liverpool players celebrate with the winner’s trophy after the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, on May 25, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Virgil van Dijk lifted the Premier League trophy after Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace on Sunday (May 25, 2025) as … Read more

Durand Cup – The Hindu

The 134th Durand Cup, Asia’s oldest football tournament, will be staged in five states from July 22 to August 23. Imphal will again host Durand Cup matches after two years as the state is getting back to normalcy. Kokrajhar, Ranchi or Jamshedpur, Shillong and Kolkata will be the other centres. Altogether six venues, two in … Read more

Arsenal stuns Barcelona to win the Women’s Champions League

Arsenal players celebrates after winning the women’s Champions League final soccer match between Arsenal and FC Barcelona at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, Saturday, May 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Red-and-white streamers exploded into the air as Arsenal lifted its second Women’s Champions League trophy after stunning defending champion Barcelona 1-0 in the … Read more

Europa League Final | Tottenham beats Man United to win title; ends long trophy drought

Tottenham’s Brennan Johnson, centre, celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during the Europa League final match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao, Spain, on May 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Tottenham beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the Europa League final and lift its first European … Read more

Argentina football team not to play in Kerala

Lionel Messi and Argentinian football team will not be visiting Kerala for international friendly matches in October this year as the Kerala State Government and its sponsors have been unable to raise the required funds. The State Government was supposed to sign agreement with the Argentinian football association three months ago by paying an advance … Read more

Barcelona claim 28th LaLiga title after 2-0 win at Espanyol

FC Barcelona’s Fermin Lopez celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Barcelona secured their 28th LaLiga title on Thursday (May 15, 2025) when they beat city rivals Espanyol 2-0, securing an unassailable seven-point lead over second-placed Real Madrid with two games left to play. Following a 4-3 loss at Barcelona on … Read more

No significant jeers or cheers for Ancelotti at Real Madrid’s game in Spanish league

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. | Photo Credit: Reuters Carlo Ancelotti received a mostly indifferent reaction from the fans at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Wednesday after taking over the Brazil job. Ancelotti was announced as Brazil’s new coach on Monday, and some Madrid fans criticised the coach for negotiating with the five-time champions with … Read more

Barcelona rallies to beat Real Madrid 4-3 despite Mbappé hat trick to move closer to La Liga title

Barcelona’s Raphinha shoots by Real Madrid’s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois during the La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, May 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Barcelona took a huge step Sunday to securing the Spanish league title with a 4-3 win over Real Madrid — despite Kylian Mbappé’s hat … Read more

German goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller on Messi, Ronaldo, and Indian football

Roman Weidenfeller | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Roman Weidenfeller, one of German football’s most celebrated goalkeepers and a 2014 World Cup winner, was in India in April to inspire the next generation. The long-time Borussia Dortmund star, who lifted multiple Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal trophies, is here as part of the Bundesliga Dream project, a talent-scouting … Read more

Harry Kane breaks ‘curse’ to win first career title as Bayern Munich becomes Bundesliga champion

File picture of Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane and Thomas Muller | Photo Credit: Reuters The “curse” has been lifted. Harry Kane can finally celebrate his first career title after Bayern Munich became Bundesliga champion with a little help from Freiburg on Sunday (May 4, 2025). Freiburg drew with second-placed Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 to leave Bayern … Read more

2025 AIFF awards | I will forever remember this and hope to win more in the future: East Bengal’s Soumya

Prolific: Soumya was the third-highest goal scorer in the recently concluded edition of the IWL. | Photo Credit: INSTAGRAM@soumya_guguloth East Bengal FC striker Soumya Guguloth believes that winning the 2025 AIFF Women’s Player of the Year award is a reward for all her efforts to rise through the ranks so far. “After so many years … Read more