Manchester United were held to a third 0-0 draw in a row in all competitions as they failed to find a way past Crystal Palace on Wednesday. 

There was a paucity of quality in misty conditions at Selhurst Park as Ole Gunnar Solskaer s men handed Manchester City another boost in the Premier League title race. 

City s 4-1 win over Wolves on Tuesday stretched the gap at the top to 15 points, but United could not respond in kind against a Palace side who beat them 3-1 at Old Trafford in the reverse fixture. 

The Red Devils failed even to have a shot between the 27th and 81st minute and have now gone three games without scoring a goal, having recently been the leading scorers in England s top flight this term.

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In what is a heavyweight derby showdown this weekend, Atletico Madrid will welcome bitter rivals Los Blancos to the Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday afternoon.

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Starting with the hosts, after making a much-welcomed return to winning ways last time out, there is no doubt that Atletico Madrid will be desperate to build off of that result. After suffering what was a shock 1-0 loss at home against Chelsea when making a return to Champions League duties on February 23rd, Diego Simeone s side brought an end to their three-match winless run last weekend. Managing to eventually pick up a 2-0 victory against a Villarreal side in the midst of a domestic sluggish patch, Atletico still find themselves sat in pole position to lift thei…

Vincent Kompany will leave Manchester City this summer, the Premier League champions have .

The centre-back joined City in 2008, the same year when the club changed ownership, signaling the beginning of their impressive uprise. He made a total of 360 appearances, the last one on Saturday as his team comprehensively beat Watford in the FA Cup final and completed the historic domestic treble. He found the opposition net 20 times, but perhaps none more important than the spectacular strike against Leicester City this season to keep his team on course for the league title ahead of challengers Liverpool.

City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak described the departing captain as the most important ingredient in the club s renaissance, as well as its lifeblood, soul and beating hear…

Harry Kane and Son Heung-min took to social media to pay tribute to Jose Mourinho, who insists he does not need a break from football after his sacking from Tottenham.

Mourinho was appointed as Mauricio Pochettino s successor in November 2019 but was dismissed on Monday with Spurs having slumped to seventh in the Premier League and seen their chances of qualifying for Champions League diminished further by their Europa League exit.

The timing of his sacking may seem a little strange just six days out from the EFL Cup final but Daniel Levy has opted to yield the axe with Mourinho failing to oversee a full campaign in charge.

Influential striker Kane and star forward Son flourished under Mourinho, striking up a fearsome partnership. Between them they contributed 74…

Elaine Thompson-Herah completed a stunning sprint hat-trick at the Tokyo Olympics as Italy enjoyed further success on the track on Friday.

Having won both the 100m and 200m individual finals, Thompson-Herah was part of the impressive Jamaica team, alongside Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson and Briana Williams, that won the women’s 4x100m relay, finishing ahead of the United States.

No female athlete had been victorious in all three sprint events at a Games since American Florence Griffith Joyner back in 1988.

Thompson-Herah now has five Olympic golds in total, one behind Allyson Felix, who added to her collection with a bronze medal in a 400m race won convincingly by Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas.

After success in the 100m, Marcell Jac…

The former Barcelona and Juventus right back claims he had offers from both of his former clubs to return to their ranks in the upcoming season, reports . In spite of the offers, however, the 36-year-old decided to sign with the Brazilian Sao Paolo for a period of three years.

Alves, who became a free agent after completing his contract with Paris Saint-Germain this past June, was a key player of what is thought to be Barca’s best team ever, from 2008 until 2016. Although his contract with the Catalan club lasted until 2017, he was allowed to leave prematurely on a free transfer, after which he joined Juventus in June 2016 on a two-year contract. However, this contract was terminated by mutual consent and Alves joined PSG in July 2017.

The Brazilian says the reason he…

England midfielder Declan Rice is relishing  the opportunity to face Germany duo Toni Kroos and Thomas Muller in a mouth-watering Euro 2020 last-16 clash on Tuesday. 

Gareth Southgate s side came top of their group, taking seven points from games against Croatia, Scotland and the Czech Republic without conceding a goal, ensuring they will begin the knockout rounds at Wembley Stadium.

There, they will face Germany for the third time at a European Championship and the first in a knockout match since the Three Lions lost on penalties in the semi-finals of Euro 96.

West Ham midfielder Rice has started all three of England’s games so far and is likely to be in from the start against two players who he has expressed admiration for in the past. 

After Baye…

Chelsea have broken their transfer record once again by signing Germany international Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen.

Havertz arrives at Stamford Bridge on an five-year contract for a reported fee of £72million.

The Blues have now shelled out over £200m on reinforcements for the 2020-21 season, while Thiago Silva and Malang Sarr have joined on free transfers.

Havertz leads the list of Chelsea s most expensive transfers, and we have run the rule over the previous top five to determine whether they were successes or failures.

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Chelsea made Kepa the most expensive goalkeeper in the world when they signed him from Athletic Bilbao in August 2018, but his future is up in the air after just two year…

Doubles from Divock Origi and substitute Georginio Wijnaldum fired Liverpool into their second consecutive Champions League final as Barcelona collapsed to an improbable 4-0 humiliation at Anfield.

Facing a daunting 3-0 deficit after last week s first leg, Origi made light of Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino s absence from the Liverpool forward line by poaching a seventh-minute opener on Tuesday.

Jurgen Klopp s side kept the contest at a pace frenetic enough that Barcelona were rarely allowed to settle and Wijnaldum s quickfire brace before the hour had the locals in raptures.

It was a night for unlikely heroes and Trent Alexander-Arnold s quickly taken corner allowed Origi to smash high into the net 11 minutes from time – inflicting a humbling upon LaLiga cha…

Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku is glad to see Cristiano Ronaldo back in the Premier League but will never compare his record to that of the Manchester United forward.

In the same week he completed a shock return to United, Ronaldo made history on Wednesday by becoming the all-time leading goalscorer in men s international football.

Ronaldo scored a couple of late headers to earn his side a 2-1 World Cup qualifying win over the Republic of Ireland and surpass Ali Daei s previous high of 109 goals.

The five-time Ballon d Or winner s 111 international goals have come from 180 appearances, an average of 0.62 goals per game.

That compares to 0.66 goals per game for Lukaku at international level, the 28-year-old having scored 66 times in 99 outings for Belgium i…