Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo said the club s objective is to reach the Champions League final after winning the UEFA Super Cup.

A Diego Costa brace and Saul Niguez s late stunner helped Atletico to a 4-2 extra-time win over rivals and Champions League holders Real Madrid in Tallinn on Wednesday.

It was Atletico s third Super Cup title and head coach Diego Simeone s seventh trophy since being appointed in 2011 as they gear up for another LaLiga push this term.

With another piece of silverware secured, Cerezo and Atletico are eyeing a spot in the Champions League decider at their home – Wanda Metropolitano – on June 1 following last season s group-stage exit.

The objective is to improve on last season, which is already difficult, Cerezo tol…

Milan s lead in the Scudetto race was reined in by Inter, who now lead the way in Serie A, but Ibrahimovic s impact has been seismic in Italy.

United loanee Diogo Dalot, who has played 19 games for Milan this season, may also be heading back to Manchester for the March 11 first leg as he is eligible for the tie.

Zlatan, of course, I ve been so impressed, I ve got to say, by how his career has gone, United manager Solskjaer told the club s official website.

He had a career-threatening injury when he was here but came back from that and went to MLS, then came back to Milan and has really lifted them. They re on the up and have done really well this season.

I ve been so impressed by him, and Diogo we know. He went there to get some experience at a big clu…

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis admitted there will be a time when he will have to sell star defender Kalidou Koulibaly.

Koulibaly has established himself as one of the best and most in-demand defenders in the world since joining Napoli from Genk in 2014.

The 28-year-old Senegal international was heavily linked to Manchester United before the Premier League giants signed Harry Maguire in a world-record transfer prior to the transfer window closing.

Koulibaly continues to be linked to United and when asked about Napoli s centre-back, De Laurentiis told Sky Sport Italia: I loved Koulibaly the man so I refused €105million, but a time will come when I ll have to sell him. Whoever says we didn t improve our defence is wrong.

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Looking to collect a heavyweight scalp and extend on their Champions League qualifying adventure on Tuesday evening, Lille will travel to Istanbul when they meet Fenerbahce.

Fenerbahce

Starting with the hosts, suffering last-gasp frustration when they travelled over to France last week as they were hit with a 2-1 defeat on foreign soil, Fenerbahce will have a huge amount of pressure on their shoulders here. Appointing Jose Mourinho over the summer, the former Manchester United boss saw his squad claim a much-welcomed boost over the weekend. Getting the new Super Lig campaign underway with a 1-0 victory at home against Adana Demirspor, the Turkish giants will be excited by their continued success at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium. Extendi…

Leicester City vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha has remembered his late father as a mentor and role model and resolved to carry on his legacy.

Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Leicester s owner since 2010, died when his helicopter crashed outside King Power Stadium on Saturday.

Four other people  Nursara Suknamai, Kaveporn Punpare, Izabela Roza Lechowicz and pilot Eric Swaffer were also killed.

Aiyawatt worked closely alongside his father and together the pair helped deliver the club a fairytale Premier League title in 2015-16.

I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for this overwhelming support, Aiyawatt wrote on Instagram.

What happened made me realise how important my dad was to many people all over t…

Michel is optimistic about Girona s chances of extending last season s remarkable LaLiga run into their 2024-25 campaign, which begins at Real Betis on Thursday.

After a third-place finish in the standings, their best ever, Girona secured a place in the Champions League for their first taste of European competition.

Though Girona may have lost the element of surprise, Michel is confident the club will continue their upward trajectory.

I don t have a crystal ball to know where we will sit in the end [of the season], but I m convinced that, with collective thinking in defence and attack, we will have a great season, Michel told a press conference on Wednesday.

The objective is the club s growth and to always honour their colours. All the players who are h…

Marcus Rashford believes enjoying a full pre-season will allow him to rediscover his form under new Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag, saying he is ready and focused ahead of the new Premier League season.

Rashford endured a poor campaign in 2021-22, scoring just four goals in 25 league appearances as United finished sixth and posted their worst-ever Premier League points tally (58).

Having only played 1,232 minutes of Premier League football, Rashford was left out of Gareth Southgate s England squad for June s Nations League fixtures.

The Three Lions boss also claimed Rashford, as well as club team-mate Jadon Sancho, had a lot to do to make England s squad for the World Cup later this year after struggling on the domestic stage.

But after featuring in…

Saturday s Champions League final certainly lived up to its billing as the greatest game in club football, and there was one moment that will live long in the memory of those present in Cardiff.

Mario Mandzukic ended up on the losing side as Juventus succumbed to a 4-1 defeat to Real Madrid but he will take some solace from the fact that he might well have scored the greatest goal in the history of the modern tournament s final matches.

The Croatia international s stupendous volley had the Principality Stadium on its feet and must even have drawn a wry smile from the watching Zinedine Zidane, who has previously been credited with the best strike in this showpiece.

So does Mandzukic s effort rank as the best among this esteemed company? We ll let you decide. To ma…

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers hailed the hunger of his side after they brushed aside Hibernian on Sunday.

Rodgers side are into the quarter-finals of the Scottish League Cup after a 3-1 victory at Celtic Park.

Daizen Maeda scored twice in the opening 15 minutes during a one-sided start before Nicolas Kuhn s second-half finish made sure of victory after Mykola Kuharevich s header had the visitors back in the contest.

Celtic will face Falkirk in the next round, where Rodgers will hope his Scottish Premiership champions can replicate Sunday s fine performance.

I thought we were excellent from the start of the game. We showed our hunger, Rodgers said after the comfortable triumph.

We said before the game that our playmaker today would be our counte…

Newcastle United are interested in signing Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2023, according to . The German publication has claimed that Newcastle have joined Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester City in the race for the England international midfielder.

Bellingham has been on the books of Bundesliga club Dortmund since 2020 and has been superb for them. The teenager has established himself as a key player in the team and has done well, both in the Bundesliga and in the UEFA Champions League. The teenager has scored four goals and given three assists in 17 Bundesliga matches and has scored four goals and given one assist in five UEFA Champions League games so far this season.

Newcastle are third in the Premier League table at the moment with 39 p…