Aston Villa topple champions Man City who suffer ninth defeat in 12 matches

The Champions League has handed more heavyweight clashes when the draw for the round of 16 was made in Nyon, Switzerland. Defending champion Real Madrid’s reward for removing 2023 title winner Manchester City on Wednesday is two city derbies against Atletico Madrid – the team it beat in the finals in 2014 and 2016. Recommended…

A Dutch court has convicted five men for their part in last month’s violence involving Israeli football fans in Amsterdam. The Amsterdam district court on Tuesday found them guilty of a range of crimes from kicking fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the street to inciting violence in chat groups. The heaviest sentence imposed was…

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has joined Aston Villa on loan, both Premier League clubs announced, bringing to an end a difficult few weeks for the England striker after he was frozen out at Old Trafford. Rashford, who has been capped 60 times by England, will join Villa until the end of the 2024-25 season….

Leaders Liverpool come from behind to earn a point at Forest – updates

NewsFeed Spain footballer Hermoso tells court Rubiales kiss ruined ‘happiest day’ Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso appeared as a witness on the first day of former federation boss Luis Rubiales’s sexual assault and coercion trial to tell the court that his non-consensual kiss during World Cup celebrations tainted one of the ‘happiest days’ of her life….

Real Madrid are the first football club to top a billion euros in revenue during a single season, fuelled by income generated by the revamped Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, according to accountancy firm Deloitte. The order of the clubs at the top of Deloitte’s annual Football Money League stayed the same, with Madrid at 1.05 billion…