Mikel Arteta has told his Arsenal players that "tomorrow is the day" to achieve their target of a return to the Champions League by winning at the home of rivals Tottenham. The Gunners head to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium four points clear of their neighbours with three games to play, knowing victory would secure a top-four Premier League finish. Arsenal have yet to win at Spurs' new home, ...Full Story »

Thomas Tuchel expects Mateo Kovacic to miss Saturday’s FA Cup final after Dan James’ reckless challenge in Chelsea’s 3-0 win at Leeds.Kovacic was forced off in the 30th minute with an ankle injury, shortly after James had been shown a straight red card for his high tackle on the Croatia midfielder.Chelsea cruised to victory and edged Leeds deeper into the relegation mire throug...Full Story »

Europa League finalists Rangers signed off at Ibrox for the season with a routine 4-1 win over Ross County.On a night when Old Firm rivals Celtic officially wrestled the cinch Premiership title back with a 1-1 draw against Dundee United at Tannadice, the Light Blues kept things ticking along towards Seville.Attacker Scott Wright opened the scoring in the 13th minute before skipper James Tavernie...Full Story »

Chelsea got their Champions League bid back on track and left 10-man Leeds deeper in the relegation mire with a comfortable 3-0 win at Elland Road.Mason Mount’s early strike and second-half goals from Christian Pulisic and Romelu Lukaku halted Chelsea’s three-game winless run and lifted them four points clear of London rivals Arsenal in third place.It was a timely win for Thomas Tuch...Full Story »

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst will use Rangers’ final two cinch Premiership matches of the season to prepare his side for two chances of cup glory.A much-changed side beat Dundee United 2-0 at Ibrox with ease but the title is on its way to Celtic.The Dutchman made seven changes following the Europa League semi-final win over RB Leipzig on Thursday night and the hosts got the breakthrough in the...Full Story »

Substitute Jon Afolabi’s extra-time strike sent Airdrie into the cinch Championship play-off final as the hosts pulled off a dramatic second-leg comeback to defeat Montrose 6-5 on aggregate.Cammy Ballantyne headed home in the 12th minute to give the visitors a 2-0 aggregate lead and, when he struck again in the 26th minute, Montrose looked to be cruising into the promotion showdown with Qu...Full Story »

A thrilling 2-2 draw at Mansfield sparked joy all round as visitors Forest Green were crowned Sky Bet League Two champions while the home side clinched their spot in the play-offs.Port Vale’s win at title rivals Exeter helped Rovers claim the title with a single point thanks to a dramatic 80th-minute goal from substitute Josh March as the visitors twice came from behind.The home side broke...Full Story »

A first-half penalty from Wilfried Zaha confirmed Watford’s relegation from the Premier League as they lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.The Hornets already needed a miracle to survive but it was old nemesis Zaha who had the decisive say to ensure his former manager Roy Hodgson endured an unhappy return to south London.Hodgson, who received a CBE at Buckingham Palace in midweek, ...Full Story »

Manager Steve Cooper insists Nottingham Forest are “in great shape” after the 1-1 draw at Hull teed up a Sky Bet Championship play-off clash with Sheffield United.Huddersfield’s victory at home to Bristol City means fourth-placed Forest must now return to Yorkshire next Saturday.Cooper said: “We go into the play-offs feeling really good about ourselves.“We are looki...Full Story »

Sheffield United secured a play-off spot after sweeping aside champions Fulham 4-0.Knowing a win would guarantee the extension of their season, the Blades were 3-0 up after 25 minutes following goals from Morgan Gibbs-White, Iliman Ndiaye and Sander Berge.Enda Stevens rounded off the scoring early in the second half, with Nottingham Forest next up in the play-offs for Paul Heckingbottom’s ...Full Story »

Real Madrid produced an astonishing late fightback to snatch a place in the Champions League final at the expense of Manchester City on Wednesday.Substitute Rodrygo scored twice in the closing minutes of a tense semi-final second leg at the Bernabeu Stadium before Karim Benzema settled a tie that will live long in the memory with an extra-time penalty to make it 6-5 on aggregate.Riyad Mahrez had...Full Story »

Dunfermline have work to do to retain their place in the cinch Championship after playing out a stalemate in the first leg of their play-off semi-final at Queen’s Park.The Pars, who finished ninth in the second tier, drew 0-0 with the club which ended the League One campaign in fourth at the Energy Check Stadium on Wednesday evening, and the sides will go into Saturday’s return with ...Full Story »

FOOTIE fans going to Qatar for the World Cup face paying for the world’s most expensive beer — at £9.98 per pint. The cost is more than double the average UK beer price of £4.07. Footie fans going to the World Cup in Qatar will pay as much as £9.98 per pint United Arab Emirates is second at £9.94 a pint and Oman third at £7.97. All three are Muslim countr...Full Story »

Son Heung-min’s stunning goal helped Tottenham get their Champions League hopes back on track with a 3-1 win over Leicester.The South Korean curled a 20-yard effort into the top corner to seal a brace that sees him register his highest tally in a Premier League season, moving to 19 goals – just three behind Mohamed Salah in the race for the Golden Boot.Harry Kane got the ball rolling...Full Story »

Norwich boss Dean Smith immediately set his sights on winning the Championship next season after the Canaries’ Premier League relegation was confirmed in defeat to his old club Aston Villa.Goals from Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings – the latter cruelly set up by Norwich’s former player of the year Emi Buendia – gave the hosts a 2-0 win on Smith’s return to Villa Park, ...Full Story »

Scottish League One champions Cove Rangers rounded off their successful campaign by coming from two goals down to beat East Fife 3-2.The hosts, who were already relegated heading into the final day of the season, raced into a two-goal lead courtesy of Daniel Denholm and Kyle Connell.Cove Rangers pulled a goal back just before half-time when Leighton McIntosh was brought down inside the area and ...Full Story »

Champions Kelty Hearts signed off a memorable season with a 24th cinch League Two victory after coming from behind to win 2-1 at Annan.An own goal from Jambos midfielder Thomas Reilly had given the home side the lead in the 22nd minute.However, Kevin Thomson’s men had turned the game around by half-time through Kallum Higginbotham and Alfredo Agyeman.Edinburgh City, who face League One str...Full Story »

Huddersfield guaranteed a top-four finish following an entertaining narrow 2-1 Championship win at Coventry.Harry Toffolo scored his fourth goal in six games on the stroke of half-time to put the Terriers ahead.Tino Anjorin then made the game safe with a composed penalty 11 minutes from time.Viktor Gyokeres pulled back a consolation goal in stoppage time but it was too little too late.It means H...Full Story »

Bristol City’s three-pronged attack tore Hull apart in a thumping 5-0 Championship victory at Ashton Gate.By the 35th minute, Andreas Weimann, Antoine Semenyo and Chris Martin had all found the back of the net, with Weimann and Martin adding further goals in the second half.Weimann took advantage of goalkeeper Nathan Baxter’s ill-judged rush towards the edge of his penalty area to sh...Full Story »

Norwich suffered relegation back to the Championship as Dean Smith’s return to Aston Villa ended in a 2-0 Premier League defeat.A 10th loss in 12 meant the yo-yo specialists made it four straight seasons which have ended in either promotion or relegation, a painful way for Smith to mark his return to the ground where he began the season in charge.Defeat was down to goals from Ollie Watkins...Full Story »