Ambitious Sampdoria were held to an unlikely goalless draw by Cesena on Saturday but used the point to take a share of fourth place in the Serie A table. The Genoa club dominated their relegation-threatened opponents from start to finish but found goalkeeper Federico Agliardi an immovable object when their radar was not malfunctioning. Samp are now level on Napoli with 50 points while 18th-pla...Full Story »

Club Brugge defender Brandon Mechele has demanded that his side focus against Dnipro following a defeat at the weekend. Brugge, the only unbeaten team left in the competition, face the Ukrainians in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final clash at the Jan Breydel Stadium on Thursday off the back of a first defeat in nine, a 2-0 loss at Kortrijk. The Blauw-Zwart conceded after just f...Full Story »

Club Brugge progressed to the quarter-finals of the Europa League with a 5-2 aggregate win over Besiktas. The match was perhaps not as one-sided as the scoreline suggests, with two late goals from Boli Bolingoli Mbombo required to make sure of their progress. Tom de Sutter had earlier taken advantage of some lax goalkeeping to add to his goal from the 2-1 win in the first leg, meaning Ramon's ...Full Story »

Valencia coach Nuno believes his squad is strong enough to finish in the top four in La Liga despite the departure of four players during the winter transfer window. Speaking ahead of Monday's game at Malaga, Nuno said in a press conference: "We have reinforced the squad in the positions we considered necessary and brought in two players from the youth team. "There have been several departures...Full Story »

Luton ended Newport's nine game unbeaten run with a 3-0 victory at Kenilworth Road as the Hatters climbed back into the top three. The hosts started superbly with Jonathan Smith's shot saved by Jamie Stephens and from the corner, Andy Drury's delivery was glanced into the net by Luke Wilkinson after just three minutes. Newport threatened a leveller as Yan Klukowski had his goalbound shot block...Full Story »

Manchester United sent scouts to watch Benfica duo Enzo Perez and Nicolas Gaitan on Thursday night, according to reports in Portugal. Benfica were taking on Braga at the Estadio da Luz and, despite Perez and Gaitan's best efforts, went down 2-1 in the cup match. According to Portuguese newspaper Record, in the stands watching over the defeat were scouts from the Red Devils. Louis van Gaal r...Full Story »