Newcastle United face an uphill task to convince Dean Huijsen to move to St James' Park.Huijsen is the hottest property in the Premier League after a breakout season for Bournemouth.He is expected to leave the Vitality Stadium in the summer transfer window.Newcastle are in the market for a centre-back, despite handing Jamaal Lascelles and Fabian Schar new contracts.The i Paper understands they hav

Chicago Fire FC is in talks with Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne on a designated player contract, a source confirmed to ESPN, and look to have the inside track to sign the Belgium playmaker if he moves to MLS.De Bruyne announced last month that he would leave Man City at the end of the season when his contract with the English club expired. The 33-year-old has been with the four-time defendin

Bayern in talks to sign ex-Man City defenderBayern Munich's alleged efforts to sign Borussia Monchengladbach defender Ko Itakura appear to be taking shape.Barca to reunite with GrimaldoAccording to Sky Sport Germany, Barcelona are keen on bringing Bayer Leverkusen's Alejandro Grimaldo back to the club in a bid to reinforce their defence.Muller to LAFC 'getting closer'Thomas Muller is set to close

Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor set her sights on completing the domestic treble and an unbeaten season after clinching the Women’s Super League title.Lucy Bronze headed a second-half winner as the Blues beat Manchester United 1-0 at Leigh Sports Village to secure a sixth successive league crown with two games to spare.It was their second trophy of the season after winning the League Cup and

Boss Chris Davies described League One champions Birmingham’s new EFL points total record as “truly special” after a 2-0 win over Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.Ethan Laird’s first-half goal and Alfie May’s second – six minutes after half-time – earned Birmingham victory, taking them onto 108 points, bettering Reading’s previous best of 106 in their 20

Mansfield boss Nigel Clough felt his side benefitted from playing with more freedom in a hugely entertaining 4-2 home win over Peterborough.Stags’ survival was secured last weekend and they turned on the style in front of their supporters to end a six-match winless run in League One.Posh were unable to recover from conceding two goals in the first seven minutes and three in the first half.&l

Lucy Bronze headed a second-half winner as Chelsea clinched their sixth successive Women’s Super League title with a 1-0 victory at Manchester United.The England right-back finally broke the deadlock in a pulsating contest at Leigh Sports Village when she glanced a corner past the impressive Phallon Tullis-Joyce 16 minutes from time.Arsenal’s defeat by Aston Villa earlier on Wednesday

Lamine Yamal and Denzel Dumfries shared top billing as Barcelona and Inter Milan could not be separated following a spellbinding 3-3 draw at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys.Dumfries teed up Marcus Thuram for a flashy finish after 30 seconds – the fastest goal in a Champions League semi-final – then the Dutchman acrobatically doubled the Serie A champions’ lead.Yamal got the LaL

Mansfield produced a superb performance to beat Peterborough 4-2 in League One.With relegation worries lifted, the Stags’ sparkling first-half display saw them go in 3-0 ahead at the interval for the second time against Posh this season.Will Evans completed his brace in the second half as the Stags ended their six-match losing run.The scoring started in the fourth minute when Dom Dwyer set u

Champions Birmingham set a new EFL points record and racked up another club landmark by beating Blackpool 2-0 in their penultimate Sky Bet League One fixture before promotion to the Championship.A 33rd win of the season came thanks goals by Ethan Laird and Alfie May and took the Blues up to 108 points, two better than Reading’s previous best set in their 2005-06 title-winning Championship ca