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Manchester United will be hoping to keep pace with their top four rivals when they visit Everton to get Easter Sunday's Premier League action underway. Follow all the action here.

Juventus put the disappointment of a Champions League exit behind them as Massimiliano Allegri's side beat Fiorentina 2-1 to secure an eighth consecutive Serie A title.

Ronaldo lifted his first Serie A title since swapping Real Madrid for Juventus last summer and he is determined to help the Italian champions in the Champions League next year.

Katie Boulter got mugged by a streetfighter in the East End on Saturday night as she missed a golden chance to put Great Britain in control of their Fed Cup tie against Kazakhstan.

Manchester United are driving on with their preparations for the upcoming summer transfer window having 'made an enquiry' for Bayern Munich's 23-year-old defender Niklas Sule.

Louis van Gaal has criticised the tactical acumen of Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, insisting he has been 'parking the bus' since taking over at Old Trafford.

The 25-year-old Spaniard's first treble for the club secured a 3-1 win over Southampton on Saturday evening to lift the Magpies to 41 points, 10 clear of Cardiff in the last remaining relegation berth.

Caretaker boss Scott Parker, who replaced the sacked Claudio Ranieri seven games ago, has urged his Fulham players to focus on the future and not dwell on the pain of going down.

Wednesday's trip to Old Trafford appears to be the biggest hurdle left facing Manchester City as they chase another Premier League crown following Saturday's tense 1-0 win over Tottenham.

Brighton goalkeeper Mat Ryan believes his side's point at Wolves will prove crucial in the race for survival as they battle with Cardiff to avoid being relegated to the Championship.

Manchester City managed to gain some solace for their midweek loss to Tottenham by defeating Spurs in a crucial win over on Saturday and stars marked the win with a celebratory dinner.

EXCLUSIVE: Zinedine Zidane has been promised a sizeable summer transfer kitty to get Real back on track, but Clarence Seedorf believes fixing the squad's mental fragility is as important.

Boxing fans were left furious with Amir Khan after he called time on his fight with Terence Crawford in the sixth round in New York after being left in too much pain following a low blow.

JEFF POWELL AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN: Amir Khan was beaten by the lowest of low blows as his bid to topple one of the world’s greatest boxers ended in a cross between farce and despair.

Having progressed to the last four, the Premier League has looked to give the two sides the best chance of reaching the final in Madrid by bringing games forward to extend preparation time.

Brooklyn Nets small forward Jared Dudley was ejected from a feisty play-off game against the Philadelphia 76ers after taking issue with the way Joel Embiid had been delivering fouls.

Harden overcame a poor shooting performance and scored 14 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Houston Rockets to a vital 104-101 win on Saturday over the Utah Jazz.

Terence Crawford urged Amir Khan to 'tell the truth' and admit he quit after an eye-watering low blow secured a TKO victory for the American in a farcical end to their Madison Square Garden contest.

ADAM SHERGOLD IN QUINTA DO LAGO: Carlton Cole believes the impressive progress of Declan Rice shows West Ham's academy is starting to recover its prestige within the game.

Disbelief. Sheer disbelief is etched across Andrey Arshavin's face as he wags four fingers at the Arsenal fans going berserk in the Anfield Road End. He'd ended Liverpool's title dream.

Atletico Madrid forward Alvaro Morata lost his temper with referee Javier Alberola in Saturday's 1-0 win over Eibar when the official appeared to give him a friendly clip around the back of the head.

Edu is back on course to become Arsenal’s technical director, with 17-year-old Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli lined up to be the first signing of a summer rebuild under Unai Emery at the Emirates.

DANNY MURPHY: City’s outfield players have rightly received great praise this season — but nobody bounced back from adversity on Saturday better than their goalkeeper Ederson.

JERMAINE JENAS: The Manchester derby is massive on so many levels for United and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after everything he achieved at the start of his tenure at Old Trafford.

Manchester United are sticking by their academy head coach Nicky Butt after the incident which led to him being arrested following an argument with his ex-wife Shelley Barlow. last week.

Poborsky, who spent two years at United between 1996 and 1998, has said he still does not know what the cause of the illness was.

SPECIAL REPORT BY MIKE KEEGAN: The reality is that there are a number of parties involved in a simmering feud that stretches back to that initial meeting on the Lancashire coast.

After a week in which Jofra Archer has dominated English cricket's landscape, the player who knows him best has insisted he will bring a 'fresh mind' to Eoin Morgan's dressing room.

The teenager, who turns 18 next week, is already a regular starter for Velez Sarsfield in Argentina's Primera Division. And City boss Pep Guardiola is said to have sent scouts to check up on him.

Klopp has built a reputation for being a 'man of the people' like the club's greatest manager Bill Shankly but doesn't believe this is the time to get sucked into the title hype by well-wishers.

British and Irish Lions are set to reappoint Warren Gatland for a third time for the 2021 tour to South Africa. The Wales coach has previously led the team in 2013 and 2017.

TOM FARMERY AT MOLINEUX: Flooding midfield, scrapping for every ball, relying on a Mat Ryan masterclass and avoiding the opponent’s half - have Brighton found a formula to survive?

JOE BERNSTEIN AT THE ETIHAD: Foden scored his first league goal in Saturday's 1-0 victory against Tottenham and the Guardiola confirmed he is under consideration for the derby

Sale slumped out of Europe in a close and controversial battle in France and will now have to try and clinch Champions Cup qualification via the Premiership.

Ajax playmaker Hakim Ziyech could be set to spark a bidding war between the Premier League's elite this summer, following his majestic performances in the Champions League.

The reputation of Kenyan distance running has taken another battering with the announcement on Saturday that Asbel Kiprop,has been banned for four years after testing positive for EPO.

Manchester United clinched the second-tier Women's Championship title with a 7-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday.

NIK SIMON AT THE RICOH ARENA: Once their place in the final was secured, Saracens had one last act of defiance up their sleeve.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won't flood the club with new signings this summer - because he doesn't want to block the progress of Manchester United youngsters already at the club.

EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: Zaha underlined his intention to leave Palace ahead of next season in an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail on Saturday.

EXCLUSIVE BY FRASER MACKIE: 'I worry because I look back and I see the same theme. This is the same process all over again,' said Pressley, who won 32 caps for Scotland.

Spanish-speaking stars at United feel preferential treatment is being given to the club's English players — leaving Solskjaer with a problem of dressing-room harmony in the closing weeks of the season.

EXCLUSIVE BY NIK SIMON: Bath players are unhappy with the treatment of outgoing coach Todd Blackadder and frustrations were previously vented through a mug.

Scotland candidate Steve Clarke has put himself on a collision course with the SFA after slamming referee Steven McLean's display in Kilmarnock's 1-0 home loss to Aberdeen.

CHRIS FOY AT THE RICOH ARENA: Billy Vunipola knew what was coming. He presented Munster's hordes of fans with a huge target to aim at and they did not mis.

The SFA will seek to establish the viability and merit of handing over interim control of the Scotland team to Mackay in the next few days. A caretaker appointment is the most likely outcome.

Dereck Chisora laboured to victory over Senad Gashi at the O2 Arena as he fought for the first time since his defeat to Dillian Whyte.

Trainer John Gosden has ruled favourite Too Darn Hot out of the Qipco 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 4. The unbeaten colt missed his intended prep run in the Greenham Stakes

Ivan Perisic headed a second-half equaliser to rescue a 1-1 Serie A draw for Inter Milan at home to AS Roma on Saturday in a key game in the battle for Champions League places.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY JAMES SHARPE: Some aspects of Nigel Pearson remain as familiar as ever and you get the sense they always will.