The Irish Times

Carlo Ancelotti makes history as Real Madrid wrap up La Liga title

Italian becomes the first manager to capture titles in each of Europe’s top five leagues

Sat Apr 30 2022 - 17:52

Steven Gerrard eyes Philippe Coutinho reunion at Villa

Brighton sign Polish record-setter; Aaron Ramsey seems set for Premier League return

Wed Jan 05 2022 - 20:56

Gerard Pique goal earns Barcelona a first Champions League win of campaign

Bayern Munich score four in 15 minutes against Benfica

Wed Oct 20 2021 - 22:28

Sleeping giants: A look at AC Milan as they draw Shamrock Rovers

European aristocrats have gone nine years without a Scudetto - but they have got Zlatan

Mon Aug 31 2020 - 14:46

From Maestro to Mister: Andrea Pirlo named new Juventus boss

Former midfielder takes top job in Turin hours after the sacking of Maurizio Sarri

Sat Aug 08 2020 - 19:40

Barcelona turn sacking of Ernesto Valverde into a public pantomime

Everyone seems to know the head coach is leaving but nobody will come out and tell him

Mon Jan 13 2020 - 17:29

Gianfranco Zola turns down Chelsea role and targets job as manager

Italian club legend worked as an assistant under Maurizio Sarri last season

Thu Jun 27 2019 - 17:35

Derby grant Lampard permission to speak to Chelsea

Former Chelsea player expected to replace Maurizio Sarri at Stamford Bridge

Tue Jun 25 2019 - 16:38

Juventus reported to have signed Ajax defender Matthijs De Ligt for €70m

Centre back came to prominence during his club’s run to the Champions League semi-finals

Sat Jun 22 2019 - 12:41

Chelsea set to push for Frank Lampard talks after Maurizio Sarri exit

Derby County braced for formal approach for their manager

Fri Jun 14 2019 - 15:32

Juventus and Chelsea reach agreement in principle over Maurizio Sarri

Compensation deal could reach £5m as Sarri set to return to Italy

Fri Jun 14 2019 - 00:30

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri storms out of Europa League training session

Sarri kicks away his cap as doubts grow about his future at the club

Tue May 28 2019 - 21:06

Pep Guardiola apologises to anyone offended by Man City plane song

Guardiola rules out Juventus talk and says City cannot afford Antoine Griezmann

Fri May 17 2019 - 16:20

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri to leave Serie A champions at end of season

Allegri led Juve to five consecutive Serie A titles but fell short in Europe

Fri May 17 2019 - 15:28

Juventus wrap up eighth successive Italian title

Win over Fiorentina seals title win for Juve with five games to spare.

Sat Apr 20 2019 - 19:16

Ajax add Juventus to their conquests as they march on to semi-finals

Young Dutch masters earn place in the last four for first time since 1997

Tue Apr 16 2019 - 22:24

Ajax hopeful De Jong will be fit to face Juventus

Coach Ten Hag confident his side can spring another upset, this time in Turin

Mon Apr 15 2019 - 21:00

SPAL come from behind to leave Juventus waiting for title

Kean opens scoring for Old Lady but they fail to secure point needed to claim Serie A

Sat Apr 13 2019 - 16:24

Ajax and Juventus set up second leg classic with Amsterdam draw

Cristiano Ronaldo scores crucial away goal but hosts impress in entertaining draw

Wed Apr 10 2019 - 22:33

For now at least, the clock has been turned back for Ajax

Cristiano Ronaldo has recovered from a thigh injury and is expected to start

Wed Apr 10 2019 - 16:21

Italian football still stuck in a rut shown up by Bonucci’s comments

Juventus defender said teammate Moise Kean shared blame with racist Cagliari fans

Wed Apr 03 2019 - 14:48

Leonardo Bonucci: blame ‘50-50’ between Moise Kean and racists

19-year-old Juventus striker scored after being subjected to racist chants at Cagliari

Wed Apr 03 2019 - 06:44

Allegri in his element as he plots comeback of Juventus

Serie A leader will attempt to overturn 2-0 deficit at home to Atletico Madrid

Mon Mar 11 2019 - 19:19

Gareth Southgate in the running for Man United job – reports

England manager is apparently on a list of candidates along with Mauricio Pochettino

Sun Jan 13 2019 - 13:46

Manchester United roll back the years with Turin comeback

Cristiano Ronaldo’s superb strike looked like sealing a well deserved Juventus victory

Wed Nov 07 2018 - 22:21

Juventus lay bare how far United’s European star has fallen

Ronaldo makes return to Old Trafford as Old Lady keep up winning run

Tue Oct 23 2018 - 22:05

Cristiano Ronaldo will face Man United as ban is reduced

Juventus player successfully appealed red card against Valencia

Thu Sept 27 2018 - 14:40

Uefa await referee’s report before making Ronaldo decision

Juventus boss Allegri calls for introduction of VAR in Europe

Thu Sept 20 2018 - 09:19

Ronaldo draws a blank on Serie A debut as Juve snatch dramatic win

Champions forced to come from behind away to Chievo

Sat Aug 18 2018 - 22:31

It was ‘year zero’ for Italian football – and then came Ronaldo

Serie A has not witnessed a transfer coup of Ronaldo’s magnitude since the arrival of the Brazilian Ronaldo at Inter in 2002

Fri Aug 17 2018 - 19:10

Cristiano Ronaldo eyes Champions League glory with Juventus

Ronaldo was unveiled by the Serie A club after passing a medical earlier on Monday

Mon Jul 16 2018 - 19:36

Is Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus ‘the deal of the century’?

Ronaldo had already transformed Juventus’s finances before he even agreed terms

Wed Jul 11 2018 - 08:06

Who will replace Zinedine Zidane as Real Madrid manager?

Five contenders to take over the European champions at the Santiago Bernabeu

Thu May 31 2018 - 13:37

Unai Emery appears to confirm himself as Arsenal manager

His personal website displayed the message: ‘Proud to be part of the Arsenal family’

Wed May 23 2018 - 07:38