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Blackpool Secures Championship Promotion With Victory At Wembley

After six years away, Blackpool FC is back in the Championship. 

Following a 6-3 aggregate victory over Oxford United in the semifinals, Neil Critchley's side overcame a horrific start to the final to earn salvation at Wembley. Blackpool conceded the earliest goal ever scored in a League One Playoff Final through an own goal by Ollie Turton just 50 seconds into the game. 

Turton's blushes would be spared by the most unlikely of heroes as teammate Kenny Dougall, who had scored two goals in his last 82 games, bagged a brace to secure playoff glory for Blackpool. 

Zidane’s Brutal Open Letter: ‘The Club No Longer Has The Faith In Me I Need’

MADRID - Zinedine Zidane said on Monday he had stepped down as Real Madrid coach as the club's hierarchy did not have enough faith in him to rebuild an aging squad.

Zidane, who returned to Real for a second spell in charge in March 2019, won two LaLiga titles and three Champions League crowns during his two stints as coach.

Pep Guardiola’s Tactics Ridiculed After N'Golo Kanté Bosses The Midfield Battle

PORTO, Portugal — It was billed as the night when Pep Guardiola would lead Manchester City to their first Champions League title but it ended with questions again being asked about the Spaniard's decision-making in the biggest games in Europe.

City were expected to beat Chelsea in this year's final but instead they lost 1-0 on Saturday courtesy of a first-half goal by Kai Havertz after Spaniard Guardiola was outfoxed by his German counterpart Thomas Tuchel.

¡Ufff! De Bruyne Sufrió La Fractura De Dos Huesos De La Cara En La Final De La Champions

Además del dolor emocional que significó la derrota en la final de la Champions League, Kevin de Bruyne ahora también debe enfrentar las consecuencias físicas que le dejó el accidental choque que tuvo con el defensor del Chelsea, Antonio Rüdiger: una fractura nasal y otra alrededor de su ojo izquierdo.

Schalke Begins Painful Rebuilding Process After Abysmal Relegation

Schalke endured a historically bad season in 2020-21, but the rot actually began far earlier. There were clear signs about midway through the previous campaign. The Royal Blues' last win of 2019-20 was a 2-0 victory over Borussia Monchengladbach on January 17, 2020. Manager David Wagner was then unable to prevent Schalke ending the season on a winless streak of 16 games. 

Kevin De Bruyne Suffered Fractures To Nose, Eye Socket In UCL Final

Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne fractured his nose and a bone around his left eye socket in Saturday's Champions League loss to Chelsea, the 29-year-old said on Sunday.

The Belgium international had to go off on the hour mark with a concussion injury in City's 1-0 defeat at Porto's Estádio do Dragão after an accidental clash with Chelsea defender Antonio Rüdiger left him on the ground.

Esta Copa Es Tuya N'Golo: Chelsea Es El Campeón De La Champions League

Hay un dicho anónimo que dice que un 71 por ciento de la Tierra está cubierta por agua y que el 29 restante lo cubre N'Golo Kanté. El futbolista francés es una máquina, pese a su 168 cm. de estatura. Su humildad y su alegría, además, lo han convertido en un jugador de culto y que merece más que nadie el título de la Champions League que el Chelsea acaba de levantar. Los londinenses obtuvieron la segunda Orejona de su historia, luego de vencer por 1-0 al Manchester City.

Pulisic Becomes First U.S. Male To Play In, Win Champions League Final — And Look What It Means To Him

Christian Pulisic became the first American male to appear in a Champions League Final. Not long later, he became the first USMNT player to lift the big-eared trophy after participating in the final, helping Chelsea over the line in a 1-0 defeat of Manchester City in a tight, edgy affair on Saturday at Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal. 

Champions League Final Marred By Audio Issues On CBS

Putting on a live broadcast from across the globe is no easy task. But when it’s the biggest game of the club season, you expect one of America’s oldest broadcasters to be able to figure out something that millions of Twitch streamers do every day. And yet the Champions League Final audio wasn’t synced at the start of the match on Saturday.

Peter Bosz Appointed To Take Over At Lyon

Across Europe, there are still games to be played and honors to be won. Besides the Champions League, several leagues are still in the midst of promotion playoffs. But the mayhem of managerial turnover is well underway.

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