Football

The 71-year-old Alex Ferguson is yet to explain why he is retiring.

Despite Moyes never having won any silverware and his lack of European experience, Redknapp said the 50-year-old Scot was the perfect candidate for one of the most prestigious jobs in English soccer.

Frank Lampard would love to see Jose Mourinho return for a second stint as coach of Chelsea.

Moyes also paid a rich tribute to his present club Everton, whom he will be leaving at the end of the season.

Alex Ferguson will retire at the end of the season as the most successful manager in British soccer.

Benitez has dropped a massive hint that Jose Mourinho will be returning to Stamford Bridge this summer.

Villas-Boas was fired by Chelsea in March 2012 after a poor run of results amid reports of dressing room disharmony with his coaching methods.

Barcelona's 4-2 against Real Betis on Sunday left the Catalans 11 points clear of second-placed Real Madrid.

The former Arsenal captain has struggled to live up to sky-high expectations since returning to his boyhood club in the summer of 2011.

Mourinho reiterated that he will decide his future at the end of the La Liga campaign in a month's time.

The Spanish football league will investigate Deportivo's 4-0 victory on April 13, a Spanish radio station reported on Thursday.

The Bahraini secured 33 votes of the 46 available from the AFC's member associations in Malaysia.

After Bayern inflicted the biggest aggregate defeat on Barcelona in European competition, a jubilant Heynckes said the painful reverse on penalties to Chelsea had given him the motivation to try to go one better this term.

The AC Milan striker had been banned for verbally abusing an assistant referee in the 2-2 draw at Fiorentina in early April.

If Arsenal win their remaining games, they will finish on 74 points.

The victory took PSG nine points clear with four rounds remaining