Flamengo secured their fourth Copa Libertadores title with a 1-0 victory over Palmeiras at the Estadio Monumental on Sunday, marking the seventh consecutive year that a Brazilian club has lifted South America’s most prized club trophy.

Newcastle United’s Malick Thiaw scored the fastest goal of the Premier League season after 52 seconds in the 4-1 thrashing of Everton on Sunday as his side recorded their first away win of the campaign at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Fourteen goals were scored in three matches in English Premier League this morning.

The United States Soccer Federation and the soccer federations of Mexico, Costa Rica and Jamaica submitted their formal bid book to FIFA to co-host the 2031 Women’s World Cup by Friday’s deadline.

Iran is to boycott next week’s draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup in the United States in protest at the limited allocation of visas, the Iranian football federation said on Friday.

UEFA have fined Atletico Madrid 30,000 euros ($34,749) and handed down a suspended one-match ban for travelling fans due to the “racist and discriminatory” behaviour of some supporters during last month’s 4-0 Champions League loss to Arsenal.

Nottingham Forest breezed past Malmo in the Europa League to strengthen their grip on a play-off place.

Arsenal’s Luis Munoz became the youngest player to feature in a UEFA Youth League match on Thursday when the 13-year-old came off the bench in the closing stages of their 4-2 win over Bayern Munich in the under-19 competition.

Fiji U17 football captain Maikah Dau made a quiet but memorable statement in Auckland last night after running out for Rewa FC in their opening Pacific Cup clash.

Arsenal beat Bayern Munich for the first time in a decade to maintain their 100% record in this season’s Champions League with a 3-1 home win sending Mikel Arteta’s side clear at the top of the group on Thursday.

Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe scored four goals, including the second fastest hat-trick in Champions League history, to earn them a 4-3 comeback victory over hosts Olympiacos on Thursday.

Pep Guardiola celebrated taking charge of Manchester City for the 100th time in the Champions League on Wednesday, but it was Bayer Leverkusen and their fans that were left dancing at full-time.