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After Real Madrid went down to their second consecutive league defeat, Ancelotti’s men have now given the advantage to Barcelona Atletico Madrid. While Atletico remain top of the table by a point, the Catalan giants Barceloa are now considered favourites to win the league come May.

888 Sport are giving odds of 3/4 for Barcelona to win what would be back-to-back league crowns, after Real Madrid won the 2011/12 league campaign.

Barcelona’s run-in looks favourable, with only one potential banana skin to come Atletico Madrid at home on the final day. Barca have only lost once at the Nou Camp this season which remains the only home points they’ve dropped, so Atletico have a big task…

Wales will be looking to record just their second victory in eight matches when they welcome Finland to Cardiff on Saturday.

Despite the hosts (44th) sitting 19 places ahead of their opponents in the Fifa world rankings, the head-to-head record between the sides points towards this being a tight encounter. Of the 11 matches to have taken place in history, the nations have four victories apiece with the remainder ending all square.

But Finland have had the upper hand in recent years and won both of the nations last encounters in qualification for World Cup 2010. Wales s last victory, meanwhile, came in Helsinki in 2002.

Chris Coleman s men picked up an impressive 1-1 away draw with Belgium in their last game the final fixture of their failed qualification camp…

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The Blues are taking a break from the Premier League title race to take part in the FA Cup fifth round clash against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux Stadium on Saturday.

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Sitting in 18th place in the EFL Championship, Wolves are preparing to host the Premier League leaders who will be a huge motivation for Paul Lambert’s men. Wolves will have to dig deep in order to keep their Cup ambitions alive as they look to add some value to their attractive brand of football. Paul Lambert has had his team play attractive but without desired results and the forthcoming match will be a rare opportunity to test the strength against the Premier League title chasers in the first sell-out since 2014…

French Ligue 1 champions are believed to be extremely interested in Juventus prodigy Moise Keane.

The 17-year-old is yet to sign his first professional contract with the Turin-based club and the French heavyweights are hoping they will be able to lure the youngster away from Juventus.

Moise Keane is represented by the notorious Mino Railoa who is personally unwilling to do business with Paris Saint-Germain and has already arrived in Turin to guard his protégée from the possible advances from Les Parisiens, according to .

youngster has been making huge waves with his impressive displays for Juventus U-19 set-up, whereas his dominant showings have already earned him a first-team Serie A debut with Juventus back in November.

Keane was also involved in s…

Barcelona have revealed Samuel Umtiti has tested positive for coronavirus.

The French defender s status was announced following COVID-19 tests carried out among the Barca squad on Thursday.

Umtiti is asymptomatic and isolating at home, the club revealed, though the centre-back was already certain to miss the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich.

The 26-year-old who has made just 18 appearances in all competitions in the 2019-20 season had not travelled with his team-mates to Lisbon due to a knee injury.

After the PCR tests carried out on Thursday, the first-team player Samuel Umtiti has tested positive for COVID-19, Barcelona said in a statement.

The players is asymptomatic, is in good health and isolating at home.

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Arsene Wenger has been confirmed as FIFA s chief of global football development.

Wenger, 70, spent 22 years in charge of Arsenal until 2018 and had been linked with the vacant managerial position at Bayern Munich in recent weeks, but instead he will take up a new role with the global governing body. 

During his time with the Gunners, Wenger was widely considered one of the world s greatest managers and won three Premier League titles, along with seven FA Cups. 

The Frenchman built a strong reputation for his forward-thinking style of play and for developing young players, and in his new position Wenger will be tasked with driving growth for men and women across the globe.

FIFA says Wenger will also be considered a leading authority on technical matters…

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers believes they have been their own worst enemies this season.

But he is optimistic his side can find the consistency of performance they will need during the title run-in.

The cinch Premiership champions delivered their biggest victory of the season on Wednesday when they thrashed Dundee 7-1 with the help of six first-half goals.

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The Bhoys continue to work hard in training before Sunday s game against Hearts | |

— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC)

Previous league games since the winter break had all been tight and two draws saw Celtic lose top spot in the table to Rangers, who could go five points clear when they host Motherwell on Saturday.

Celtic travel to face Hearts on Sunday, pos…

Sky Sports report that they ve been told Manchester United is the likeliest destination for Borussia Dortmund s Jadon Sancho this summer.

The 20-time English champions were very keen to sign the 21-year-old winger last year, but their effort came too late for the Bundesliga side to give proper consideration and reportedly fell rather short of Dortmund s valuation of €120 million.

United s interest, however, remained firm throughout the 2020-21 season, and though other clubs have been mentioned as potential suitors too, they apparently lead the race for Sancho s signature.

As for Dortmund, they are now believed to be willing to lower the price quoted a year ago and accept an offer of around €90 million. What s more, they have already started sounding out pote…

Cardiff City have completed the signing of Kagisho Dikgacoi from Crystal Palace.

The South Africa international moves to south Wales as a free agent, and will officially become a Cardiff player when his contract at Selhurst Park expires on June 30.

Dikgacoi made 114 appearances for Palace after joining from Fulham in 2011, and the midfielder says Ole Gunnar Solksjaer played a major role in his decision to finalise the switch.

The manager was persistent in wanting to bring me here, which always means a lot to a player, he told the club s official Twitter account.

Growing up I was a big fan of the way he played and I can t wait to get started with my new team-mates in training.

I m really looking forward to my first game in front of the Cardiff City fans.

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Italian newspaper that Inter Milan are considering a summer bid for Hoffenheim defender Andreas Beck.

The Nerazzurri are on the lookout for a right-sided defender, but their attempts to sign Bacary Sagna and Martin Montoya have been in vain.

It is for that reason that they have turned their attention to Hoffenheim stalwart Andreas Beck.

Sporting director Piero Ausilio watched the player in action at the weekend as Hoffenheim faced Mainz, while also making a check on club s other target Jean-Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.

Andreas Beck has been a loyal servant to the club for almost six years now, having made 175 Bundesliga appearances for the Rhein-Neckar Arena outfit, scoring 3 goals.

The 27-year-old also has nine Germany caps to his name but last ap…