Real Madrid

Champions League winners beat Europa League winners for early season silverware

French authorities warned to be better organised ahead of next year’s Rugby World Cup and 2024 Olympics

‘Should the Stade de France have been better managed? The answer is yes’

French international midfielder joins European champions on a six-year deal

News emerges amid the fallout of security operation at Champions League final

Competition winners release damning statement asking questions of the governing body

German leaves Stamford Bridge after five years, during which he won the Champions League

Welsh player made only four starts for Spanish club this season after falling out of favour

Member of Portuguese parliament to conduct review into Saturday’s events

The Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with ‘The Irish Times’ sports team

`I just felt it was my day and I saved everything,’ says Real Madrid’s Courtois

You can’t try and pass a camel through the eye of a needle and then pepper spray it when it can’t move

TV view: Shambles going on outside overlooked lest it detract from The Occasion

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has inspired game as he saves Spanish side on several occasions

Michael Walker piece ahead of Champions League final

`I need to find the next level, to push myself harder, to get better

Kylian Mbappé's stunning snub leaves the Spanish giants with an identity crisis

New surface at Stade de France was only dropped in to place on Thursday

Real Madrid’s hopes rest on striker’s shoulders in Champions League final against Liverpool

Real Madrid manager has always valued his players’ opinions when the going gets tough

Leicester full back James Justin also in 27-man squad for Nations League in June

UK government optimistic Abramovich’s £1.6bn loan to club will not go to the Russian

‘Feed the Scousers’ chants are imbued with anti-migrant and anti-Irish sentiment

Matip winner moves Liverpool to within one point of City

Barcelona have told the Bayern Munich striker’s camp that they can afford him

Their most recent negotiations included productive discussions on image rights

Leinster fans face a difficult and expensive challenge in supporting their team

Erik ten Hag will push to make Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong one of his first signings at Manchester United

Ancelotti’s pre-game masterstroke showed that Spanish side believed they could win

Salah left the field in tears in the final four years ago after challenge by Sergio Ramos

The masters of control beaten on a night of white noise and white light in Madrid

Man City must react to keep league title challenge going, starting at Newcastle

Michael Healy-Rae slots the winning spot-kick to send City crashing out of Europe

Two goals in the dying stages seal extra time before Benzema penalty knocks City out

Liverpool manager Klopp hails mental toughness players showed against Villarreal

The Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with ‘The Irish Times’ sports team

The midfielder has seen a return to his finest form after an ankle injury, and has scored seven goals in his past 10 games

PSG star's stature among young people seen as invaluable to the French government

The striker is on a run of 17 goals in 12 games. He has 46 goals in 48 games for the season, 13 assists and another league title in the barrel

Fears explosions in largely Russian-speaking breakaway enclave could drag it into conflict