Brazilian veteran Kaka is the highest paid player in Major League Soccer, with a 2016 guaranteed salary of $7.167 million, according to figures released by the Players' Union on Thursday.

Manchester United secure fifth position in the English Premier League after goals from Wayne Rooney and Marcus Rashford.

The Dutchman says his familiarity with the players and the conditions here will help him prepare the team for next month's Asian Cup qualifying play-offs against Tajikistan.

Chelsea striker Diego Costa was left out of Spain coach Vicente del Bosque's provisional 25-man squad for Euro 2016 on Tuesday.

Manchester United's teenage sensation Marcus Rashford and Newcastle United winger Andros Townsend were named in a provisional 26-man England squad for Euro 2016 on Monday.

Gonzalo Higuain hit a hat-trick to set a new all-time record of 36 goals in a single Serie A season as Napoli secured second spot and Champions League football with a dramatic 4-0 rout of 10-man Frosinone.

FIFA's independent audit committee head Domenico Scala, charged with leading efforts to reform the scandal-hit organisation, quits his post in protest at what he called attacks on the attempted reforms.

Newcastle United and Norwich City were relegated from the Premier League as Sunderland secured their survival with a 3-0 victory over Everton.

The Dutchman is expected to return within a few days to take temporary charge ahead of Asian Cup qualifiers against Tajikistan.

Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid's passage to the Champions League final and Sevilla qualifying for the Europa League equivalent for a third straight year has underlined Spain's dominance of European soccer.

Real Madrid will face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final for the second time in three years after overcoming Manchester City 1-0 in their semi-final second leg on Wednesday.

Claudio Ranieri's triumph with Leicester City in England has more than made amends for his unsuccessful time at Roma, according to the Italian's 96-year-old mother.

Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann's 54th-minute strike ousts Bayern Munich from the UEFA Champions League as the Spanish side go through to the final on away goals.

Leicester City left-back Christian Fuchs posts a video of the moment when his teammates, players of the new Premier League champions, celebrated their historic triumph in striker Jamie Vardy's living room.

The 29-year-old striker took the award as a clear winner ahead of teammates Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante.

1-0 wins for Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid were followed up by a 2-0 away victory for league leaders Barcelona as the title race looks set to go down the wire.

A sensational solo effort from Saul Niguez hands Atletico Madrid a precious 1-0 advantage over Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.

A jury hearing inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool football fans in Britain's worst-ever sporting disaster at the Hillsborough football stadium in 1989 rules that they were unlawfully killed, with police failures to blame.

The Uruguayan forward hit four goals for the second time in four days as the defending champions moved back to the top following wins for Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.

The Frenchman scores in the last minute of stoppage time after an own goal from Chris Smalling had cancelled out Marouane Fellaini's first-half strike.