Diego Simeone aimed a thinly veiled dig at Pep Guardiola on a feisty and bad-tempered night at the Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday, where Manchester City's advance to the semi-finals was overshadowed by a brawl on the pitch and in the tunnel.

On the occasion of International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, a group of Lebanese professional athletes launched Wednesday, in collaboration with the United Nations Information Center in Beirut (UNIC Beirut) a podcast in Arabic dedicated to sports.

FIFA is getting into the streaming platform business with a soccer version of Netflix and Amazon Prime.

The service is free and largely featuring documentaries and some live games at the launch but it could eventually be a way for FIFA to broadcast World Cup matches itself at a cost.

Madrid authorities have reinforced security measures in the Spanish capital ahead of the arrival of thousands of English fans for Champions League matches this week.

The quarterfinal games between Real Madrid and Chelsea on Tuesday and Atlético Madrid and Manchester City on Wednesday have been declared "high-risk" matches by the local authorities.

This time, defense alone won't be enough to keep Atlético Madrid alive in the Champions League.

Diego Simeone's team needs its attack to wake up if it wants to overcome the 1-0 first-leg loss to Manchester City in the quarterfinals of the European competition.

Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho does not want to extend his stay at the English club to a 10th year and plans to return to his native Brazil at the end of the season.

The 36-year-old holding midfielder said his desire for more game time was behind his decision to leave City.

Not even conceding three penalty kicks was enough to stop Barcelona's impressive run.

Barcelona rallied to a 3-2 win against second-to-last Levante in the Spanish league on Sunday, with substitute Luuk de Jong scoring in stoppage time after the Catalan club had conceded three penalties in the second half.

Just about everything has been going Real Madrid's way recently, in the Spanish league and the Champions League.

Not even the resounding 4-0 loss to Barcelona in the "clásico" at home a few weeks ago was enough to knock the Spanish league leaders off track.

The Champions League semifinal lineup will be settled this week, with Liverpool and Real Madrid needing to defend two-goal leads to make it through.

The other two games are more finally poised with Villarreal and Manchester City only holding one-goal advantages.

Novak Djokovic is ready to move on from the controversy surrounding his refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

"I miss competition," the Serbian tennis star said Sunday on the opening day of the clay-court season at the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco. "I still feel motivation to be on the tour and compete… and try to challenge the best players in the world for the biggest titles."