The title race is now effectively over in Spain after Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid on Saturday, but it's back on in Germany while Paris Saint-Germain contrived to squander the chance to clinch the French crown.

Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos bemoaned his team's lack of fight after a costly 1-0 defeat at Everton extended a damaging sequence of results away from home.

French striker Ousmane Dembele is close to shaking off a thigh strain and was named in Ernesto Valverde's Barcelona squad on Monday for the Champions League quarter-finals first-leg at Manchester United.

Tottenham Hotspur are hoping for a lift from their new stadium as they prepare for the daunting task of playing quadruple-chasing Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday.

The Champions League returns this week with the competition now into the quarter-final stage and dominated by the Premier League with all four English representatives in the last eight.

Angry English Football League chiefs have condemned a fresh outburst of alleged racism in several matches this weekend.

Kevin De Bruyne admits the strain of chasing the quadruple means Manchester City are almost certain to fail in their historic bid.

Twice as many foreigners as last year gathered in Pyongyang Sunday for the city's annual marathon, tour firms said, as reduced tensions see visitor numbers rise in isolated North Korea.

Qatar's Saoud al-Mohannadi rejected a Korean complaint over alleged campaigning irregularities as he won a coveted place on the FIFA Council and South Korea's Chung Mong-gyu lost his seat on Saturday.

Champions Juventus turn their focus to nailing down an eighth consecutive Serie A title in record time this weekend, days after a row erupted over racist abuse aimed at starlet Moise Kean in Cagliari.