Sydney FC are potentially just 90 minutes away from another A-League Grand Final, locked at 1-1 as they head to Newcastle for the second leg of their semi-final. Academy product Tiago Quintal has enjoyed a breakout season featuring in all but two matches, and is dreaming of a Championship with his boyhood club.

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In Germany, Jackson Irvine & Connor Metcalfe are staring down the barrel of relegation, while Die Mannschaft are getting themselves in order for an assault at the World Cup. The Athletic’s Kit Holden, English-speaking authority on German football, returns.

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The A-League Men’s hotly-contested regular season came up trumps for Adelaide United, who enter Saturday’s first leg semi-final against Auckland rested and full of optimism. First year manager Airton Andrioli has waited a long time for an opportunity at the level, and has a chance to make it all worth it over the next three weeks.

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Then to England, where The Athletic’s Gregg Evans was at Old Trafford as Manchester United beat Liverpool to seal a Champions League return. Spurs also took a step away from relegation, while there’s also a European trophy still up for grabs at the club Evans knows better than any, Aston Villa.

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The Newcastle Jets are A-League Men’s Premiers for the first time, winning a second trophy of the season and now eying an unprecedented domestic treble. James Gardiner of the Newcastle Herald returns to ponder the future for the club beyond this season, with Mark Milligan and numerous players likely to attract offers.

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The weekend's Premier League action saw Manchester City beat Arsenal 2-1 in a riveting, error-strewn clash that could go a long way to deciding the title. The BBC’s chief football writer Phil McNulty returns to digest the fixture, as well as storylines surrounding Tottenham, Forest & Thomas Tuchel’s England.

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The A-League Men’s weekly jostling for position has seen Sydney FC back into third place, now under Patrick Kisnorbo. Erik Paartalu (10/Paramount+) returns with twelve matches left to shake out the finals positions, but plenty of enduring questions still to be answered.

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Arsenal’s surprise 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth has blown the Premier League title race back open, with Manchester City finding form at the wrong time for those of a Gunners persuasion. The Athletic’s James McNicholas feels Arteta’s side must lift once again if they’re to finally go one better than their recent trio of second-placed finishes.

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