While Mbappe became PSG's joint record scorer with 200 goals -- level with Edinson Cavani -- Messi became only the second player after his long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo to enter the 700-goal club in club career

Manchester United clinched their first major trophy for six years with a ruthless 2-0 win against Newcastle in the League Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.

Inter Milan suffered a damaging 1-0 defeat at Bologna on Sunday which virtually ended their slim hopes of winning the Serie A title.

Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo revealed that being in the same wavelength as his teammates after an initial settling-in period has been one of the reasons for his rich goalscoring form at Al-Nassr.

Manchester United now find themselves as the only top-five Premier League team fighting on all fronts.

United hope the showpiece at Wembley can serve as a long-awaited rebirth while Newcastle believe the final can serve as concrete proof they are now a force to be reckoned with.

United are aiming to end a six-year wait for silverware against Newcastle, who are into the League Cup final for the first time in 47 years

A point edges Liverpool up to seventh in the Premier League, but they are still six points adrift of fourth-placed Tottenham in the race to qualify for next season's Champions League.

The ceremony takes place in Paris, and Messi appears as the favourite to add another individual gong to his collection after leading Argentina to glory over Mbappe's France in that epic encounter in Qatar.

Rodriguez intervened with five minutes left on the clock, leaping brilliantly to nod Luka Modric's corner in off the post, after Atletico had left him unmarked.

Haaland netted his 27th league goal of the campaign just before the half-hour with a relatively simple finish to overtake Sergio Aguero's tally from the 2014-15 campaign and become City's record scorer in a Premier League season.

The 37-year-old was unstoppable on the night.

Defending champions Bashundhara Kings have opened up a nine-point lead at the top as the first phase of the Bangladesh Premier League came to an end yesterday.

It took the dominant visitors until the first minute of the second half to break the deadlock

Winning the League Cup final on Sunday would be the first step in putting Manchester United back where they belong, says Brazilian winger Antony ahead of his side's Wembley clash with Newcastle United.

European soccer's governing body UEFA has opened an investigation after Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic was attacked by a fan on the pitch in Thursday's Europa League match at PSV Eindhoven, The Athletic sports website reported.

Barcelona forward Ansu Fati will be out of action after suffering an injury in training on Friday, the LaLiga club said without mentioning a timescale for his return.

Foden has struggled with an ankle injury he sustained while playing for England at the World Cup in Qatar

Having overcome injury issues in previous campaigns, Rashford has been in red-hot form for United this season with 24 goals, his career-best. No player in Europe's top-five leagues has more goals than him since the World Cup break

Haaland has scored a remarkable 32 goals so far in his first season with City, but the Norway striker still divides opinions as the Premier League champions lack their previous fluency with him in the side