Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid in a Champions League penalty shootout — again — to keep its title defense alive Wednesday and advance to the quarterfinals.

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both rallied from two goals down in a frantic 4-4 draw in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals.

Liverpool became the first team to guarantee a place in the last 16 of the new Champions League format by beating Lille 2-1 on Tuesday, while Barcelona fought back from two goals down to stun Benfica 5-4 in a thriller.

Top soccer players have had enough.

Manchester City plunged deeper into trouble in the Champions League by losing 2-0 at Juventus in the latest setback in a scarcely believable run of poor results for the ailing English champions.

Manchester City has stayed in control of the Premier League title race by beating Fulham 4-0 with Josko Gvardiol scoring a double to add to his unlikely end-of-season haul of goals.

Manchester City has chalked up another big win in its hunt for an unprecedented fourth straight Premier League title.

Phil Foden has led Manchester City’s fightback after an astonishing miss by Erling Haaland for a 3-1 win over Manchester United in a one-sided derby that exposed the gulf between the two Premier League rivals.

Arsenal’s alarming problems in front of goal have been further exposed in a 2-0 loss to Liverpool in a heavyweight FA Cup match.

Manchester City rallied from a first-half deficit to beat Everton 3-1 in the Premier League and climb back into the top four.

Here’s something to fuel the Premier League’s rampant PR machine.

On a day when English soccer mourned the passing of Bobby Charlton, Manchester City and Liverpool got back on track with wins in the Premier League.

Manchester City’s perfect start in the Premier League is over after a shock loss to Wolverhampton and rivals Tottenham and Arsenal took full advantage.

Manchester City celebrated its Premier League title in style with a 1-0 win against Chelsea.

Bernardo Silva scored twice as Manchester City advanced to the Champions League final with a 4-0 win against Real Madrid.

Lionel Messi has gone into full-on Diego Maradona mode at the World Cup.

Julián Álvarez carried Argentina into another World Cup final with his surging runs and a striker’s instinct.

Argentina has beaten Croatia 3-0 to reach the World Cup final.

Nathan Ake finds it difficult marking Julián Álvarez in training at Manchester City.

Erling Haaland is taking English soccer by storm.

Darwin Nunez has shaded Erling Haaland in their first matchup by scoring Liverpool’s final goal as it beat Manchester City 3-1 in the Community Shield.