Champions and Europa League
Liverpool end Dalglish's second stint in charge
Once the dominant force in English football, Liverpool have not won the championship since 1990 and the club's eighth-place finish this season, when they finished 37 points behind champions Manchester City, forced the Fenway Sports Group to act.
Wishing for an end to Hibernian's 110-year wait
EDINBURGH, Scotland (Reuters) - The Scottish Cup gets under way in January and my birthday is in February and so every year I make the same wish when I blow out the candles on my cake.
Sauber gives CEO Kaltenborn a stake in F1 team
LONDON (Reuters) - The Swiss founder and owner of Sauber has given the Formula One team's chief executive a third of the company to ensure she stays on to lead it after he retires.
Bayern to use home changing room in Champions League final
BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Munich have been given the go-ahead by European football's governing body UEFA to use their home changing room at the Allianz Arena for Saturday's Champions League final against Chelsea, a club official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Chelsea boosted as Luiz and Cahill start training
COBHAM, England (Reuters) - Chelsea central defenders David Luiz and Gary Cahill are hopeful they will be fit for Saturday's Champions League final against Bayern Munich after completing their first training session following hamstring injuries.
Di Matteo hoping to avoid worst-case scenario in Munich
COBHAM, England (Reuters) - Chelsea's caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo is hoping to avoid what he described on Tuesday as the "worst-case scenario" with reserves and youngsters on the bench for the Champions League final against Bayern Munich on Saturday.
De Gea named in Spain's provisional Euro 2012 squad
LAS ROZAS, Spain (Reuters) - Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea was one of a number of fringe Spain players named in Vicente del Bosque's provisional 21-man squad for Euro 2012 on Tuesday.
Bayern defeat would hit Germany confidence ahead of Euros
BERLIN (Reuters) - Defeat for Bayern Munich against Chelsea in Saturday's Champions League final would hit German confidence ahead of Euro 2012 next month, national team coach Joachim Loew said on Tuesday.
Sun shines on joyful City parade
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Even the sun shone for Manchester City as the Premier League champions celebrated their long-awaited and dramatic title win with a euphoric victory parade on Monday.
