LONDON - Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino is relishing the opportunity to load more pressure upon Premier League leader Chelsea following a superb derby win over Arsenal on Sunday.
MANCHESTER, England - Manager Jose Mourinho described Manchester United's jammed-packed schedule as "not human" after a growing injury list threatened to wreck hopes of a place in next season's Champions League.
MADRID - Real Madrid welcomes Atletico Madrid for the first leg of its Champions League semifinal on Tuesday, hoping to do something that has been beyond the reigning 11-time European champion for six decades.
MILAN - Ghana's Sulley Muntari dramatically walked off the pitch while playing for Pescara at Cagliari on Sunday after his complaints of racist abuse were met with a yellow card.
MANCHESTER, England - Marouane Fellaini was banished for brainlessly head-butting Sergio Aguero in an otherwise tedious 0-0 draw between Champions League qualification rivals Manchester United and Manchester City at Etihad Stadium on Thursday.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee - Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points as the San Antonio Spurs advanced to the Western Conference semifinals by topping the Memphis Grizzlies 103-96 on Thursday night to take the series 4-2.
MILWAUKEE - The crowd was loud and hostile.
BOSTON - New York Yankees starters failed to record a complete game in all of 2016 - a first for the storied franchise - but Masahiro Tanaka ended that slump this season before April was up.
LONDON - Mauricio Pochettino sees Tottenham's gritty 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Wednesday as a sign his club is ready to pounce if Chelsea stumbles in the title race.
BARCELONA, Spain - Real Madrid again made light of the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo as it crushed Deportivo la Coruna 6-2 to maintain the upper hand in the La Liga title race on Wednesday.
SHANGHAI - Brazil forward Hulk scored a trademark screamer as Andre Villas-Boas' Shanghai SIPG doubled FC Seoul 4-2 to take its place in the last 16 of the Asian Champions League on Wednesday.
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