Luka Sucic scored a stunning late equaliser to ensure Real Sociedad held Atletico Madrid to a 1-1 home draw in LaLiga on Sunday.

Atletico had taken an early lead, Antoine Griezmann bringing down a lofted ball before setting up Julian Alvarez with a delightful backheel, and the Argentine scored after just 51 seconds.

Jan Oblak then made a string of fine saves, including a double stop against Martin Zubimendi and Nayef Aguerd, as the hosts dominated possession.

Eventually La Real s pressure paid off and there was nothing the goalkeeper could do as Sucic s superb first-time shot from distance sailed over him and into the top corner in the 84th minute.

Atletico moved one place up to third on 17 points, four points behind second-placed Real Madrid and seven o…

Marcel Desailly says Chelsea fans will be scrutinising Antonio Conte closely during Italy s Euro 2016 campaign.

Conte is due to take over at Stamford Bridge after the Azzurri s involvement in the European Championship comes to an end.

The 46-year-old won three consecutive Serie A titles as Juventus coach before taking the national team post.

He will be expected to make an immediate impact in west London, Chelsea having finished a distant 10th last season, as a disastrous defence of their title cost Jose Mourinho his job.

Desailly, having played for Chelsea between 1998 and 2004, will be among the interested observers during Euro 2016 seeking clues on what is in store for the Blues under the incoming manager.

Conte, for sure we are looking at him,…

Marc Guehi insists he is able to block the outside noise about his Crystal Palace future amid interest from Newcastle United.

The Magpies have already had two bids for the defender rejected, but have reportedly made a third, with Palace valuing Guehi at around £65million.

Guehi caught the eye as he made his tournament debut for England at Euro 2024, playing in all but one of the Three Lions games as they reached the final, only to eventually lose out to Spain.

But the 24-year-old has said he finds it easy to ignore the attention, and that it will not affect his approach to the season.

I can, I ve been doing it my whole life really, Guehi told Sky Sports. I ve never really been one to be looking too much into myself if that makes sense.

But I th…

Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has set England the target of winning the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

In his first key speech since replacing David Bernstein, Dyke also said he expected England to reach the semi-finals at Euro 2020.

Dyke believes England will make it to Brazil 2014 despite Roy Hodgson s men sitting second to Montenegro in Group H of UEFA qualifying.

The first target is to reach the semi-finals of the European Championship in 2020 and the second is to win the World Cup in 2022, Dyke said.

At Euro 2020, where we would expect Wembley to host a number of games, it will give us a focus to have a real crack at making inroads into the later stages of the tournament.

Home advantage has provided England with two of its best three sh…

David Taylor, the chief executive of UEFA Events, has criticised the high costs in Poland and Ukraine ahead of Euro 2012.

Taylor claims some hotels in Ukraine are charging too much and will put off fans from travelling to Euro 2012.

There are issues around the high cost of hotels in Ukraine, that is causing us some concern, Taylor said.

Of course UEFA cannot fix that ourselves, we don t manage the hotels.

However, we do think that it is not a very good image to present, to try and charge as much as possible.

Some of the prices you might see on the websites for hotel rooms in Ukraine are way above what we feel is right.

We speak to the authorities, to the hotels and we try to ensure that they understand the importance of setting p…

Bayer Leverkusen became the first team in Bundesliga history to complete a full season unbeaten after beating Augsburg 2-1 on the final day.

Xabi Alonso s treble-chasing team also stretched their European record unbeaten run across all competitions this season to 51 matches.

Victor Boniface intercepted a ball from Augsburg keeper Tomas Koubek to tap in for the lead in the 12th minute before Robert Andrich, part of Germany s Euro 2024 preliminary squad, doubled the advantage from close range.

Augsburg cut the deficit when Mert Komur scored just after the hour.

Leverkusen captain Lukas Hradecky made a smart stop to maintain Leverkusen s clean sheet, as the Bundesliga champions held on to make history.

Alonso s team, who face Atalanta in the Europa L…

UEFA insists there are no plans to move the Euro 2020 semi-finals and final away from Wembley.

England s national stadium is due to host five knockout matches, but UEFA confirmed last week there is a contingency plan in place should overseas supporters be forced to quarantine for 10 days in line with coronavirus protocols in the United Kingdom.

Cases of COVID-19 have been increasing in recent weeks in the UK, fuelled by the Delta variant first identified in India, with a further 10,633 positive tests on Monday.

Recent reports suggested UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin was prepared to move the semi-finals and final to Budapest, while Italian prime minister Mario Draghi has called for the prestige fixtures to be played elsewhere, with Rome touted as another alte…

Ian Russell says San Jose Earthquakes are determined to get a positive result in their final home game as they welcome Real Salt Lake to PayPal Park in MLS.

San Jose are looking to finish a disappointing season strongly and snapped a five-game winless streak with their 3-2 win over FC Dallas in midweek.

No matter the results in their final two matches, they will finish bottom of the Western Conference, but Russell is determined to give the fans something to celebrate before the end of the season.

We want to finish the season strong; we know it s not been a great year, Russell said.

We re not hiding from that, and we want to give the fans something to be happy about in this last home game.

I can tell you that they will work hard and try to get t…

Germany have reliquinshed Euro 2008 favouritism after their 2-1 defeat to Group B winners Croatia and Joachim Low will have to make major changes if they re to have serious ambitions on lifting the trophy.

The pre-tournament favourites, who are now of 7 to win it, can still reach the quarter-finals with a draw against co-hosts Austria on Monday, but Low needs to switch his personnel or formation or even both once the knock-out phase arrives.

The Germans were beaten by a harder working and more creative Croatia outfit on Thursday and Low must address his team s failings ahead of a likely meeting with Portugal in the quarter-finals.

Low will have to alter a midfield who too often allowed Croatia players to run beyond them leaving Torsten F…

Sean Dyche says Burnley s increased ability to mix up their tactics has led to improved away results after a 1-0 win at Everton on Sunday saw his side move up to sixth in the Premier League.

Dyche s men have taken eight points from testing trips to Stamford Bridge, Wembley, Anfield and Goodison Park this season, collecting two wins and two draws against four of last season s top-seven sides, topping last season s points total on the road already.

Often pegged as long-ball spoilers, Burnley have demonstrated greater flexibility in their style this season and Jeff Hendrick scored the only goal against Everton, finishing off a flowing 24-pass move midway through the first half.

Although the hosts dominated possession in the second half and recorded 23 shots to Burnl…