Manchester United has announced that Jose Mourinho has left his role as manager.

According to the Catechism of Football Cliché there are no easy draws at the knockout stage of the Champions League. Like all clichés there is an element of truth to it, but there is no denying that Manchester City have landed the easiest of three Anglo-German ties, nor that Roma will be relieved to be drawn against Porto, and Real Madrid against Ajax.

Paris St Germain coach Thomas Tuchel is ready for the “great test” of facing Manchester United in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Arsenal will play their second leg at the Emirates on a Wednesday at 5pm.

Last December, this column described Manchester United’s appointment of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as “romantic hokum”.

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Ashley Young, already on a yellow card for a foul on Kylian Mbappe, sent former Man United man Angel Di Maria crashing into the stands with a hefty shoulder.

Manchester United could be facing disciplinary action after a bottle was thrown at Angel Di Maria at Old Trafford last night.

What began as a night of heady Champions League celebration for Manchester United at a revived and passionate Old Trafford ended with a dose of reality, administered by PSG, that suggests although the club may appear healed under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the shortcomings of his team are still very much there.

It was hard to imagine that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is entering the most pivotal spell of his brief, and spectacular, reign as Manchester United’s interim manager as he sat, as relaxed and on-message as ever, at his beloved Old Trafford yesterday.

Niall Quinn has described his recent meeting with League of Ireland Director Fran Gavin as “very positive” but insisted that the FAI need to be open to alternative ideas about the future shape of the domestic game.

If a week is a long time in politics, then eight weeks is an eternity in football.

Paul Scholes has been appointed as Oldham manager.

I am writing this in southwestern rural France, an hour before the start of ‘Le Crunch’, as the French call their annual rugby highlight against the elderberry-smelling English hamsters.

Daniel Storey on the weekend's talking points...

Here’s a sign of how well Ole has got his feet under the table, and how quickly we’re getting used to the pleasure of having him — we’re already becoming blasé. The Reds I know were confidently expecting an entertaining game on Saturday, and also expecting to win.

Since Ireland ended the four-year unbeaten home record of Wales a year ago, triggering the resignation of Chris Coleman, results have been mixed.

A nationwide campaign to shift Ireland’s cultural perception of women’s sport — called ‘20x20’ — aims to increase participation, attendance, and coverage of it by 20% by the year 2020.

The past week or so has been so tricky for some of Europe’s elite clubs that they might be looking forward to the Champions League as a welcome diversion, writes David Shonfield

He smiled, charmed, and quipped his way through a relatively stern interrogation from the media yesterday but, after the dust had settled on Jose Mourinho’s press