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Radja Nainggolan’s late winner clinched Inter Milan a 2-1 home win against Empoli and with it a place in the Champions League. Inter had to win on the final day to guarantee a top-four finish and on a night of high drama at San Siro they also condemned Empoli to relegation. Belgium midfielder Nainggolan struck with nine…

Dean Smith insists he is ready to complete his “impossible dream” and guide Aston Villa to the Premier League. The 48-year-old is on the brink of the top flight ahead of Monday’s Sky Bet Championship play-off final with Derby. Smith started his managerial career as caretaker boss at Walsall in January 2011 when the Saddlers…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wound back the years as the Manchester United manager came off the bench to score for Sir Alex Ferguson’s side against Bayern Munich in the Treble Reunion match. Fans young and old descended on Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon to see some of the club’s greatest players 20 years to the day…

St Mirren boss Oran Kearney felt it was “written in the stars” that goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky would be the club’s penalty shoot-out hero in their Ladbrokes Premiership play-off win over Dundee United. The 28-year-old Czech goalkeeper was left heartbroken last month after best friend Josef Sural was killed when his bus crashed after playing for…

Matthijs De Ligt says his future is up in the air and compatriot Jaap Stam believes the highly-rated Ajax defender would fit in well at Manchester United. Having starred in the Dutch giants’ run to the Champions League semi-finals, 19-year-old De Ligt has been attracting admiring glances from across Europe. He has been strongly linked…

Lee Bowyer believes Patrick Bauer’s promotion-winning goal hands Charlton a lifeline in their bid to retain their captain next season. Bauer’s last-ditch prodded finish sealed Charlton’s 2-1 League One play-off final victory over Sunderland at Wembley on Sunday, pushing the Addicks back to the Championship for the first time in four years. And now boss…

Rich Fury/Getty Images By Deepa Lakshmin Halsey’s magic number is 17. It’s tattooed on her right knuckles in blue and black ink, a permanent reminder of her life before Hollywood. At age 17, she graduated high school, left home, and first started writing original music. Under the Tumblr handle se7enteenblack, she gained thousands of followers…

Gabe Souza/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images By Lauren Rearick As a growing number of public schools continue to reconsider use of Native American mascots, Maine has taken legislative action. On Thursday, May 23, the state became the first to ban public educational institutions from appropriating Native American imagery. The law, signed by Governor Janet…

SM Entertainment In today’s oversaturated Korean pop landscape, the struggle to stand out — to be seen, heard, and remembered — among the daily influx of content is constant. Sure, it’s a great (and expensive) time to be a K-pop fan, but few songs rise above the noise: new groups debut, old groups come back, and everything…

(Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for WE Day)/(Simone Joyner/Getty Images)/(Chance Yeh/Getty Images for Atlantic Records) Ed Sheeran’s new collection of joint songs, No. 6 Collaborations, will be out on July 12. One of the most highly anticipated tunes that will appear on the LP is his collaboration with Chance The Rapper and PnB Rock, “Cross Me,” that was teased…