* Manchester City's Pep Guardiola and Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp are on the four-man shortlist for the Premier League Manager of the Season award. They will also slug it out for the prize along with Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino and Wolves' Nuno Espirito Santo.
* A wildcard has been reserved for former world number one Andy Murray to play at the Queen's Club Championships in June but the Scot has been given time to confirm his participation, organisers said on Tuesday (May 7).
* FIFA will introduce awards for the best women's goalkeeper as well as the women's team of the year during its annual Best Football Awards, world soccer's governing body said. The move ensures both men and women will now claim awards in the same categories, with this year's winners set to be crowned in Milan on Sep 23.
* Atletico Madrid captain Diego Godin will leave the club after nine years when his contract expires in June, the Uruguayan defender said at a news conference on Tuesday as he fought to hold back tears.
* La Liga has rescheduled matches on the last day of the season to avoid clashing with the Women's Champions League final between Barcelona and holders Olympique Lyonnais on May 18, a spokesman for the organisation told Reuters.
* Two-time winners Jeonbuk Motors downed runaway Chinese league-leaders Beijing Guoan 1-0 to ease into the AFC Champions League knockouts on Tuesday (May 7), joining Ulsan Hyundai in the last 16.
* AC Milan midfielder Lucas Paqueta has been banned for three games after slapping a referee during a Serie A match, the league's disciplinary committee said on Tuesday.
* Vereya have been expelled from the top flight of Bulgarian soccer after repeated warnings from the sport's European governing body UEFA over suspected match-fixing, the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) said on Tuesday.
* Former Juventus, Italy and Chelsea coach Antonio Conte has ruled out an immediate move to AS Roma where he was considered the favourite to replace Claudio Ranieri at the end of the season.
