Aston Villa have made hard work of qualifying for the Champions League. It is just three wins in their past 13 Premier League games - no top-flight away win since January - and they can count themselves fortunate to still occupy a place in the top five.

The long, lumpy third act of Aston Villa's season, encapsulated in the past week by two entirely contrasting games, has been crawling towards this point. It is understandable that any nerves at Villa's failure to nail down Champions League qualification already have obscured just what an achievement it would be,

GENEVA (AP) — If any European soccer club deserved some luck to get a lucrative place in the Champions League, it was surely Shakhtar Donetsk. Recent results in the Champions League, but also in the Greek and Scottish leagues at the weekend,

Bayern Munich host PSG in a highly anticipated Champions League semi-final second leg at Allianz Arena today. Champions PSG hold a one-goal advantage after a pulsating nine-goal thriller in Paris last week, though Bayern rallied from 5-2 down to stay in the tie.

Follow along with live updates from CNN Sports as PSG and Bayern Munich face off for the right to play Arsenal in the Champions League final.

With just three games to go, La Liga kicked off Matchday 35 with some thrilling encounters on Tuesday night, with major wins for Levante and Real Betis.Celta Vigo 2-3 Levante: Luis Castro march

Two dramatic three-way showdowns will dominate the last day of the Bundesliga season Saturday as Stuttgart leads a race for Champions League qualification and former champion Wolfsburg fights to avoid

Cristiano Ronaldo could end up receiving another squad blow during the push for the Saudi Pro League and AFC Champions League Two with Al Nassr star Marcelo Brozovic having to come off against Al Hilal due to injury.