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An American businessman whose firm invested in several European soccer clubs that struggled under its ownership pleaded guilty to fraud Thursday in New York.

Celtic have now lost two Europa League group games, as well as two derbies - but Martin O'Neill is adamant he can see positive signs.

The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday's newspapers...

It was a night 127 years in the making as Bournemouth added another chapter to their fairytale with victory in their first-ever European home game.

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Bournemouth's history-making season continued on Thursday as they played - and won - their first-ever home European match, beating Sturm Graz 3-0 in the Europa League.

Alphadjo Cissè made European history for Italy with his hat trick in AC Milan 's 4-0 thrashing of RB Salzburg in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday.

Georginio Rutter scored twice and set up one as Brighton thrashed Kauno Zalgris 4-0 to get their Conference League campaign off to a winning start.

Celtic showed second-half fight but were ultimately outclassed away to Benfica as they were beaten 4-1 in the Europa League.

Harry Kane is close to signing a new deal at Bayern Munich, Arda Guler agrees a new contract with Real Madrid, Liverpool are leading the race for Bournemouth's Alex Scott…

Lisandro Martínez has issued a formal apology after criticising Manchester United's board following the 2-0 defeat to Atlético Madrid.

BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on boxer and Ipswich fan Fabio Wardley, plus the BBC readers and AI with his predictions for this weekend's Premier League fixtures.