Gianni Infantino has summoned senior leaders of football’s world governing body to a meeting in Morocco on Wednesday, after another day in which its president has faced fierce criticism of his plan to sell off Fifa’s commercial and event operations. Fifa’s chief of global football development Arsene Wenger, secretary general Mattias Grafstrom, and Prince Ali, […]
Manchester United are set to name former Hearts boss Eva Olid as their women’s manager. BBC Sport understands the Spaniard, 40, will meet the United squad on Wednesday as the club finalise her appointment after Marc Skinner left the role by mutual consent on Monday – a month before the start of the Women’s Super […]
Bubista becomes the latest coach to leave one of the 10 African sides which appeared at the World Cup. Vladimir Petkovic parted company with Algeria, who exited against Switzerland in the last 32, by mutual consent on Monday. The 62-year-old Bosnian, who was appointed in February 2024, had extended his contract with the Desert Foxes […]
Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai says he has “cleared” the situation with team-mates Curtis Jones and Kostas Tsimikas after a video emerged last week showing the trio seemingly arguing over the captain’s armband. The incident came after the 1-0 pre-season win against Wrexham at Yankee Stadium in New York. Following the full-time whistle Jones, Szoboszlai and […]
The 2025-26 Premier League and Championship seasons included the introduction of squad-cost ratio rules on a shadow basis, testing to see how a spending cap for squad costs set at a percentage of a club’s total revenues might work. These SCR regulations have now been permanently implemented for the 2026-27 season, replacing previous profit and […]
Manchester United midfielder Ella Toone says she will always be “grateful” to former manager Marc Skinner after he helped her through the death of her father. Skinner left United by mutual consent on Monday following five years in charge at the Women’s Super League (WSL) club. He led United into the Champions League knockout stage […]
Guimaraes has travelled to Spain for Newcastle‘s pre-season training camp in La Manga, as planned, following his post-World Cup break. The Brazil midfielder has been a priority target for Arsenal as the club look to further strengthen after winning the Premier League last season. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta would not be drawn directly on Guimaraes […]
Manchester United defender Gabby George is closing in on a move to Brighton before the start of the Women’s Super League season. The 29-year-old has a year remaining on her contract after United activated an option clause in January. It means Brighton are expected to pay a six-figure fee for the versatile defender, who joined […]
Last season’s surprise title triumph made headlines around the world, mainly because of Mjallby’s remote location. The club is based in Hallevik, a coastal village in southern Sweden with fewer than 1,000 residents. As the strongest football team in Blekinge County, Mjallby attract fans from across the region, averaging home crowds of 5,000 last season. […]
Spain World Cup-winning midfielder Rodri is unlikely to be fit for the first part of the campaign after having back surgery. Kovacic featured for 45 minutes in Saturday’s game and now has a chance to deputise, with Tijjani Reijnders, Nico Gonzalez and new club record signing Elliot Anderson all vying for a starting role in […]