Republic of Ireland v Israel: Aviva Stadium to host Nations League game – FAI

The Republic of Ireland’s home Nations League fixture against Israel on 4 October will be played at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, the Football Association of Ireland has confirmed. After the sides were drawn together earlier this month, there were reports, external that the game would be held at a neutral venue because of security concerns after […]

VAR debilitating for referees, says Celtic manager Martin O’Neill

Martin O’Neill is of the view VAR is “debilitating” for officials on the pitch as he branded the Scottish FA process for appealing against decisions “worthless”. On Tuesday, Celtic lost their bid to have Auston Trusty’s red card against Hibernian overturned. A club statement was critical of the ruling and called for an urgent review […]

Sheffield Wednesday: James Bord-led consortium pulls out of takeover

The Owls have been in administration since October after 10 years under the ownership of Dejphon Chansiri. They were relegated from the Championship on Sunday following a 2-1 defeat at city rivals Sheffield United. It was the earliest-ever relegation in English football. Administrators Begbies Traynor chose the Bord group after it paid a non-refundable deposit […]

Dortmund criticise Italian authorities over fan treatment

Borussia Dortmund have criticised the “disproportionate measures” taken by the Italian authorities that means some of their fans will miss Wednesday’s Champions League match at Atalanta. The Bundesliga club confirmed that some of their supporters had been denied entry to Italy, while others have been visited by the police at their accommodation. In a statement,, […]

Rangers v Celtic: Barry Ferguson ‘confident’ of Old Firm victory

Former Rangers captain and manager Barry Ferguson believes the Scottish Premiership title race will “go to the wire” but is “confident” of Old Firm victory over Celtic on Sunday. Rangers hold a two-point advantage over their Glasgow rivals having played a game more before meeting at Ibrox, the penultimate league derby of the season. Danny […]

Man Utd debt up to £1.3bn despite profit of £33m

With that, the legacy debt from the Glazer family takeover and additional ‘liabilities’ listed of more than £500m – the vast majority of which is outstanding transfer fee payments – the club owed a staggering £1.29bn at the end of last year. United also paid out £13.9m in net finance costs, although this was much […]

World Cup 2026: US cities’ security concerns over funding freeze

“We have to start making some really tough decisions and it starts with our fan festival,” he said. “Without receiving this money, it could be catastrophic for our planning and co-ordination. “The matches up at the stadium will take place, but preparing for all the impromptu events and watch parties that we are expecting to […]

Chelsea and West Ham fined £325,000 and £300,000 for ‘mass confrontation’

Chelsea were 2-0 down in the match but went on to win 3-2 thanks to Enzo Fernandez’s injury-time goal, which came before the confrontation. In its written reasons, the independent regulatory commission stated “this was a serious incident” involving a number of Chelsea‘s players. It added: “It was not accepted that Mr Cucurella was wholly […]

Shrewsbury Town: Ex-England goalkeeper Joe Hart joins club as a stand-in coach

Shrewsbury-born Hart came through the Shropshire club’s ranks and featured 58 times for them before being sold to Manchester City as a 19-year-old in 2006, a deal that was eventually worth £1.5m. What convinced him to once again wear the Shrewsbury kit was the chance to help 22-year-old Matthew Cox, who is on loan at […]

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