The top five teams are guaranteed qualification for the league phase of the Champions League, with four regular places boosted by England being one of the two associations with the highest coefficient for 2025-26 to earn one of the European Performance Spots (EPS), as confirmed on 7 April. Arsenal and Manchester City cannot finish lower […]

Real Zaragoza goalkeeper Esteban Andrada has been banned for 13 matches after he punched a Huesca player in the face. Andrada had already been sent off for a second bookable offence in stoppage time at the end of Sunday’s heated derby game in Spain’s second division. The Argentine then sprinted towards Huesca captain Jorge Pulido […]

Paris St‑Germain full-back Achraf Hakimi has been ruled out for the “next few weeks” after suffering an injury during their dramatic win against Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Hakimi played the full 90 minutes and provided an assist for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia as the reigning champions posted a 5-4 win against the Bundesliga side in […]

Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport against a four‑year drugs ban imposed by the Football Association. The Ukraine international, 25, has been sidelined for nearly 18 months after an “adverse finding in a routine urine test” led to a provisional suspension in December 2024. Charged in […]

At 70, former miner-turned-goalkeeper Angel Mateos Gonzalez is proving age is just a number. When he pulls on the gloves for CD Colunga against visitors Praviano in the fifth tier of Spanish football on Sunday, he will reportedly become the oldest player to appear in an official match in Spain. Colunga said it has named […]

Scott McKenna hopes to reward Scotland coach Steve Clarke’s loyalty and help the national team make history at this summer’s World Cup. Dinamo Zagreb defender McKenna, 29, has just won his first Croatian top-flight title and could finish the season as a national cup winner, too, with Zagreb facing Rijeka in the final. The former […]

Falkirk’s John McGlynn is in the running for a third successive PFA Scotland manager of the year award, facing competition from Derek McInnes of Hearts and Stenhousemuir boss Gary Naysmith. In his debut season at Tynecastle, McInnes has the Edinburgh club three points clear at the top of the Premiership with four games remaining. Hearts […]

Jack Grealish says his recovery from the operation he had on his season-ending foot injury is going extremely well and that his surgeon is delighted with the progress. The 30-year-old England midfielder, who is on loan at Everton, had the operation on a stress fracture 10 weeks ago. He suffered the injury during a 1-0 […]

Celtic and Hearts supporters will find themselves in an interesting predicament come the next round of Scottish Premiership fixtures – having to root for their rivals. Celtic are up first in the top three battle when they visit Hibernian on Sunday (12:00 BST) before Hearts host Rangers the following day (17:30). The defending champions are […]

Speaking in 2022, Chelsea captain Millie Bright reflected on the “best summer of my life” and England’s “incredible” Women’s Euros victory. Source link