Birmingham City have signed defender Millie Turner and midfielder Lisa Naalsund from Manchester United. The pair, who announced their engagement last month, are believed to have joined for six-figure fees as Birmingham prepare to return to the Women’s Super League (WSL). Birmingham won the WSL 2 title last season to end a five-year absence from […]
The inquest was told expert analysis of Stiles’ brain showed his severe dementia was as a result of Alzheimer’s disease but also CTE. Du Plessis, a consultant neuropathologist at Salford Royal Hospital, said: “In this case, it is quite clear that Mr Stiles had advanced dementia and he died of his dementia – that is […]
Hibernian will face Malisheva of Kosovo in the second round of Conference League qualifying this month. Malisheva, who were runners-up in the Kosovo Superleague last season, were 2-1 down after the first leg of their first-round qualifying tie against Albanian side Vllaznia. However, Malisheva roared back to win the second leg 5-0 on Wednesday, progressing […]
Available for 29 days Can Dundee turn a season of survival into a season of ambition? After winning over sceptical supporters, what can Steven Pressley achieve in year two? Charlotte Cohen sits down with George Cran and Robin Grimmond to debate the big talking points surrounding Dundee ahead of the new campaign. Have Dundee recruited […]
Cardiff were claiming more than €120m (£104m) for loss of income and other damages, based on the belief that Sala could have kept the club in the Premier League. But the Nantes commercial court dismissed its claims and also ordered the Welsh club to pay about £400,000 in legal fees and moral damages suffered by […]
Prosecutors in Milan have requested that a sports fraud case against Gianluca Rocchi, the man in charge of assigning referees in Italy’s top flight, be dismissed. The former international referee suspended himself in April after being placed under investigation for “complicity in sporting fraud” during the 2024-25 season. Rocchi, the National Referees Commission’s referee designator […]
The independent football regulator has issued a warning notice to Morecambe after their owners failed to respond to requests about the running of the club. It is the first time the IFR has taken action since the Football Governance Act passed into law a year ago. Morecambe directors Kuljit Singh and Harjit Singh failed to […]
Coventry City are closing in on a deal worth more than £17m for Eintracht Frankfurt defender Aurele Amenda. The Switzerland centre-back would cost an initial £15.4m, with a further £1.7m in add-ons, and is set to sign a four-year contract with the promoted Premier League club. Amenda is understood to have been persuaded by a […]
In the BBC’s Football Extra newsletter, we asked readers to send in images of World Cup memorabilia. Some of the wonderful responses, including mascots, programmes, tickets, coin and stamp collections and much more from World Cup between 1966 and 2010 are included below. If you would like your memorabilia added, please email us at football.extra@bbc.com. […]
Bournemouth are in talks with Benfica to sign Portugal defender Antonio Silva as a replacement for Marcos Senesi. The Cherries have targeted the 22-year-old following Senesi’s decision to leave on a free transfer and join Tottenham Hotspur. Silva is seen as a good ball-playing replacement for the Argentina centre-back, although Benfica have paused further progression […]