Thiago Silva vows to return as a coach after confirming his Chelsea departure April 29, 2024 The Brazilian defender, who turns 40 in September, will be out of contract in the summer.
Premier League table as Man City chase Arsenal in title race April 28, 2024 Manchester City beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 yesterday to go within one point of Arsenal at the summit of the Premier League table with one game in hand. The nervy win over Nuno Espirito Santo’s relegation-threatened side kept the title race advantage with Pep Guardiola’s City, who are chasing a fourth consecutive top flight English title. [...]
I was praying: Arteta relieved as Arsenal beat Spurs to stay top of Premier League April 28, 2024 Arsenal survived a late scare from Tottenham Hotspur yesterday in the North London derby to maintain their one-point advantage over Manchester City in the Premier League title race. An early own goal from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg followed by successful first-half attempts from Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz gave the Gunners a 3-0 lead at the break. [...]
Ed Warner: How do we value sport and the draw of much needed money April 25, 2024 After World Athletics announced it would be paying its Olympic gold medallists, a fresh debate has opened up around money for our athletes and the draw of cash in sport for bodies. Ed Warner writes. The British Olympic Association seats its gold medallists in the front of the plane carrying its team home from a [...]
Liverpool open talks with Feyenoord over Slot replacing Klopp April 24, 2024 Liverpool have opened talks with Feyenoord about the possibility of hiring their manager Arne Slot as the Merseyside club look to replace the departing Jurgen Klopp. German Klopp announced in January that he’d be standing down as manager at the end of the season but the club has been in no hurry to appoint a [...]
Haaland out of Brighton match as Man City chase Premier League title April 24, 2024 Manchester City striker Erling Haaland will miss tonight’s clash with Brighton and Hove Albion having missed his side’s FA Cup semi-final victory at the weekend. The Norwegian is out of the Premier League tie at the Amex Stadium this evening with a muscle problem. Manager Pep Guardiola insisted the issue was not serious with 20-goal [...]
Spain’s LaLiga vows to push ahead with matches in the US April 24, 2024 Regular season LaLiga matches could be played in the US within two years after the Spanish league’s president confirmed they intend to push ahead with plans. LaLiga has been at the forefront of discussions about the staging of regular season matches overseas, with the US seen as among the most commercially desirable destinations, and recent [...]
England set for 26-man squad for Euro 2024 April 23, 2024 Teams will be able to take teams of 26 to this summer’s Euro 2024 tournament with Uefa set to confirm plans to stick with bigger squads. The number was increased from 23 to 26 because of the Covid-19 pandemic but was expected to return to its original number. That is no longer the case. Netherlands [...]
Champions Cup final could be bumped from ITV1 to make room for FA Cup April 23, 2024 Broadcaster ITV is facing a scheduling conundrum next month with the FA Cup final and the Champions Cup rugby final set to take place on the same day at the same time. Due to the derby between Manchester United and Manchester City being one requiring heightened security, the kick-off was moved to 3pm. But the [...]
Nottingham Forest VAR given spot at Euro 2024 April 23, 2024 Stuart Attwell, the VAR at the centre of a sensational social media storm started by Nottingham Forest, will officiate at this summer’s Euro 2024 tournament having been named among the video assistant referees for the European championships. Attwell denied Forest three penalties in their 2-0 loss to Everton on Sunday before the losing team accused [...]