The groups have asked supporters to boycott the opening nine minutes of City’s Premier League match against Leicester City on 2 April and remain on the stadium concourse to demonstrate that “football without fans is nothing”. The statement claims that City are yet to respond to the open letter signed by seven City supporter groups...
Piroe said he turned down the opportunity play for Suriname in the international break because he wants to put all his energy into winning promotion to the Premier League. The 25-year-old is eligible to play for the South American country through his father, who was born there. “At the minute I am completely focused on...
Check out the significant signings and departures in the Premier League, Scottish Premiership, EFL and Women’s Super League. Read article in full at source...
Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves has had a rape conviction overturned on appeal by a Spanish court. The appeals division of Catalonia’s High Court of Justice unanimously upheld the appeal by the 41-year-old and acquitted him, saying the case against him had “inconsistencies and contradictions”. Alves was sentenced to four and a half...
Kenya goalkeeper Patrick Matasi has been provisionally suspended from all football activity in the country for 90 days amid an investigation into allegations of match manipulation. Football Kenya Federation (FKF) took the decision on Thursday evening, hours after the governing body announced it had launched an investigation into the 37-year-old. The case arose after a...
He added: “The way things went down was incorrect. We are the employer and also pay the players, so we will investigate.” In an interview with German tabloid newspaper Bild, Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen said the club wanted a “complete clarification of the events”, accusing Canada Soccer of “gross negligence” and saying “we reserve the...
Celtic remain comfortably on course for a fourth successive top-flight title, despite their home loss to Rangers last time out. Brendan Rodgers’ side hold a 13-point lead at the top of the division and will be champions if they win their next four matches. Hearts, on the other hand, have work to do to secure...
Mantovani’s death in 1993 was “the beginning of the end at Sampdoria”, according to Italian football journalist David Ferrini. He added: “Mantovani’s reign attracted talent and kept them happy in Genoa, but his passing – combined with the hangover of the Scudetto success – meant that Sampdoria’s best players became prime transfer targets.” In 1992...
“He’s quite unique compared to other sporting directors,” Spanish football expert Guillem Balague told BBC Sport. “He had no playing career, started in banking, and only got into football later, first at Carpenedolo, an amateur club, then at Parma and Genoa, where he built key connections with Peter Kenyon and Jorge Mendes. “Under his watch,...
Walsall aren’t the only team wobbling at the top of League Two with eight of the sides in promotion contention struggling for consistency. Only three teams in the race to go up or make the play-offs are in the form table’s top 10 based on the past six matches – Bradford, Colchester and Doncaster, although...
Chelsea captain Millie Bright tells BBC Sport’s Jo Currie that beating Manchester City to turn around a two-goal deficit and book their place in the Women’s Champions League semi-finals was a “true Chelsea performance”. READ MORE: ‘Bring on Barca’ – Chelsea’s ‘quadruple mentality’ is back Read article in full at source...
Rangers are tracking Maccabi Tel Aviv and Israel forward Dor Turgeman, 21. (Sport1 via Scottish Sun, external) Hibernian are interested in Cheltenham Town winger Jordan Thomas, 23. (Football Insider), external Hibernian are in constant discussions with Sunderland over the possibility of extending Nectar Triantis’ stay at Easter Road, according to boss David Gray. (Edinburgh Evening...
There is an all-English Women’s Champions League final on the cards, with Arsenal and Chelsea safely into the last four of the competition. The semi-final line-up was confirmed on Thursday as Chelsea and Barcelona joined Arsenal and Lyon in the next round. The two Women’s Super League (WSL) sides overturned 2-0 first-leg deficits to continue...
Six Premier League clubs want Lille’s Jonathan David, four English sides are after Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Ekitike and Tottenham consider bringing someone back. Newcastle have joined Manchester United, Tottenham, West Ham, Chelsea and Liverpool in expressing their interest in Lille’s Canada striker Jonathan David, 25. (i Sport), external Manchester United are interested in Everton and...
Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka could be named in the squad to face Fulham in the Premier League next week. The 23-year-old has been out since December after sustaining a hamstring tear in the win at Crystal Palace which needed surgery. Saka’s recovery schedule has gone according to plan and he is now back in full...
