Euro 2024 participation helped the Scottish FA to post a record turnover of £78.72m last year. The figure is a £21.6m increase on 2023, while pre-tax profit was also up to £7.41m, compared with £2.05m the previous year. Furthermore, the SFA has benefited from additional funds from Grassroots Facilities Funding and the Scottish Government Extra...
Departing midfielder Kevin de Bruyne will receive a farewell from Manchester City after his final home game against Bournemouth on Tuesday. The Belgian announced last month he will leave City after 10 years when his contract expires at the end of the season. The 33-year-old has won 16 trophies since joining from Bundesliga club Wolfsburg...
Sheffield United have apologised after their X account was hacked on Monday, with a number of offensive and derogatory posts sent out. Sheffield Wednesday captain Barry Bannan was targeted in several of the hacked messages. They have since regained access to their profile and all posts have subsequently been deleted. “The club would like to...
The winner of Wednesday’s Europa League final between Tottenham and Manchester United could receive up to £54.4m. That figure is a combination of prize money for winning the competition and for reaching the league phase for the 2025-26 Champions League. Spurs or United would be guaranteed about £21m, with additional prize money awarded based on...
“Of course, it’s important to qualify, but except for Newcastle who won the Carabao Cup, Liverpool won the Premier League and Manchester City that won the Community Shield – the other teams didn’t win trophies,” Guardiola said. “So the other teams like Chelsea, who can win one title [Europa Conference League] against Real Betis, and...
Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz is one of the most in demand midfielders in football and many expected him to be the natural successor to Kevin de Bruyne at Manchester City. But BBC Sport understands Pep Guardiola’s side are withdrawing their initial interest in the German international owing to the soaring costs of any deal. It...
Aside from the brilliance of Scottie Scheffler’s imperious third major victory, the next-biggest talking point from the 107th US PGA was the controversy of Rory McIlroy’s “non-conforming” driver. Rumours emerged early in the championship that the recently crowned Masters winner, who was continually struggling to find Quail Hollow’s fairways, had been forced to switch drivers...
McInnes had been in charge at Kilmarnock since 2022 and last season guided the Ayrshire side into Europe by finishing fourth. His managerial career began when he took St Johnstone into the top flight in 2009 and, after a brief stint at Bristol City, he had eight years in Aberdeen, with whom he never finished...
When Crystal Palace supporters unveiled a giant tifo during the club’s historic FA Cup final win against Manchester City on Saturday, two fans inside Wembley froze on the spot. Seeing themselves displayed on the banner were brothers Nathan and Dominic Wealleans, who were pictured celebrating in disbelief with their father in 2011. The family were...
Paul Glynn and Steven McIntosh Culture reporters Watch: How Gary Lineker’s long BBC career came to an abrupt end Gary Lineker has confirmed he will leave the BBC after presenting his final episode of Match of the Day on Sunday. The 64-year-old had been expected to continue fronting coverage of the men’s FA Cup and...
On Saturday, former Serbia midfielder Matic’s shirt and that of Egyptian Hassan had tape covering the campaign logo. Fellow Egypt international Mohamed, meanwhile, did not play in his side’s win which saw them stay in the division. “I believe in mutual respect – the respect we owe others, but also the respect we owe to...
Smith will train with the club’s Elite Development Squad (under-21s) as she completes her A-Levels, something that was very important to the Victoria College student. “My school has been very supportive and they have always made sure I have a backup in my education and it was important to me that I was able to...
All three English Football League play-off finals will kick off one minute later than scheduled this weekend to raise awareness of the Every Minute Matters campaign. Saturday’s Championship final between Sunderland and Sheffield United and Monday’s League Two showpiece between AFC Wimbledon and Walsall will both kick off at 15:01 BST. Sunday’s League One decider...
Occasional seamer Ryan Patel bowled Jonny Bairstow for 77 to claim his first wicket of the season as Surrey quickly completed a crushing County Championship victory by an innings and 28 runs after dismissing Yorkshire for 229 at the Kia Oval. Patel, a 27-year-old batter in his 68th first-class appearance but with just 22 previous...
Manager Steve Clarke has included seven uncapped players in the Scotland squad for June friendlies against Iceland and Liechtenstein. Hibernian striker Kieron Bowie and Sassuolo left-back Josh Doig join midfield trio Connor Barron, Andy Irving and Lennon Miller of Rangers, West Ham and Motherwell respectively. Goalkeepers Robby McCrorie and Cieran Slicker make up the uncapped...