Kevin de Bruyne has completed his move to Napoli after the Belgian midfielder left Manchester City at the end of the Premier League season. De Bruyne will link up with former Chelsea and Tottenham manager Antonio Conte at the Italian champions after leaving City following a long and successful spell. He rejected an offer from...
Carl Nasman, Ana Faguy and Gary O’Donoghue BBC News, Los Angeles, Washington DC and New York Watch: “It’s important for me” – LA protesters on why they’re taking the streets Los Angeles police say they have made “mass arrests” after a fifth day of protests over US President Donald Trump’s immigration raids. Mayor Karen Bass...
Manchester City have confirmed the signing of AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders for an initial fee of £46.5m on a five-year contract. The Netherlands international is Pep Guardiola’s fourth summer signing with Rayan Ait-Nouri, Marcus Bettinelli and Rayan Cherki having also joined. Reijnders, 26, was signed in time to be eligible for this month’s Club...
Bethany Bell BBC News in Graz Reuters The shooting in Graz is the deadliest gun attack in modern Austrian history There is shock, sadness and disbelief in Graz, after the worst shooting in modern Austrian history left 11 people dead, including the gunman. “We never could have imagined that this could have happened here, in...
Manchester City have completed the signing of midfielder Rayan Cherki from Lyon before the first of this summer’s transfer deadlines. City will pay an initial fee of £30.45m, and Cherki has signed a five-year deal until 2030. The 21-year-old will be able to play for City at the Club World Cup, which begins in the...
Guardiola has never been afraid of airing his political views, having frequently spoken of his support for pro-Catalan independence. In 2018, he was fined £20,000 by the Football Association for “wearing a political message” pitchside – a yellow ribbon to support imprisoned politicians in his native Catalonia, having previously being warned he was in breach...
Israeli navy ships have struck targets in the port city of Hudaydah in Houthi-controlled Yemen. The Israeli military said in a statement the strikes were carried out in response to Houthi missiles targeting Israel and were aimed at stopping the use of the port for “military purposes”. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Images...
Kayla Epstein, Bernd Debusmann and Christal Hayes Reporting fromNew York, the White House and Los Angeles Getty Images California National Guard troops and vehicles deployed to Los Angeles on Sunday in the wake of protests against federal immigration raids. This weekend, tensions boiled over in the Los Angeles area after a week of immigration sweeps...
Thomas Tuchel has encouraged his England team to play as they train – with smiles on their faces. The German was critical of the performance as England laboured to a 1-0 win over minnows Andorra in Saturday’s World Cup qualifier. Former Chelsea boss Tuchel says the players have trained very differently, however, so he has...
Manchester City have signed Wolves left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri for £31m. The 24-year-old Algeria defender has signed a contract until 2030 and is available for the group stage of the Club World Cup. City begin their campaign in the newly-expanded tournament against Moroccan club Wydad AC on 18 June. Ait-Nouri joined Wolves in a £14.9m deal...
While on loan, he saved a penalty in a 4-3 Premier League win over Newcastle United in May 2021. He came on as a late substitute in a Champions League last-16 second leg draw with Sporting Lisbon in March 2022. City said in a statement: “During his time at City, Carson has been praised by...
Chelsea and Manchester City are the two English teams in the 2025 Club World Cup, with Premier League champions Liverpool not eligible. Both Chelsea and City secured their places by winning the Champions League between 2021 and 2024. Clubs from Europe were given 12 of the 32 places at this summer’s tournament. Four were intended...
The 39-year-old former Norwich youth player also coached in Ipswich Town’s academy before taking MK Dons to the League One play-offs in 2022 and had a brief spell at Oxford United who were second in the third tier when he left to join Bristol City. “My first live match was here, my first season ticket...
Leicester City youth player Jeremy Monga, who became the Premier League’s second-youngest player last season, has agreed a new deal. The winger became the second-youngest player in Premier League history when he made his debut against Newcastle United in April, aged 15 years and 271 days. Monga, who first joined the Foxes under-nines, made seven...
Christal Hayes BBC News Reporting fromParamount, California The National Guard clashed with people protesting against immigration raids in Los Angeles. Juan and several friends huddled in the car park of a hardware store near Los Angeles, where protests have erupted against US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Typically, their gatherings include dozens of day labourers,...