Barnsley have signed defender Nathanael Ogbeta on a season-long loan from Plymouth Argyle. Ogbeta, 24, started his career at Manchester City’s academy before moving to Shrewsbury, then Swansea, where he also had loan spells at Peterborough and Bolton. The attacking full-back is getting married this weekend but will forego a honeymoon to join up with...
Exeter City have signed Brentford midfielder Ethan Brierley on a season-long loan. The 21-year-old’s sole first-team appearance for the Premier League side came as a substitute in the EFL Cup two years ago. He joined the Bees from Rochdale in June 2023 and has spent the past two seasons playing for their B team after...
Exeter City have signed left-sided defender Ryan Rydel on loan from Stockport County. The 24-year-old has agreed a season-long stay at St James Park having helped County win promotion from the National League and again from League Two. There is no recall clause in the deal meaning Rydel will stay at Exeter for the entire...
Al-Hilal finished the Saudi Pro League season eight points behind new champions Al-Ittihad, and sacked Portuguese coach Jorge Jesus last month after his team were knocked out of the Asian Champions League Elite semi-finals. Inzaghi was appointed just days after his former club Inter Milan lost the Champions League final against PSG. “It might look...
The World Bank says it is lifting a ban on loans to Uganda that it had put in place two years ago when the country passed a draconian new law against LGBTQ people. In 2023, Uganda voted in some of the world’s harshest anti-homosexual legislation meaning that anybody engaging in certain same-sex acts can be...
Everton have triggered the option to sign midfielder Carlos Alcaraz on a permanent basis when his loan spell at the club concludes next month. Alcaraz, 22, joined Everton on loan from Brazilian side Flamengo in February and will now be signed for an undisclosed fee. The Argentina Under-23 international enjoyed a productive loan spell at...
Mayor Brandon Johnson – that’s a whole lotta nuthin’ in three words. If ever there was a less deserving, more unqualified, more ethically challenged, and intellectually and emotionally unprepared for being a dogcatcher, less mind mayor of Chicago than this pathetic excuse of a teachers’ union tool, I’ve never seen it. The one thing he...
Such has been Antony’s impact in Seville, captain Isco and former Betis winger Joaquin have joked about kidnapping the 25-year-old. In 25 matches since he joined, Betis have won 13 and drawn eight, losing only four. The club have secured a Europa League spot by finishing sixth in La Liga and were leading 1-0 with...
Durham have signed Somerset all-rounder Kasey Aldridge on loan for the T20 Blast. Aldridge will be available for the first eight group games to cover for Durham’s extensive injury list in their bowling attack. The 24-year-old was part of the Somerset side that won the competition in 2023 and took 13 wickets last season as...
This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet focused on education. After a five-year pause, the Trump administration is bringing back financial penalties for the many millions of borrowers who are too far behind on their student loan payments. It’s led to confusion and financial uncertainty. At least 5 million...
George was promoted from the academy team to the first team on 19 December, six months after he and defender Josh Acheampong signed new deals in June 2024. That decision to sign a three-year contract, plus an optional fourth year, raised eyebrows among multiple academy sources at Chelsea. Internal talk was that he might get...
I almost – ALMOST – didn’t write about this because listening to the whining of these people was so Gott-danged painful, I was near the end of my tether. But then I remembered two things – pain is best shared, and I have y’all. YOU WIN! Actually, though, I think I’m performing some sort of...
Getty Images The education secretary has pulled student loan funding from the private Oxford Business College over concerns about admissions practices. Bridget Phillipson said the “management of recruitment and attendance” at Oxford Business College, which is not a university itself but offers courses from some English universities, had “fallen well short”. She said she wanted...
AC Milan defender Kyle Walker is set for a spell on the sidelines following surgery on a fractured elbow. The 34-year-old England international sustained the injury during training and has subsequently had an operation. “To ensure better healing and optimise recovery time, the player underwent surgery in Milan,” the Serie A club said in a...
Kyle Walker says he “wanted to cry” the day he left Manchester City to join AC Milan on loan. Walker moved to Milan in January on loan until the end of the season after falling out of favour under City manager Pep Guardiola. Speaking on The Kyle Walker Podcast, the England defender told of his...