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Two-time NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has become a shareholder in Atlético Madrid, the Spanish club announced on Thursday. In a statement, Atlético, who are currently second in LaLiga, said their partnership with the Oklahoma City Thunder guard, 28, was “grounded in shared values: ambition, excellence and the belief that every result must be earned.” Atlético have been majority owned by the US-based fund Apollo Global Management since last year. “I’m…

Real Madrid coach José Mourinho joked that he’ll be lucky to still be around to see the final verdict in the Premier League‘s case against Manchester City. An independent commission’s verdict published last week found City guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules. It detailed how City arranged “sham” commercial deals to inflate revenues and reduce costs by £900 million ($1.2b billion) during…

Tottenham Hotspur‘s Xavi Simons has revealed he has enrolled for an online course at Harvard Business School. Simons, 23, said in a post on LinkedIn that he had been accepted onto the Crossover Into Business Program at the graduate business school of the Ivy League university in the United States. The Netherlands international is currently recovering from an ACL tear suffered during the run-in at the end of last season…

Erling Haaland has said that everyone at Manchester City has to “stick together” and “stay positive” as the team prepares to play its first match since being found guilty on 100-plus charges of serious breaches of Premier League financial regulations. Most City players were away representing their respective countries during the extended international break when the outcome of City’s legal battle against the Premier League was made public. City have…

Enzo Maresca has said he “trusts the club completely” in his first interview since Manchester City were found guilty of breaking financial rules. Maresca is preparing his players for the trip to Liverpool on Sunday — City’s first game since the publication of the damning judgement in their case with the Premier League. The Italian spoke to in-house media on Thursday. He’s due to hold his first news conference with…

Gianni Infantino faces a clear path towards reelection as FIFA president after Concacaf president Victor Montagliani informed colleagues that he will seek to retain his position with the confederation next year, sources confirmed to ESPN — a move that will disqualify him from any bid to replace Infantino. Montagliani, the former head of the Canadian Soccer Federation, had emerged as the most likely candidate to challenge Infantino for the FIFA…

Everton youngster Martin Sherif has been fined for breaching Football Association betting rules. The 20-year-old, who is yet to make a first-team debut for the Toffees, admitted having caused, permitted or enabled 61 bets to be placed on football matches between November 2024 and February this year. Sherif has avoided a ban but must pay a £5,000 ($6,600) fine. In his defence, the forward said he had not personally placed…

Mikel Arteta has said he still has a “scar” from Arsenal’s Champions League final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in May. The Spaniard, whose new four-year contract at the Emirates was announced on Wednesday, took the club to their first Champions League final for 20 years last season but saw his team defeated on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Echoing the words of the last man to take them to the…

Pep Guardiola is expected to attend Manchester City‘s Champions League fixture against Paris Saint-Germain, sources have told ESPN, the club’s first home game since being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial rules. Guardiola is set to be in the stands at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday for the first time since quitting as manager at the end of last season. The timing of the 55-year-old’s return is significant, coming…

Raúl Asencio has said he is only focused on winning at Real Madrid and “turning the situation around” following his recent conviction for drink driving. The Spanish centre-back was fined €14,400 (£12,208 / $16,103) on Sept. 2 and had his driver’s licence suspended for eight months having admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol after testing positive at a sobriety checkpoint. “It was a really tough time,” Asencio told…