James Maddison has apologised to the Coventry City fans for his goal celebration on Monday night. Maddison opened the scoring for Tottenham Hotspur in their 3-1 win with a beautiful curling effort. It was his first start in 526 days after a serious knee injury and came against his first club from his hometown. Maddison posted a picture alongside Coventry fans, holding up their shirt, on Tuesday to explain his…
Lisandro Martínez and Marcus Rashford missed training ahead of the trip to Como as Manchester United’s injury problems continued to mount. Martínez’s eventful week, which saw him apologise after publicly criticising the club’s hierarchy, ended with him keeping his place for Sunday’s Premier League clash against Leeds only to be forced off with a thigh complaint. Rashford was an unused substitute at Elland Road and United confirmed on Tuesday that…
Enzo Maresca has lauded centre-back Marc Guéhi‘s leadership qualities and said he sees him as a future captain of Manchester City. Guéhi was the captain at former club Crystal Palace and led them to a historic FA Cup triumph in 2025. He joined City in January and has been a mainstay in their defence, first under Pep Guardiola and now under Maresca. “It’s very easy to speak about Marc, because…
Dejan Kulusevski has said that he is “smarter” after ending a 526-day injury-enforced absence as Tottenham beat Coventry on Monday. The Sweden winger came off the bench in the 86th minute to make his first appearance since a serious knee injury sustained on May 11, 2025. Tottenham claimed their first Premier League win of the season, winning 2-1 after James Maddison — on his first start since May 1, 2025…
Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has said he has “no regrets” about turning down moves to other European giants, including Real Madrid, during his playing career. The ex-England skipper retired in 2016 after a 19-year playing career in which he played 710 times for the Reds, winning nine trophies, before joining MLS side LA Galaxy in 2015. “I had some interest from foreign teams and the majority of that was…
Gianni Infantino’s campaign for reelection as FIFA president is set to move this week to Japan and a meeting scheduled for Wednesday with the Asian Football Confederation. This comes after Infantino apologized last week in Zurich, Switzerland, to FIFA’s 37-member ruling council — which he chairs — for “mistakes” he made in assembling a now-scrapped $4.2 billion sell-off plan for the World Cup. The council is the main decision-making body…
An emotional James Maddison said it was like a “dream” to produce a goal and help Tottenham climb off the bottom of the Premier League with a 3-1 home win — their first of the season in the league — over Coventry City on Monday. Maddison marked his first start in 526 days after back-to-back knee injuries with a special strike in the 14th minute after he sent a first-time…
Dejan Kulusevski played his first match for 526 days on Monday after he came off the bench in the 86th minute of Tottenham's Premier League match against Coventry on Monday.
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick challenged his players to show they can compete with Europe’s best by beating Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday to extend their perfect start to the season. Barça have won 11 matches in a row to kick off the new campaign, scoring 48 goals in the process, but that streak will be put to the test by back-to-back European champions PSG at the Parc…
Brentford have contacted police following a “dangerous” and “potentially very harmful” incident which involved an “item being kicked from a height towards the field of play” in their 2-1 defeat against Liverpool. The club have commented after footage of an individual appearing to hit a rugby ball towards the Gtech Community Stadium pitch from a nearby rooftop during Saturday’s match circulated on social media. “Brentford are aware of an incident…