Napoli midfielder Scott McTominay has said he has no regrets after leaving Manchester United in the summer as he continues to make his mark in Italy. McTominay has scored three goals in 10 games since arriving at Napoli, who are top of Serie A. In an interview with The Times released on Thursday, the Scotland international said: “Obviously it’s a big decision, there’s no denying that. It was a huge…
Claudio Ranieri has described his return to Roma as “fate” after the Italian coach was appointed as head coach of the Serie A club for a third time. The Premier League-winning manager led the team between 2009 and 2011 and returned for a two-month stint in 2019. He also played for the Giallorossi during the 1973-74 campaign. Ranieri is set to be in charge in Rome until the end of…
Credit where credit is due — football kit designers have been putting in the extra hours and working overtime this season, if the sheer number of ultra-stylish shirts that are still being released is anything to go by. Let’s face it, everybody loves a cool football kit, and many of you went all dewy-eyed for our first selection of the best kits on the planet back in September. Since then,…
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni is confident there will be Lionel Messi jerseys in the home section despite the Paraguayan Football Association’s (APF) ban on rival shirts ahead of Thursday’s South American World Cup 2026 qualifier. Argentina will play Paraguay at the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asuncion on Thursday, and APF manager Fernando Villasboa warned the home crowd to wear only Paraguayan shirts as no jerseys from Argentina, Argentine clubs…
A Real Madrid theme park officially opened in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, with the LaLiga giants calling the destination “the world’s first football club theme park.” Real Madrid World’s six-hectare (14.8 acre) site in Dubai features over 40 rides based on the club and its history, which the club said includes the world’s tallest “flying chairs” ride and the Middle East’s first wooden roller coaster. The park’s inauguration…
PGMOL, the refereeing body for English football, has confirmed that it is aware of a new video published by The Sun in which suspended Premier League referee David Coote is allegedly seen snorting a white powder. Coote, 42, was stood down from duty pending the result of an investigation after a first video was posted to X on Monday which showed him making disparaging remarks about Liverpool and their former…
Arsenal midfielder Martin Ødegaard will not play in Norway’s Nations League matches against Slovenia and Kazakhstan as he needs time to get match fit after recovering from his ankle injury, the Norwegian Football Federation said on Tuesday. The 25-year-old came off the bench in added time during Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat at Inter Milan in the Champions League last week — his first appearance since suffering the injury while playing for…
Liverpool defender Andy Robertson has vowed to prove his critics wrong after losing his place in the starting lineup to Greece international Kostas Tsimikas. Robertson admitted he felt “written off” following a disappointing individual display in Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal last month, in which he was at fault for Bukayo Saka’s opening goal. The 30-year-old was withdrawn shortly after the hour mark at the Emirates and was named on…
PFA chief executive Maheta Molango has told ESPN that leading players including Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden “need to be protected” from the risk of burnout and excessive workload shortening their careers, adding there will be a “price to pay” if football’s schedule continues to intensify. And with high-profile players already talking about the prospect of strike action to resolve the matter, Molango said that “everything is possible…
HARRSION, New Jersey — NJ/NY Gotham FC’s 2-1 NWSL quarterfinal victory over the Portland Thorns at Red Bull Arena on Sunday had all the pomp and circumstance of a playoff game: United States international Rose Lavelle scored a late, dramatic game-winner in front of a club-record crowd for the defending league champions. But the key to Gotham’s victory on Sunday was consistent with a theme from throughout the squad’s season;…