OVIEDO, Spain — Through the smoke is a familiar face doing a familiar thing. Saturday night in Oviedo, the biggest night of the year, and a bus pulls out from the Monumental Naranco hotel, where blue banners hang from the facade and hundreds of football fans wait outside. From the hillside above them, a statue of Jesus looks down, stone arms wide, although He probably can’t see anything through the…
Swedish football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, the first foreign coach to lead the England national team, died with debts of over £3.8 million ($4.64 million) following years of financial mismanagement. Eriksson, who died in August last year at the age of 76 having earlier announced that he was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer, left assets worth £4.8m but owed £8.64m. Most of Eriksson’s debts were tax-related in the UK, owing £7.25m…
Ange Postecoglou has said he was subjected to “vile and detestable” abuse during Tottenham Hotspur’s FA Cup third-round win at Tamworth on Sunday. Spurs required extra-time to secure a 3-0 win against the lowest-ranked side left in the competition. Postecoglou appeared to embrace the non-league atmosphere at The Lamb Ground with one video circulating widely on social media showing the 59-year-old laughing in response to some negative chanting from a…
Inter Miami CF signed Tadeo Allende from Celta Vigo Tuesday on a one-year loan through the end of the 2025 Major League Soccer season. The Celta Vigo winger is set to join the team pending the receipt of his P-1 Visa and International Transfer Certificate (ITC). “We’re pleased to bring in attacker Tadeo Allende to further strengthen our attack. Tadeo’s versatility bolsters our options up front as he can perform…
There was no Premier League fixtures as the FA Cup took center-stage in England this weekend, with Manchester United’s thrilling shootout win over Arsenal stealing the headlines. The Bundesliga returned with a bang, while Atletico Madrid quietly sealed Spain’s “Winter Champions” crown in Barcelona’s and Real Madrid’s absence. On the goals front, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Julián Álvarez both scored sumptuous strikes, and Omar Marmoush sparkled with a number of Manchester…
Plans have been revealed for a revamped Welsh League Cup that could hand Wrexham a way into Europe, if the competition receives approval from the English Football Association (FA). The plans were announced by the Football Association of Wales (FAW), who hope the re-launched competition will bring a £3 million ($3.6m) windfall into the club game, while also offering the winner of the competition a path into the qualifying rounds…
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — In the historic centre of Jeddah, in the old heart of the city, there’s a football pitch. It isn’t much: an uneven, artificial turf surface and two undersized goals. There are floodlights, and white lines painted on the ground, but no seats for spectators. It’s surrounded by crumbling walls, half-abandoned buildings, and a few palm trees. This is football, like it has always been, everywhere. But…
Manchester City are on the verge of signing striker Omar Marmoush from Eintracht Frankfurt, while Paris Saint-Germain look set to sign Khvicha Kvaratskhelia imminently. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January grades | Women’s January grades – Guardiola: Walker has asked to leave Man City – Pedri denies Spain boycott over Olmo fiasco – Kvaratskhelia…
Barcelona midfielder Pedri has denied that the club’s players considered boycotting the Spain national team over the row surrounding Dani Olmo’s registration. Olmo — and fellow Barça player Pau Víctor — were granted a temporary reprieve this week, while Spain’s sports ministry the CSD considers Barcelona’s appeal against the decision of LaLiga and the Spanish football federation to refuse their registration for the second half of the season. Both players…
Federico Valverde said he “won’t give any lessons” to Kylian Mbappé on how to beat Barcelona’s offside trap ahead of Real Madrid’s Clásico Supercopa final on Sunday (stream LIVE on ESPN+). Mbappé struggled to cope with Hansi Flick’s high defensive line when the two teams last met in October, being caught offside a career-high eight times as Barça ran out convincing 4-0 winners at the Santiago Bernabéu. Speaking in a…