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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…

Max Dowman has added three Guinness World Records to his growing list of achievements despite not turning 17 until this coming December. The Arsenal winger enjoyed a breakout season in 2025-26, making 13 senior appearances and scoring a memorable clincher in the Premier League against Everton. That goal — in which Dowman ran from his own half, beat two players and tapped into an empty net with Jordan Pickford having…

MADRID — UEFA has received “a substantial amount of documents” from Real Madrid related to its ongoing inquiry into the Negreira case, European football’s governing body said on Thursday. Payments made by Barcelona to companies linked to José María Enriquez Negreira — the former vice-president of Spain’s Technical Committee of Referees — over two decades have been subject to a UEFA investigation since 2023, while there is also an ongoing…

Kylian Mbappé has described how his mother “fell in love” with Anfield and was keen for him to sign for Liverpool before he ultimately decided to join Paris Saint-Germain when leaving Monaco in 2017. The Merseyside club were serious suiters for Mbappé’s signature and the France star admitted he was “close to Liverpool,” with his mother attending matches at Anfield “to imagine me in this stadium.” Former Liverpool head coach…

Sir Alex Ferguson has said that Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney were the two best players in Europe for a period under his management at Manchester United. After missing out on the league title for three seasons, United won three in a row between 2006 and 2009, before Ronaldo joined Real Madrid for what was a world-record fee at the time. “At that period, those two — I think —…