Nottingham Forest have sacked Ange Postecoglou 39 days after appointing him as head coach on Sept. 9, and just minutes after the team’s defeat to Chelsea on Saturday. Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis left his seat midway through his team’s 3-0 loss at the City Ground, and an announcement on Postecoglou’s future was confirmed 19 minutes after full time. Postecoglou failed to lead Forest to a single victory from his eight…
Barcelona players began Saturday’s home match against Girona with a 15-second pause after kickoff in protest against LaLiga’s decision to hold their regular-season match against Villarreal in Miami. Barça were due to play away at Villarreal on Dec. 20, but the league has relocated the fixture to the Hard Rock Stadium on the same date, with tickets due to go on sale next week. The Spanish Footballers’ Association [AFE] announced…
Matchday Two of this season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League saw some more exciting matchups and gave us a taste of what’s to come. The UWCL table has Barcelona, Real Madrid, Wolfsburg and OL Lyonnes at the top with perfect records, but Manchester United also join them with a 100% record after two games. This week, OL Lyonnes superstar Lily Yohannes scored a wonder goal, Paris Saint-Germain struggled while Chelsea and…
Manchester United are too big to fail forever, and their Premier League clash with champions Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday will only serve as a reminder of what could happen if, or when, one of the world’s most powerful sporting brands finally gets it right again. Fenway Sports Group (FSG), Liverpool’s transformative American owners, celebrated 15 years in charge at Anfield this week, a period that’s seen the club win…
The Spanish Footballers’ Association (AFE) remains in opposition to the LaLiga game between Villarreal and Barcelona being played in Miami in December. AFE president David Aganzo said players cannot support the proposals given the lack of information provided by the league so far, adding that he cannot guarantee the fixture will go ahead at the Hard Rock Stadium. Aganzo had hoped to hold a meeting with LaLiga chief Javier Tebas,…
MIAMI — It was a little more than a year ago that Gregg Berhalter led the U.S. men’s national team to a historically disappointing Copa America run, becoming the first ever host-nation of the CONMBEBOL tournament to be eliminated in the group stage. The team’s two losses and one win prompted the U.S. Soccer Federation to fire Berhalter, forcing the coach’s second exit from the national team. As #BerhalterOUT inundated…
In what could be the future of football gaming, Manchester City have joined forces with EA Sports FC 26 to launch a new fourth kit that comes embedded with a special interactive chip that will allow fans to literally tap into a whole raft of digital unlockables. The dark forest green jersey is covered in triangular graphics in light green and turquoise, and a closer look at the metallic club…
Chelsea and Juventus are set to battle it out to sign Al Hilal midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic on a free transfer, while Real Madrid are interested in signing Chelsea midfielder Moisés Caicedo, who has been offered a new contract. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s grades – Sources: Utd may extend Casemiro but salary…
Barcelona have announced the launch of a special edition shirt in collaboration with pop star Ed Sheeran for the Clásico against Real Madrid later this month. Iconography from Sheeran’s eighth studio album, Play, will appear on the front of Barça’s shirt at the Santiago Bernabéu on Oct. 26 as part of the club’s continued sponsorship agreement with Spotify. A week earlier, on Oct. 19, Barça’s women’s team will adorn the…
If you happen to be enjoying this month’s bout of FIFA World Cup qualifiers and other international fixtures, then make the most of it as this is the final October international break to take place as we know it. This is the result of a big change to FIFA’s match windows from next season, which was unanimously approved by the FIFA Council in 2023 as part of a wider reform…