Burnley players refused to shake hands with Preston North-End striker Milutin Osmajic during their FA Cup fifth-round clash on Saturday as a sign of solidarity with teammate Hannibal Mejbri. The Burnley midfielder accused Osmajic of racially abusing him when the two sides met in the Championship earlier this month. “I will not be silent about what happened today,” Mejbri wrote on social media post-match. “I will always call out racism…
Both sets of fans at the Vitality Stadium were up in arms during Saturday’s FA Cup fifth-round clash between Bournemouth and Wolves after an English record eight-minute VAR check. Hosts Bournemouth were already a goal up just around the half-hour mark when Milos Kerkez extended their advantage with a back-post header. However, uncertainty over whether he was offside provoked a surprisingly long check from the VAR, Timothy Wood. Per the…
Archie Gray believes Tottenham Hotspur have a “golden” chance to end their 17-year trophy drought by winning the Europa League this season. Ange Postecoglou’s side have endured a difficult campaign to date. They are 13th in the Premier League and have exited both domestic cup competitions. But Europe offers an opportunity to end their campaign on a high with many bookmakers making Spurs favourites to win the Europa League ahead…
Iraq want their World Cup qualifier against Palestine next month moved from the Jordanian capital of Amman, having also knocked back a Palestinian proposal to stage the match just outside Jerusalem. The last soccer international played in the Palestinian territories was in October 2019 and Palestine have since staged their “home” fixtures at neutral venues in Qatar, Jordán, Kuwait and Malaysia. Palestine are due to host Iraq in a Group…
Real Madrid midfielder Dani Ceballos has suffered a hamstring injury, the club has confirmed, as the team prepares for a critical run of games in multiple competitions. Sources have told ESPN that Ceballos will miss up to two months. Ceballos limped off late on in Madrid’s 1-0 Copa del Rey semifinal first-leg win at Real Sociedad on Wednesday, after a collision with forward Takefusa Kubo. After the player underwent tests,…
Manchester United are prepared to offer Rasmus Højlund to Napoli in a bid to land Victor Osimhen, while Liverpool want Brighton & Hove Albion striker João Pedro to replace Darwin Núñez. 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 – Man United’s Amorim to talk with Garnacho after tunnel exit –…
A Granada fan who racially abused former Cádiz defender Carlos Akapo during a LaLiga game three years ago has been given a one-year prison sentence by a Spanish court. The court in Granada also handed the supporter a 14-month stadium ban. In Spain, prison sentences of less than two years for non-physically violent crimes rarely require a defendant without previous convictions to serve jail time, so he is likely to…
Liverpool manager Arne Slot has been given a two-match touchline ban and fined £70,000 by the Football Association after his red card amid fractious scenes at the end of the Merseyside derby on Feb. 12. Slot admitted to the charge of acting “in an improper manner and/or used insulting and/or abusive words and/or behaviour towards both the match referee and an assistant referee.” He had approached referee Michael Oliver after…
Pep Guardiola has said building a new team at Manchester City isn’t the “biggest challenge” of his career. Guardiola has won 18 trophies, including six Premier League titles and a Champions League, since joining City in 2016. However, the club have endured a spectacular fall this season. They are fourth in the Premier League, 20 points behind leaders Liverpool, and have endured early exits in the Carabao Cup and Champions…
Dominik Szoboszlai had nothing left to give. After the final whistle had blown at Manchester City on Sunday, the Hungary international collapsed to the turf in exhaustion, having just delivered one of the outstanding individual performances of the Premier League season so far. Szoboszlai had been involved in both goals in Liverpool’s 2-0 win at the Etihad, teeing up Mohamed Salah to score the first before collecting the ball from…