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Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk can return to playing immediately after the Football Association and the World Anti-Doping Agency “resolved his appeal” against a ban for failing a doping test. The Ukrainian was suspended for four years after failing a drug test which revealed the presence of a low concentration of meldonium, a prohibited substance, in 2024. Mudryk filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport while changes to…

Newcastle United have confirmed that Eddie Howe has stepped down from his role as head coach. Sources told ESPN on Thursday that Howe had decided to bring an end to his five-year stint at the club in which he ended their 70-year wait for a domestic trophy. “After a period of personal reflection, I have decided that now is the right time for me to step away from my role…

The U.K Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called on FIFA president Gianni Infantino to resign over the plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to a private equity group. Infantino is under serious pressure, as his proposals have been met with swift backlash from UEFA, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) — who have all rejected the plans. All 55 member nations of UEFA have agreed to boycott…

John Stones has said he is thrilled to have joined Inter Milan and be fulfilling a lifelong dream of playing abroad after a decade of success with Manchester City. The second signing of the Pep Guardiola era joined the managerial great in making a summer exit from the Etihad Stadium having helped the club win 20 major trophies. Stones’ haul included six Premier League titles, three FA Cups and five…

Newcastle players headed to a preseason training camp in Spain on Friday amid uncertainty over their coach less than a month before the start of the Premier League season. Sources told ESPN on Thursday that Eddie Howe was set to leave the job, and multiple reports indicated he would be replaced by Matthias Jaissle. Newcastle had yet to confirm any changes on Friday. Reports said sporting director Ross Wilson would…

Veteran Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny admits it “still hurts” to have missed out on a Premier League title during his time at Arsenal. Szczesny, in Birmingham for pre-season training with Barça, is nevertheless grateful to have finally seen his former club end their league title drought in the 2025-26 season. Arsenal had finished runners-up in the previous three consecutive campaigns. “I suffered a lot [during] the Champions League final,” Szczesny…

FIFA has started a consultation process over an expansion of the Men’s World Cup to 64 teams, with documents seen by ESPN aiming for a decision by Aug. 14. The cut-off date is a month before Gianni Infantino’s deadline for 211 member associations to green light his plan to sell off a stake controlling FIFA major competitions. The $20 billion sell off plan unveiled by Infantino, the FIFA president, appears…

Sandro Tonali has opened up about his £100 million ($133 million) move to Tottenham Hotspur from Newcastle this summer, naming head coach Roberto De Zerbi as a key figure in the transfer. In a roundtable interview with reporters from The Athletic, BBC Sport and other outlets, Tonali spoke about his connection to De Zerbi via their shared hometown of Brescia in Italy, how he plans to deal with the pressure…

South African Football Association (SAFA) president Danny Jordaan confirmed the departure of Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos on Friday, the final day of his contract, after five years. Broos took charge in May 2021 after Bafana Bafana’s failure to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The Belgian oversaw their third-place finish in the 2023 tournament (held belatedly in early 2024 in Ivory Coast) and their first knockout…

Senior FIFA adviser and former U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro, who represented the world soccer body on the White House Task Force for the World Cup, resigned Friday in protest at its private equity plan. “I cannot stand by while FIFA considers selling a stake in the World Cup,” Cordeiro, a former Goldman Sachs banker, said in a statement resigning as adviser to FIFA president Gianni Infantino that urged other…