Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí is set to become the highest paid player in women’s football by signing a new long-term contract with Barcelona, a source has told ESPN. Bonmatí, 26, is out of contract at the end of the season but both the player and the club were keen to extend her terms as soon as possible. A source says a loose agreement is now in place which will…
Wrexham drafted in two-time Super Bowl champion Eli Manning as a fan ahead of Monday’s League One clash against Birmingham City, in whom legendary quarterback Tom Brady holds a 3.3% stake. The club made the announcement on its Instagram account Friday, with a post that read: “We are honoured that @elimanning has coincidentally, (because Co-chairmen @robmcelhenney & @vancityreynolds begged him) joined the @Wrexham_AFC fanbase, just in time for our match…
Tottenham Hotspur host Arsenal in the first north London derby of the season on Sunday in the latest instalment of one of the Premier League’s fiercest rivalries. The visitors will likely have to do without captain Martin Ødegaard, Declan Rice and Riccardo Calafiori for the crunch clash, while Spurs are looking to record their first win in the fixture since May 2022. Ange Postecoglou’s team will be hoping to put…
Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been charged by the Football Association (FA) for saying that all South Korean people “look the same” during a television appearance. In a clip posted on social media from a June interview conducted in Spanish on Uruguayan Television programme “Por La Camiseta,” host Rafa Cotelo asked Bentancur for a Spurs player’s shirt, to which he replied, “Sonny’s?” [Son Heung-Min], adding: “It could be Sonny’s cousin…
Manchester United are working towards becoming more “financially sustainable,” according to new CEO Omar Berrada, after posting a loss of more than £110 million ($144m) in their latest financial results. The club announced record full year revenues of £661.8 million for the year ending June 30 in results published on Thursday. However, net losses rose to £113.2m ($148.2m) after increased investment in the playing squad. United have recorded losses of…
LONDON — Gareth Southgate’s eight-year tenure as manager of the England men’s national team delivered the most consistent tournament performances in the country’s history, yet he was chased out of the job by people demanding something more. Southgate guided England to a semifinal, final, quarterfinal and another final from his four attempts to end the Three Lions’ wait for a major trophy. They reached back-to-back Euros finals for the first…
China’s Football Association has banned 43 people for life over allegations of match-fixing and other forms of corruption in the latest effort to weed out deceit in the country’s notoriously underperforming team sport. The official Xinhua News Agency on Tuesday reported that Zhang Xiaopeng, a top police official, attended a news conference at Dalian to release details of a “two-year investigation that uncovered a series of online gambling, match-fixing and…
The transfer deadline may have passed across Europe’s top five leagues but there is still business to be done this summer. And, with only four months until the January window opens, the rumour mill keeps on turning! Transfer Talk brings you all the latest, and you can check out our list of all the major done deals. Newcastle United could make a return for Crystal Palace defender Marc Guéhi in…
Football is no stranger to collaborations when it comes to shirts, kits and fashion. Paris Saint-Germain have their link-up with Jordan, while Adidas teamed up with Pharrell Williams in 2020-21 to create bespoke Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Juventus, Arsenal and Real Madrid jerseys. Juve also had their collaboration with Adidas and skate brand Palace in 2019, and Ajax even drew on inspiration from Bob Marley for their 2021-22 third kit.…
The Premier League summer transfer window closed on Aug. 30, and it ended with England’s top division posting its lowest net spend for a decade and a drop of almost £400 million in spending from the previous year. The business climate has changed, with clubs losing an aggregate of nearly $1 billion last season, five times as much as 2018-19, the last pre-pandemic campaign. This has led them to adopt…