Paris St-Germain must relocate their first Ligue 1 match after extreme summer heat caused significant damage to the playing surface at the Parc des Princes. The reigning French champions were scheduled to begin their title defence at home against Rennes on Sunday. However, the fixture has been switched and will now take place in Brittany. […]
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City entered eight of Pep Guardiola’s 10 campaigns from 2016 as the experts’ pre-season favourites and lifted the trophy six times during that spell. However, ahead of their first season under Enzo Maresca, just 12% of the panel (3 out of 26) expect them to regain the title. Thomas Hitzlsperger: City are the only English […]
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The Swedish player gave Celtic the perfect start before Duran took charge with two goals. His first was a stunning volley created by relentless pressure on the LASK defence, while his second completed a magnificent team move. O’Neill believes Celtic secured an outstanding deal by signing Duran for a reported fee of between £4.5m and […]
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Hope Not Hate argued that current efforts to combat online abuse place too much emphasis on responding only after racist material has already reached users. Although players can block users and report messages while platforms can suspend accounts, Hermansson said these actions fail to tackle how abusive posts are boosted and spread. “X does not […]
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Marcus Rashford said he wants to focus on playing football without seeing his name discussed “every day”, following Gary Neville’s attempt to bring up the Manchester United attacker during a podcast. Rashford responded to a clip from the Stick to Football podcast in which Jamie Carragher showed his irritation after former United defender Neville asked […]
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Harry Kane says he is no longer feeling the same strong desire to return to England from Germany and pursue the Premier League’s all-time goalscoring record. The forward left Tottenham for Bayern Munich in 2023 after scoring 213 goals in England’s top division, leaving him 47 behind Alan Shearer’s record of 260. Since moving to […]
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Sheffield United may be handed a 12-point penalty after the company that acquired the club was ordered into liquidation by the High Court on Wednesday. COH Sports Bidco Limited (CSBL) reached an agreement to buy the Championship side for slightly more than £100m in December 2024, although approximately £35m of the purchase price remained unpaid. […]
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Patrick Vieira is set to become Senegal’s new head coach during a turbulent period for the national side, although ongoing complications mean the former France captain may never formally take control of the Teranga Lions. The 50-year-old has been named as the team’s next manager even though no agreement has yet been signed, while no […]
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Derek McInnes believes Lawrence Shankland is far too talented to go without scoring consistently and expects the Rangers captain to make a major contribution, whether he starts or comes off the bench. Shankland has found the net once in five appearances since joining Rangers. He began Sunday’s match against St Mirren among the substitutes as […]
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Promoted Coventry City have completed the signing of teenage striker Sidiki Cherif from Turkish club Fenerbahce. The 19-year-old was born in Guinea and relocated to France at the age of five. He has moved to the Sky Blues on a long-term contract after scoring twice in 12 Turkish Super Lig matches for Fenerbahce last season. […]
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