It was 6pm on 5 July in Mexico City, and Alireza Faghani, a 48-year-old Australian-Iranian referee, was sleeping and snoring in the changing room. His assistants had lowered the music. Without the distant sound of almost 90,000 supporters filtering through the concrete walls of the Estadio Azteca, he might have remained asleep until morning. Faghani […]
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Bellingham outlined the change in his role during an interview with Real Madrid TV. “I have greater freedom to choose when to move deeper, remain further forward or make a run into the penalty area,” he said. “For me, this is the ideal position.” Mourinho continues to demand that he applies pressure and helps regain […]
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Crystal Palace have completed the permanent signing of England defender Ben Chilwell from RC Strasbourg. The 29-year-old is back at Selhurst Park after helping the Eagles lift the FA Cup during his loan spell in the latter half of the 2024-25 season. Chilwell expressed his delight at returning, saying he was pleased to reunite with […]
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Everton have reached an agreement to bring Jack Grealish back to the club on loan from Manchester City for the remainder of the season. The 30-year-old is due to undergo a medical with the Toffees, and the transfer is expected to be finalised before Tuesday’s 23:00 BST deadline. Grealish spent much of last season at […]
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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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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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England head coach Lydia Bedford says the Football Association has instructed her to “carry on as normal” ahead of next month’s Under-20 Women’s World Cup, even though European football authorities have warned they could withdraw from the competition. Bedford said she has not focused heavily on the wider situation while preparing to announce her Young […]
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Elliot Anderson has acknowledged that England’s World Cup semi-final loss to Argentina continues to trouble him, but he hopes the confidence gained from his displays during the competition will help him begin his Manchester City career strongly. Anderson is expected to make his first appearance for City when they face Premier League champions Arsenal in […]
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England forward Ivan Toney has been charged with assault following an alleged incident at a nightclub in Soho. According to the Metropolitan Police, the 30-year-old Northampton resident was charged on 31 July with assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Police said the allegation concerns an incident reportedly occurring on 6 December last year at a nightclub […]
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Argentina’s football governing body is marking the national team’s World Cup semi-final victory against England last month. Following an executive board meeting on Wednesday, the Argentinian Football Association (AFA) designated 15 July—the date of the 2-1 triumph in Atlanta—as its “National Football Teams Day”. “This date was selected to honour Argentina’s memorable World Cup semi-final […]
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