FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards in the 2024-25 competition. All rounds of the Emirates FA Cup will also be played on weekends, including the fifth round which has been played in midweek for the past five seasons. The changes come as part of a new six-year agreement between the…
Juventus have been ordered to pay Cristiano Ronaldo £8.3m in owed wages by an Italian court. Ronaldo, 39, agreed to defer wages when football in Italy was halted by the Covid pandemic in the 2020-21 season. The Portuguese had claimed he was owed more than £17m by his former club. The Court of Arbitration said…
Few days after handing over the momentum to Manchester City in the race for the Premier League, Arsenal made a bitterly disappointing exit from the Champions League as they were beaten by Bayern Munich at Allianz Arena. Joshua Kimmich’s powerful 63rd-minute header from Raphael Guerreiro’s cross was enough to send the Germans through to the…
Defending Champions Manchester City on Wednesday night crashed out of the Champions League losing on penalties to Real Madrid Real Madrid won 4-3 on penalties after the game ended 1-1 on the night and 4-4 on aggregate Madrid drew the first blood through Rodrygo 12 minutes into the game while City equalised 14 minutes from…
Roma Manager Daniele de Rossi says defender Evan Ndicka suffered a collapsed lung during Sunday’s Serie A match against Udinese The twenty four year old collapsed in the 72nd minute and the game was abandoned after he was taken off on a stretcher. He was discharged from hospital on Monday. “A collapsed lung is a…
Ahead of Tonight’s Champions League second leg tie, against Bayern, Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard and forward Bukayo Saka will be assessed. Odegaard was taken off with 10 minutes remaining in Arsenal’s defeat by Aston Villa on Sunday, while Saka was seen limping towards the end of the match. Arsenal and Bayern Munich drew the first…
Borussia Dortmund beat Atletico Madrid 5-4 on aggregate to reach their first Champions League semi-final in 11 years Having lost the first leg 2-1 in Madrid, Dortmund quickly turned things around with Julian Brandt and Chelsea loanee Ian Maatsen scoring from tight angles in the first half.But Atletico Madrid made it 2-1 on the night…
Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris St-Germain defeated Barcelona to overturn a first-leg deficit and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. PSG had trailed 3-2 after the first leg in France but reached the last four for the first time since 2021 The visitors started the brighter of the two at five-time champions Barcelona’s…
Former Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita has been suspended by his German club Werder Bremen until the end of the season and given a “substantial fine” after refusing to travel with the team for Sunday’s Bundesliga game at Bayer Leverkusen. The club said after Keita, 29, found out he would not start the match he “decided…
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane says the dethroned German Champion’s season will be a failure if they do not win the Champions League. Bayern host Arsenal on Wednesday in their quarter-final second leg, with the tie level at 2-2. The German side only have the Champions League to play for after their run of 11…
