FC’s Paul Mariner assesses the latest rumours surrounding Marcos Alonso, Ivan Rakitic and more in Transfer Rater. Stewart Robson breaks down the good and the bad for Chelsea after their perfect Premier League start. Maurizio Sarri has revealed Eden Hazard is not yet ready to return to Chelsea’s starting lineup despite his instant impact off
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The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has banned the coach of second division club Kariana Erden for a year for attacking a referee and his assistant at the end of his team’s 1-2 home loss to Strumska Slava on Saturday. The BFU’s disciplinary commission also fined Atanas Dzhambazki, a former coach of Slavia Sofia, Montana and
Socceroos coach Graham Arnold will look to change the style of the of the team and showcase players’ attacking flair. Graham Arnold believes Daniel Arzani’s move to Celtic will be good for his progression. Australia’s Graham Arnold joked about capping Usain Bolt for the national side but believes he will be taken seriously at the
Infantino’s public calls for transparency helped get him elected, but the recent ethics code update shows that he is interested in the opposite. Last week, FIFA published a new ethics code. You might think this a positive step, one that strengthens the corporate governance of an organisation healing itself after years of scandal. You would
MADRID — Atletico Madrid winger Vitolo is set to miss between two and four weeks after suffering a knee sprain during his team’s 1-1 La Liga draw at Valencia on Monday. “Vitolo finished the game which we played at Mestalla against Valencia with pain in his left knee,” Atletico said in a statement on Tuesday.
Derby manager Frank Lampard said he remained positive despite seeing his team suffer consecutive league defeats to Leeds and Millwall. Former Chelsea and West Ham midfielder Lampard guided Derby to a late victory over Reading in his first game in charge, but they were then beaten 4-1 at home by Leeds and lost 2-1 at
Arsenal youngster Folarin Balogun will play for the United States’ under-18 team in a friendly tournament this week, though the the striker has not officially switched allegiances from England. This is the first U.S. call-up for the 17-year-old Balogun, who was born in the U.S. but grew up in London and played for England at
Steven Gerrard said artificial turf has no place in “elite football” after seeing one of his Rangers players injured in a game at Kilmarnock on Sunday. Rangers winger Jamie Murphy fell to the synthetic surface in the 17th minute of the club’s 3-1 Scottish league cup win, and Gerrard, who is still unbeaten as a manager
Adel Ezzat has resigned from his post as president of the Saudi Arabia Football Federation in a bid to run for Asia’s top job in 2019. The official took the Riyadh post in December 2016 but now has his eyes on becoming president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in next year’s elections. “I presented
10:30 AM ET Second half strikes from captain Troy Deeney and Will Hughes gave Watford an impressive 3-1 win at Burnley on Sunday. Former Burnley forward Andre Gray opened the scoring in the third minute with a superbly taken volley following a fine Deeney cross from the right. Three minutes later, Burnley got back on