5:00 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Marc-Andre ter Stegen wants Frenkie de Jong to stay at Barcelona forever as the Dutch midfielder prepares to face Manchester United — the club that tried so hard to sign him last year — in the Europa League on Thursday. De Jong was the subject of talks between
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12:53 PM ET Mikel Arteta has accused referee Lee Mason of “not understanding” his job as a VAR official and said Arsenal have “huge anger” over the mistake which influenced Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Brentford. Ivan Toney‘s 74th-minute header earned Brentford a point at the Emirates Stadium despite Christian Norgaard assisting the goal from an
1:02 PM ET Associated Press The 2030 World Cup hosts are due to be picked in September 2024, FIFA said on Tuesday, also confirming that the three 2026 World Cup hosts — the United States, Canada and Mexico — all had their expected automatic entries confirmed in the 48-team finals tournament. FIFA’s ruling council confirmed
7:30 AM ET Paul Carr and Dan Thomas The UEFA Champions League round of 16 begins this week with eight two-leg matchups between some of the best teams in Europe. Manchester City, Bayern Munich, PSG and Liverpool top the list of contenders for the Champions League, with the first two matches beginning on Tuesday. AC
7:57 AM ET Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the body responsible for match officials across English football, has removed from duty two additional VAR officials involved in controversial incidents last weekend for the next round of Premier League games, it was announced Tuesday. Neither Lee Mason nor Neil Swarbrick have been given a VAR
8:52 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola has apologised to Steven Gerrard after bringing up the infamous slip which cost Liverpool the Premier League title during his impassioned defence of Manchester City last week. Speaking at a news conference on Friday, Guardiola said sarcastically he “didn’t know if we are responsible for Steven Gerrard slipping”
7:47 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti said Real Madrid‘s Brazilian players have been teasing him about reports linking the Italian coach with taking charge of the Brazil national team. On Friday the Brazilian Football Confederation denied an ESPN Brasil report that Ancelotti had given the OK to becoming Brazil’s new coach, taking
9:35 AM ET Grimsby have been barred from taking inflatable fish mascots to the South Coast. Mark Leech/Offside/Offside via Getty Images Grimsby Town fans have been told their iconic Harry Haddock inflatable mascots will not be welcome at their forthcoming FA Cup fifth-round tie away to Premier League Southampton. Fans of the fourth-tier club, nicknamed the
6:18 AM ET Belgian goalkeeper Arne Espeel died after he collapsed on the pitch on Saturday moments after saving a penalty for his team. He was 25. Winkel Sport B, who play in the second provincial division of West Brabant in Belgium, were 2-1 up against Westrozebeke when their opponents were awarded a penalty in
4:52 PM ET Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo scored his first goal for the club as they halted a dismal run by beating struggling city rivals Everton 2-0 at Anfield in the Premier League on Monday. Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 36th minute, linking up with Darwin Nunez on the counter-attack just after Everton