Celtic has signed Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel on a one-year deal, the Scottish champion said on Thursday. Denmark’s captain, who recently played in the European Championship, joins Celtic as a free agent after spending last season with Anderlecht in Belgium. The 37-year-old previously played for Ligue 1 side Nice in the 2022-23 season after a…
The proposed sale of Premier League club Everton to the Texas-based Friedkin Group has fallen through, both parties said in a joint statement on Friday. The Friedkin Group, which has a portfolio of companies in the automotive, entertainment, hospitality, sports and adventure industries, entered into exclusive discussions to buy a majority stake in Everton last…
Spanish striker Alvaro Morata has joined AC Milan from La Liga side Atletico Madrid on a four-year contract, the Serie A club said on Friday. Neither Milan nor Atletico disclosed the financial details of the deal, but media reports said the Italian side triggered the release clause in his contract, which was around 13 million…
Former Germany defender Jerome Boateng was handed a suspended fine and a warning after a Munich court on Friday found him guilty of premeditated bodily harm against his former partner. The 200,000-euro ($217,760) suspended fine – 5,000 euros a day for 40 days – must only be paid if Boateng commits another offence. The judge…
India and Mumbai City FC winger Lallianzuala Chhangte and national women’s team midfielder Indumathi Kathiresan won the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) male and female Player of the Award respectively here on Friday. The awards were given at a function organised by the national football federation. The 27-year-old Chhangte recently extended his contract with Mumbai…
Spain’s football federation (RFEF) has proposed 11 stadiums as candidates to host matches during the 2030 World Cup, including the home arenas of LaLiga clubs Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Spain, who will co-host the tournament with Portugal and Morocco as well as centenary hosts Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, will also have 45 additional…
UEFA has started a disciplinary process against Spain captain Alvaro Morata and player of the tournament Rodri for singing about a sovereignty claim on Gibraltar at the team’s European Championship title celebration. UEFA said a disciplinary inspector “is being appointed to evaluate a potential violation” of its rules by the two players. Morata and Rodri…
The Football Association has identified a “number of candidates” to replace Gareth Southgate as it searches for an England manager capable of “winning a major tournament”. Southgate resigned on Tuesday in the aftermath of England’s Euro 2024 final defeat against Spain. The end of Southgate’s eight-year reign has forced the FA into a selection search…
Two-time European women’s football champion Norway must beat Albania and then either Croatia or Northern Ireland in the upcoming qualifying playoffs to advance to the 2025 tournament. The draw for the Euro 2025 qualifying playoffs was made Friday, with Sweden — the first European champion in 1984 and finalist at the past two Olympics —…
Real Madrid has decided to take over Barcelona’s football academies in India after the latter rounded up its operations in the country this month. Starting in the first week of August, Real Madrid will train 4,500 enthusiastic across 30 youth academies in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Pune, under the Educational Football Program. “We are…
