Fabian Hurzeler has been named Premier League’s manager of the month for August after leading Brighton & Hove Albion to an unbeaten start this season in the 31-year-old’s debut month in charge. Brighton picked up seven points from their first three league games, with victories over Everton away and Manchester United at home, followed by…
After a disastrous 2023-24 campaign, Bengaluru FC (BFC) will look to start the Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25 season with a clean slate against East Bengal here on Saturday. In the previous edition, BFC suffered its worst-ever ISL performance, with 22 points from the same number of matches. A lack of goals proved to be…
Leicester City’s business in the summer transfer market could have gone differently if the result of its successful appeal against the Premier League in an alleged spending rule breach case had come out earlier, manager Steve Cooper said. The promoted club avoided a possible points deduction when its appeal, on the basis that an independent…
Germany defender Marina Hegering is retiring from the women’s national football team after winning an Olympic bronze medal last month. The 34-year-old defender, who played 42 games for Germany, is set to continue playing for her club Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga and Champions League. Wolfsburg said she has a contract until the end of the…
The funeral of Sven-Goran Eriksson, the first foreigner to manage England’s national football team, was held on Friday in the small Swedish town where he grew up before embarking on a career that would span many decades, countries and trophies. A soft-spoken but determined coach, Eriksson guided teams in Sweden, Portugal and Italy to major…
Netherlands striker Memphis Depay says he expects other European football players to join him in the Brazilian league before the FIFA World Cup 2026. The 30-year-old Depay on Thursday gave his first press conference as a player of Corinthians but didn’t specify why he decided to come to South America. Depay, who signed a two-year…
A trial of eight health workers charged with “homicide by negligence” over the death of Diego Maradona has been postponed from October until March, Argentine media reported on Thursday. A court in San Isidro, a town on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, granted the request of three of the eight defendants to postpone for a…
New Zealand women’s coach Jitka Klimkova has resigned halfway through her six-year contract months after being cleared by an independent investigation into a “workplace employment” matter. Czech Klimkova, who coached the Football Ferns to their first World Cup match win last year on home soil, departs with immediate effect after managing only 11 victories from…
The 2023-24 season of the Indian Super League (ISL) saw Bengaluru FC display its worst performance in the competition’s history, since its debut in 2017-18. With 22 points from 22 matches, Bengaluru failed to register a single away win last season. After securing only seven points from the first nine games, the club parted ways…
PREVIEW The 11th season of the Indian Super League (ISL 2024-25) will premier with a contest featuring two of the league’s most proficient sides – Mohun Bagan Super Giant (MBSG) and Mumbai City FC (MCFC). There cannot be a better way to start the long season as MBSG, the ISL Shield winner, launches its title…
