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The hearing into Manchester City’s 115 alleged breaches of Premier League financial regulations will begin on Monday, ESPN said. City was referred to an independent commission over the alleged breaches, which go back to the 2009-10 campaign, in February 2023. The club are alleged to have breached rules relating to the provision of accurate financial…

Spanish footballer Hugo Mallo has been convicted of sexual abuse for inappropriately touching a mascot before a La Liga game in 2019, court officials said on Thursday. The former Celta Vigo player inappropriately touched the breasts of the woman who was wearing Espanyol’s parakeet costume while players lined up to salute each other before kickoff….

Odisha FC’s biggest arsenal this season won’t be the players but an excellent manager in Sergio Lobera. The Spaniard achieved the domestic double with Mumbai City (Indian Super League [ISL] Shield and ISL title) and will hope to guide the Juggernauts to silverware this season. Odisha reached the semifinals last season, finishing fourth and was…

The lowest of the lows of Barcelona’s trophyless campaign last season was when it was beaten not once, but twice, by the formerly modest Girona. Girona dealt Barcelona a pair of stinging 4-2 defeats as the club partly owned by Manchester City’s Abu Dhabi ownership emerged as one of the surprise packages of European football….

Football great Zvonimir Boban says he does not want to be president of UEFA. It needed “a real football man,” he suggested on Thursday, in a barb at technocrats who he claimed think they are bigger than the game. The former Croatia and AC Milan player resigned as UEFA chief of football in January in…

The French league’s legal commission has ordered Paris Saint-Germain to pay Kylian Mbappé the 55 million euros ($61 million) in unpaid wages that he claims he’s entitled to, the league said Thursday. The league confirmed the decision to The Associated Press without more details, a day after the France superstar rejected a mediation offer by…

Real Madrid remains with the Spanish league’s highest spending limit following the summer transfer window, while Barcelona improved significantly but remained well below its rival’s cap. The league released the cost limits for each team on Thursday, with Madrid’s cap reaching nearly 755 million euros ($833 million), up from 727 million euros ($803 million). Barcelona’s…

Italy will host next month’s Nations League clash with Israel in Udine, the country’s football federation (FIGC) said on Thursday. The Azzurri beat Israel 2-1 on Monday in a fixture played in Budapest due to the security situation in the Middle East. Israel was beaten 3-1 by Belgium last week in a match played behind…

Last season was a very forgettable one for Hyderabad FC. With the club unable to pay salaries on time, there was an exodus of players and the side was penalised with a transfer ban. That showed on the results and Hyderabad, which had won the Indian Super League (ISL) title just two years earlier, finished…