Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman, who are both locked in possible transfer talks away from their Italian clubs, have been called up for next month’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin and Rwanda. There were also recalls Wednesday for William Ekong, Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi. The Super Eagles open their qualifying campaign…
South American football body CONMEBOL suspended on Wednesday several Uruguayan internationals due to incidents at the Copa America semifinal against Colombia in July. Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez will be out for five Uruguay fixtures, including several in World Cup qualifying, while Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was banned for four matches. Mathias Olivera, Ronald Araújo and…
Girona manager Michel is unconcerned by his side’s poor start to the season after they failed to win either of their first two games having lit up La Liga last year. The Catalan side came out of nowhere to go toe-to-toe with Real Madrid in the title battle for much of last season, beating Barcelona…
Italy winger Federico Chiesa expressed his happiness at starting a “new adventure” amid reports he is about to join Liverpool from Juventus. There was footage in the Italian media of Chiesa arriving at an airport ahead of reportedly getting on a private flight to England. “I’m really happy and ready for this new adventure,” he…
Former Afghanistan head coach Ashley Westwood has been appointed Hong Kong coach, the Chinese territory’s football association announced on Wednesday. Westwood, a former Manchester United trainee, replaces Norway’s Jorn Andersen, who earlier this year took the former British colony to their first Asian Cup finals since 1968. The 47-year-old Englishman previously coached Indian clubs Bengaluru…
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti is not worried about Kylian Mbappe’s start at the club after the France striker failed to score in his opening two league games. Mbappe, 25, joined the La Liga and Champions League winners as a free agent from Paris St Germain in June, bringing an end to a transfer saga…
Sunday’s Dutch league clash between archrivals Feyenoord Rotterdam and Ajax Amsterdam has been forbidden by the Rotterdam municipality because of a planned strike by police. Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said the decision had been taken on Tuesday after police said they would not work at the high-profile game, known in the Netherlands as the “Klassieker”. “The…
Hamburg SV defender Mario Vuskovic has had his doping ban increased to four years, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Croatian failed an out-of-competition doping test at his Bundesliga second-division club’s training facility in September 2022. The analysis revealed the presence of the banned substance EPO, and he was…
Matt O’Riley hobbled off minutes into his Brighton and Hove Albion debut before the high-flying hosts swept aside third-tier Crawley Town 4-0 in the second round of the League Cup on Tuesday. The Denmark midfielder went straight into the starting lineup a day after completing his 25 million pound ($33.15 million) move from Celtic to…
Manchester City’s Portugal defender Joao Cancelo has joined Saudi Pro League Champion Al-Hilal, both sides said on Tuesday. Cancelo joined City in 2019 from Juventus, winning three consecutive Premier League titles from 2021 to 2023 after securing the Serie A crown with Juve in 2018-19. He spent last season on loan at La Liga side…
