FIFA s Ethics Committee has opened formal adjudicatory proceedings against three disgraced former African football officials.
Kirsten Nematandani, former president of the South African Football Association (SAFA), Jonathan Musavengana, former Zimbabwe Football Association official, and ex-Togo coach Banna Tchanile could all face sanctions following an investigation by world football s governing body.
All three were investigated over allegations that they breached FIFA s ethics code with their involvement in friendly matches in South Africa in 2010.
The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee, under its chairman Hans-Joachim Eckert, has opened formal adjudicatory proceedings against Kirsten Nematandani, former President of the South African Footb…
Kieran Trippier has no doubts about Joao Felix s quality after his unbelievable header for Atletico Madrid against Manchester United, but he suggested the forward still has work to do to meet Diego Simeone s exacting standards.
Joao Felix s superb diving header gave the Spanish champions the lead in their Champions League clash with the Red Devils, before substitute Anthony Elanga netted to leave the tie finely poised at 1-1 at the halfway point.
The opener represented Joao Felix s 24th goal for Atletico in all competitions but just his second headed goal for the club, with his only previous such effort coming against Cadiz back in November 2020.
Tripper, who left the Wanda Metropolitano for Newcastle United in January, was not surprised by his former team-mat…
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Knowing they re within touching distance of securing their spot at next year s delayed European Championships, Northern Ireland will welcome Slovakia to Belfast on Thursday night.
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Starting with the hosts, while Northern Ireland might have managed to secure that dramatic penalties victory away at Bosnia-Herzegovina in what was a tense encounter last month, the Greens have struggled to find much momentum heading into Thursday s showdown. Enduring what has been a difficult run in this year s Nations League tournament, they were last seen getting hit with back-to-back 1-0 defeats at the hands of Norway and Austria. Struggling to fully find their feet since bringing in new boss Ian Baraclough who replaced Micheal O Neill ba…
Metro understands that Ander Herrera is set to consider his options after talks of a new deal at Manchester United stalled.
The Spain international is out of contract at the end of this season and whilst he is keen to remain at Old Trafford but may need to look elsewhere as there has been no progress in his contract negotiations.
The twenty-nine-year-old is in his fifth season with the Red Devils having signed from Athletic Bilbao in the summer of 2014.
During his time with the club he has so far racked up one hundred and sixty-three appearances in all competitions, scoring seventeen goals.
He was part of the squad that won the FA Cup in 2016, and the EFL Cup and Europa League a year later.
He has been capped twice by his country with bo…
Eliesse Ben Seghir followed in the footsteps of Thierry Henry and Kylian Mbappe as he made an impactful league debut for Monaco on Wednesday.
The youngster was introduced halfway through Monaco s trip to Auxerre in their first Ligue 1 game following the World Cup and scored twice as the visitors ran out 3-2 victors at Stade de l Abbe-Deschamps.
An M Baye Niang penalty for the hosts was cancelled out by Wissam Ben Yedder just before half-time, with Ben Seghir then scoring with a tidy finish from a tight angle 12 minutes after the break to put Monaco in front.
A Youssouf Fofana own goal levelled things again, before Ben Seghir struck with five minutes of normal time remaining to seal the points, coming in off the left flank and picking out the far side of the net w…
Jordan Pickford has become the first goalkeeper to keep five clean sheets across the first five games of a European Championships, after England s 4-0 rout of Ukraine.
Harry Kane scored either side of Harry Maguire s brilliant header before Jordan Henderson s first England goal – on his 62nd cap – sealed an emphatic quarter-final triumph in Rome.
England now head back to Wembley for a semi-final clash with Denmark, who defeated the Czech Republic, on Wednesday, with a first appearance in a final since 1966 in the offing.
While England s attack clicked, it is the Three Lions defensive resilience which has seen them through, with Saturday s win bringing up their seventh clean sheet in a row.
It is the first time England have gone as many games without c…
Manchester City reached their fourth consecutive Carabao Cup final on Wednesday evening as they beat local rivals Manchester United 2-0 at Old Trafford.
John Stones was surprisingly the man to score first as he netted just after the half-time break. Fernandinho then blasted home minutes before full-time to rubber-stamp City s progression to Wembley where they will now face Jose Mourinho s Tottenham Hotspur.
Here are three things we learned from Old Trafford:
City hunt the cup again
Since Pep Guardiola s arrival at the Etihad Stadium in 2016, Manchester City have only failed to reach the League Cup final once, and even that came in the Spaniard s first season.
In the campaigns since, City have been irresistible in the competition, lifting it on three con…
After proving Tottenham s hero in the League Cup semi-final win over Sheffield United, Christian Eriksen is eager to run out Wembley.
Christian Eriksen expressed his delight after his double in Wednesday s 2-2 draw at Sheffield United fired Tottenham into the League Cup final.
The attacking midfielder opened the scoring with a sublime free-kick in the first half of the semi-final second-leg clash at Bramall Lane.
Che Adams, an 18 year-old signed from non-league Ilkeston Town, came on as a late substitute for the hosts and gave the gave the Premier League side a scare with a quickfire double that levelled the tie at 2-2.
However, Eriksen broke the hearts of the Yorkshire club by sliding in a cool finish two minutes from time to wrap up a 3-2 aggregate win.…
Ralf Rangnick insisted Austria will not change their tactics for Robert Lewandowski having missed Poland s opening Euro 2024 fixture against the Netherlands.
The Barcelona striker, who is his nation s all-time top scorer with 82 goals, did not feature in their 2-1 defeat in Hamburg having picked up a thigh injury in a pre-tournament friendly against Turkiye.
Despite his absence, both Rangnick and captain Marcel Sabitzer are preparing for the game with the assumption he will be on the pitch for Michal Probierz s side on Friday.
It doesn t change our way of playing a lot, basically they will play the way they have been played. Lewandowski is the (main) player in Poland, everyone tries to pass to him, especially if they counter at speed, Rangnick told reporters.<…
Giorgio Chiellini is set to join Los Angeles FC as a free agent, with his contract at Juventus officially expiring at the end of the month, according to Fabrizio Romano. The contract with the MLS side has been agreed and is set to be signed in the coming days.
Having started his career at Livorno, the battle-hardened centre-back played for Fiorentina and joined Juventus from there in 2005. He leaves at the age of 37 as the club captain and icon, having worn the club shirt on 561 occasions, with 35 goals and 26 assists to his name, along with nine Serie A titles, five Italian Cups and five Super Cups.
There s no doubting the fact that he s left a huge mark on Juventus and the Italian top flight, but he also played a huge part in Italy s run to European glory in 2021, hav…