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[ad_1] Manchester United defender Millie Turner has signed a new contract with the club until the end of the 2024/25 WSL season. Having spent time at the club at youth level before starting her senior career, Turner was an original recruit when United reformed a first-team in 2018 and has been an important player ever since. The 26-year-old suffered a career threatening problem with an artery in her neck in early 2022 that could even have been fatal without swift medical treatment. But she has recaptured her best form this season and has formed a rock-solid centre-back partnership with Maya Le Tissier to underpin United’sRead More →

[ad_1] Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior’s extra time goals were enough for Real Madrid fend off a ten man Atletico Madrid in their Copa del Rey quarter-final clash. Atleti had taken an early lead through Alvaro Morata before goals from Rodrygo in the final 10 minutes took the game to extra time, and then Benzema’s 104th minute goal and Vinicius’ 121st minute goal sealed the win. Planet League’s Rich Holmes & Sustainable Clarets’ Cat Jebson join Shebahn Aherne to have football’s climate conversation ahead of Green Football Weekend. If you can’t see this embed, click here to listen to the podcast! After a midfield battleRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United and Reading meet in the fourth round of the FA Cup this weekend, which is the first time the clubs have played each other since the early days of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s caretaker reign at Old Trafford back in January 2019. Aside from six Premier League games contested, almost all of the previous meetings between these clubs have actually come in this competition – having rarely shared a division over the decades. United are much improved this season under Erik ten Hag and already have one foot in the Carabao Cup final after comfortably beating Nottingham Forest in the first leg ofRead More →

[ad_1] Women’s football is evolving at a rapid pace and the transfer market is no different. For a long time, player movement even at the top end of the women’s game was dictated by free transfers and rarely would money change hands between clubs. Players would tend to move only at the end of their contract, while contracts themselves tended to be short – many just 12 months. But as with the development of every other aspect of women’s football, the changing nature of the transfer market and how clubs approach it is a natural progression and to be expected. In 2022, Barcelona broke theRead More →

[ad_1] The Continental Cup semi final draw has thrown up a London derby between West Ham and Chelsea, while the winner of Thursday’s quarter final between Arsenal and Aston Villa will host Manchester City. The draw took place on Thursday evening on TalkSport2. Two-time winners Chelsea booked their place in the semi finals on Wednesday evening with a 3-1 victory over London rivals Tottenham, while defending champions Manchester City were comfortable 6-0 winners over Bristol City – the only Championship side to reach the last eight. West Ham netted a late winner to progress to the semi finals with a 1-0 victory against Liverpool, makingRead More →

[ad_1] Chelsea have had a tumultuous season both on and off the pitch with an early managerial change and a number of expensive signings that have led to criticism of the new regime. Todd Boehly has been splashing the cash but it is yet to turn into sporting success for the Blues. With the January additions of Benoit Badiashile, Mykhailo Mudryk, Noni Madueke, Joao Felix, Andrey Santos and David Fofana, fans will hope to see some serious improvement and a push for the top four places in 2023. New players have not been the only change at Chelsea this season, with Graham Potter replacing ThomasRead More →

[ad_1] Liverpool midfielder Arthur, currently on a season-long loan from Juventus, could face a potential ban owing to the financial scandal that has engulfed his parent club. Italian journalist Paolo Zillani has shared images of documents which purport to show ‘salary manoeuvres’ for 23 players across the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons. It is alleged that the players named on the document, which also includes Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala, Gianluigi Buffon and Aaron Ramsey, adhered to the ‘fake waiver’ of some wages that allowed Juve to make large financial losses ‘disappear from the balance sheet’. Zillani tweeted that all named players face a one-month ban forRead More →

[ad_1] The Philadelphia Union have bolstered their defensive options with the signing of Damion Lowe in a trade with Inter Miami. Philadelphia have paid $225k in General Allocation Money (GAM) to acquire Lowe’s services, as well as a natural first-round pick in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft and the Priority Homegrown Rights for Inter Miami II forward Shanyder Borgelin. The Union will still receive a percentage of any future transfer for Borgelin. “Damion is an experienced defender who fits into our current needs,” Union sporting director Ernst Tanner said in a club press release. “He’s an athletic, quick player and we expect him to be anRead More →

[ad_1] European sides Lyon and Sporting CP have spoken to Brighton about the availability of full back Tariq Lamptey, 90min understands. The Seagulls are flying in sixth in the Premier League but Lamptey has not been a regular feature in their starting XI. The Ghana international – who played in two games at the World Cup – has started just once in the league this season, making 15 appearances from the bench with Pascal Gross, Joel Veltman and Solly March often playing on the right for Roberto De Zerbi. Brighton want to keep Lamptey but the defender himself is keen to assess his options inRead More →

[ad_1] The United States Men’s National Team kicked off 2023 with a closely fought 2-1 loss to Serbia at LAFC’s BMO Stadium on Wednesday evening. Returning to action following their run to the 2022 World Cup round-of-16, an experimental Stars and Stripes side led by Anthony Hudson took the lead inside the opening half-hour with FC Cincinnati forward Brandon Vazquez heading home an excellent cross from Julian Gressel. The former Atlanta United duo have long waited for their USMNT debuts, with the latter also receiving US citizenship last year, so it was the perfect way to introduce themselves. However, the USMNT couldn’t hold onto theirRead More →