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[ad_1] Finnish businessman Thomas Zilliacus has withdrawn from the race to buy Manchester United, describing the takeover process as a ‘farce’ as it moved to a third round of bidding. Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani and British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe have been the two leading bidders to take the club out of the hands of the Glazer family. But Zilliacus later also went public with his interest, although he was never seen as a contender in the same way, having called upon the two other parties to unite with him. The Finn, who has done most of his public communicating via Twitter,Read More →

[ad_1] AC Milan will take a slender aggregate lead into the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Napoli after securing a narrow 1-0 win at San Siro on Wednesday, already a second victory over their Serie A rivals this month. Ismael Bennacer scored the only goal of the game against the run of play in the first half, with Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan emerging as a hero and Napoli stung by a red card shown to Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa when they were in the ascendancy looking for an equaliser. Hoping to avenge a surprising 4-0 thrashing by Milan only 10 days earlier, NapoliRead More →

[ad_1] Lyon Feminin are set to have a new majority owner in the shape of American businesswoman Michele Kang by the end of the season, with a formal announcement perhaps sooner. The French giants, the most successful club in the history of the Women’s Champions League with eight titles, are currently owned by parent company OL Groupe. American businessman John Textor became new majority shareholder in 2022, although long-serving president and former owner Jean-Michel Aulas will stay on as president until 2025. But Textor is now on the verge of selling off a 52% stake in the women’s team to Kang, detailed in a reportRead More →

[ad_1] Sadio Mane is reported to have hit Bayern Munich teammate Leroy Sane in the face during a furious dressing room row following Tuesday’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester City in the Champions League. Sane started the game against his former side, with Mane coming off the bench for the final 20 minutes, but neither could prevent Bayern from falling to a huge loss which sees them all but eliminated from the Champions League ahead of the second leg of their quarter-final tie. Late in the game, BILD state that Sane and Mane had a verbal disagreement on the pitch when a move broke down, andRead More →

[ad_1] Tottenham Hotspur have the chance to break back into the Premier League’s top four on Saturday when they take on AFC Bournemouth. Fifth-placed Spurs play a day before Manchester United travel to Nottingham Forest, allowing them to turn up the heat in the race for a Champions League place. The Cherries are still fighting against relegation and are three points clear of the drop zone, though are in decent form having won three of their last five matches. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of their meeting in north London. Current Form (Last Five Games) Country Television Channel/Live Stream United Kingdom Not availableRead More →

[ad_1] England will initially base themselves at the Sunshine Coast Resort just over 100km north of Brisbane on Australia’s east coast when they head out to this summer’s Women’s World Cup. Following on from last summer’s Euro 2022 triumph, the Lionesses will enter the tournament as one of the favourites as they attempt to win a second major tournament in as many years. Having beaten Brazil to win the inaugural Women’s Finalissima and lost an 18-month unbeaten streak at the hands of Australia this month – both tough tests with lessons to be learned – Sarina Wiegman’s team will play one final game against aRead More →

[ad_1] England’s friendlies ahead of the 2023 World Cup have shown that they’ve lost the element of surprise that made them so successful at Euro 2022. During last summer’s tactics, Sarina Wiegman’s side relied on substituions to change the game. The team started every match of the tournament with the exact same starting eleven, and Wiegman would often bring on the same subs around the hour mark: Chloe Kelly on for B*th Mead, Alessia Russo on for Ellen White, and Ella Toone on for Fran Kirby. These substitutions, more often than not, changed the game, allowing England to challenge their opponents tactically, and use freshRead More →

[ad_1] The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland have confirmed that they have submitted a bid to host UEFA Euro 2028. They are hoping to become the first five-nation bid to successfully claim hosting rights. They are expected to go up against a bid from Turkey, while an audacious multi-nation proposal from six Scandinavian and Nordic countries has also floated. In a joint-statement, the FA, Scottish FA, Welsh FA, Irish FA and FAI said: “Today, the UK and Ireland final bid to host UEFA EURO 2028 has been submitted. “The bid is a detailed plan that shows how our nations are collaborating to stage anRead More →

[ad_1] Pep Guardiola has admitted he was ’emotionally destroyed’ by Manchester City’s frenetic clash with Bayern Munich on Tuesday evening. City would run out 3-0 winners thanks to goals from Rodri, Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva in what was a thrilling end-to-end clash up until the final 15 minutes of the game. The win sees the Citizens take a commanding lead heading into the second leg of the quarter final in Munich next Wednesday. Speaking to the press after the game, Guardiola said that the clash with his former club at the Etihad Stadium was a draining one. “It was not comfortable. Emotionally I’m destroyed.Read More →

[ad_1] Another week, another Premier League club in crisis. This week have a team who decided to go and lose 5-1 at home despite leading the game 1-0. That’s right, Leeds United, it’s your turn to go under the microscope: What’s the crisis? Two points clear of the relegation zone isn’t the place a football team really wants to be 30 games into the season. Going into the final eight games of the season in that precarious position with a team now utterly devoid of confidence having been beaten 5-1 by Crystal Palace at home, is a position that no team ever wants to beRead More →