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Manchester City has been banned from UEFA club competitions for the next two seasons — beginning in 2020/21 — and handed a $32.5 million fine by European football’s governing body. The organization’s Adjudicatory Chamber of the Club Financial Control Body found that the English Premier League team had “committed serious …

Fernandes will sign a five-year contract that will take him up to the end of the 2024-25 season and his buyout clause is set at 300 million euros. FC Barcelona has confirmed a deal after reaching an agreement with Palmeiras for Matheus Fernandes, who will join the Spanish club over …

Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to form has coincided with Juventus taking a firm grip on Serie A. Ronaldo did not score at all in November, but he scored twice as Juventus beat Parma 2-1 on Sunday to take his tally to 11 in his last seven league matches. The win also …

The Premier League has advised its referees to use sideline monitors to make a final ruling on red card decisions. Through 22 rounds of the first Premier League season with video review, referees have not gone over to the screens at any point to watching replays after being told to …

Real Madrid star Federico Valverde has apologized for a shocking tackle which saw him sent off in his side’s Spanish Super Cup triumph against Atletico Madrid Sunday. The Uruguayan was shown a red card with just five minutes remaining of extra-time for cynically hacking down Alvaro Morata as the Atletico …

Last season, the title race in the English Premier League went down to the final day, with Manchester City edging Liverpool by one point. But is the title race this season over already — and this time in Liverpool’s favor — while things are much closer in the three other …

The British government is ready to intervene if soccer authorities fail to stamp out “vile” racist behavior at matches, a spokesman for the UK Prime Minister said Monday. Sports authorities needed to crack down harder on the issue, Downing Street said, a day after Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger indicated he …

Lionel Messi may have turned 32 in 2019 but he shows no signs of slowing down. On Saturday afternoon, the Ballon d’Or winner scored his 50th goal for club and country in the calendar year during Barcelona’s 4-1 win against Alaves at the Camp Nou. Ernesto Valverde’s side was stuttering …

The parent company of Premier League champions Manchester City has announced a £389m investment from US private equity firm Silver Lake. The deal breaks a record in global sports valuations, making holding company City Football Group (CFG) worth £3.73bn ($4.8bn). The US private equity firm is buying around 10% of …

The 2022 Qatar Organizing Committee decided to select Younis Mohammed as the committee’s ambassador. Qatar is hosting the first World Cup in the Middle East by the winter of 2022. Younis Mahmoud is an Iraqi former professional footballer who played as a striker for the Iraq national football team. One …

Argentinian legend Diego Maradona has announced that he is resuming control of Primera Division side Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata just two days after his shock exit from the club. Earlier this week, club president Gabriel Pellegrino revealed that Maradona had departed the team in a move thought to be …

Saud Abdul Ghani, a professor of engineering at Qatar University, has revealed how the stadium cooling system will work in the stadium in southern Qatar in preparation for hosting the 2022 World Cup. “You can see the size of this huge stadium,” Abdel Ghani said in an interview with CNN. …

Jose Mourinho is returning to football as he takes over from the sacked Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham – despite vowing back in 2015 that he would NEVER manage Spurs because he loves Chelsea fans too much. Mourinho stepped into the Spurs hot seat less than 24 hours after Argentine Pochettino …

The LaLiga management has postponed the first meeting between Real Madrid and Barcelona this season, which was supposed to host the Camp Nou of the Catalan team on 26 October. The decision comes against the backdrop of unrest in Catalonia after the Spanish Supreme Court announced the sentencing of nine …

Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar will be out for four weeks with a hamstring injury he suffered playing for Brazil, the French club said on Monday. Neymar limped off in the 12th minute on Sunday as Brazil drew 1-1 against Nigeria in a friendly in Singapore. PSG said that an MRI …

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Thursday imposed a penalty on Barcelona over Atletico Madrid’s complaint that the Catalan club had negotiated with former Atletico player and former Barca player Antoine Griezmann. According to the newspaper “Marca” Spanish, the Spanish Federation has fined (300 euros only) Barcelona after the complaint …

The Argentine and Barcelona star Lionel Messi was crowned FIFA World Player of the Year on Monday, beating Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dyke. The award was announced at a ceremony held by the International Federation of the game (FIFA), in the Italian city of Milan, and attended by top …

An Egyptian goalkeeper has gone viral after pulling off one of the most astonishing saves in the history of the sport. Mahmoud Gadi, in goal for Enppi, originally made a strange decision to come out of his box and head the ball away. Unfortunately for him, the ball was volleyed …

FIFA has been “assured” by Iranian authorities that women will be able to attend the October World Cup qualifier in Tehran, Gianni Infantino, president of the body said on Sunday. FIFA officials have been in Iran this week discussing preparations for the Oct. 10 World Cup qualifier against Cambodia, their …

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez says the club have a “tough year ahead” after their worst league start for 25 years. Ernesto Valverde’s side, champions of Spain in four of the last five seasons, suffered their second defeat of the campaign against Granada on Saturday to drop to seventh in the …