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Amanda Staveley consortium set to buy Gold family’s 25.1% stake in West Ham

theguardian.com · 8 hours ago

Previously agreed sale to Daniel Kretinsky falls throughVanessa Gold, daughter of former chair, is selling ⁠upA consortium led by Amanda Staveley has reached an agreement to buy a ‌25.1% stake in West ⁠Ham after Vanessa Gold, daughter of the former chair David Gold, ⁠agreed to sell ⁠her family’s shares in the Championship club.The move by the businesswoman who helped lead the Saudi consortium takeover of Newcastle comes after a previously agreed sale to fellow shareholder and Czech businessman ⁠Daniel Kretinsky fell through. Continue reading...

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How does MLS pick up the World Cup mantle? Casemiro helps, but it’ll take much more

theguardian.com · yesterday

The World Cup gave MLS unprecedented momentum. Keeping it will depend less on signing aging icons than convincing America’s best young players to stay“Thanks World, we’ll take it from here,” is Major League Soccer’s message to the American public. Yet two moves in the last week were emblematic of the issues the league faces in taking on the mantle of North America’s hosting of the game’s grandest stage.A rising, under-the-radar homegrown player left for Europe, and a veteran with immense pedigree arrived, likely to close out his career. Sebastian Berhalter’s swapped title-chasing Vancouver Whitecaps for Middlesbrough of the EFL Championship. Free agent Brazil legend Casemiro traded Manchester’s Old Trafford for Nu Stadium in Miami. Continue reading...

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Who should win the men’s Ballon d’Or?

theguardian.com · 2 days ago

Harry Kane, Rodri, Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi are the frontrunners for the annual prizeBy WhoScoredSeventy-three goals in 64 games for club and country – the second most prolific season by any player in history after Lionel Messi’s 82-goal campaign in 2011-12 – not bad for a man who once sat on the bench alongside Jamie Vardy in the Championship. Harry Kane was not a teenage prodigy like a few of the other players on this list but here he is crashing football’s top table at the age of 33. Continue reading...

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Highlights: Hull and Woad chase flawless Thitikul at the AIG Women's Open

skysports.com · 2 days ago

Highlights from Round One of the AIG Women's Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

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Wrexham face Liverpool with Premier League still in their sights despite setback

theguardian.com · 4 days ago

Club have been promoted three times in four yearsPhil Parkinson’s side missed out on playoffs in 2026The Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds called it a “punch-me moment” – his club playing Liverpool in a pre-season friendly at Yankee Stadium just five years after he and Rob McElhenney (now simply Rob Mac) completed their takeover of a club languishing in the National League. The knockout blow would be playing Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League in 2027-28 and the manager, Phil Parkinson, accepts there is expectation on Wrexham to complete their remarkable rise through the divisions next season.Parkinson’s team face Liverpool with confidence in the Bronx on Wednesday having defeated Manchester United and Leeds in pre-season so far and moved on from the anguish of missing out on the Championship playoffs on the final day of last season. The near-miss was undoubtedly a setback to an ambitious club’s grand vision but finishing seventh in the Championship at the first time of asking, Parkinson insists, was an accomplishment that should not be dismissed lightly. Continue reading...

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Roberto Mancini returns as Italy head coach with Claudio Ranieri named technical director

theguardian.com · 4 days ago

Mancini replaces Gattuso for second spell in chargeRanieri takes over from Paolo Maldini in overseeing roleRoberto Mancini has agreed to be Italy head coach for a second time, the president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), Giovanni Malagò, said on Tuesday, also confirming Claudio Ranieri would take over as technical director.Mancini replaces Gennaro Gattuso, who ⁠left the post in April after Italy failed to qualify for a third World Cup in succession, and returns to a job he held between 2018 and 2023. He led the national team to European Championship glory in 2021 with a penalty shootout victory over England at Wembley but then failed to reach the 2022 World Cup and a slow start to Euro 2024 qualifying. In total, Mancini managed Italy for 58 matches during his first spell and at club level has managed Inter, Fiorentina and Manchester City, where he spent three years and guided them to their first Premier League title in 2011-12. Continue reading...

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Football transfer rumours: Manchester United to sign Juve’s Francisco Conceição?

theguardian.com · 5 days ago

Today’s rumours are napping on the beachAs sports fans everywhere eagerly await the resumption of cricket’s County Championship season, what better way to while away a few minutes than to contemplate the latest football transfer rumours?Manchester United and Michael Carrick want to sign the 23-year-old Portugal winger Francisco Conceição from Juventus. The tricky former Porto player, who recently returned from the World Cup, is valued at about £43m (€50m). United are also said to be ahead of Chelsea in the race to snap up Alex Scott from Bournemouth. Continue reading...

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bbc.co.uk · 5 days ago

The League One football club says the images of the merchandise in its online shop have been removed.

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Spurs’ plans for new training facility in London park blocked by high court

theguardian.com · 5 days ago

Judge quashes Enfield council’s decision to grant planning permission for new women’s and girls’ football academyA council’s decision to allow Tottenham Hotspur Football Club to build a new training facility in a park in north London has been quashed by a judge at the high court.The campaign group Guardians of Whitewebbs told a hearing in June that Enfield council’s decision to grant planning permission for a new women’s and girls’ football academy on 6.5 hectares (16 acres) of land in Whitewebbs Park was unlawful. Continue reading...

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‘Born out of quality’: Webb vows to increase match officials from minority groups

theguardian.com · 5 days ago

Referees’ body stands by diversity initiativesWebb believes diverse talent pool will ‘raise standards’Howard Webb, England’s chief refereeing officer, has vowed to continue increasing the talent pool from under-represented communities in English football’s officiating pathway, rejecting the wider backlash against diversity initiatives.Addressing that historic under-representation has prompted a new direction. In June, the newly named Professional Referees’ Body (Pro Ref), formerly called Professional Game Match Officials, announced that Select Group 1, 2 and its supplementary list had been merged into a new, single Professional Referee Group in the men’s professional game and will largely service the Premier League and the Championship from the start of the 2026-27 season. Pro Ref said it would create flexibility in appointments and help to recognise a wider variety of talented match officials as part of the organisation’s new direction. Continue reading...

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World Cup 2026: Gianni Infantino slams critics who were 'spreading hate' during event

sports.yahoo.com · 5 days ago

Gianni Infantino decided to celebrate the 2026 World Cup by ... going after its haters.

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Gianni Infantino blasts World Cup critics for 'spreading hate' in remarkable rant

standard.co.uk · 5 days ago

FIFA president tells critics to ‘meditate and pray’ as he issues defiant open letter

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Infantino tells Fifa critics to 'meditate, pray or watch football'

sports.yahoo.com · 6 days ago

Fifa president Gianni Infantino tells critics to "meditate, pray or watch a football match" instead of "spreading hate and false rumours" about him and the World Cup.

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Meditate, pray or watch football instead of spreading hate - Infantino

bbc.co.uk · 6 days ago

Fifa president Gianni Infantino tells critics to "meditate, pray or watch a football match" instead of "spreading hate and false rumours" about him and the World Cup.

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Gianni Infantino goes on Trump-like tirade as he blasts World Cup critics for ‘spreading hate’

sports.yahoo.com · 6 days ago

Fifa president Infantino has faced intense scrutiny, including calls to resign, after staging a World Cup plagued by controversy

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Gianni Infantino goes on Trump-like tirade as he blasts World Cup critics for ‘spreading hate’

independent.co.uk · 6 days ago

Fifa president Infantino has faced intense scrutiny, including calls to resign, after staging a World Cup plagued by controversy

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Feeling lost without the World Cup? Six ways to survive the weekend

theguardian.com · last week

What to watch on TV plus other ways to occupy your time now that the party is overThe 2026 World Cup is over, and the millions of people who enjoyed it now find themselves presented with a yawning chasm this weekend. In the UK alone, ITV and the BBC broadcast approximately 275 hours of live coverage over the duration of the tournament, and something that colossal will be hard to replace.But fear not. Just because the football is over, we are still brimming with things similarly designed to take our minds off the screaming hellpit that is the world around us. Here’s a guide, hope it helps. Continue reading...

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‘Don’t become the protagonist’: Andoni Iraola on the secret of Spain’s success and his role at Liverpool

theguardian.com · last week

Liverpool’s new head coach is settling into the pre-season tour in Chicago as he begins to reshape the Reds’ identityOver coffee in Liverpool’s plush hotel in Chicago, Andoni Iraola presents his theory for the phenomenal success of Basque and Spanish coaches. It is a theory that will shape his entire approach to life as the Liverpool head coach and his attempts to bring the connection, the joy and the belief back to Anfield. It centres on the power of the collective.The Champions League, the Premier League, the Europa League, the FA Cup, the League Cup, the European Championship and, as of Sunday, the World Cup: all currently in the hands of Basque and Spanish coaches, even if Pep Guardiola has since taken his leave from Manchester City. Next season, four men from the small Basque region of Gipuzkoa will manage four of the Premier League’s main contenders, Iraola included, alongside Mikel Arteta, Xabi Alonso and Unai Emery. There is, Iraola believes, a simple explanation for the rise of the guys from Gipuzkoa and for Spanish dominance across a global stage. Continue reading...

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Don’t like the result? Don’t worry, sport no longer ends on the field of play | Jonathan Liew

theguardian.com · last week

From the wrong headset in an F2 garage to Fifa overturning a red card, we are in a landscape where fairness is the enemyA funny and very small thing happened at the Formula Two race at Spa on Sunday. Noel León, of Campos Racing, carved his way through the field to finish seventh, earning himself six points in the drivers’ championship, and promptly left the circuit to go and do whatever it is Noel León likes to do after a race. Take a nap, hit the Belgian brews, congratulate himself on his palindromic name – whatever. Anyway, while he was doing that, more than three hours after the chequered flag, the FIA governing body called a meeting and decided to disqualify him.The reason: a serious breach of appendix 5 and article 21.5 of the F2 Sporting Regulations – and assuming you don’t have those to hand, it’s the rule governing the use of headsets. During the race, a guest of León had been spotted in the Campos garage wearing what was deemed the wrong type of headset. According to the aforementioned appendix 5, only listening devices may be used by non-team personnel. This headset had a microphone, albeit upturned and unused. Continue reading...

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Liverpool primed for business: Bezos, Bhatia and the next steps at Anfield

theguardian.com · last week

Fenway Sports Group looks to be locked in talks with a consortium led by the son-in-law of Lakshmi Mittal, while the Amazon founder has now been linked Continue reading...

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Amanda Staveley consortium set to buy Gold family’s 25.1% stake in West Ham

How does MLS pick up the World Cup mantle? Casemiro helps, but it’ll take much more

Who should win the men’s Ballon d’Or?

Highlights: Hull and Woad chase flawless Thitikul at the AIG Women's Open

Wrexham face Liverpool with Premier League still in their sights despite setback

Roberto Mancini returns as Italy head coach with Claudio Ranieri named technical director

Football transfer rumours: Manchester United to sign Juve’s Francisco Conceição?

Reading remove online shop items with spelling errors

Spurs’ plans for new training facility in London park blocked by high court

‘Born out of quality’: Webb vows to increase match officials from minority groups

World Cup 2026: Gianni Infantino slams critics who were 'spreading hate' during event

Gianni Infantino blasts World Cup critics for 'spreading hate' in remarkable rant

Infantino tells Fifa critics to 'meditate, pray or watch football'

Meditate, pray or watch football instead of spreading hate - Infantino

Gianni Infantino goes on Trump-like tirade as he blasts World Cup critics for ‘spreading hate’

Gianni Infantino goes on Trump-like tirade as he blasts World Cup critics for ‘spreading hate’

Feeling lost without the World Cup? Six ways to survive the weekend

‘Don’t become the protagonist’: Andoni Iraola on the secret of Spain’s success and his role at Liverpool

Don’t like the result? Don’t worry, sport no longer ends on the field of play | Jonathan Liew

Liverpool primed for business: Bezos, Bhatia and the next steps at Anfield

Insights

Match headlines

Amanda Staveley consortium set to buy Gold family’s 25.1% stake in West Ham

How does MLS pick up the World Cup mantle? Casemiro helps, but it’ll take much more

Who should win the men’s Ballon d’Or?

Highlights: Hull and Woad chase flawless Thitikul at the AIG Women's Open

Wrexham face Liverpool with Premier League still in their sights despite setback

Roberto Mancini returns as Italy head coach with Claudio Ranieri named technical director

Football transfer rumours: Manchester United to sign Juve’s Francisco Conceição?

Reading remove online shop items with spelling errors

Spurs’ plans for new training facility in London park blocked by high court

‘Born out of quality’: Webb vows to increase match officials from minority groups

World Cup 2026: Gianni Infantino slams critics who were 'spreading hate' during event

Gianni Infantino blasts World Cup critics for 'spreading hate' in remarkable rant

Infantino tells Fifa critics to 'meditate, pray or watch football'

Meditate, pray or watch football instead of spreading hate - Infantino

Gianni Infantino goes on Trump-like tirade as he blasts World Cup critics for ‘spreading hate’

Gianni Infantino goes on Trump-like tirade as he blasts World Cup critics for ‘spreading hate’

Feeling lost without the World Cup? Six ways to survive the weekend

‘Don’t become the protagonist’: Andoni Iraola on the secret of Spain’s success and his role at Liverpool

Don’t like the result? Don’t worry, sport no longer ends on the field of play | Jonathan Liew

Liverpool primed for business: Bezos, Bhatia and the next steps at Anfield