Inter Miami started its Leagues Cup 2025 campaign with a 2-1 win against Atlas FC at the Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Wednesday. Lionel Messi, returning from a one-match suspension due to missing the MLS All-Star match, starred in the contest after assisting both the goals scored by the Herons. Messi’s first assist…
Arsenal on Saturday announced the signing of Swedish international striker Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting Lisbon. The 27-year-old, who fired Sporting to the Portuguese title last season with 39 goals and netted a Champions League hat-trick against Manchester City, is reported to have signed a five-year deal in a transfer worth £55 million (62.9m euros). This…
Defender Romano Floriani Mussolini, the great-grandson of Italian fascist dictator Benito, said he wants his footballing talent to mean more than his family name as he readies for a Serie A debut with promoted side Cremonese. The 22-year-old right back, on loan from Lazio, joined Cremonese earlier this month after the club earned promotion to…
Former India internationals Khalid Jamil and Renedy Singh are two of the three individuals who have made the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) shortlist for the next head coach. The post of the National men’s team coach has been vacant after Manolo Marquez mutually parted ways with the side earlier this month. The AIFF then…
The technical committee of the AIFF, headed by former captain IM Vijayan, will meet on Wednesday to shortlist the candidates for the appointment of the head coach of the senior men’s national team after the federation received 170 applications for the vacant post. After Spaniard Manolo Marquez and the All India Football Federation mutually agreed…
Paul Gascoigne is recovering in hospital after the former Tottenham and England star collapsed at his home. Gascoigne was rushed to hospital by his driver and assistant Steve Foster, who found the 58-year-old in a semi-conscious state in his Dorset house. “Paul is in hospital, which is the best possible place for him to be…
Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe said he is confident that striker Alexander Isak will be at the Premier League club at the start of the 2025-26 season, after leaving the Swede out of its 4-0 friendly loss to Celtic due to transfer talk. British media reported earlier this week that Premier League champion Liverpool was…
Cristiana Girelli shot Italy into the semifinals of Women’s Euro 2025 on Wednesday with a brace, including a last-gasp winner, in the Azzurre’s historic 2-1 triumph over Norway. Italy will play either defending champion England or Sweden in the last four next Tuesday after Girelli headed home the decisive goal in the final minute in…
Switzerland’s preparations for its Women’s Euro quarterfinal clash with Spain was thrown into disarray on Tuesday when the team had to cancel a training session due to sickness within the squad. Less than half an hour before the session was due to begin, the Swiss football association messaged media covering the team on WhatsApp to…
Indian Super League (ISL) champion Mohun Bagan Super Giant has urged the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to make the Durand Cup an all-domestic tournament by excluding foreign players. In a letter sent to the AIFF this week, the club stated, “We, Mohun Bagan Super Giant, hereby request you to make the Durand Cup a…