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Which Premier League clubs have carried the biggest World Cup workload?

Bournemouth agree a deal worth up to almost £26m for Benfica centre-back Antonio Silva.

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A new Scottish Premiership season begins on Friday, but will anyone match Heart of Midlothian from last term and challenge Celtic and Rangers for the title?

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Gianni Infantino has clashed with unions and European football, but after 10 years as Fifa president he remains in a powerful position.

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German coach was almost unknown on arrival in Saudi Pro League in 2023 but clinched major titles and won over fans Taking over a big, underachieving port city club with a loyal fanbase that is desperate for success should not faze Matthias Jaissle. Should he take the role vacated by Eddie Howe , the 38-year-old Germ…

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Former defender had had surgery on pulmonary nodule ‘The entire history of ⁠Milan is in ⁠tears,’ Serie A club says The former Milan and Italy defender Franco Baresi, one of the most recognisable players of the ⁠golden era of Italian football in the 1980s and 1990s, has died at the age of 66. “The entire history of ⁠…

AC Milan and Italy great Franco Baresi has died at the age of 66, the Italian club announces.

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Football's governing body Fifa plans to continue the consultation process after Uefa threatens to boycott World Cups.

Work out the identity of today's player in as few attempts as possible.

Roberto de Zerbi says he was born an ultra, raised on the Brescia curva alongside his father - and he has carried those roots to north London.

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Infantino’s role as president under increasing pressure 143 of Fifa’s 211 members now stand against scheme Gianni Infantino’s authority has been dealt a fresh blow after Carlos Cordeiro, one of his senior advisers, resigned with immediate effect in protest at proposals to sell a stake in the World Cup. In the latest…

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It's been a seismic 48 hours for football after Uefa threatened to boycott the World Cup and Concacaf rejected Gianni Infantino's funding plan - what happens now, and can Fifa's president survive?

A consortium led by former Newcastle United co-owner Amanda Staveley holds talks about purchasing a 25% stake in Championship club West Ham.

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Everything was looking rosy for Howe at St James’ Park until Alexander Isak’s departure led to rushed signings and a messy season Last September, David Hopkinson, just installed as Newcastle’s chief executive, perched on a stool at a downstairs corner table in Shearer’s Bar at St James’ Park and between sips of zero…

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England defender John Stones joins Italian Serie A champions Inter Milan on a free transfer and signs a two-year contract.

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Discrimination ‘continues to be challenge’ Current minimum ban is six matches The FA is to increase the minimum punishment for discriminatory behaviour to 10 matches, in an attempt to counteract behaviour it says “continues to be a challenge across the game”. The changes will come into force at the start of the new…

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Uefa agrees stance at emergency meeting on Thursday Boycott would begin with Under-20 Women’s World Cup European countries have agreed to boycott all Fifa competitions if Gianni Infantino pushes forward with his proposals to sell chunks of the World Cup to US-based private investment . In an extraordinary developmen…

During Eddie Howe’s time at Newcastle, only four clubs earned more Premier League points, but the team underperformed last term When Eddie Howe was appointed by Newcastle in November 2021, the club was 19th in the Premier League with no wins after 11 games. He steered them to 11th by the end of the campaign, and the…

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Uefa says "the World Cup is not for sale" after its 55 member associations vote to boycott future tournaments if Fifa and its president, Gianni Infantino, do not back down on their investment proposals.

Clubs vote unanimously for ‘new deal for football’ ‘Lifeboat’ fund for clubs in crisis would be set up The Premier League has agreed on a proposal to reset financial distribution within English football’s top four divisions, one that would lead to an extra £1.5bn being shared across the pyramid over the next decade.…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! That a vote of confidence isn’t worth the paper it’s written on has long been a footballing cliche. But not until this day did we know that this even applies to a vote of confidence that comes from Jonjo Shelvey – a man so devoted to the righteously upstanding that…

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