South African football news

Wolves striker Tolu Arokodare joins Ajax on a season's loan with the Dutch club having the option to make it a permanent move in the summer.

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Jurrien Timber travels back to London from Arsenal's training camp in Spain in a move related to the groin injury that caused him to miss the end of last season.

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Nottingham Forest are close to completing a deal for Sporting Lisbon defender Ousmane Diomande.

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Manuela Zinsberger and Alexandra Popp have made surprise moves to third-tier club looking to join elite Located in Austria during a pre-season training camp, the Borussia Dortmund women’s team, squad as well as staff, are plotting how to reach the 2. Bundesliga after missing out on promotion during their rapid rise…

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Celtic captain Callum McGregor insists he sees his future at the club and wants to win the league "in a bit more style" this term.

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La Liga side Rayo Vallecano are barred from playing at their home stadium just weeks before the new season over the risk of supporters contracting Legionnaires' disease.

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European football has shown an increased willingness to talk tough with Fifa but words can only be wielded so many times • FA joins criticism of Fifa plan to sell off World Cup stakes As the World Cup neared its conclusion, one leading figure in European football pondered how Gianni Infantino might attempt to rinse…

Japan's Takehiro Tomiyasu, who is training with Crystal Palace, was named as a substitute in the pre-season friendly against Lens.

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Middlesbrough sign Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Sebastian Berhalter for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal.

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Barcelona will be training at St George's Park this week and taking on Championship sides Birmingham City and Preston.

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FA in talks with other European associations Options include boycott and potential breakaway Members given 19 September deadline to opt in The Football Association has joined Uefa in condemning Fifa’s plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors. In a statement released on Wednesday morning the FA s…

Spain defender Marc Cucurella keeps his promise to get a tattoo of World Cup-winning coach Luis de la Fuente.

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Jack Grealish will not make his return in a Manchester City shirt after being left out of the club's pre-season tour of Asia as he continues to recover from a foot injury.

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Fifa has set a deadline of 19 September for member associations to access cash as FA voice disapproval of world governing body's funding plan before emergency Uefa meeting.

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Manchester United and Arsenal need midfielders, Liverpool should sign a winger and Chelsea require a goalkeeper By Opta Analyst Declan Rice was worked to the bone by Arsenal last season, playing 4,456 minutes in all competitions. This showed at points during the World Cup, when the midfielder’s body looked on the ve…

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Yan Diomande has quickly gone from being a relatively unknown winger to the brink of becoming Real Madrid's record signing.

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Manchester City winger Savinho is open to leaving the club and is keen to join Premier League rivals Tottenham.

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Brighton striker Danny Welbeck is given permission to have a medical at Stamford Bridge as his switch to Chelsea moves closer.

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Former Hearts forward Ryan Stevenson delivers a scathing verdict as Wouter Vrancken's reign begins with a chastening Champions League elimination.