South African football news

Spain head coach hits out at ‘acts of aggression’ Fifa investigation into incident yet to result in sanctions Spain’s head coach, Luis de la Fuente, has hit out at the “intolerable, unacceptable” behaviour of Argentina players in the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s World Cup final. At the forefront were Nahuel Molin…

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Jurgen Klopp starts his reign as Germany's head coach by threatening to quit if the media invades his family's privacy.

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Morocco are hosting the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations – but can they finally win it?

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Our cartoonist looks back at the big stories and headline-generating characters at the biggest World Cup ever Buy a cartoon | Some of David’s favourite works And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

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Former Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola turns down the chance to coach Italy.

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Harry Kane is set to begin talks over a new Bayern Munich contract, with Barcelona and various Saudi Arabian clubs reportedly interested in the England captain.

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Jurgen Klopp is a legend at his former clubs, but he will need to convince his critics if he is to succeed in his toughest managerial challenge yet.

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Suggests role will be his final job in top-level football Warns journalists to ‘leave my family in peace’ Jürgen Klopp said he wants his team to “change a country” after being confirmed as Germany’s new head coach, but threatened to stand down if his family are hounded by the media during his time in charge. In a fo…

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Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn suffers a nightmare debut for San Jose Earthquakes as they slump to a 4-0 defeat at home to Orlando City in their first match following Major League Soccer's break for the World Cup.

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Manchester United sign goalkeeper Janina Leitzig from Leicester City for an undisclosed fee.

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Ruari's mum denies any wrongdoing and says she manages other family members' tickets for them.

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Bodo/Glimt's Kasper Hogh is reportedly close to joining Celtic with Daizen Maeda poised to complete his switch to Ipswich Town and Rangers' Danilo pictured arriving in Brazil to complete a loan move.

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Socceroos World Cup star Cristian Volpato allegedly tests positive for cocaine after being twice caught for speeding in Sydney.

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BBC Sport spoke to fans of the Women's Super League and England Lionesses to learn about their experiences in the game and discuss what could be improved.

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Australia forward allegedly driving almost 50km/h over speed limit 22-year-old was stopped twice for speeding on Anzac Bridge in Sydney Socceroos forward Cristian Volpato has allegedly tested positive for cocaine after being stopped while driving at almost 50km/h over the speed limit in Sydney. Volpato was one of Au…

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Why Morgan Rogers' skillset means he and fellow attacking midfielder Cole Palmer will prosper in Xabi Alonso's Chelsea.

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Wrexham defender Zak Vyner is looking forward to see for himself how popular the Welsh club are in the United States.

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Real Madrid open to selling Aurelien Tchouameni to Manchester United, Arsenal eye John Stones and Ezri Konsa, Chelsea favourites for Kerim Alajbegovic, Yan Diomande back on radar of Premier League clubs and Daizen Maeda set for Ipswich Town move.

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Former England and Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe has described his first managerial job as an "eye-opening experience" following his departure from National League side Woking after just four months and nine matches in charge.

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Sam Kerr’s and Alexia Putellas’s moves were hard to miss but these transfers may have escaped your attention There were a host of big women’s football transfers which were hard to miss across June and July, despite the dominance of the men’s World Cup. Among them were Beth Mead’s move from Arsenal to Manchester City…

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