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Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak says he is still confident of proving the club's innocence after they were found guilty of breaking Premier League financial rules.

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The idea of 16-year-olds like Cavan Sullivan playing for the USMNT was once unfathomable – until Mike Slivinski, Mark Jonas and Nelson Vargas appeared in a 1991 friendly If 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan takes the field for the US men’s national team in the coming days, he will join a list of youngest-ever US players th…

The Republic of Ireland delay the pre-match news conference planned for Sunday's Uefa Nations League game against Israel in Hungary - a fixture campaigners have called on them to boycott.

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Club’s owners FSG move swiftly to fill key post Move comes amid upheaval in Anfield hierarchy Liverpool have appointed Julian Ward as their sporting director for a second time following the departure of Richard Hughes to Al-Hilal. Ward, who was Liverpool’s sporting director for one season in 2022-23, has returned to…

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Manchester City news and Nations League buildup Today’s games | Read Football Daily | Mail Emillia England host Spain at Wembley this evening. Thomas Tuchel was asked yesterday if he thought that Spain’s possession-based style of play gives them an advantage. In response, the England head coach said: “I think it is…

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We analyse what City must do to appeal, why even that might not be the end of the legal wrangling, and the penalties that could await if the verdict is upheld Manchester City have been found guilty of the vast majority of the 134 disciplinary charges brought against them by the Premier League. Continue reading...

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Spain and Barcelona wonderkid has won World Cup and European Championship but says there are no limits for his career Like the kid he is, Lamine Yamal just wanted to keep playing. This wasn’t Plaça Joan XXIII, wasn’t El Parque de Rocafonda either; it wasn’t the Mataró neighbourhood where it all began, but it might h…

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She left her Indian Ocean island home at the urging of Chelsea’s now-manager – now they’re working together again in pursuit of a Stamford Bridge legacy It is rare to see Melvine Malard without a grin and she has a mountain of reasons to keep it that way. A wedding in June, a big-money move to Chelsea, a Ballon d’Or…

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BBC Sport travelled to Portugal to find out more about Rui Pinto - the computer hacker who sparked the Manchester City investigation.

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France beat 10-man Turkey 1-0 to start Zidane era Italy 0-2 Belgium, Georgia 0-1 Northern Ireland Kylian Mbappé limped off with an apparent knee injury, moments after scoring France’s winner against Turkey in the Nations League on Friday. The Real Madrid striker rifled in a low shot in the 55th minute after he was s…

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City found guilty of breaching Premier League rules Liverpool finished second to City in 2019 and 2022 The former Liverpool defender Andy Robertson believes trophy-winning Manchester City players should not have their achievements diminished or removed because of the actions of the club’s ownership. Robertson was fl…

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Zinedine Zidane started his France era with a win in Turkey but Roberto Mancini’s Italy side struggled against Belgium Before kick-off in Italy , there is a minute’s applause for Sandro Mazzola, the legendary Inter midfielder who won two European Cups and a World Cup runners-up medal. You can read our obituary, by R…

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Head coach said latest withdrawal is ‘missed opportunity’ England host Spain in Nations League on Saturday Thomas Tuchel has thrown Cole Palmer’s England future into major doubt by questioning whether the Chelsea attacker wants to be part of his squad. England’s head coach did not hold back on Palmer’s latest withdr…

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Emotions of a Nations League match cannot pulse to the same levels as the World Cup but Tuchel needs to reconnect Thomas Tuchel has pictured the scene. It comes after the final whistle has blown on England’s Nations League opener against Spain on Saturday night, the first post-World Cup fixture for both teams, and i…

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Despite attempts to legally filibuster the charges out of existence for the past three years, we’ve rightfully failed It couldn’t have been more prophetic. In 2008, 15 years before Manchester City were charged with financial fraud, fans started singing “City’s going down with a billion in the bank” to the tune of Ye…

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Despite fierce opposition to the Nations League encounters across Irish society, a boycott has not materialised The match is being played in a neutral country and the stands are likely to be empty but Sunday’s Nations League fixture between Israel and the Republic of Ireland will nonetheless have the eyes of the wor…

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It has taken more than two years, but a judgement finally appears to have been made on the 115 charges levelled against Man City. Here's what it means.

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Dutchman’s second son died during pregnancy in June ‘If I have no control over the situation, I will not worry’ Cody Gakpo has reflected on a “very tough” summer that ended with the collapse of a transfer to Manchester City, revealing Liverpool changed their minds about letting him join their top-flight rivals. The…

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David Pannick may not earn as much as Erling Haaland but the club spared no expense to defend themselves against more than 100 charges The result is finally in from a highly anticipated Premier League match-up: the legal battle which pitted the league against Manchester City, the team that have dominated the competi…

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Rui Pinto is the convicted computer hacker whose revelations led to Manchester City facing Premier League charges of alleged financial rule breaches. But who is he?

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