Real Madrid midfielder Fede Valverde will serve a one-game suspension after the red card he saw during the team’s win against Atlético de Madrid in the Derby. Real Madrid appealed the red card but it didn’t go through and the Spanish Football Federation suspended the midfielder for just one game, meaning that Valverde will miss

Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter and get behind-the-scenes access and unrivalled insight Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has warned his old club faces “a hell of a fight” to avoid Premier League relegation, but has backed them to

Fabio Cannavaro won the 2006 World Cup with current coach Gennaro Gattuso as a teammate, but warns Italy ‘risk throwing away our football culture, which for a long time the entire world envied.’ The Azzurri missed out on both the 2018 and 2022 editions of the biggest tournament in football, and now have to get

Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool exit may not be the greatest footballing surprise, but it does leave many questions about the future of one of the Premier League’s greatest – and undoubtedly Africa’s best. The Egypt international has risen to the top of club football with the Merseysiders, a sleeping giant before Salah was the star of

MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 16: Players of Italy pose for a team photograph prior to the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between Italy and Norway at San Siro Stadium on November 16, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) Italy remain the clear favourites against Northern Ireland ahead of Thursday’s crucial

Lucy Bronze was one of many who felt Chelsea could’ve come away with a point against Arsenal but is not too disheartened by our 3-1 defeat as she remains confident of producing another memorable Champions League comeback after achieving a similar feat last season. The Blues made the short trip to North London for

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid will try to close in on a first semifinal appearance in the Women’s Champions League when it hosts three-time champion Barcelona in the first leg of the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Manchester United will make its debut in the last eight against Bayern Munich. Advertisement Barcelona will try to make it

Damir Sencar/AFP via Getty Images March 25, 2026 5:07 am EDT Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son trained with Real Madrid’s academy on Tuesday with a view to joining the youth ranks in the near future. Ronaldo Jr, 15, trained with Madrid’s under-16 side. The teenager plays as a striker and is in the academy of Saudi

Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter and get behind-the-scenes access and unrivalled insight Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter Jamie Carragher has revealed the only overseas player in Premier League history he would put above Mohamed Salah after the Egyptian superstar announced he will be leaving

Italian football’s hopes of securing a fifth Champions League place next season remain alive, just, but the path to achieving it is narrow and dependent on a sequence of results that is far from straightforward. The basis for qualification is UEFA’s in-season coefficient ranking, which determines whether a fifth club from a given nation earns

Kylian Mbappe‘s knee injury has kept alarm bells ringing at both Real Madrid and the France national team, especially with the World Cup less than three months away. Now, reports have emerged confirming that, prior to his evaluation in Paris, the Spanish club conducted their injury tests on the wrong knee. The news broke on

Diego del Casale always keeps a suitcase by his door, always ready for the next unexpected call for a haircut. The caller might be Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez. Or Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez. Or Argentine recording superstar Bizarrap, asking him to fly out to Los Angeles for a day. The call usually comes with little warning.

Less than a year ago, Salah was sitting on a throne inside Anfield after renewing his contract and signing a deal until the summer of 2027. His previous deal was set to expire in the 2025 but, given his numbers last season, where he topped the goalscoring and assist charts in the Premier League, the

Kylian Mbappe’s December knee injury is back in focus after The Athletic reported that Real Madrid’s medical staff initially performed an MRI on the wrong leg, delaying the correct diagnosis and allowing the France captain to keep playing through the problem. The report said Mbappe’s injured left knee was not properly assessed at first because