ShareHead coach Arne Slot has been sacked by Liverpool after two seasons in charge. The Dutchman, 47, guided the Reds to their 20th league title in his debut season but they have struggled during his second year, finishing fifth in the Premier League. Recently departed Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola is the leading contender toContinue Reading
Share Jose Mourinho has signed a three-year deal to become Real Madrid’s new head coach. He will not be officially unveiled until after the club’s presidential election, which is due to take place on 7 June. However, the 63-year-old’s contract will only be valid if current president Florentino Perez remainsContinue Reading
Share Lionel Messi will play in a sixth World Cup as he captains holders Argentina at the 2026 tournament. The forward, who will turn 39 during the tournament, was named in Lionel Scaloni’s 26-man squad on Thursday after leading his country to a third World Cup triumph in Qatar fourContinue Reading
ShareBrazil forward Neymar will not play in his country’s upcoming friendly matches and could also miss their World Cup opener. The 34-year-old has been ruled out for “two to three weeks” with a calf injury. That would mean he will not play in the home friendly against Panama on SundayContinue Reading
ShareJannik Sinner says he “could not find any energy” as he lost in the second round to Juan Manuel Cerundolo in one of the biggest French Open shocks in recent years – but the world number one did not believe the Paris heat was not to blame. Italy’s Sinner wasContinue Reading
ShareA remarkably under-strength Super Eagles took full command of the Charlton Athletic Stadium (The Valley) on Tuesday and handed a stinging 2-0 defeat to the Warriors of Zimbabwe in the first semi-final of this year’s Unity Cup Football Tournament. Coach Eric Chelle sent out a barely-recognizable squad in theContinue Reading
Share When Paul the Octopus predicted all of Germany’s results correctly at the 2010 World Cup, he was hailed by the world as an oracle. But German economist Joachim Klement has trumped Paul with a complex forecast model which has kept a 100% record of predicting the World Cup winner since 2014.Continue Reading
ShareMamelodi Sundowns won the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League for the second time after holding FAR Rabat to a 1-1 draw in the second leg of the final in Morocco on Sunday night. The South African side completed a 2-1 aggregate victory at the Moulay Abdellah Stadium on Sunday, adding toContinue Reading
SharePep Guardiola had been playing it cool in the scorching heat that accompanied his final game in charge of Manchester City. Then he cracked. There were tears – and plenty of them. As captain Bernardo Silva’s number 20 went up on the fourth official’s board on 59 minutes, Guardiola could notContinue Reading
SharePerhaps the fullest realisation of what Mohamed Salah has achieved at Liverpool will only come with time. But as he prepares to say his goodbyes on Sunday, there is plenty to appreciate and admire in the here and now. There are the standards Salah helped to set that emanated through the clubContinue Reading