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JPMorgan bets $4.8 billion on disrupting European football; draws flak

The clubs have signed a binding agreement to commit to remaining part of the Super League for a set number of years

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The European Super League will harm football

Tottenham Hotspur sack Jose Mourinho; Ryan Mason may be named caretaker

Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho was sacked on Monday less than a week before he was due to lead the club in the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City.

European football split as big clubs agree to form breakaway league

Twelve top European football clubs have agreed to found a Super League as soon as possible, the clubs announced in a joint statement.

Football: Seville could fill in for Bilbao to host Euro 2020 games

The Spanish soccer federation has offered Seville as an alternative host city for this year's European Championship if UEFA rules out using Bilbao as planned

Man United's winger Greenwood taking super-sub inspiration from Solskjaer

Manchester United winger Mason Greenwood on Thursday said that he is more than happy to be a super-sub for the club as he has perfect inspiration in the form of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos tests positive for the coronavirus

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has tested positive for the coronavirus, the club said on Tuesday.

Footballer Arindam Bhattacharya joins BJP ahead of fifth phase of WB polls

Bengali footballer Arindam Bhattacharya on Tuesday formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the fifth phase of the ongoing assembly West Bengal elections in the state

Pep Guardiola a ''failure'' if Manchester City loses in Champions League

Pep Guardiola expects to be labeled a failure if Manchester City doesn't reach the semifinals of the Champions League for the fifth straight year since he joined the English club.

Need to win every game: Kabak says Liverpool don't have any points to lose

Liverpool's Ozan Kabak said that the club does not have any points to lose and needs to win every game in the Premier League if they are to finish in the top four.The Reds are currently three points adrift of the Premier League's top four with eight fixtures remaining in the campaign. Moreover, Real Madrid secured a 3-1 win over Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday. The second leg is scheduled to take place on April 15."In the Premier League, at this stage we need to win every game. Obviously, the Madrid game is huge for us in the Champions League, but we will concentrate on the Aston Villa game and we will be there for the win," Kabak told Liverpoolfc.com."We have eight games remaining in the Premier League and obviously in the Champions League we will decide how many games we're going to play. We don't have any points to lose and we just need to win every game. This huge club needs to be in the Champions League next year, [like] every ...

Eintracht Frankfurt and Wolfsburg disrupting Bundesliga's top 4

It's been a long road back to the European elite for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Hertha fires goalkeeping coach Petry for xenophobic comments

Hertha Berlin has fired goalkeeping coach Zsolt Petry for making homophobic and xenophobic comments in an interview published by Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet. The Bundesliga club said Tuesday that it is committed to values of diversity and tolerance and "these are not found in the statements of Zsolt Petry, which he made publicly as an employee of Hertha BSC." In the interview published Monday, Petry criticized Hungary goalkeeper Pter Gulcsi, who plays for Hertha's league rival Leipzig, for supporting gay marriage and defending LGBT rights. "I don't know what might have caused Pter to stand up for homosexuals, transvestites and people with other gender identities," Petry said in the comments reported by Magyar Nemzet. "I sure wouldn't have stirred up tempers in his place." Petry said the "majority of Hungarian society does not agree with Pter Gulcsi's liberal opinion on rainbow families." The former Hungary goalkeeper, 54, also criticized Europe's migration policies. "I can

Football: Indian Women's League scheduled in Odisha postponed due to Covid

The Indian Women's League, scheduled to be held in Odisha later this month, was on Tuesday, postponed indefinitely in view of the rising Covid cases in the state, the AIFF said

Delhi women's football: Pinkey nets 4 in Frontier's big win

Pinkey pumped in four goals as Frontier FC thrashed Friends United 7-0 in a match of the Football Delhi Women's League at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday

Arsenal women coach Montemurro to leave club at the end of season

Arsenal women's team's head coach Joe Montemurro will step down from his role at the end of the season, the club announced on Wednesday."Joe Montemurro, the head coach of our women's team, will be leaving at the end of the season," the club said in a statement.Joe has done a fantastic job over the past three years, leading the club to a first Women's Super League title in seven years in 2019, four cup finals, and a Champions League quarter-final, while building a talented and competitive squad.The club said that Joe has decided to take a "professional break to recharge and dedicate more time to spending with his family.""My three-and-a-half years at Arsenal have been a fantastic adventure, the highlight of my coaching career. I have had the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best in the industry on and off the pitch. This has been the hardest professional decision of my life, as I absolutely love this job and this club, the club I have supported all my life. I'm ...

Japan routs Mongolia 14-0 in World Cup qualifying

Japan stayed perfect in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday by routing Mongolia 14-0. The Japanese scored five goals in the first half and added nine more in the second. The team leads Group F with 15 points from five matches. A victory over Myanmar in June will secure first place in the group and a spot in the third round of Asian qualifying. Later Tuesday, Saudi Arabia will face Palestine in the only other qualifying match from the Asian region. The eight group winners and four best second-place teams will advance to the third round of qualifying, which is scheduled to start in September. Takumi Minamino, Yuya Osako, Daichi Kamada and Hidemasa Morita all scored in the first half, along with an own-goal from Mongolia defender Khash-Erdene Tuyaa. Osako ended up with a hat trick, while Sho Inagaki, Junya Ito and Kyogo Furuhashi scored two goals each. Takuma Asano also scored. The game had been scheduled to take place in Mongolia but was changed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The

Rebecca Welch first woman to referee in English men's league

An English men's professional league game will have a female referee for the first time when Rebecca Welch takes charge of the fourth tier fixture between Harrogate and Port Vale on Monday. Initially I wasn't really aware of it being appointed as the first female referee, Welch said on Tuesday. I was just given the appointment and I was over the moon but when you kind of reflect on it, you think, you're the first woman ever to do this, so I'm extremely proud and my family's extremely proud as well. The English Football League runs the three divisions below the Premier League, including League Two where Welch will officiate Monday's game. I'm really excited. This is what I've been working towards, and being given this opportunity to work in the EFL is amazing for me, Welch said. I do think it's important to show that women who are in the top 1% of their category can proceed to the next level so it definitely makes others look up and know that they can achieve the same. It shows th

India suffer 0-6 rout against UAE in second international football friendly

India suffered an embarrassing 0-6 rout at the hands of formidable United Arab Emirates -- their heaviest defeat against the Gulf side -- in the second international football friendly here on Monday.

Hyderabad to conduct trials to tap local football talent

To scout local talent for its youth development programme, the Hyderabad FC, one of the Indian Super League teams, will conduct open trials from April 8 to 11 at Hyderabad's Bandlaguda Jagir

Ireland's qualifying campaign sinking, coach under pressure

Ireland's only taste of Qatar might well be in Tuesday's friendly with the World Cup hosts. A midweek 3-2 loss at Serbia stung, but Saturday's 1-0 defeat at home against Luxembourg shocked. Seamus Coleman described the latter as embarrassing. Ireland is not only at the bottom of Group A, it's also winless in 10 games since Stephen Kenny became coach last year. Despite a qualifying campaign already in tatters, the chairman of Ireland's soccer association voiced his support for Kenny as the team left Sunday for the friendly against Qatar in Hungary. It won't count in the standings, but a victory over Qatar could at least stem the bleeding, especially if it showcases the fluid, possession-based soccer that made Kenny an appealing hire. Anything else increases the already considerable pressure on the coach. A long summer awaits in any case. Ireland failed to qualify for the European Championship and will face Portugal when the qualifying campaign continues on Sept. 1. Portugal and Ser