Soccer

I-League 2021: AIFF mandates full vaccination for I-League players barring U-18 I-League 2021: AIFF mandates full vaccination for I-League players barring U-18: All the footballers taking part in the I-League starting in December will have to be fully vaccinated except for U-18 players and those who have recently recovered from Covid-19 infection, League CEO Sunando Dhar … Read more

It was back in September that Donny van de Beek’s agent stated categorically that the midfielder was ‘not a Carabao Cup player’. Guido Albers was explaining on Dutch television how Manchester United had blocked a move to Everton late in the transfer window in order to keep hold of the Dutch international. Despite intense competition … Read more

Diego Simeone had pretty much seen it all but he had never seen this and he didn’t much like it either. It was 8.15 on a Tuesday night down by the side of the M45 motorway, the last move before half-time in the sixth game of Atlético Madrid’s title defence, and he stood and watched … Read more

Derby County have formally entered into administration on Wednesday as the financial crisis engulfing the Championship club continues. The second-tier strugglers, managed by former England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, have been given an automatic 12-point deduction under EFL rules, sending them to the bottom of the table.   They still face the threat of … Read more

Premier League: PL and Championship clubs set to trial safe-standing areas after 1989 Hillsborough disaster- Premier League and Championship clubs will be able to offer licensed standing areas from January 1 as part of a pilot program, it was announced on Wednesday. The introduction of designated safe standing areas would mean an end to the … Read more

BREAKING NEWS: Select Premier League and Championship football clubs will be allowed to have safe-standing areas from January for the first time since standing was banned in 1994 Premier League and Championship clubs have been invited to trial safe standing Persistent standing in stadia has been banned in English football since 1994  Safe standing was … Read more

Barcelona’s head coach, Ronald Koeman, took no questions in a brief news conference on Wednesday and instead read a statement saying the underperforming club were in a period of transition and the process required patience. Koeman’s position has become more precarious in the past week after a 3-0 thrashing at home to Bayern Munich in … Read more

The statistics do not lie: Juventus are under siege after one of the worst starts to a Serie A season in the club’s history.  After four matches, Massimiliano Allegri’s side have just two points, conceding seven goals in the the process to lie 18th in the table. Only recently-promoted Salernitana, who have no points from … Read more

ISL 2021: Kerala Blasters FC unveils first kit for ISL 2021-22 ISL 2021: Kerala Blasters FC has launched their first kit for the upcoming season of Indian Super League 2021-22. The first kit is devoted to the 1973 Kerala Santosh Trophy squad who brought the first-ever Santosh Trophy championship to the soil of Kerala. ISL: … Read more

Liverpool confirm £60m expansion of the Anfield Road stand will begin next week… with 7,000 more seats set to be added to take stadium’s capacity to more than 61,000 Liverpool received planning permission to expand Anfield Road stand in June  It will make the stadium the third largest in the Premier League for capacity  The … Read more