There is a sense of familiarity to this week’s Women’s Champions League quarter-final between Barcelona and Wolfsburg, but with one decisive change. The two met in the 2023 final in Eindhoven with Ewa Pajor scoring for Wolfsburg after three minutes. This time, though, she will line up for the Blaugrana. Barcelona swooped to sign the … Read more
The Premier League has further delayed the introduction of semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) after the record eight-minute VAR check in the FA Cup fifth-round tie between Bournemouth and Wolves. The technology, which was trialled for the first time in English football in seven of the eight fifth-round ties, failed at the Vitality Stadium owing to … Read more
15. Blair Kinghorn (Scotland) Check out this season’s stats and Kinghorn’s name is prominent in every backline category. Most metres gained, most line-breaks, most offloads … the long-striding full-back is a serious athlete and is clearly enjoying his time at Toulouse. His clubmate Thomas Ramos was the tournament’s golden boot but Kinghorn’s pace earns him … Read more
In the joyful aftermath of his triumph in Vienna late last year, the deep satisfaction Jack Draper felt from his rapid progress prompted him to look ahead. Draper does not often think about his specific goals, preferring to simply focus on his daily work, but the ultimate objective was clear. He saw himself in the … Read more
Australia’s first out gay male football player, Josh Cavallo, has said he receives multiple death threats every day and would find it difficult to encourage other footballers to come out due to the sport’s “toxic” environment. The Adelaide United midfielder came out in 2021 and said that despite his club’s and coaches’ support his openness … Read more
West Virginia’s governor, Patrick Morrisey, said on Monday that the state will launch an investigation into the NCAA and the selection committee over how teams were picked for this year’s NCAA Tournament. His move comes a day after his state’s flagship school, West Virginia, was excluded from the tournament. Standing behind a podium emblazoned with … Read more
The average annual salary for a female professional football player globally is $10,900 USD (£8,400 GBP, $17,000 AUD), says Fifa’s annual report on the women’s game, a figure skewed by a small number of top clubs. Among the teams Fifa designated as Tier 1, which includes 41 clubs from 16 countries, the average salary was … Read more
The roof of the proposed new Manchester United stadium has three points, which is more than can often be said for the team who will play underneath it. According to Nigel Dancey of the architectural firm Foster + Partners, the three giant masts will “create a distinctive presence on the skyline”, presumably in the same way that … Read more
Myles Lewis-Skelly says he is determined to continue repaying the faith Arsenal have placed in him after receiving a first England call-up which left him “shouting around my house” in delight. The 18-year-old left-back was included in Thomas Tuchel’s first England squad on Friday for the upcoming World Cup 2026 qualifiers against Albania and Latvia. … Read more
The Preston forward Milutin Osmajic has been charged by the Football Association after an allegation of racist abuse. The incident took place during Preston’s Championship match against Burnley on 15 February, where Osmajic was alleged to have made a racist comment towards the Clarets midfielder Hannibal Mejbri. On Monday, the FA confirmed that Osmajic had … Read more