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For the second straight year, a Borussia Dortmund standout has earned the Bundesliga Player of the Season. This year, it was their brilliant midfielder Jude Bellingham. Despite, missing out on the Bundesliga title after drawing to Mainz 05 on the final matchday of the season, Bellingham had a tremendous season. The English midfielder contributed an outstanding 8 goals and 5 assists in the Bundesliga and an additional 4 goals in the Champions League. Bellingham has been simply brilliant from the midfield and the

The Arsenal forward, 27, has not played since November and was a major doubt. Tottenham striker Beth England, who has not been involved since last summer, is included having scored 12 goals in her past 12 Women's Super League games. Chelsea center-back Millie Bright, who has been out with a knee injury since March, has made the 23-player squad. Lionesses captain Leah Williamson and midfielder Fran Kirby were already ruled out through injury, but Barcelona defender Lucy Bronze is in despite having knee

The Premier League said five men were convicted of conspiracy to defraud, money laundering and contempt of court after generating more than £7m in five years. Mark Gould, from London, was reported to have masterminded the operation and was handed an 11-year prison sentence at Chesterfield Crown Court on Tuesday. The 36-year-old and co-defendants Steven Gordon, Peter Jolley, William Brown and Christopher Felvus offered illegal access to matches from hundreds of channels around the world, as well as tens of thousands of on-demand

Now that survival has been confirmed, Everton can step up preparations for next season. Background work will already have been done - last year the club had two plans drawn up going into the final weeks of the campaign and there is nothing to suggest the approach to this season is any different. The late start will hamper those in charge of recruitment - clubs that knew their fate weeks ago will have had a headstart on discussions with targets. But Sean Dyche

Uncapped defender Botman has been named in the Netherlands squad to face Croatia in their UEFA Nations League clash in Rotterdam. The Oranje face Croatia in the semi-final at Feyenoord's De Kuip, with Botman - who missed out on his first senior appearance for his country when he withdrew from the squad with illness back in March - hoping to collect his first cap after a stellar first season with the Magpies. Source:- NEWCASTLE

Our head coach has now won this award in four consecutive campaigns and six times overall. Hayes’ side won a fourth successive league title and eighth since 2015 after our final day victory at Reading on Saturday, with the Blues winning 19 of our 22 league outings. After the opening-day defeat away to Liverpool, Chelsea Women then went on to win nine successive WSL matches and proceeded to avoid defeat in the following six months of action. The Blues won every single home

The City boss has once again led the team with distinction this term, winning the Premier League title for the fifth time in six years, as well as qualifying for the final of both the Champions League and FA Cup. City secured the Premier League title with three matches to spare and ended the season five points ahead of second-placed Arsenal. In our 38 league games this term, we won 28 and scored a remarkable 94 goals, more than any other side in

Keita made history by netting Liverpool’s fastest-ever Premier League goal in April 2019. Huddersfield Town were the visitors to Anfield and the Reds’ No.8 kickstarted a 5-0 rout by scoring after just 15 seconds. Keita executed a high press immediately from the Terriers’ kick-off, nicked the ball back and duly applied a first-time finish to Mohamed Salah’s pass. Post-match, Jürgen Klopp detailed: “We analysed before the game that these passes, if you can put pressure – you saw the distance of Naby in

Jurasek will take responsibility for all the business areas of the club and will report to the board alongside co-sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley, who will remain responsible for all the sporting activities of the club. Jurasek said: 'I’m delighted to be joining Chelsea, a club which is loved and followed all over the world. I’m enormously proud to be leading it into the next chapter in its rich history. We have huge opportunities to grow on and off the pitch

Paulo Dybala will be regulary available for the Europa League final in Budapest. Earlier today, the Argentine attacker was given the green light by Roma’s medical staff ahead of Wednesday night’s showdown with Sevilla. According to Sky Sport, Dybala completed his recovery process after suffering an ankle injury in the match with Atalanta from a few weeks ago. Dybala will travel with the team to Hungary and be at Jose Mourinho’s disposal for the most important match of the season.

French football legend Zinedine Zidane has reportedly turned down a two-year deal to coach Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr worth 160 million dollars The former Real Madrid coach was the first choice for the Saudi national team to replace his French compatriot Rudi Garcia, sports news site Foot Mercato reported on Thursday. Rudi Garcia was sacked in April after the team’s poor performance and tensions with some players in the dressing room. Had the legendary footballer accepted the offer, he would have been reunited

The 2022/23 UEFA Europa League season will conclude with Sevilla taking on Roma at Budapest's Puskás Aréna on 31 May 2023. Kick-off is at 21:00 CET. When is the 2023 Europa League final? Officially opened in 2019, the 65,000+ capacity ground stands on the site of the old Hungarian national team stadium, which was also named in honor of former Honvéd and Real Madrid forward Ferenc Puskás. The venue is located in the Zugló district of the Hungarian capital. This is the second

Harry Kane posted an emotional message to Tottenham fans after their final game of a difficult season for the club. Spurs signed off an unsatisfactory campaign with a 4-1 win at Elland Road, with Kane’s 27th and 28th Premier League goals of the season helping to relegate Leeds. The England captain has been a lone shining light in a miserable season for Tottenham that has seen the club go through three managers. Kane’s future is uncertain, with the 29-year-old having just one year

The attention brought by the latest case of abuse against Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior has taken Spain to what could be a turning point in the fight against racism in soccer. Never before had local authorities acted so quickly to take action against fans who insulted players, and never before had soccer officials sanctioned a club so harshly for their fans’ racist behavior. Things have clearly changed since Vinícius threw the spotlight on Spain by pointing a finger, literally, at those who

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah said he was "totally devastated" that they had failed to secure Champions League qualification and that the club had let the fans down. Manchester United's 4-1 win over Chelsea on Thursday ended Liverpool's hopes of earning a berth in Europe's premier club competition next season. Juergen Klopp's side are fifth, four points adrift of the top four with one game remaining. Last season, Liverpool finished just a point behind Premier League champions Manchester City but failed to mount a

Cristiano Ronaldo’s older brother, Hugo dos Santos Aveiro, who was embroiled in a controversy involving a T-shirt fraud, has been formally accused of fraud by the Italian Public Prosecutor’s Office in the case of allegedly counterfeit Juventus jerseys. According to a report in the ‘Corriere dello Sport’, Hugo will now face legal proceedings for selling T-shirts, bearing Ronaldo’s image and signature, were reportedly sold without the necessary permissions and licenses. The investigation began in 2019 with the aim of determining whether there was

Paris Saint-Germain are targeting Manchester City's Bernardo Silva to rebuild their attack this summer, with Lionel Messi set to depart. With Messi reportedly on his way out of the Parc des Princes, PSG are expected to dip into the transfer market in search of a new right-sided attacker. And Silva is their top target. The Man City star has long been open about his desire to leave the club for a new experience, although a move is yet to come to fruition. This

South Korean citizen, whom South Korea’s government identified as soccer player Son Jun-ho, is suspected of accepting bribes and has been detained by the public security department of Liaoning province, China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Son, detained on Friday, is being held in police custody in northeast China in connection with a bribery case, a South Korean diplomatic source said on Monday. Son plays for the South Korean national team and Chinese Super League club Shandong Taishan, based in the northeastern province

Barcelona won La Liga for the first time since 2019 by thrashing Espanyol 4-2 on Sunday, wrestling the title back from rivals Real Madrid. The Catalan giants clinched their 27th Spanish championship at the home of their neighbours, with scenes turning ugly at full time as celebrating Barcelona players were chased from the field by pitch invaders. Robert Lewandowski struck twice for Barcelona, along with goals for Alejandro Balde and Jules Kounde, while Javi Puado and Joselu pulled two back late on for

Lionel Messi has not "signed or agreed" a deal to play in Saudi Arabia next season, the Argentine's father said after reports on Tuesday linked the Paris Saint-Germain forward with a move to the Middle East. Messi's future at PSG has been the subject of much speculation in recent days after the Ligue 1 side suspended him for making a trip to Saudi Arabia and missing a training session as a result. On Tuesday, French media reported that Messi's move to Saudi Arabia