Mansfield will be without Anthony Hartigan for Friday night’s home clash with Hartlepool.The summer signing sustained a shoulder injury after 30 minutes of the Stags’ 2-0 defeat to Grimsby and although he does not need an operation, the midfielder faces a spell on the sidelines.Former Hartlepool forward Rhys Oates hopes to be back in action at the start of December having undergone s...Full Story »

Accrington are continuing to see their squad stretched by a high number of injuries ahead of their Sky Bet League One clash with Morecambe.Michael Nottingham, Jay Rich-Baghuelou, David Morgan, Touray Sisay, Rosaire Longelo, Kody Adedoyin and Matt Lowe are being assessed after spells in the treatment room.Seamus Conneely limped off with an undisclosed injury in the 64th minute of Saturday’s...Full Story »

Chelsea Champions League winner Ramires has announced his retirement. The 35-year old has called time on his 14-year playing career, where he played for Chelsea, Benfica, Palmeiras, Jiangsu Suning, Cruzeiro and Joinville. He announced his retirement this afternoon on Instagram, the Brazilian making the news official after he had been without a club since the end of November 2020 when he left...Full Story »

Chelsea are reportedly tracking RB Leipzig striker Christopher Nkunku ahead of a possible transfer as new owner Todd Boehly continues to show major ambition in the transfer market. According to the Telegraph, the Blues are optimistic about working their way back into the race for Jude Bellingham, while Nkunku is also one of the names on their radar. The France international has been a world ...Full Story »

Barcelona vice president Eduard Romeu claimed it would be "possible" for Lionel Messi to return to the club next season. WHAT HAPPENED? Messi has yet to announce what he will do after the 2022-23 season, as he wants to focus exclusively on the World Cup right now. Still, speculation is growing that he may fancy a return to Camp Nou. WHAT THEY SAID: "It would be possible financially because i...Full Story »

Chelsea came from behind to beat West Ham 3-1 in their Women’s Super League match at Kingsmeadow.Irons captain Dagny Brynjarsdottir headed the visitors into a shock lead after only three minutes, before Chelsea responded as Sam Kerr twice hit the woodwork and Fran Kirby scored a deserved equaliser in the 40th minute.Kerr then tapped in a second on the hour, with Millie Bright nodding home ...Full Story »

Lionel Messi is set to leave PSG this summer as he plans to refuse any new contract offers with the Ligue 1 champions. The Argentine superstar moved to the French capital in 2021 - after an emotional departure from boyhood side Barcelona. Messi had initially signed for two seasons with PSG, but after struggling last time out for the French giants, Messi could already be looking to move on nex...Full Story »

Chelsea plan more talks with possible director Chelsea are pushing for Tim Steidten to take over as sporting director, the Guardian reports, with his data-driven approach at Bayer Leverkusen considered a positive to owner Todd Boehly. The Blues have undergone massive changes behind the scenes since Boehly bought the club from Roman Abramovich, but a new leadership structure is starting to take...Full Story »

Northern Ireland slumped to their third defeat of a poor Nations League campaign as they were beaten 3-1 by Greece in Athens, only spared a relegation play-off as Kosovo thrashed Cyprus 5-1.Shayne Lavery quickly cancelled out Dimitrios Pelkas’ 14th-minute goal, but a scrappy, dis-jointed performance could muster no answer after Giorgos Masouras restored Greece’s advantage early in th...Full Story »

Robbie Brady got the Republic of Ireland out of jail as they secured their Nations League B status with a madcap 3-2 win over nine-man Armenia.The 30-year-old, making his first start for his country since March last year, converted a stoppage-time penalty to snatch victory after Ireland very nearly threw the game away.They looked to be cruising to just their second win of the Group 1 campaign as...Full Story »

Carlisle handed newly-promoted Grimsby their second 2-1 defeat on the bounce by edging their rearranged Sky Bet League Two meeting.Owen Moxon opened the scoring with a stunning low drive, before Kristian Dennis came back to haunt his former club at Blundell Park. Michee Efete was on target for the home team after gift-wrapping Carlisle their second.Grimsby midfielder Alex Hunt set his sights fro...Full Story »

Former Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham reportedly wants to return to the Premier League as soon as possible. Abraham left Chelsea at the beginning of last season, joining AS Roma after his former club brought in Romelu Lukaku. Chelsea could be living to regret that decision, with Abraham flourishing in Italy and Lukaku already out the door. Abraham scored 27 goals in all competitions last sea...Full Story »

Barcelona and Xavi have suffered a major blow as it has emerged that Ronald Araujo may not play this year after he required surgery on an injury picked up while on international duty. Araujo was injured after just five minutes against Iran, and was initially thought to be set to miss 2-3 weeks. A Barcelona statement revealed that "he has an avulsion fracture of the adductor longus tendon in h...Full Story »

Juventus are moving for Chelsea attacker Christian Pulisic. Calciomercato.com says Pulisic has 'begun talks with Italian giants Juventus over a £31 million move away from Chelsea'. The USA winger is believed to have had a bad relationship with Thomas Tuchel before the manager left, and is apparently still keen on a move away despite Graham Potter's appointment. Pulisic has impressed at...Full Story »

AC Milan director Paolo Maldini has, on Sunday, provided a fresh insight into the future of a key member of the club’s frontline. The player in question? Rafael Leao. Wide-man Leao, of course, saw his name take its place centre stage in the media headlines late in the summer transfer window. This came as the Portuguese international was identified as a key target on the part of the powe...Full Story »

Juventus are exploring the prospect of signing Antoine Griezmann in January. La Gazzetta dello Sport says the French forward is spending his second year on loan at Atletico Madrid, who will have to pay Barcelona 40 million euros if they want to buy him. Juventus are alert to the situation and if Atletico don't play him enough to activate the obligatory buy clause then they may pounce. The I...Full Story »

Chelsea have joined Liverpool in the race to sign AC Milan midfielder Ismael Bennacer. Bennacer had been linked with a move to Liverpool in recent weeks, with Jurgen Klopp looking to solve his ageing midfield issue, according to Sports Mediaset (via 90min). The Algerian midfielder has already spent a short amount of time in England with Arsenal, but he failed to make a league appearance for th...Full Story »

Zinedine Zidane somehow manages to look elegant when falling off a horse. The France and Real Madrid legend is one undoubtedly one of the most gifted footballers ever to play the game, boasting a dreamy first touch and a supreme dribbling ability. In his playing days, everything Zidane did looked so slick and that's also the case when riding a horse. Zidane might be too tall to be a jockey ...Full Story »

Manchester United and Liverpool can reportedly save £47million on Jude Bellingham if they pay Borussia Dortmund the full transfer fee up front. The England midfielder is one of the brightest prospects in European football and has been tipped to move to the Premier League after joining Borussia Dortmund from Birmingham in 2020. Bellingham was a first-team regular for Birmingham in the Champ...Full Story »

Robert Page insisted that Wales’ relegation from the Nations League’s top tier is not going to “derail” his World Cup-bound team.Wales’ send-off ended in a 1-0 defeat to Poland at Cardiff City Stadium and demotion from League A.Karol Swiderski, just as he had done when the two sides met in Wroclaw in June, came up with a second-half winner.Poland’s Karol Swide...Full Story »