Getty Images Jonathan Johnson here getting you ready for another big weekend in the soccer world with a return to domestic league action after last week’s dalliances with the cups as well as our first Clasico of 2024 and the NWSL draft. Let’s get straight into it. 📺 Footy fix All times U.S./Eastern Friday, Jan. … Read more
Getty Images Qatar hosts the 2023 AFC Asian Cup just over a year after it held the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the home nation gets us underway on Friday against Lebanon in Lusail. On top of being hosts after the withdrawal of initial hosts China, the Qataris are also defending titleholders after their 2019 … Read more
Getty Images For a third time, Qatar will be the host nation of the AFC Asian Cup which kicks off on Jan. 12. While historically the tournament has been held during the summer, due to the heat in the country, the tournament was moved to the winter of 2024, similarly to the scheduling when the … Read more
play Will Sancho hit the ground running at Dortmund? (0:54)Stewart Robson debates whether Jadon Sancho will be ready to play straight away for Borussia Dortmund. (0:54) Borussia Dortmund have confirmed that Jadon Sancho has completed his return to the club in a loan move from Manchester United for the remainder of the 2023-24 season, and … Read more
Girona broke their transfer record last summer to sign Artem Dovbyk. The Ukraine striker joined for a €7.5 million fee from Dnipro-1. That’s around 7% of what Real Madrid paid to bring in Jude Bellingham. It’s not even 5% of the €160m transfer fee Barcelona forked out to make Philippe Coutinho their record signing in … Read more
Jan 11, 2024, 03:46 PM ET Could one or more of Taylor Swift, Britanny Mahomes, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman invest in a Scottish Premiership club? Motherwell hope so. Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Scottish Premiership side Motherwell have gone viral following a video they released targeting Hollywood celebrities to invest in the club, a nod … Read more
The agent of Radu Dragusin sees Tottenham as a stepping stone to a bigger club. The former Genoa defender signed for Spurs on Thursday. Agent Florin Manea told Digisport: “I was looking at a picture from when we started together at Juve, I was looking at how skinny he was. “We are only at the … Read more
Newcastle chief Darren Eales says manager Eddie Howe‘s job is safe. Eales spoke to a media pool yesterday, with Howe’s future discussed. He said, “Eddie has done a remarkable job. Sometimes you have to pinch yourself that we were 19th and fearing relegation and then, last season, for the first time in 20 years we … Read more
Genoa have completed the signing of Tottenham defender Djed Spence. The fullback moves to Genoa on-loan for the remainder of the season with an option to buy. Spence passed his medical on Thursday ahead of signing terms. The permanent option is said to be set at €10m. The defender moves to Genoa after a loan … Read more
Bayern Munich have signed Tottenham defender Eric Dier on loan until the end of the season with an option to make the move permanent, the clubs announced Thursday. Bayern will pay a fee of between €2 million and €4m, depending on performances, to make the deal permanent, sources told ESPN. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, … Read more
