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Fifa has strongly criticised what it calls a “concerted and ongoing effort” to “undermine” the organisation and its president Gianni Infantino. The statement follows a Daily Telegraph report, external which claimed Infantino’s alleged lover was given a severance payment by Uefa after he had an affair while he was its general secretary.”Fifa president Gianni Infantino strongly denies these allegations, and they are categorically untrue. Any insinuation of inappropriate conduct or violation of statutes or regulations is defamatory,” a Fifa spokesperson told the Telegraph.Fifa has how itself hit out at “unsubstantiated assertions and demonstrably false claims”, adding that “speculation and insinuation…
Xavier Simons sent off after hitting Harry Gray as Bolton suffer a Carabao Cup First Round exit to Sheffield Wednesday. It was a scrappy first half, Championship newboys Bolton missed three chances, reduced to 10 men, then Wednesday, who suffered relegation to League One, the stronger, grabbing a beautiful late winner from Jamal Lowe, with Barry Bannan involved in the goal. As seen in video footage below, Simons losing his head, lashing out then the Owls had the last laugh. Cant be throwing a punch because someone pulls your shirt. Silly#bwfc pic.twitter.com/10xvNMBGHe — RB (@karate_kid29) August 8, 2026 Simons red…
Barcelona increase Rodri bid, Cristian Romero wants to join Arsenal and Nottingham Forest are set to sign Ousmane Diomande.Barcelona are in continued talks with Manchester City over signing Rodri and have made an increased bid of £51.4m for the Spain midfielder, 30. (Sport – in Spanish), externalCristian Romero would like to join Arsenal, but Tottenham have no intention of allowing the 28-year-old Argentina centre-back to move to their north London rivals. (Sun), externalRomero is also an option for Barcelona, who are set to let Uruguay centre-back Ronald Araujo, 27, join Liverpool on loan. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish), externalNottingham Forest…
With the top three of Leeds, Wigan and Wakefield, getting plenty of attention, Warrington are travelling under the radar but that suits Burgess, with England captain George Williams set to make his comeback in one of the next two games and a home play-off within reach.Williams’ return will boost Wire but 18-year-old Irwin and Leon Hayes, 22, proved an effective half back pairing, with the kicking both out of hand and off the tee superb.Ethan Ryan had begun the scoring for the hosts with his 13th try of the Super League season on 14 minutes, Luke Hooley missing the extras…
In years gone by, Manchester United has been the home to countless attacking talents, many of whom helped the club secure Premier League glory under Sir Alex Ferguson. Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Ruud van Nistelrooy are just three names which pop to mind – with the former of the trio still remaining as the Red Devils’ leading all-time scorer. However, current boss Michael Carrick does not have the same luxury at Old Trafford, with the 45-year-old wanting reinforcements in the final third this summer. The £200m spending spree last summer provided the club with added depth in attacking…
Jack Catterall’s side has accepted a proposed October 3 fight with WBO welterweight champion Devin Haney. The next step is getting the contracts completed and signed. Manager Sam Jones confirmed Catterall wants the fight and has agreed to the proposed date after Julius Julianis reported that negotiations were advanced. Jones disputed that description but made clear there is no resistance from his side. “Wouldn’t say advanced, but we’ve accepted the fight and the date proposed. We are easy to deal with; we’re not greedy, delusional people. Let’s get the fight on and get the contracts signed,” Jones said on X.…
Galle Gallants ended Jaffna Kings’ reign as the Lanka Premier League champion by defeating the three-time winner by five wickets in the final on Saturday.Chasing just 124 to win a their maiden title, Gallants got over the line 16th over courtesy of contributions from Thomas Fraser Rogers (34 off 27 balls) and Dinura Kalupahana (31 off 19 balls).In the first innings, three wickets each for Charith Asalanka and Eshan Malinga restricted the Kings to just 123. Only four batters could post double-digit scores with opener Kamil Mishara top-scoring with 41. Tharindu Ratnayke also chipped in for Galle with two for…
Wigan had suffered shock home losses to Castleford Tigers and Huddersfield Giants this season and Toulouse opened the scoring after just four minutes when Ulberg cut inside from the right to go over.But the hosts responded in the 10th minute when Eckersley punched a hole in the Toulouse line to register their opening score.Wigan’s second try eight minutes later was all about the brilliance of French. The Australian half-back jinked his way over for a fine try to score for the fourth successive game and take his points tally for Wigan to 501.Toulouse conceded too many penalties and Wigan crossed…
Xabi Alonso said Romeo Lavia had a “mental block” when it came to featuring for a full 90 minutes. Alonso’s Chelsea ran out 3-0 winners over AC Milan in a pre-season friendly in Jakarta on Saturday. With Chelsea also in action on Sunday, Alonso named a strong team but had plenty of players clock up a lot of minutes. That included Lavia, who played the full match. The midfielder has made 43 appearances for the Blues since joining them from Southampton in 2023. However, he has been taken off in all 25 of the matches he started, and a string…
Tim Bradley believes William Zepeda has taken over as the top fighter at lightweight following his 12-round unanimous decision victory over Lamont Roach on August 1 in Las Vegas. With Gervonta Davis inactive and Shakur Stevenson competing at light welterweight, Bradley rates Zepeda (34-1, 27 KOs) above the remaining fighters at 135 pounds. “I feel like Zepeda is the number one guy right now at 135 pounds. You take Tank off the table, you take Shakur up off the table, I think he’s the number one guy right now in the division, followed by, of course, Abdullah Mason right behind…