8 h. ago Club World Cup has left an injury trail that is damaging football. But will anyone listen? | Jacob Steinberg

Response to strained schedule has been more football than ever, and a danger that the best will have nothing left to give at the World CupCole Palmer and Ousmane Dembélé looked great when they were photographed sitting on Top of the Rock on the eve of the Club World Cup final but it is not being wise after the event to suggest that both might have been better off spending their summer lying on sunbeds.Top players struggling with fitness issues was foreseeable before the first edition of Fifa’s expanded tournament took place. “The worst idea ever,” was Jürgen Klopp’s take, citing concerns over the long-term impact of squeezing even more football into an ever expanding calendar. “Last year it was the Copa [América] and the European Championship, this year it’s the Club World Cup, next year it’s the World Cup. That means no recovery for the players involved.” Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Fulham: Marco Silva left to rue summer transfer struggles as injury crisis deepens

A lack of transfer activity in the summer is beginning to have an impact on Marco Silva’s squad

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3 d. ago Mikel Arteta gives concerning Arsenal injury update as Martin Odegaard left in knee brace

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard has endured an injury-hit campaign and suffered another setback against West Ham United, with Declan Rice also picking up a knock

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4 d. ago ‘Chess Messi’ Faustino Oro achieves grandmaster norm and 2500 rating at just 11

The Argentinian looks set to break the record for the youngest GM after winning the Legends and Prodigies tournament in MadridFaustino Oro, the 11-year-old “chess Messi” from Argentina, set new world records for his age when he won last week’s Legends and Prodigies tournament in Madrid with an unbeaten 7.5/9, achieving his first grandmaster norm (of three needed for the title) with 1.5 points to spare, plus a 2509 GM rating on Fide’s October rating list.Oro is the first under-12 in chess history to be rated 2500-plus. His next target will be his second and third GM norms, and with them Abhimanyu Mishra’s world record as the youngest ever GM, within the next four months or so. He already has the World Cup in Goa, the European Club Cup in Greece, and a closed tournament in Argentina lined up. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Man United players need to listen to what Ruben Amorim said about Benjamin Sesko

£74m summer signing Benjamin Sesko has one goal in six Premier League games, and Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim needs to bring out the best in him.

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5 d. ago Liverpool and Arsenal handed potential boost as key Club World Cup change looms

FIFA expected to make further alteration to revamped competition after summer criticism

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5 d. ago Dani Dyer admits she hasn't left her bedroom since Strictly injury

Dani Dyer has given heartbreaking insight into the aftermath of her depature from Strictly Come Dancing after suffering a foot injury. 

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6 d. ago Man City to learn new Club World Cup format amid Rodri concerns and Liverpool omission

Manchester City will be hoping they are involved at the next Club World Cup, with talk of three English clubs - and not two - set to be at the 2029 tournament

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6 d. ago Premier League to get extra FIFA Club World Cup spot after rule change and Liverpool omission

FIFA want to make a change after the first edition of their summer Club World Cup and the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal could be impacted by the move

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7 d. ago 'Everyone could see it' – Marcus Rashford verdict from Barcelona shows their true feelings

Marcus Rashford has impressed Barcelona boss Hansi Flick as the Manchester United loanee looks to continue his fine form for club and country ahead of next summer's World Cup

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7 d. ago Jurgen Klopp reiterates Club World Cup view in face of criticism from Sky Sports reporter

The former Liverpool manager described FIFA's summer tournament as “worst idea ever implemented in football” and has once again refused to see the positive side

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7 d. ago Dolphins beat sloppy Jets but Tyreek Hill sustains probable season

Miami say WR suffered dislocated kneeDolphins move to 1-3; Jets remain winless at 0-4Broncos beat Bengals 28-3 in Monday’s later gameMiami’s Darren Waller had a pair of touchdown catches in his first NFL game in nearly two years, but the Dolphins’ first win of the season, a 27-21 victory over the New York Jets, was marred by a dislocated knee for their star receiver, Tyreek Hill.The Dolphins lost Hill in the third quarter. The five-time All-pro made a catch and landed awkwardly on his left leg after being tackled near the New York Jets’ sideline. Players from both teams looked on anxiously while Hill was tended to, and he was then carted off the field. The Dolphins said in a statement he was “being taken to a local hospital for imaging, evaluation and observation.” The team’s head coach, Mike McDaniel, later confirmed Hill dislocated his left knee, an injury which will almost certainly end his season. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Premier League star insists players ready to STRIKE as new analysis comes to light

The battle for footballers' well being continues with FIFPRO having released a new report following analysis on this summer's FIFA Club World Cup

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8 d. ago US fan ugliness at the Ryder Cup was merely a reflection of Trump’s all

European players were subjected to slurs and crude insults about their families. They were no surprise as public discourse in America has broken downBy the time Europe finished the job, finally, on Sunday, the golf had the last word. But until the thrilling denouement, the lasting memory of this Ryder Cup threatened not to be a single swing of the club so much as the ugly backdrop: galleries that drifted from partisan into venomous and the organizers who let the line slide until it snapped.It didn’t happen all at once. For the first day and a half of golf’s most intense rivalry, it was New York-loud without being unruly. Then Saturday afternoon arrived and the tenor shifted. Rory McIlroy, the visiting lightning rod, kept stepping off shots as volleys of abuse landed in the quiet of his pre-shot routine. Shane Lowry played teammate and minder. Justin Thomas, not exactly a shrinking violet, began shushing his own end of the grandstand so his opponents could putt. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Fury as yob who left grandad in coma with brain injury posts sick Snapchat giving cops middle finger after walking free

A THUG who left a grandad in a coma with a brain injury walked free from court — and then stuck up a middle finger to justice. Kamran Ahmed, 21, avoided jail after he admitted flooring Mick Shears, 58, in a street attack. He then shared a Snapchat photo from outside the courtroom with a...

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9 d. ago Man arrested after victim left with head injury in popular square in Dalston

Man arrested after victim left with head injury in popular square in Dalston  This Is Local London

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9 d. ago Scottish golf club that boasts TWO Ryder Cup captains is 'very unique'

Over the past 98 years, Scotland has produced over 20 Ryder Cup players, including two captains.

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1 week ago Welcome to West Ham, Nuno, the crisis club with no vision and no structure | Jacob Steinberg

Graham Potter’s great mistake was to think that he could build while the fire was raging around himThe timing of the news left a sour taste in the mouth. Graham Potter has been in trouble for more than a month. There was no decision after West Ham continued their dreadful start to the season last Saturday, losing 2-1 to Crystal Palace at a deflated London Stadium, and it seemed Potter had been given one last chance to save his job given that he conducted his usual media duties before facing Everton on Monday night.There was defiance from the 50-year-old on Friday night. Blame the coach all you like, Potter said, but it is worth looking at the wider context. “You have to look at where the club was at,” he said. “Because then you can make an assessment of how long it needs to turn results around. What was the environment like? What was the culture like? What was the team like?” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Fulham: Marco Silva confirms key man in contention for Aston Villa clash

Club-record signing Kevin injured his shoulder in the Carabao Cup

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1 week ago Was 'lethal' problem of concrete walls around football pitches 'swept under the carpet' before Billy Vigar's death? Shocking claim from player who was left with brain injury before ex

Billy Vigar died on Thursday after suffering a 'significant brain injury' when he collided with a pitch-side wall while playing for Chichester City away at Wingate and Finchley on Saturday.

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