3 h. ago Welsh football club placed up for sale in bid to 'take the next step'

The club has set its sights on ultimately winning the Cymru Premier

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25 h. ago Ambitious plans for redevelopment of sports facility in Johnstone unveiled

Thorn Athletic Football Club lodges bid for planning permission for first part of project at home in Greenend Avenue.

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26 h. ago Brendan Rodgers baffled by Celtic phantom no goal as boss left wanting in hunt for answers over VAR shocker

The Hoops slumped to a damaging 2-0 defeat in Glasgow but were left stunned a goal that never was

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34 h. ago Montpellier just the start as Smith aims to ‘walk the walk’ in multi

Former New Zealand captain led takeover of French club and wants Crux Sports to add more teams to portfolio“I wanted to try to build something that I wish had existed when I was playing.”At the core, that is what has driven Bex Smith, the former New Zealand captain, to set up a multi-club ownership group and attempt to create environments for women’s teams that her generation could only dream of. On Wednesday, her vision took a step towards reality as her investment group Crux Sports completed the purchase of their first team, buying a 100% stake in the French club Montpellier. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Rugby faces new breakaway league threat as Premier League club owners go public

After Mike Tindall's R360 project took a big step forward, a new plan to shake up rugby has emerged with two football club owners at the helm

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35 h. ago Ryan Reynolds got 4am apology from Channing Tatum for Wrexham stars' wild night out

Channing Tatum spent a few days in Wrexham to film a Super Bowl advert for one of the Welsh football club's sponsors and ended up having a wild night out with the players

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36 h. 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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51 h. 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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52 h. 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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57 h. ago Which one of these young footballers do you identify with? Amit Lennon’s best photograph

‘It captures a certain adolescent awkwardness. It’s fun as a viewer to think about which of the boys is most like your younger self. I wouldn’t be the one manspreading!’These boys were playing for Colebrook Royals, a football club in Chigwell, Essex. It was 2019 and they were in the dressing room before team practice for a photoshoot arranged by the charity YoungMinds. The plan was that, after the photos, the boys would speak to two dads – Nick Easey and Ryan Smith – who had lost their teenage sons to suicide. The fathers wanted the boys to share their own feelings about mental health, to normalise such conversations, even in a very male environment such as football training.This shot was taken before the main shoot. I’d set up my lights and chose what part of the dressing room to shoot in and let the boys sit where they wanted. As we waited for the dads to arrive, I noticed something interesting going on and I took a single shot. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Kilmarnock midfielder's attitude 'epitomises football club' says boss Stuart Kettlewell

The 20-year-old has earned rave reviews for his displays this season

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62 h. ago 'Different club': Steven Gerrard's Rangers return verdict issued as ex

The former Rangers boss has been mentioned as a potential replacement for under pressure Ibrox head coach Russell Martin.

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3 d. ago Businessman 'threatened to give neighbour's details to Black Lives Matter during six

Laxley Pennant - a property developer and salesman - allegedly threatened his neighbours during a six year campaign of stalking and harassment.

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3 d. ago Fugitive ‘people smuggler’ hunted over £85k ‘fraud plot’ against Scottish Premiership club

A FUGITIVE wanted by UK crime fighters over a people smuggling plot also faces claims he ripped off a top flight Scottish football club in an alleged building contract con. Goran Assad Jalal, 39, is on the radar of The National Crime Agency - Britain’s answer to the FBI - over allegedly shipping illegal immigrants...

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3 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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3 d. ago LAFC’s Denis Bouanga is thriving with his new strike partner: ‘I feel so good with Sonny on the pitch’

Any questions about how the Gabon international would gel with Son Heung-min have been put to rest after a historic scoring runWhen Son Heung-min arrived at Los Angeles Football Club last month, there was a huge sense of excitement: here was South Korea’s most popular athlete and one of the best Asian footballers in history. In a city with the largest South Korean community in the United States, there was also a belief that – just as with Lionel Messi and Miami – the diaspora would create a strong bridge between club and city.But this was also about LAFC itself. Undoubtedly, there was much Son could offer to Steve Cherundolo and a squad that was already blessed with attacking talent, including Denis Bouanga, the 30-year-old France-born Gabon international. Just before Son’s debut for LAFC on 9 August against Chicago Fire, Bouanga – a three-time All-Star – had 13 goals in the league and had long served as the main goal threat for the club, who at the time were sixth in the Western Co...

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4 d. ago Trump renews threat of imposing steep tariffs on films made outside the US

Trump claims he’ll impose 100% tariff on ‘any and all movies’ made abroad but doesn’t give details or timelineUS politics – latest updatesDonald Trump on Monday renewed his threat of imposing steep tariffs on films made outside the United States, claiming his country’s industry has been “stolen” by others.Trump’s remarks come shortly after he threatened a slew of new tariffs to be imposed this week on branded pharmaceutical products, furniture, as well as heavy trucks respectively. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago 'Man United's new free bar experience completely elevated matchday'

It included a complimentary bar with a choice of beers, wines and soft drinks

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5 d. ago As my daughter got sicker and sicker, our quest for answers dragged on. How did we all miss the bacteria taking over her body?

I write about nature, but when Milly got sick with a mystery illness, it never occurred to me that a long-forgotten tick bite could be the causeThere are many reasons to feel guilty. I’m a nature writer who preaches about the importance of wild childhoods, and my daughter has been made chronically ill by one trip to the countryside. I’m a journalist whose job it is to interrogate information and yet I didn’t demand better answers for her from NHS doctors. But the guilt is most painful when I remember a freezing wet day in October 2021.Milly’s U10s football club were playing the league’s top team. Milly, player of the year the previous season, a whirl of blond energy across the pitch, had lost her enthusiasm for the beautiful game. That morning, she really didn’t want to play: she was tearful and exhausted. There was nothing obviously wrong: no cough, sickness, temperature. Her twin, Esme, was playing but without Milly the team were a player short. I told Milly they needed her. Stoic...

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6 d. ago At any normal club Ruben Amorim would lose his job – but not Manchester United | Barney Ronay

Obdurate manager’s Ruben-ball could arguably take the blame for Fernandes’s penalty fluff in another utterly bloodless performanceYou’ve got to hand it to the reliably prolific pain-content generator that is Manchester United. Even at the end of a performance that was, if nothing else, a perfect example of empty and bloodless systems football, 90 minutes that felt like watching a robot with a cold go for a walk, this thing can still offer you stories, mini-arcs, narrative Easter eggs.The only shame is we will have to wait another six months, April at Stamford Bridge, to see if Bruno Fernandes can complete the perfect hat-trick of weirdly missed west London penalties. Continue reading...

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