2 h. ago Gareth Bale investment group submit new offer to buy Cardiff

A new offer has been made for the League One club

Economics

4 h. ago Gareth Bale reveals new Cardiff City takeover offer after seeing bid rejected

Wales legend and former Real Madrid star Gareth Bale says the consortium he is fronting has submitted a new offer to purchase Cardiff City from the club's owner, Vincent Tan

Politics

6 h. ago Is the Club World Cup a good addition to the football calendar?

Is the newly expanded tournament a waste of time or an interesting idea that brings the world together?There are plenty of reasons to be down on the Club World Cup. The players were already exhausted and overworked; its evolution into a 32-team tournament has been drive by a desire for profit; it has been played in temperatures that make football almost unbearable; the stadiums have often been half empty; and it has given Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino an opportunity to fluff their already inflated egos.But there is something to be said for a competition that brings together teams, and fans, from across the globe every four years. Supporters from around the world, especially Brazil, have lit up the show. And the underdogs have shown up. Flamengo stunned Chelsea; Botafogo shocked PSG; Al-Hilal sent Manchester City home. There have been great games, goals and performances, with PSG putting on a show for the ages in the semi-finals as they hammered Real Madrid. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Gareth Bale in fresh Cardiff City takeover claim as new 'more than fair offer' made

The former Real Madrid and Wales superstar is part of a consortium keen to take control of the Bluebirds

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7 h. ago Gareth Bale reveals investment group’s ‘brand new offer’ to buy Cardiff

The former Wales, Tottenham and Real Madrid star insists the offer is a ‘very fair’ one.

Economics

11 h. ago Xabi Alonso comments on future of £70m Arsenal transfer target after latest absence

Rodrygo's future appears to lie away from Real Madrid after boss Xabi Alonso said he didn't bring him on in their 4-0 loss to PSG because he preferred other players - with Arsenal said to be interested

Economics

17 h. ago Real Madrid’s PSG thrashing shows Xabi Alonso true size of rebuilding job

New manager faces tough questions before next season, with the biggest just how to find the right fit for superstar striker Kylian MbappéThis is the end. For Real Madrid, the best thing that could be said about their last game of the 2024-2025 season was that it was their last game of the 2024-2025 season. So in the makeshift marquee set up by the MetLife Stadium, Xabi Alonso said exactly that, and repeatedly. He had watched his team, who aren’t entirely his team yet, be taken apart by Paris Saint-Germain; now he wanted to get home and “reset”, forget about it. Well, not forget exactly: the hurt might help, lessons learned. “I want this to have an impact but not drag us down,” he said. “In August we start 2025-26, which will be different.”The way they fell was familiar, back to their recent past, their reality. “We suffered the way others have suffered against them,” Alonso said, and that was true, but it is not only PSG; it is Madrid too. This was their 68th game of the season and ...

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19 h. ago Luis Enrique responds to PSG accusation after thrashing Real Madrid

Paris Saint-Germain head coach Luis Enrique says his team has more than answered its critics with its recent achievements

Politics

27 h. ago Chelsea given huge FIFA Club World Cup final boost as two PSG stars suspended

PSG eased their way into the Club World Cup final against Chelsea with a 4-0 thrashing of Real Madrid, but Luis Enrique's men will be without defenders Pacho and Lucas Hernandez for the showdown

Sport

31 h. ago Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti sentenced to jail term in Spain for tax fraud

A Spanish court also fined the former Real Madrid manager 386,000 euros (£332,000).

Events

31 h. ago Rodrygo transfer latest as Real Madrid 'schedule talks' after latest snub and Arsenal interest

The Gunners’ transfer target was an unused substitute as Real Madrid were dumped out of the Club World Cup

Sport

32 h. ago Arsenal transfer target Rodrygo left in no man's land after another Xabi Alonso snub

Arsenal have been heavily linked with a deal for Rodrygo this summer and the Real Madrid attacker was an unused substitute again in their Club World Cup match with PSG

Sport

39 h. ago ‘We didn’t put the brakes on’: Luis Enrique denies PSG spared Real Madrid

Several key players substituted as PSG romped to 4-0 winXabi Alonso ‘hurt’ but says ‘next year will be different’On the afternoon that Paris Saint-Germain reached the final of the Club World Cup, placing them 90 minutes away from winning every trophy available this season, Luis Enrique underlined how far they had come by recalling: “In January, people said we didn’t have leaders and didn’t score goals.” Since then they have scored more than 100 and won their first ever Champions league with a 5-0 victory against Inter in the final. Here they put four past Real Madrid with a display so dominant that he had to deny that they had taken their foot off the gas.In doing so, however, the PSG head coach did reveal that he had made changes with Sunday’s final against Chelsea in mind. PSG were two goals up inside 10 minutes and had made it 3-0 before they had played half an hour, the game effectively over, before Gonçalo Ramos added a fourth in the dying minutes. Continue reading...

Politics

39 h. ago Luis Enrique says Ousmane Dembele ticks the boxes needed to win Ballon d’Or

The France international netted in Paris St Germain’s rout of Real Madrid on Wednesday.

Politics

40 h. ago Mbappé gets stuck in Dembélé’s shadow in Real Madrid’s shapeless shambles | Jacob Steinberg

PSG’s Club World Cup demolition was further proof that perhaps Real Madrid signed the wrong French forwardThe first drinks break was unplanned. It came six minutes ahead of schedule, but Real Madrid were grateful for the respite. They wandered to the touchline, dazed and confused, and reached for the water bottles. They looked to Xabi Alonso and hoped for answers. After 24 minutes of being pummelled by Paris Saint-Germain, though, the thought occurred that the players in white would have been better off asking for smelling salts.It is never a good sign when the emergency team talk takes place with more than an hour left. PSG had just stormed into a 3-0 lead, Fabián Ruiz scoring his second after a stunning combination between the exceptional Ousmane Dembélé and the flying Achraf Hakimi on the right, and to be honest the scoreline felt kind on Madrid. The New Jersey sun was beating down but PSG were merciless. Lads, it’s 33C. Any chance of slowing down? Continue reading...

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40 h. ago The lessons Xabi Alonso will have to learn as Real Madrid humbled by imperious PSG

PSG 4-0 Real Madrid: Alonso will have an eye at emulating Luis Enrique’s transformation at PSG after a humiliating defeat

Politics

40 h. ago Luis Enrique reveals Club World Cup final plan as Paris Saint

PSG cruised past Real Madrid in the semi-final and will be high on confidence ahead of the final

Politics

41 h. ago PSG cruise to Club World Cup final after Ruiz and Dembélé stun Real Madrid

PSG 4-0 Real Madrid: Ruiz 6 24, Dembélé 9, Ramos 87Chelsea to play European champions in Sunday’s finalThere was a moment towards the end of Kylian Mbappé’s final season in France when Luis Enrique called him into his office and explained that if they did things his way, then Paris Saint-Germain could become an “absolute machine”.A little over a year later, on the day his first season at Real Madrid came to an end against his former club, the striker saw for himself, up close and painful, just how right his coach had been. The team that went to Munich and put five past Inter, the biggest winning margin a European Cup final has ever seen, came to New York and scored four against the game’s greatest aristocrats to take them to the final of the Club World Cup. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago PSG vs Real Madrid LIVE: Club World Cup result, latest updates and reaction after Parisians rout Madrid

A spot in the final is on the line!

Society

41 h. ago Paris St Germain set up final against Chelsea by brushing aside Real Madrid

The pair will meet in the Club World Cup final on Sunday.

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