Tino Livramento may not be fit for Saturday’s clash with Sheffield United, with Eddie Howe revealing that he is “still struggling” with an ankle injury. The right-back was on the bench for last night’s 2-0 defeat at Crystal Palace, but it’s emerged that he would’ve only come on in an “emergency” and remains a doubt for this weekend’s game. Howe …

April 25 – Manchester City have agreed a multi-year partnership with digital collectible business Quidd, a subsidiary of Animoca brands, who first partnered with the treble winners in December 2020. Quidd will create virtual trading cards – an alternative to sticker collecting – that will give fans the opportunity to unlock a number of real-world rewards including club merchandise, hospitality …

April 25 – Liverpool’s chase for the Premier League title has lost steam but Everton’s battle for survival has strengthened following Everton’s 2-0 win over their bitter cross-town rivals at Goodison Park. The result, which is Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s first Merseyside derby loss at Goodison, leaves the club four points behind Arsenal with four games to play. Manchester City …

Juventus has had their eye on Torino captain Alessandro Buongiorno for much of this season as they plan to make a move on their neighbours. The 24-year-old is one of the finest defenders in the league and has played a key role in making Il Toro’s defence one of the best in Serie A. His impressive performances have caught the …

April 25 – The English Football Association has announced the appointment of Sue Day as its new director of women’s football. Day will start her role in place of the departing Baroness Sue Campbell in December and will be responsible for the next phase of development for the women’s and girls’ game and disability football in England. Day joins from …

April 25 – For the first time English Premier League clubs are set to discuss a hard salary cap at their next shareholders meeting on Monday but the proposal is likely to face strong opposition. The proposed cap – known as anchoring – would limit clubs to spending only a proportion of the amount the league’s bottom club receives in TV money on …

April 25 – In their first defeat of 2024, Brazilian giants Flamengo went down 2-1 to Bolivar to cede the initiative in Group E of the Copa Libertadores to the Bolivian club.  At the altitude of La Paz, Flamengo, whose manager Tite (pictured) rotated his side and played a back three, had little of the ball and ran out of …

Vitor Roque was Barcelona’s biggest bet in the winter transfer window. The club made arrangements to bring in the former Athletico Paranaense star in January, as they were desperately looking for reinforcements in the attacking department. Roque, who was signed for a deal worth €61 million (including add-ons) last summer itself, was coming on the back of a stellar spell …

April 25 – The English Football Association has introduced a new wide-ranging support package to help grassroots clubs facilitate participation for disabled people, with the project winning the 2023/24 UEFA Grassroots Award for best disability initiative. “One of the main headlines [from the research] was that only 29 per cent of disabled people felt like they were supported to join …

April 25 – The European Club Association has launched its first Sustainability Strategy which the organisation hopes will tackle several pressing social and environment issues facing the game. The project is the culmination of a process that gained impetus last year with the appointment of a Head of Sustainability, Gaia Pretner, and the formation of a pan-European Working Group comprising representatives …