Juventus is eager to secure Dusan Vlahovic on a new contract while avoiding paying him up to €12 million per season. The striker currently earns €8 million net per season, which could rise to €10 million with bonuses, and a loyalty bonus would push his earnings to €12 million in the final year of his contract. This agreement was made …

Ian Wright has jumped to the defence of Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus, calling on fans to back him with the club bound to ‘need him at some stage’.  Jesus has been with the Gunners since his arrival from Manchester City in the summer of 2022. The Brazil international notched 11 goals and seven assists in 33 appearances across all competitions …

The English Football Association (FA) issued a fine to Nottingham Forest of nearly $1 million for previous social media comments last season. The East Midlands side took to X to heavily criticize match referee Anthony Taylor and VAR lead Stuart Attwell following a defeat to Everton in April. Forest officials felt as if three different penalty decisions went against them …

Adam Silver believes that the NBA will return for games in China one day, despite controversy surrounding the league playing there when teams visited in 2019. NBA Will Return To China Adam Silver was speaking at Columbia University this week in a sports management conference where he addressed speculation that the league could return to China for games for the …

Konstantinos Mavropanos has come in for praise following his performance in Greece’s shock 2-1 win over England on Thursday. The Blues and Whites took full advantage of a disjointed, shambolic England performance, with a Vagelis Pavlidis brace delivering their first-ever victory at Wembley. In reality, the nature of England’s defending meant Greece should have won by a bigger margin and …

Former France winger Jerome Rothen has demanded Kylian Mbappe be stripped of the Les Bleus captaincy after being seen in a Stockholm nightclub while skipping international duty due to a thigh injury. Mbappe was left out of the France squad named last week by Didier Deschamps for the Nations League games against Israel and Belgium. But he started for Real …

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October 11 – It was the perfect tribute to a player who died tragically young. Greece beat England on Thursday for the first time in history and celebrated by holding up the No. 2 jersey of George Baldock, the Panathinaikos defender who was found dead in his Athens home the previous day at the age of 31.  Baldock, born in England but …

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick’s cautious approach to Gavi’s return from injury has become a focal point at the club, reports AS as key decisions loom about the midfielder’s involvement in upcoming high-stakes matches against Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. After eleven months on the sidelines following his ACL injury, Gavi’s case has become the primary concern among the technical staff, …

Juventus is determined to do whatever it takes to bring Gleison Bremer back after he suffered a long-term injury that could sideline him until the end of the season. The Brazilian was in excellent form before the injury, which was reflected in Juventus’ strong results. The Bianconeri are now focused on ensuring they don’t miss him for too long and …