June 3 – Canada’s Vancouver Whitecaps will play-off against El Salvador’s Alianza Women FC for the final place in the group stages of the inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup this August. Announcing the clubs and draw structure for the competition, the pools have been seeded so that NJ/NY Gotham FC and San Diego Wave FC from the NWSL will be …
Read More »Barcelona out-of-favour loanee dreams of succeeding at club next season
After a somewhat underwhelming loan spell at Brighton & Hove Albion, Ansu Fati is all set to return to Camp Nou. Fati returns to Barcelona on the back of a spell that saw him appear in only 500 minutes of Premier League football. Injuries and lack of game-time were once again a factor in stifling the attacker’s growth at Brighton. …
Read More »Newcastle’s mini Pogba, exciting winger and England U17 star – Ones to watch
Newcastle United’s academy is finally home to some of England’s better talents after long periods of underinvestment. Here I take a look at some of Newcastle’s best academy prospects from the Youth Teams all the way to U21 level from the 23/24 season. Youth Level – Sam Alabi (15) – CM – After joining from Oldham, Sam has already made a …
Read More »Barcelona defender spills the beans on his future: “My representatives will meet with the club”
Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo has shared that he is not overly concerned about his contract extension at the moment, emphasising that it is his agent’s responsibility to handle discussions with the club. He mentioned that while his representatives are scheduled to meet with Barcelona, he did not clarify whether these talks would be about extending his contract or exploring the …
Read More »Aaron Judge, Yankees Spent The Weekend Torturing The Giants
Yankees star slugger Aaron Judge was a free agent two off-seasons ago. There were plenty of suitors and teams that made offers, and the San Francisco Giants were one of them. Their offer apparently wasn’t enough, though, as Judge returned to New York by signing a nine-year, $360 million deal to keep him in New York into the twilight of …
Read More »Miami To Edmonton Is The Longest Possible Flight In The NHL
The Edmonton Oilers finished off the Dallas Stars on Sunday night, winning by a margin of 2-1 to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. They will be the road team for the upcoming series, and will make the flight to South Florida sometime during the coming week to get settled in for Game 1 on Saturday. But it won’t be …
Read More »Dortmund fans protest ‘weapons-washing’ Rheinmetall sponsorship at UCL final
June 3 – Borussia Dortmund fans have protested against ‘weapons-washing’ and their club’s controversial sponsorship agreement with Rheinmetall, Germany’s biggest weapons manufacturer. With minutes to go to the kick-off of the Champions League final, arguably the biggest club game in world football, the portable yellow wall at one end of Wembley Stadium seized the moment to deploy banners that criticised …
Read More »Tanner Tessmann, Gianluca Busio earn Serie A promotion with Venezia
The 2024-24 Serie A campaign will feature an additional two American players. Tanner Tessmann and Gianluca Busio earned promotion back to Italy’s top flight after winning the Serie B promotion playoffs on Sunday. Tessmann and Busio both featured as Venezia defeated Cremonese 1-0 in second leg action. Busio assisted on the deciding goal of the two-legged series while Tessmann logged …
Read More »Raiders, Dolphins Among NFL Teams To Gain Extra Cap Space
June 1st marks an important day in the NFL when it comes to player contracts. Back during the free agency flurry in March and April, teams were able to cut certain players by way of a “June 1st designation”, which would save them cap space down the road by thanks to NFL salary cap rules. NFL Teams Save Money With …
Read More »Man United future ‘to be settled after Ten Hag decision’
Manchester United midfielder Casemiro is set to leave Old Trafford if a Saudi Pro League club makes a “good proposal” for the 32-year-old this summer, according to a report. Brazil international Casemiro’s future will be settled after United end the uncertainty over manager Erik ten Hag’s future, Fabrizio Romano has said. The 20-time champions had been expected to sack their …
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