October 21 – The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) has announced a three-year partnership with Unilever’s Rexona, making the brand an official sponsor of the Saudi Arabia Women’s National Team. This marks the first official partner for the Kingdom’s women’s football programme at all levels, reflecting the rapid growth of the sport in Saudi Arabia. The deal aims to advance …
Read More »Nottingham Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace: What Were The Key Talking Points As Forest Pile More Pressure On The Eagles?
Extending on their stellar start to the new campaign, Nottingham Forest collected a 1-0 victory against Crystal Palace on Monday night. While Eberechi Eze and Eddie Nketiah might have rattled the woodwork, it was the red-hot Chris Wood who proved to be Forest’s hero at the City Ground as his effort squirmed under England international Dean Henderson. Although Palace might …
Read More »Is Mohammed Kudus ready for a big transfer?
Mohammed Kudus suffered another setback to stardom and a potential major transfer after his red card against Tottenham Hotspur. The Ghanian continued his sparkling form with a well-taken goal to put West Ham ahead before losing his cool in the face of a crushing defeat. Saturday’s incident could be a huge put-off for the hosts of giant clubs interested in …
Read More »Bekloppt? Mainz fans angry at Klopp’s new Red Bull gig
October 21 – Former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has been criticised by fans of one of his other clubs, Mainz, for his decision to join energy drinks company Red Bull and oversee its international football network. Mainz supporters held banners during their team’s 2-0 defeat to Leipzig – a Red Bull-backed club – in which they targeted their one-time hero. …
Read More »Champions League: Aston Villa v Bologna
Match Preview Aston Villa will look to make it three wins from three in the Champions League as they welcome Bologna to Villa Park. Unai Emery’s men have recorded impressive wins over Young Boys and Bayern Munich so far, which sees them occupy sixth place in the newly-formatted league phase. Bologna travel to face English opposition once again after losing …
Read More »Champions League: Real Madrid v Borussia Dortmund
Match Preview Tuesday sees a repeat of last season’s Champions League final as Real Madrid take on Borussia Dortmund at the Santiago Bernabeu on Matchday 3. Real, who defeat Dortmund 2-0 at Wembley to lift their 15th Champions league, have made a rocky start to their title defence after losing 1-0 to Lille in their last European outing. Los Blancos …
Read More »Women’s soccer players target FIFA to end Saudi sponsorship
Hundreds of professional women’s soccer players have signed a letter calling for FIFA to end a sponsorship deal with a Saudi oil company. In April, FIFA signed a sponsorship deal with Aramco. That oil company has 98.5% state ownership, meaning the government of Saudi Arabia owns the company. In a way, it is FIFA entering a sponsorship deal with the …
Read More »‘Life’s hard’ – Marc Guehi says Crystal Palace are fighting for a win
Crystal Palace will “keep fighting” as they search for a first win of the Premier League season after slipping to a 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest, says Marc Guehi. Chris Wood’s goal saw Forest remain winless after eight games and in the bottom three. Defeat means that four sides have failed to win any of their first eight games for …
Read More »Under-fire Jose Mourinho prepares for Man United faceoff
Jose Mourinho welcomes his former club Manchester United to Fenerbahçe on Thursday in the Europa League. While the Red Devils have been unconvincing under Erik ten Hag, one of the best coaches of modern times is also playing second fiddle to Galatasaray’s hegemony in Turkish soccer. “You need to win every game to be the champions” When unveiled at Fenerbahçe, …
Read More »Browns’ Deshaun Watson will miss the rest of the 2024 season after tearing his Achilles
With a 21-14 loss to the Bengals at home in Week 7, the Browns are 1-6 in 2024. They’ve lost their last five games in a row and the offense is not producing. Cleveland has not scored 20 points in a game yet this season and that has to do with the QB play. Entering Week 7, starting QB Deshaun …
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