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On Tuesday, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) officially presented Sonia Bermudez as the new head coach of the Spanish women’s national team, who will be succeeding Montse Tome in the role. Bermudez, one of the best players in Spain during her time, addressed the future of veteran striker Jenni Hermoso, who was left out of…
Haralabos Voulgaris bought Spanish second division side Castellón after leaving the NBA and Dallas Mavericks. Now, he is slowly building a culture of data-driven decision-making. Haralabos Voulgaris has always existed on the margins of the sports world. He witnessed the NBA’s analytics revolution not at its vanguard, but just behind it. He built models, watched…
HARRY REDKNAPP has thrown his backing behind Premier League games being played abroad as he said the idea has “got to happen”. Speculation about English top flight matches being staged in other countries has been rife for almost two decades. 2 Harry Redknapp believes the idea of playing Premier League games abroad “has got to…
Published 12:44 14 Oct 2025 GMT+1 Jobe Bellingham has been linked with a move away from Borussia Dortmund. Jobe Bellingham has reportedly attracted interest from two Premier League clubs amid his ongoing issues at Borussia Dortmund. During the summer transfer window, Bellingham left newly-promoted Sunderland to join German Bundesliga giants Dortmund in a deal worth…
Antonio Di Natale has no doubts regarding the potential of Inter and Italy striker Francesco Pio Esposito, who he thinks ‘will be an important player in Italian football for the next 10 to 15 years’. Esposito has emerged as Italy’s emerging star this international break, scoring his first goal for the national team in just…
Former Premier League referee David Coote has pleaded guilty to making an indecent image of a child. The ex-official, 43, appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday over an allegation relating to a category A video, the most serious kind, recovered by Nottinghamshire Police in February. Coote was charged in August with making an indecent…
Marcus Rashford has made a fine start to life at Barcelona, but there is a chance that he is not signed permanently by the Catalans. In this case, they would be prepared to step up their interest in an alternative target. Rashford struggled in the early stages of his time in Spanish football, but in…
Zena Weeks “fell into” becoming a private chef for footballers. She trained at a cooking school before working for England Athletics as an events manager, and it was through this that Weeks saw the dietary challenges sports stars can face. “A lot of the athletes were not eating well,” she tells The Athletic. “They didn’t…
The 2027-28 Champions League will begin with a marquee fixture featuring the reigning champion in a home game, marking the first time the competition opens with a standalone match, UEFA said on Monday. Currently, the tournament’s league phase begins with matchday one fixtures spread evenly over three days, but the change means just one game…
2 Barcelona expect to have four key players back available for selection for the club’s upcoming showdown with Real Madrid. That’s according to Diario Sport, who have on Monday provided an insight into the latest developments behind the scenes in Catalunya’s capital. Barcelona are of course currently in the midst of an early-season injury crisis….