Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned by the UK government and has his assets frozen. Although Chelsea has been given a special license that allows them to continue playing games, the club has been plunged into uncertainty even though the owner had earlier announced plans to sell up. Mr
Some footballers in the Women’s Super League are earning as little as £20,000 a year and some of the top paid players earn 50 times less than their male colleagues according to a report from The Telegraph. The investigation involved agents, players, and coaches from across the 12
Bundesliga’s longest-serving manager SC Freiburg’s Christian Streich has signed a contract extension with the club. The 56-year-old took over the club in December 2011 following the dismissal of Marcus Sorg and has not looked back. Freiburg is traditionally known to hide contract lengths but announced that they have
Football’s governing body FIFA announced on Monday that it has opened a special transfer window for foreign players stranded in Russia and Ukraine because of the invasion of Ukraine. Foreign players who play in Russia and Ukraine can now suspend their contracts until the end of June and sign
PSG forward Kylian Mbappe has been declared fit to face Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League after suffering a nasty stamp in training from Idrissa Gana Gueye. The former AS Monaco Vunderkind cried in agony as his feet were stamped and fell to the floor. After initial tests showed
Former Saint-Etienne defender Wesley Fofana has extended his contract with Leicester City until 2027 the club has confirmed. The defender was a target for Chelsea but his club moved to tie him down to a long-term contract as he nears a return to full fitness. The 21-year-old signed for The
The Game Leverkusen traveled to the Bavarian capital in great form. They looked poised to avenge their crushing defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich last time out. After Borussia Dortmund’s disappointing draw at Augsburg, FC Bayern extended their lead at the top of the table to eight points
Chinese rights holders have told the Premier League they will not broadcast EPL games this weekend because of the league’s planned display of support for Ukraine. China is a close political ally of Russia, the nation that has invaded Ukraine. China has denounced economic sanctions that have been imposed
According to reports in France, PSG forward Lionel Messi is unhappy at the criticism he has faced in the French media after scoring only two goals in Ligue 1 so far. The 34-year-old has not lived up to his billing in France despite lodging 10 assists. Messi has missed 10
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has put his London club up for sale with fears over sanctions looming and Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss and American businessman Todd Boehly are trying to buy. The Russian values his European Champions at $4bn but no one seems willing to cough it up at the
According to reports from Spain, Chelsea‘s Andreas Christensen has agreed on a deal to join Barcelona as a free agent this summer. They claim the deal is 99% done. The 25-year-old is leaving the blues after joining their undergraduate program at 15. The Danish defender is out of contract
With Kylian Mbappe inching towards a free transfer to Real Madrid this summer, PSG have presented the French forward a whopping contract offer to keep him for two more years. According to Le Parisien, PSG are willing to pay Kylian Mbappe 50 million euros per year in wages for two
FIFA has imposed sanctions on Russia “to reiterate its condemnation of the use of force by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine”. The eastern European country will not be allowed to play at home and the team must compete under the name Football Union of Russia (RFU). There will be
Leeds United have announced the departure of head coach Marcelo Bielsa from the club following their defeat to Tottenham on Saturday. Former RB Leipzig head coach Jesse Marsch is expected to take over from Bielsa. The 66-year-old has been in charge of the club since 2018 and brought them up
Roman Abramovich has handed “stewardship and care” of Chelsea to the club’s charitable foundation following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After nearly 20 years of running Chelsea, he wants to take a step back due to the current geopolitical climate. Labour MP Chris Bryant told the House of Commons
According to the president of Poland’s Football Association, Cezary Kulesza, Poland will not play their scheduled World Cup playoff against Russia next month in protest against the invasion of Ukraine. Moscow was scheduled to host Poland in the semi-finals of its World Cup playoffs on March 24. If the
.png)
