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Desperate to claim a crucial Serie A boost on Monday night, Fiorentina will welcome Genoa to the Stadio Artemio Franchi.
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Starting with the hosts, while Fiorentina might have opened the New Year with their sights set on mounting a dramatic late top-four charge, the Viola have drastically struggled with their consistency in 2024. Failing to pick up a Europa Conference League advantage over in the Czech Republic on Thursday as they eventually had to settle for a 0-0 stalemate against Plzen, Vincenzo Italiano’s men have quickly come tumbling down the Serie A standings. Despite marking their return from March’s international break with a hard-fight 1-0 victory against Europa League quarter-finalists Atalanta, the Tuscany-ba…
Leicester City captain Wes Morgan has signed a new deal with the Premier League champions until June 2019.
The centre-back, who made the switch to Leicester in 2012, played every minute as the Foxes completed a scarcely believable title triumph last season.
And the 32-year-old has now committed to Claudio Ranieri s side for at least the next three years.
To commit my future to Leicester City is a wonderful feeling. Everyone knows how I feel about playing for this club and with my team-mates, so I m proud to have the chance to carry on wearing the shirt long term, he told the club s official website.
Lifting that Premier League trophy was a moment I will never forget and it s still sinking in. Now we ve got to give it everything to defend it as well as s…
FIFA has expressed its disappointment after Interpol suspended an agreement to tackle match-fixing in football.
Interpol, the world s largest police organisation with 190 member countries, received €20million from FIFA in May 2011 to set up a 10-year programme called Integrity in Sport .
The initiative has assisted international efforts to prevent the manipulation of sporting events and illegal gambling by criminal groups .
But, at a meeting in Lyon, Interpol endorsed a decision by Secretary General Jurgen Stock to freeze its use of financial contributions from FIFA in light of the corruption scandal that has rocked world football s governing body.
FIFA is in turmoil after nine past and present officials were indicted on charges of racketeering …
Jesse Lingard hailed Manchester United s fighting spirit after they fought back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Burnley.
The England international was dropped from the starting line-up in the wake of the 2-2 draw with Leicester City last week but came off the bench to snatch a point for his side at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
United were 2-0 down at half-time thanks to goals from Ashley Barnes and Steven Defour before Lingard rescued a result, backheeling Ashley Young s cross home to halve the deficit and firing in his side s second in injury time.
The result means Premier League leaders Manchester City could pull 15 points clear at the top if they beat Newcastle United on Wednesday but Lingard feels United s attitude may count for plenty come the end of the season.<…
Lucas Barrios is desperate to beat Bayern Munich in Saturday s DFB Pokal final in Berlin in order to end his Borussia Dortmund career on a high.
The Paraguay international has already signed a contract with Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande, but wants to complete the domestic double with BVB before saying farewell to the Bundesliga champions.
My biggest wish is to win the DFB Pokal final in my last game for Dortmund. I want to say farewell to the fans by winning the double. Preferably by scoring against Bayern in Saturday s game, Barrios told Bild.
I am leaving BVB with tears in my eyes. I have had three fantastic seasons here. I have learned a lot here, also during this season. Borussia Dortmund will forever have a place in my heart.
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Adelaide United defender Daniel Mullen has signed with Chinese Super League club Dalian Aerbin.
The 22-year-old centre-back has already flown to China to sign a two-year-deal with the newly-promoted side.
Dalian, who are midtable in China s top flight, have recently made it clear they will release Australian Mile Sterjovski to open up a spot for Mullen.
Adelaide s Football Director Michael Petrillo confirmed the move is set to be finalised and that the club will benefit from the fee received for the transfer.
Dalian Aerbin came to us with a substantial fee for Daniel and he expressed his desire to head to China, Petrillo said.
It was a decision we did not take lightly because Daniel is an integral part of our squad and while it is always sad to…
Sepp Blatter will have the full support of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) at the upcoming FIFA elections, says president Issa Hayatou.
Speaking at the CAF general assembly on Tuesday, Hayatou backed Blatter to secure a fifth term at the helm of world football despite the presence of three other candidates for the role.
Throughout his tenure Blatter has campaigned on behalf of African football, and was the driving force behind South Africa hosting the 2010 World Cup.
During the last General Assembly of CAF in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 8 June 2014, Africa decided to totally support Sepp Blatter for a new term at the helm of FIFA, said Hayatou. At that time, he had not even declared his candidature.
At our gathering in Addis-Ababa on the 19 and …
AC Milan defender Thiago Silva has ended speculation surrounding his future, signing a five-year deal with the Serie A giants.
The Brazil international was believed to be close to leaving Milan for Paris Saint-Germain last month, but the move eventually fell through after club president Silvio Berlusconi vetoed the transfer.
Silva s agent responded to the failed transfer by demanding a new and improved deal for his client, and the centre-back has now ended all speculation about his future by inking a one-year extension to his previous contract.
The 27-year-old joined AC Milan from Fluminense in the summer of 2009 and has since developed into one of AC Milan s undisputed stars, making over 100 official appearances for the 2010/11 Serie A champions.
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Manuel Locatelli s stunning strike earned AC Milan a 1-0 victory over Serie A leaders Juventus, who controversially had a Miralem Pjanic goal ruled out at San Siro.
Teenage midfielder Locatelli fired a sensational effort beyond Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon in the 65th minute, with Vincenzo Montella s side consequently moving to within two points of their table-topping opponents on his 200th Serie A match as a head coach.
The champions may feel hard done by, though, with Pjanic seeing a goal chalked off in the first half due to a debatable offside decision against Medhi Benatia.
After losing Paulo Dybala to injury, the midfielder s 35-yard free-kick flew beyond the outstretched leg of Leonardo Bonucci, who raced in from a legal position, to nestle in the back …
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been suspended for 90 days from any activity in football by FIFA s ethics committee
Yesterday the whole FIFA scandal took a new turn as the organisation’s ethics committee (really FIFA has an ethics committee) decided to suspend outgoing president Sepp Blatter, UEFA president Michel Platini and secretary general Jerome Valcke from football activity for 90 days
That suspension could be extended by a further 45 days and is in place while an investigation is conducted into the trio’s conduct takes place.
Valcke was already on leave from the organisation following an investigation into the Frenchman selling black market tickets for the 2014 World Cup.
It is just the latest development in an endless list of corruption …