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Antony’s moment of trickery during Thursday’s Europa League match did not impress Erik ten Hag Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says he will “correct” Antony if he feels the Brazil winger is unnecessarily showboating. Antony, United’s £85m summer signing, entertained the home fans during Thursday’s 3-0 Europa League Group E win over Sheriff Tiraspol by producing a 720-degree spin …

When U.S. Soccer commissioned an investigation by King & Spalding LLP partner Sally Yates and the results revealed widespread, “systemic abuse and misconduct” across the NWSL and women’s soccer as a whole, many of the findings felt eerily familiar. Three coaches—Paul Riley, Rory Dames and Christy Holly—had all been accused of verbal abuse and/or sexual misconduct. Officials in charge downplayed …

Bournemouth have walked out to West’s song at home games for several years Bournemouth players will no longer walk out to Kanye West’s song ‘Power’ at the Vitality Stadium. The decision comes after the American rapper, who legally changed his name to Ye, posted anti-Semitic comments on his Twitter account. It is understood the issue was discussed by the club …

Wednesday’s 3–0 defeat would have been bad enough for Barcelona if this had just been another defeat to Bayern Munich, another game lost in the same way all the others have been, by a side bossing possession and being picked off on the break by smarter opponents. But far worse could be the financial consequences of a second successive group-stage …

Chaos broke out in the closing moments of Wednesday’s Champions League group-stage match between Atlético Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen that saw Atléti awarded a penalty in stoppage time, only for the spot kick to be saved and the game end in a 2–2 draw.  Needing a win and three points to keep its hopes of advancing out of the group stage, Atlético …

Former Brighton and Arsenal goalkeeper Mat Ryan features in the video Australia have released a collective statement against Qatar’s human rights record, becoming the first 2022 World Cup team to do so. The video message criticises the World Cup hosts’ treatment of migrant workers and LGBTQ+ people. Football Australia also released a statement saying the “suffering” felt by workers and …

A small selection of World Cup hopefuls will begin gathering in Frisco, Texas, on Tuesday as the U.S. formally sets out on the road to Qatar with a “fitness camp” for out-of-season MLS players. Nine men are on coach Gregg Berhalter’s initial list with more to come, potentially, based on the result of this weekend’s two conference finals. The camp …

Varane left the pitch in tears after picking up an injury during United’s draw at Chelsea France centre-back Raphael Varane will be out of action until the World Cup, while Cristiano Ronaldo returns to the squad for Manchester United’s Europa League game against Sheriff Tiraspol. “Varane isn’t in the squad. He will be out until the World Cup,” United boss …

The final score may not really have been reflective of the game, but the result was just and telling. Benfica beat Juventus Tuesday in the Champions League, 4—3, but it had dominated for such long periods that midway through the second half it seemed possible that Roger Schmidt’s side could have won by five or six. Juventus’s late rally, though, could neither …

Carlos Corberan won only two of his 11 games in charge of Olympiakos Championship strugglers West Bromwich Albion have named former Huddersfield boss Carlos Corberan as their new head coach on a two-and-a-half-year deal. The 39-year-old Spaniard, who succeeds Steve Bruce at The Hawthorns, has been without a club since leaving Greek side Olympiakos in September. Corberan resigned as Huddersfield …