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Barcelona have been charged with corruption over payments made to a former referee official. The Spanish giants face charges of corruption unexplained payments to the head of Spain’s refereeing committee for 17 years. The Catalans are said to have syphoned more than £6 million to a company owned by Jose...

The Match of the Day controversy unravelled so quickly on Friday night that its presence on television screens this weekend is a long way from certain. It was last removed from them 30 years ago because of a strike by technical staff, though this is something more visceral and elemental,...

“My brother was murdered but two days later I played for Tottenham before flying home to comfort my grieving mother,” are words that provide a peek into Nottingham Forest’s right wingback Serge Aurier’s strong mentality and filial connection. Never more so than when he put his own personal pain and...

Graham Potter has revealed he and his family have received vile death threats as a result of Chelsea’s miserable form. The Chelsea gaffer on Friday that he has been a target of vicious abuse wishing him and his family dead because of the Blues’ poor form. The struggling Blues boss...

Italy manager Roberto Mancini has defended children ‘blacking up’ as Serie A top scorer Victor Osimhen during carnival week in Naples. Sporting costumes, masks and capes, both adults and children traditionally attend the carnival dressed as one of their heroes – and this year several children chose to embody Osimhen,...

Manchester United’s share price plummeted over nine per cent on Tuesday amid fears the Glazer family won’t sell the club after all. Shares valued at $25.55 on the New York Stock Exchange at the opening of Tuesday’s trading had slumped to $24.27 within 30 minutes. A slight rebound...

The remains of Ghanaian football star Christian Atsu arrived home Sunday following his death in Turkey’s devastating earthquake. Atsu’s coffin, draped in Ghana’s flag, arrived by plane in Accra and was received by his family and with military honours. The 31-year-old athlete was discovered dead on Saturday following the 7.8-magnitude...

NBA superstar, LeBron James has vowed to keep playing after surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time leading points scorer. The Lakers forward, 38, went into the match-up with Oklahoma City needing 36 points to take the scoring record, and he finished with 38 points in a 133-130 loss....

Erling Haaland is reportedly ready to ‘divorce’ Manchester City as he has a ‘very distant’ relationship with Pep Guardiola, who has created a ‘bad atmosphere’. The prolific striker only joined Manchester City last summer. They activated his £51 million release clause to recruit him from Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund. Haaland...