Manchester City was found guilty of all but one of 115 Premier League charges it faced for breaching financial regulations, the Athletic reported on Friday. The report added that no sanction had yet been decided and that City is set to appeal.
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Embolo follows Xhaka out of Swiss squad over fake Covid documents
Atlanta United striker Breel Embolo was left out of the Switzerland squad for the upcoming Nations League matches after being sanctioned for using forged Covid-19 test certificates during the pandemic. He is the second Swiss star this week to be dropped. Captain Granit Xhaka was omitted after he confessed to using a fake certificate to avoid a mandatory vaccination.
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WOMEN’s SOCCER: Alexia Putellas wants to bring ‘winning culture and mentality’ to London City
Alexia Putellas may be known as the ‘Queen’ of Spanish soccer but after 14 trophy-laden years at Barcelona, she decided this summer to head off in search of a new challenge. That ambition has taken her to London City Lionesses — a new upstart seeking to shake up the order of things in the Women’s […]
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Pochettino, Cherundolo begin USMNT-Olympic collaboration
USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino, who resides in London, and Germany-based U.S. Olympic team coach Steve Cherundolo began their collaboration this week at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Fayetteville, Georgia, ahead of Saturday’s USMNT friendly against Peru in Orlando. Twelve of the 28 players Pochettino called in for his first post-2026 World Cup games are eligible for the 2028 Olympic tournament, an under-23 competition.
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What They’re Saying: Mauricio Pochettino
“[U.S. Soccer] showed confidence in us. We had already agreed and renewed before the World Cup began. I think that was one of the keys. The other thing was seeing this infrastructure and feeling part of a project that is bigger than any individual.”
— Mauricio Pochettino on staying on as USMNT head coach through the 2030 World Cup after its round-of-16 exit from the 2026 World Cup with a 4-1 loss to Belgium. On Saturday, in a friendly against Peru in Orlando, Pochettino and his returning staff lead the USA into its first game of the new cycle. (Fútbol de Primera with Andres Cantor)
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U.S. Under-17 Women’s World Cup roster
Head coach Ciara Crinion named the 21 players who will represent the USA at the Under-17 Women’s World Cup Oct. 17-Nov. 7 in Morocco. Loradana Paletta, who plays in NYCFC’s boys academy, is the youngest at age 15. Back with the team is forward Carolina Reyna, who will become the third member of her family to play in a U-17 World Cup after older brother Gio (2019) and her father Claudio (1989 when it was still a U-16 tournament).
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MLS teens (2026)
MLS teams have played 99 teens — players born in 2006 or later — so far in the 2026 regular season. Seven were called to the USMNT for its four games being played in September and October. One player (Australia’s Lucas Herrington) played in the 2026 World Cup.
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Klopp denied on Germany debut as Portugal win in Nations League
Jurgen Klopp was denied a winning start to his reign as Germany coach when Cody Gakpo scored a late equalizer to earn the Netherlands a 1-1 draw in their UEFA Nations League clash on Thursday, while reigning champions Portugal saw off Wales. Erling Haaland picked up where he left off for Norway at the World […]
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Argentina coach says Messi deserves to go out on own terms
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said that next month’s friendly against Benin in Buenos Aires will give Lionel Messi the chance “to say goodbye the way he wants to.” “It will be hard not to cry that day, it’s a privilege to be there,” said Scaloni, whose team finished runner-up to Spain at the 2026 World […]
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Zidane admits emotion on eve of first game as France coach
France legend Zinedine Zidane will take charge of Les Bleus for the first time in their UEFA Nations League clash with Turkey. “I feel even more emotional than I did ahead of my first game as a player. Today I feel immense emotion at being able to be here in charge of France,” Zidane said ahead of Friday’s Group A1 game at the home of Kocaelispor in northern Turkey.