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Luciano Spalletti, who led Napoli to the Scudetto last season, was on Friday handed the task of reviving the Azzurri, five days after Roberto Mancini‘s shock resignation as Italy coach. Spalletti’s main objective will be to qualify the European champions for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, after Italy missed […]

        Borussia Dortmund starts the Bundesliga campaign at home to Cologne on Saturday, hoping to take the first step in putting the bitter disappointment of last season behind it. Needing a win for its first title in over a decade in the season’s final game, Dortmund drew 2-2 at home against mid-table Mainz. The draw […]

Napoli heads into its first title defense in over three decades with questions as to whether new management will be up to replicating last season’s stunning charge to glory. Rudi Garcia will make his official debut on Saturday as Napoli kick off the 20230-24 campaign at promoted Frosinone with a similar lineup to the one […]

Bayern Munich is pinning its hopes on England captain Harry Kane to return a stuttering team fresh off their worst season in a decade to the European elite. Bayern’s 11th straight Bundesliga title failed to paper over the cracks of a team that is yet to click since the arrival of Coach Thomas Tuchel in […]

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said a brutal schedule was not allowing players to rest “mentally or physically” after revealing Kevin De Bruyne could miss the rest of the year with a hamstring injury. De Bruyne limped off early in City’s 3-0 win over Burnley to open the Premier League season on Friday. The 32-year-old […]

Neymar brought an end to a topsy-turvy spell at Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday by leaving for Saudi club Al Hilal, six years after great fanfare greeted his arrival in the French capital. The Brazilian was afforded a rock star’s welcome in Paris when he signed from Barcelona for a world-record fee of 222 million euros […]

Chelsea completed the signing of Ecuador midfielder Moises Caicedo on Monday for a reported Premier League record fee of up to £115 million ($146 million). The Blues said the 21-year-old has agreed an eight-year contract at Stamford Bridge, with a club option for a further year, after Chelsea beat off competition from Liverpool for his signature. It […]

Neymar was “in negotiations” on Sunday to become the latest superstar to decamp for Saudi Arabia, leaving Paris Saint-Germain just as Kylian Mbappe was brought back in from the cold by the French champions. A source close to PSG told AFP that 31-year-old Neymar “no longer figures in the club or manager’s plans” with the […]