Football

Apologies to any North American readers but this page is wholly concerned with the original game of football, which, strangely enough, is largely played with the feet rather than the hands, unlike the gridiron version. As the weeks and months go by we will attempt to bring as much useful (and sometimes not) information about the ‘beautiful game’, but in particular the major European leagues and international competitions.

Barcelona lose court appeal to register Dani Olmo for second half of 2024-25 season

Barcelona have been dealt a blow in their hopes of registering Dani Olmo and Pau Victor in their squad for the second half of the 2024-25 season in La Liga, with the club’s court appeal for a precautionary registration measure rejected. The club’s appeal for the two players’ registration was rejected by the commercial court 10 of Barcelona on Friday, December 27, meaning neither player is currently registered to play from January 1. La Liga approved the registration of Olmo and Victor for the first half of the season only,…

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Sporting CP sack Ruben Amorim’s replacement Joao Pereira after just six weeks in charge

Sporting CP have sacked Joao Pereira after just six weeks as their head coach and moved to appoint Rui Borges from Vitoria de Guimaraes. On Thursday, Sporting confirmed they have reached an agreement with Vitoria to appoint their head coach Borges and his coaches as their new management team in place of Pereira, 40, who himself was appointed on November 11 to replace Ruben Amorim after he took charge at Manchester United. Pereira started working with Sporting’s under-23 side in 2022, then taking charge of Sporting CP B at the…

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