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Brasileirao: Ziyech joins a Botafogo side sitting 14th
Two years ago they won everything Botafogo lifted the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian title in 2024. They are now 14th. That is the context for the signing the Rio club confirmed on its social channels on Thursday afternoon. Hakim Ziyech is the name. The 33-year-old Moroccan attacking midfielder arrives from Wydad Casablanca, where he…
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World Cup: FIFA pours cold water on Lekjaa’s 2030 final claim
He said it at a political rally Faouzi Lekjaa was not at a football event when he dropped it. The president of the Moroccan Football Federation was speaking at a political gathering early in the afternoon when he announced that Benslimane province would stage the 2030 World Cup final. Then he kept going. A Morocco…
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Serie A: Nkunku on leaving Milan, “I did not see it coming”
He accepted it. He still does not understand it Christopher Nkunku sat down in front of reporters on Thursday and made one thing plain. Leaving AC Milan this summer was not his idea, and nobody warned him it was coming. “To respect a decision, you do not always have to understand it. It happened out…
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Switzerland: Okafor quits the Nati for as long as Yakin stays
Two words, and then everything else The caption said “Danke Schweiz”. Underneath it, Noah Okafor had written the longest statement of his career. The 26-year-old striker is stepping away from the Swiss national team indefinitely, and he attached a condition to it. He will not play again while Murat Yakin is head coach. “These are…
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Ligue 2: Nantes re-sign Carlgren three months after letting him leave
A meniscus, and suddenly nobody has time Alexis Mirbach tore a meniscus. That is all it took. FC Nantes’ second-choice keeper is out, the goalkeeping pecking order has a hole in it, and the Canaries had roughly 48 hours to fill it. They did not look far. Patrik Carlgren signed on Thursday night, back at…
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Ligue 1: Marseille without Kondogbia and Nnadi at Rennes
Two weeks on from Monaco, still nothing The injuries happened in Monaco a fortnight ago. Neither man has come back since, and neither will be on the pitch at Roazhon Park on Friday night. Bruno Genesio confirmed it at his Thursday press conference: Geoffrey Kondogbia and Tochukwu Nnadi are out. “Kondogbia is in rehab work…
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Brazil: Thiago Silva pushes back on Ancelotti’s clear-out
Seventeen names gone in one night Carlo Ancelotti named his first squad since the World Cup ended, and the arithmetic did the talking. Seventeen players from that tournament are no longer in it. Neymar has retired, but the rest have simply been cut: Alisson, Ederson, Danilo, Casemiro, Matheus Cunha, Alex Sandro, Fabinho. The list covers…
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Football: No release clause in Lewis Hall’s Newcastle deal
Newcastle have tied their left-back down to 2031 and left no exit written into the paperwork. Manchester United’s plan for next summer just got considerably more expensive.
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Football: Arteta turned down Saudi money to stay at Arsenal
Al-Ittihad called. Al-Nassr called. Arteta is instead about to sign on again at the Emirates, and Arsenal have three more signatures lined up behind his.