Celtic have allowed winger Liel Abada to leave the club for a fresh start in Major League Soccer.
The Israel international has signed for Charlotte FC in North Carolina, having not featured for the past five weeks due to personal reasons. Manager Brendan Rodgers had previously admitted he was struggling to focus as the conflict in Gaza continued.
Abada, 22, had faced pressure in his home country because of the support for Palestine among the club’s fanbase.
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Liel can’t wait to see y’all soon in the QC
— Charlotte FC (@CharlotteFC)
The situation first flared up the day after the October 7 Hamas attacks in Israel, which led to more than 1,100 deaths plus the taking of hostages, when two banners among Celtic fans at Parkhead …
Aleksander Ceferin has been re-elected as UEFA president until 2027 after running unopposed.
Ceferin was first elected in 2016, before being voted in for a four-year second term in 2019.
The latest extension to his tenure was confirmed on Wednesday at the UEFA Congress in Lisbon.
It had been confirmed in January the Slovenian was the only candidate for the elections.
UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin has been re-elected for a further four-year term at in Lisbon.
— UEFA (@UEFA)
Ceferin s second term was not without its challenges, including the coronavirus pandemic, which saw Euro 2020 delayed by a year.
He and UEFA also saw off the initial threat of the independent European Super League.
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Looking to extend on their Bundesliga flurry and make a major statement on Saturday afternoon, Augsburg will travel to the Volkswagen Arena when they meet Wolfsburg.
Starting with the hosts, while Wolfsburg might have opened up the 2023/24 campaign with their sights set on booking a lucrative European return, the Wolves are enduring another Bundesliga struggle this time around. Last seen falling to a routine 2-0 loss at the hands of runaway leaders Bayer Leverkusen, it has been suggested that Niko Kovac has mounting pressure on his shoulders at the Volkswagen Arena. Opening March with an action-packed 3-2 loss against Stuttgart, the former Monaco boss has seen his side fail to win any of their last nine straight top-fligh…
Leicester will definitely not face a points deduction in this season’s Championship over the Premier League charge they face for allegedly breaching top-flight financial rules, the EFL has confirmed.
The EFL said its rules as currently written do not give it the power to apply any points penalty that may be ordered by an independent commission formed under Premier League auspices.
Leicester, who are involved in a three-way automatic promotion battle with Leeds and Ipswich, had sought an interim injunction to prevent any sporting sanction such as a points deduction being applied this season, but that application has been dismissed after the EFL’s confirmation it had no power to apply the penalty in any event.
EFL Statement: Leicester City
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North London giants Tottenham and Arsenal endured frustrating outings as the Premier League saw more twists and turns on an action-packed Sunday.
Spurs Champions League hopes suffered a blow as they were edged out by Newcastle United in the day s headline clash, with goals from Callum Wilson and Miguel Almiron helping the visitors to a 2-1 win.
That result saw Eddie Howe s side climb into the top four, and there was another surprise at the summit as leaders Arsenal were pegged back by Southampton in a 1-1 draw.
At the bottom of the table, meanwhile, Fulham increased the pressure on Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch and Leicester City leapfrogged Wolves by trouncing them 4-0 at Molineux.
Here, Stats Perform picks through the most interesting facts to emerge f…
Liverpool are interested in signing Atalanta defensive midfielder Teun Koopmeiners, according to . The report has claimed that Serie A club Atalanta are ready to cash in on Koopmeiners at the end of the season.
Koopmeiners has been on the books of Atalanta since 2021 and is one of the better defensive midfielders in Serie A. The Netherlands international is 25 years of age now and has his best years ahead of him. Koopmeiners has scored three goals and given two assists in 10 Serie A starts and has played four times in the UEFA Europa League this season.
Liverpool are second in the Premier League table at the moment with 27 points from 12 matches, level on points with Arsenal in third and a point behind leaders and defending champions Manchester City. Meanwhile, Atalanta…
Pep Guardiola does not expect Erling Haaland to be fit for Manchester City’s Premier League match against Crystal Palace on Saturday, and admitted the Norway striker is a doubt for next week’s Club World Cup fixtures.
City’s top scorer, who has 19 goals this season, missed last weekend’s win at Luton and the midweek victory over Red Star Belgrade with a foot injury, and has been receiving treatment in Marbella.
Haaland reported back at City on Friday morning and Guardiola said he would be assessed by club doctors before any further decisions are made.
PEP (On Haaland injury update) He arrived today, he will see the doctors and then we will see. He has had treatment. Hopefully, he can travel to Saudi… I don t think he will be ready to play this weekend�…
Newcastle return to the Champions League group stage for the first time in two decades on Tuesday night.
The Magpies travel to San Siro, where they take on AC Milan before facing PSG and Borussia Dortmund in their remaining Group F fixtures.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the last time Newcastle were in Europe’s premier club competition back in 2002-03.
First Group Stage
After qualifying for the competition with a fourth-placed finish in the previous Premier League season, Newcastle reached the first group stage of the tournament where they were drawn against Dynamo Kiev, Feyenoord and Juventus in Group E.Their opening fixture against Dynamo Kiev ended in defeat at the Olympic Stadium in Ukraine’s capital as Maksim Shatskikh and Alyaksandr Khatskev…
Kylian Mbappe is the future of football as Real Madrid fight to make him the next Galactico signing after Victor Sanchez compared the Paris Saint-Germain star to former team-mate Lionel Messi.
PSG lured Messi to the French capital after his contract expired at Barcelona, but the six-time Ballon d Or winner s arrival has not changed Mbappe s stance, with the Frenchman eyeing an exit.
Long tipped to join Madrid, the LaLiga giants reportedly made a €160million offer for Mbappe – who is out of contract at the end of the season – but PSG are holding out for at least €220m.
Sanchez played alongside Messi at Barca, where he emerged from the club s youth system in 2005 and made his first-team debut in 2008 before joining and captaining rivals Espanyol.
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Karl Darlow, Ciaran Clark, Matt Ritchie and Isaac Hayden all started for Newcastle United in the final game of the Mike Ashley era. Dwight Gayle appeared from the bench.
Those were five of Newcastle s 12 most-used players in the Championship in 2016-17, appearing for a combined 14,122 minutes. Gayle, with 23 goals, was their leading scorer.
Steve Bruce, in charge against Wolves, regularly cited this longevity as a positive as the team battled relegation.
Like Bruce, though, clinging to his job ahead of his 1,000th career game in management against Tottenham, their stays are highly unlikely to be extended long into the ownership of Saudi Arabia s Public Investment Fund, which last week purchased 80 per cent of the St James Park outfit to become the richest foot…