Olympic men's football age limit raised to 24 after Tokyo Games postponement
Fifa has altered the eligibility rules for the men’s tournament, which was originally intended to be for under-23s plus three over-age players
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Premier League players tarnished by taking too long to act on pay | Dean Ashton
Footballers do care but too many live in a bubble or follow the crowd and they have not been helped here by the PFA
Jamie Vardy's shot at golden boot is one of season's great unfinished subplots | Barney Ronay
Spare a thought for the Premier League’s current top scorer, whose own season is one of the great unfinished subplots
Liverpool
... se the trophy is just a symbolic reward for being the best team that season. Liverpool have so clearly been the best that to obsess over the actual pot is to lose ...
Manchester United
... y. It is the same quality that was there in his Premier League debut against Manchester United five and a half years ago. United had Wayne Rooney, Radamel Falcao and Robin ...
Hansi Flick agrees new Bayern Munich contract until June 2023
The Bundesliga club are ‘very satisfied with Hansi Flick’s work’ and have extended his contract that was due to expire at the end of the current season
The Fiver | Footballers, tax exiles and the government
In today’s Fiver: Matt Hancock, wages and distraction tactics
It's only a matter of time before Raheem Sterling gets it in the neck for coronavirus | Marina Hyde
In this week’s shifting blame game, Matt Hancock has kicked Premier League footballers into touch, says Marina Hyde
Football quiz: which players set up these famous goals?
Who provided the assists for these iconic finishes?
Chelsea
... ouré Didier Drogba, 2012 Juan Mata Mata was also the only player to miss for Chelsea in the penalty shootout. Thankfully for him, the rest of his Chelsea teammat ...
Manchester City
... a Modric Vincent Kompany, 2019 Aymeric Laporte The goal that just about took Manchester city over the line in the title race last season. Sergio Agüero Kevin De Bruyne D ...
Manchester United
... ion in the 87th minute. Wayne Rooney, 2011 Dimitar Berbatov Nani Nani scored Manchester United's other goal in the 2-1 win against City. Carlos Tevez Paul Scholes Sergio A ...
Premier League clubs will ask players to take 30% wage drop
Premier League players will be asked to take a 30% drop in their wages, via cuts or deferrals or both, in response to the coronavirus pandemic
Jordan Henderson sets up Premier League coronavirus fund for NHS
Jordan Henderson has contacted his fellow Premier League captains to organise a coronavirus fund that will raise millions of pounds for the NHS
Liverpool
... from the NHS and government on how best to distribute the money raised. The Liverpool captain is unhappy that news of his plan broke before the fund has been esta ...
Matt Hancock 'deflecting blame' on to footballers, says Andros Townsend
Crystal Palace’s Andros Townsend has responded to the health secretary’s call for Premier League players to take pay cuts
Crystal Palace
... t to then it is only those clubs that are benefiting.” Topics Premier League Crystal Palace news Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Sh ...
Premier League clubs may be forced to sell players if wages not cut
The Premier League’s position at the top of world football could be in danger if a solution to reducing players’ wages is not found
Clubs risk Champions League exclusion if seasons abandoned prematurely
Uefa and the Europe’s football leagues and top clubs have emphasised their determination to complete this 2019-20 season