Premier League confirm nominees for February Player & Manager of the Month awards

Premier League confirm nominees for February Player & Manager of the Month awards

The Premier League have unveiled the shortlists for February’s Player and Manager of the Month awards. Six players from five clubs are battling to take home the prize, which was won last month by Bournemouth’s Justin Kluivert, while five bosses are looking to win February’s managerial honours. Spence’s resurgence has been rewarded / Paul Harding/GettyImages…

Ferrari confirm technical issue as Hamilton admits 'work to do to improve'

Ferrari confirm technical issue as Hamilton admits 'work to do to improve'

Lewis Hamilton admitted Ferrari have “work to do to improve” as a technical issue interrupted his running on the final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain. The seven-time world champion, who is preparing to start his first season with Ferrari having joined after 12 years at Mercedes, had enjoyed an encouraging start to…

Kai Havertz

Kai Havertz injury: Arsenal confirm Germany forward battling to be fit for next season

Arsenal have confirmed forward Kai Havertz will undergo surgery on a hamstring injury and is facing a battle to be fit for the start of next season. The Germany international sustained the injury on the Gunners’ mid-season break in Dubai and will go under the knife in the coming days. His absence for the remainder…

Kai Havertz

Arsenal confirm striker Havertz to miss rest of season

Arsenal have confirmed striker Kai Havertz has suffered a serious hamstring injury which will rule him out for the rest of the season. A club statement confirmed the injury and added: “Subsequent assessments and specialist reviews have confirmed that the injury will require surgery, which will take place in the coming days. “Soon after surgery,…

Saudi Arabia confirm alcohol ban for 2034 World Cup

Saudi Arabia confirm alcohol ban for 2034 World Cup

Fans attending the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia will not be able to purchase or consume alcohol during the tournament, the country’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has confirmed. Speaking in an interview with LBC, Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud stated that alcohol sales would be completely prohibited, including in hotels. Following FIFA’s…

Aston Villa confirm Marcus Rashford shirt number

Aston Villa confirm Marcus Rashford shirt number

Marcus Rashford will finish the season wearing Aston Villa’s number nine shirt recently vacated by Jhon Duran following completion of his loan from Manchester United. Rashford has spoken of his desire to “play football” after falling horribly out of favour with Ruben Amorim at Old Trafford, having failed to impress the United head coach in…

West Ham confirm loan signing & shirt number of Evan Ferguson

West Ham confirm loan signing & shirt number of Evan Ferguson

West Ham United have confirmed the signing of Brighton & Hove Albion striker Evan Ferguson on loan for the remainder of the season. The 20-year-old has been unable to earn regular minutes on the south coast following Fabian Hurzeler’s appointment as Brighton head coach in the summer, but maintains a good reputation after breaking into…

Chelsea confirm deadline day signing of Keira Walsh from Barcelona

Chelsea confirm deadline day signing of Keira Walsh from Barcelona

Chelsea have completed the shock deadline day capture of Barcelona midfielder Keira Walsh, joining the WSL champions in the final hours of the January transfer window. Reports surrounding the potential move broke on the penultimate day of the transfer window, after the speculation that Walsh had told Barcelona she wants a move out of the…

Premier League confirm nominees for January Player & Manager of the Month awards

Premier League confirm nominees for January Player & Manager of the Month awards

The Premier League have unveiled the nominees for the first Player and Manager of the Month awards of 2025. Seven players from six clubs are in the running this month, with December’s winner, Alexander Isak of Newcastle United, looking to become the first player to retain the prize since Marcus Rashford in February 2023. Meanwhile,…

Chelsea confirm world-record transfer for Naomi Girma

Chelsea confirm world-record transfer for Naomi Girma

Chelsea officially announced the arrival of US centre-back Naomi Girma on Sunday afternoon in a deal which is thought to be the most expensive in women’s football history. News broke earlier this week that the 24-year-old defender was poised to leave NWSL outfit San Diego Wave and join Chelsea for a fee of $1.1m (ÂŁ890,000)….

Premier League confirm nominees for December 2024 Player & Manager of the Month awards

Premier League confirm nominees for December 2024 Player & Manager of the Month awards

The final month of 2024 churned through 63 games, 189 goals and saw the appointment of two new managers in the Premier League. Amid that blur of festive football, the powers that be at England’s top flight managed to whittle out eight nominees for the Player of the Month and four candidates for the managerial…