November 2024

Uefa has fined the Football Association and the Football Association of Ireland after the national anthems were booed before the Republic of Ireland played England in the Nations League in September. European football’s governing body imposed a £10,500 fine (12,500 euros) on the Football Association (FA) following England fans’ booing…

Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto has been signed to drive for the Audi-owned Sauber team next year. The 20-year-old, who is leading this year’s Formula 2 championship, will partner German veteran Nico Hulkenberg. The decision means that Sauber’s current drivers, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, will not be in F1 next season. Sauber…

Former Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy will receive “the majority of his unpaid salary” from the Premier League club, a judge has ruled. The France international, who was charged with rape and sexual assault in August 2021, took City to an employment tribunal to claim about £11m before tax in…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has come out fighting as he contemplates his side’s worst sequence of results since 2018. The 4-1 Champions League defeat by Sporting in Lisbon was City’s third loss in a row. Only once during Guardiola’s reign have City lost three times in a row in a single…