Barcelona and Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati has been named the Women's Player of the Year at The Best FIFA Awards in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, Afrosport reports. Bonmatí claimed the honours for the second consecutive year, adding to her triumph at this year’s Ballon d'Or, which she also won in 2023. The 26-year-old played an integral role in helping Barcelona win the Women's Champions League and...
Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo Nazario de Lima on Monday announced he is running for the presidency of the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF), Afrosport reports. The 48-year-old, who won the World Cup twice in 1994 and 2002, will run against current president Ednaldo Rodrigues in the CBF elections in 2026. Ronaldo announced his plans on social media, adding that he is looking to help Brazilian football...
Rodrigo Bentancur will serve the final two matches of his seven-match ban after the Football Association dismissed the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder’s appeal, Afrosport reports. The Uruguay international was handed the ban for comments he made about team-mate Son Heung-min on Uruguayan national television which the FA deemed to be derogatory. Tottenham accepted the ban but appealed against the length of the suspension. The North London club’s...
Chelsea forward Myhkalio Mudryk has been suspended from football activities and isolated from the squad after testing positive in a doping test, Afrosport reports. The Ukrainian was found to have tested positive after a routine urine test was processed on him. However, Chelsea and Mudryk are still investigating the whole issue as the club also confirmed that the periodic testing programme is a normal culture of...
Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Matheus Cunha has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association following an incident in the 2-1 loss at home to Ipswich Town on Saturday, Afrosport reports. Cunha was involved in an altercation with an Ipswich member of staff after the game and the FA have acted by charging the Brazilian forward for acting "in an improper manner" The English football governing boy...
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