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Sep 23, 2025, 05:11 AM ETMonchi has left Aston Villa after two seasons at the club. GettyAston Villa’s president of football operations Monchi has left the club after their winless start to the season, multiple sources have told ESPN.The 57-year-old has been at Villa since June 2023, where he reunited with Unai Emery after the pair had combined so successfully at Sevilla.In his two seasons at Villa, they finished fourth and sixth in the Premier League, as well as advancing to the quarterfinals of the Champions League last year. The Birmingham side missed out on back-to-back Champions League qualifications after losing…

Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesMajor global semiconductor stocks rose on Tuesday after Nvidia announced plans to invest $100 billion in OpenAI.The deal between Nvidia and OpenAI is on a large scale. The artificial intelligence lab plans to build and deploy Nvidia systems that require 10 gigawatts of power, which is equivalent to 4 million and 5 million graphics processing units, or GPUs, according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.The news sparked a rally on Wall Street, with positive sentiment flowing through to the global chip sector and especially touching companies with ties to Nvidia.In Taiwan, shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.,…

Pep Guardiola faced accusations of parking the bus in Manchester City’s 1-1 draw with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.City’s 33.2 per cent share of possession was the lowest from a Guardiola team in his entire top-flight career in management. There was even the uncharacteristic sight of him switching to a back five in the second half as City tried to grind out the win. Guardiola put it down to the quality of their opponent, saying Arsenal forced them to go on the defensive. But did it also say something about how their style is changing?Between the Lines, a…

Sep 23, 2025, 05:00 AM ETThe Ballon d’Or is one of the most prestigious individual awards in football, given to the best men’s and women’s player of the last year. And for 2025, Barcelona’s women had a great day at the Théâtre du Châtelet, winning the Ballon d’Or, the inaugural Kopa Trophy for Best under-21 player, and Gerd Muller prize for top goal scorer.Midfielder Aitana Bonmati beat Arsenal duo Mariona Caldentey and Alessia Russo to add a third-straight Ballon d’Or to her collection, while the Kopa award was won by winger Vicky López ahead of Real Madrid’s Linda Caicedo and…

Sep 23, 2025, 04:45 AM ETAitana Bonmatí is hungry for more titles after winning her third Ballon d’Or Féminin on Monday.The Barcelona and Spain star became the first woman to take the award three times while she joined Michel Platini and Lionel Messi as the third player to have won three consecutively.”There are still things left to achieve,” Bonmatí told reporters after Monday’s gala in Paris.”I think ambition and a [winning] mentality is what drives me. I’m going to continue adding to football and to my club.”Bonmatí, 27, helped Barcelona to a domestic treble last season and came close to…

“In terms of the game itself, we go into it on the back of a victory over our neighbours Everton in the Merseyside derby. That win maintained a start to the season which has definitely been promising, even though we know there is still room for improvement.”This victory gave me a great deal of pleasure, not only because it came in a derby, but mainly because it followed a demanding schedule of Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday fixtures. Inevitably, our energy levels weren’t the same at the end of such a testing week as they were at the start.”I need to stress…

Ousmane Dembélé knew the tears would come, inevitably. In the last few days, he thought long and hard about what would happen if his dream of winning the 2025 Ballon d’Or became reality. He talked about it many times with his best friend Moustapha Diatta, who was sat next to Fatoumata, his mum, and Moussa Sissoko, his agent at the ceremony on Monday night.Diatta knew the tears would come for him as well, and they did. Dembélé on the stage; Diatta in the audience. In his acceptance speech, Dembélé mentioned his BFF and how they grew up inseparable in the…

Sep 23, 2025, 03:59 AM ETLamine Yamal’s father, Mounir Nasraou, considers his son missing out on the Ballon d’Or award as “the biggest moral damage done to a human being.”The Barcelona winger came second to Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé in the Ballon d’Or voting.”I think this is the biggest, I won’t say theft, but moral damage done to a human being because I believe Lamine Yamal is the best player in the world by far, by a huge margin,” Nasraou, who attended Monday’s Ballon d’Or gala in Paris, told El Chiringuito TV after the event.”It’s not because he’s my…

France joined a wave of countries in recognising a Palestinian state on Monday, as global outrage continues to mount over Israel’s nearly two-year genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip and settlement building in the occupied West Bank. Alongside France, which co-convened the summit in New York with Saudi Arabia ahead of the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Luxembourg, Malta and Monaco also said they were recognising a Palestinian state. Three other European countries said they would recognise Palestine at a future date once certain criteria had been established. Belgium said recognition hinged on Hamas releasing Israeli captives and the Palestinian movement being removed from…

After Champions League disasters and fan protests, both sides of the Old Firm are looking for Europa League progression. Celtic and Rangers get their league-phase campaigns under way this week, with so much at stake at both clubs. The Hoops supporters remain frustrated with the club’s board and their perceived failure to spend in the summer, with many believing not adding enough to the squad played a part in their play-off exit to Kairat Almaty. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has defended under-fire Rangers head coach Russell Martin amid criticism from…