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Unsuitable owners could be forced to sell football clubs, the chairman of the new independent regulator has said.David Kogan, who was appointed on Monday, also labelled Sheffield Wednesday’s perilous situation a “significant problem” and said the regulator is seeking powers to investigate clubs in such predicaments.Wednesday have been placed under various embargoes amid tax debts and after failing to pay players and staff on time on five separate occasions this year, including last month.Kogan this week met four supporter groups associated with the beleaguered Owls.Sheffield Wednesday fans have protested against the club’s owner Photo by Nigel French/PA Images via Getty ImagesHe…

WASHINGTON (AP) — La Nina, the cooler and at times costlier flip side of El Nino, has arrived to warp weather worldwide, meteorologists said Thursday. This natural weather phenomenon often turbocharges the Atlantic hurricane season, but this La Nina may be too weak and fleeting to cause much trouble. In the United States, La Nina often means more precipitation — including possible snowstorms — in northern areas and winter dryness in the South. It can bring heavier rains in Indonesia, the Philippines, parts of Australia, Central America, northern South America and southeastern Africa. It also can mean drought in the…

MILAN (AP) — Italian luxury sports carmaker Ferrari raised its 2025 guidance on Thursday in the face of global 15% tariffs on foreign car imports to the United States as the company unveiled the new powertrain and chassis of its first fully electric production vehicle. Yet the debut of its electric vehicle was marred by the company’s worst trading day since going public in 2016. Industry analysts had expected much greater long-term growth and shares plunged 15% on the Milan Stock Exchange and about the same on the New York Stock Exchange. Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna declined to give target…

CAIRO (AP) — A breakthrough deal pausing the war in Gaza has been reached. But will it lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to “a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”?It took pressure on both Israel and Hamas from the United States, Arab countries and Turkey, each saying it was time to end a 2-year-old war that has devastated the Gaza Strip, killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, sparked other conflicts around the region and increasingly isolated Israel.That push sealed an agreement on a first phase that would free the remaining living Israeli hostages within days in exchange for the…

Tottenham have announced a new £100 million ($133m) capital injection as the Lewis family reiterated their long-term commitment to the club.In a statement released on Thursday, the club stated the equity release “will further strengthen the club’s financial position and equip the club’s leadership team with additional resources to continue the focus on driving long-term sporting success.”It follows on from last month’s £90m financial deal with Macquarie Group and is part of the ownership’s latest efforts to reaffirm their ongoing commitment to the club and accelerate Spurs’ ability to compete for the biggest trophies.A source close to the family told…

It is an irrefutable law of nature that for every achingly gorgeous football kit released around the world, an equal and opposite reaction is triggered in the form of a uniquely wild jersey design being produced to maintain the universal balance.With that in mind, having already rounded up a collection of the sharpest, most stylish shirts on offer this season, it’s only right that we now turn the spotlight on some of the weirdest, quirkiest and honestly most downright hideous shirts to have dropped over the summer and into the early weeks of the 2025-26 campaign.While some clubs are content…

“It was incredible and like I said earlier, when you’re asked to take charge, you’re never going to turn it down. Whether it was a bit too soon for me at the time, who knows, but sometimes you don’t know until you take the plunge,” Page says.“We developed some good players with the U21s and I think there was about 15 players that we brought through to the senior team.“We were in a transition at the time. We had some exceptional players like Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey but they were coming to the end of their careers so we…

Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong has voiced his opposition to the announcement that the Catalan side’s LaLiga game against Villarreal in December will be played in Miami.LaLiga confirmed on Wednesday that the league fixture, supposed to be played at Villarreal’s Estadio de la Cerámica, will be moved to the Hard Rock Stadium after UEFA’s announcement earlier this week that they had reluctantly approved the request.De Jong is against more travel being squeezed into a packed schedule, while he also understands complaints from opposition teams that it will distort the competition.”I don’t like it,” he said at a news conference while…

After two years of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, US President Donald Trump announced on early Thursday that a ceasefire has been agreed by both sides. According to Qatar, Israel and Hamas have agreed on the details of the first phase of a deal to bring an end to the war, that is part of the US’s so-called “peace plan”.  Details of the first phase have not yet been officially released. However, media reports indicate it includes three main provisions: a prisoner exchange, the entry of humanitarian aid, and a phased Israeli withdrawal. Within 72 hours of signing the agreement – expected…

One of the support crew helping Jack’s cause is former Liverpool physical performance coach Jordan Fairclough, who has been by his side since the start of the journey.He has also received on-the-go support from lead performance nutritionist Clare Farell, massage therapist Michelle Wall and former physio Steve Lilley throughout his run.”From my background in football, I am used to conservative, safe approaches to managing niggles and taking days off, decreasing load and modifying days, but with this project that hasn’t been an option,” Jordan told Liverpoolfc.com.”We try to be as proactive as possible by regular massage treatment, strapping and other…