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Sep 22, 2025, 05:36 AM ETJose Mourinho has said he has not rejoined Benfica “to wage war” on his former club FC Porto or on Portuguese champions Sporting CP.Mourinho, 62, returned to Portuguese football last week, 21 years after leaving Porto to take over at Chelsea.”I don’t think they [Porto and Sporting] will be upset if I say that after joining Benfica, I spoke with [Porto] president [Andre] Villas-Boas and president [Frederico] Varandas of Sporting,” Mourinho said after enjoying a winning start at Benfica following Saturday’s 3-0 league win at AVS.”If we have a good relationship, if we’re friends and…
Sep 22, 2025, 04:47 AM ETArsenal manager Mikel Arteta defended Viktor Gyökeres after the forward fired another blank in a match with a top-six rival.Sweden international Gyökeres was largely a spectator in Sunday’s 1-1 draw at home to Manchester City and managed only 22 touches.The £55 million ($74.3m) signing failed to have a single shot after similarly quiet displays during last month’s 1-0 victory away to Manchester United and defeat by the same score at Liverpool.But Arteta rallied round the striker who was unfortunate not to tap-in Leandro Trossard’s 60th-minute cross.”Well, there were a lot of situations that the chances…
Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele is the clear bookmakers’ favourite to win his first Ballon d’Or when the ceremony takes place on Monday night – although the Champions League winner won’t be there to pick up the prize if he is successful. The 28-year-old provided 43 goal contributions in 44 Ligue 1 and Champions League games last season, as PSG won both competitions as part of a historic treble that also included the Coupe de France. However, Dembele will be on duty for PSG in their Ligue 1 game with Marseille on Monday night, after the fixture was pushed back…
Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele is the clear bookmakers’ favourite to win his first Ballon d’Or when the ceremony takes place on Monday night – although the Champions League winner won’t be there to pick up the prize if he is successful. The 28-year-old provided 43 goal contributions in 44 Ligue 1 and Champions League games last season, as PSG won both competitions as part of a historic treble that also included the Coupe de France. However, Dembele will be on duty for PSG in their Ligue 1 game with Marseille on Monday night, after the fixture was pushed back…
Jayden Danns scored his first Liverpool goals in a 3-0 home win over Saints in the Emirates FA Cup in February 2024, coming off the bench to net twice.The Reds have gone on to reach the final in each of the last four seasons they have defeated Southampton in the League Cup. They lost at Wembley in 1987, 2016 and 2025, but won at Cardiff in 2003.Thirty-nine years to the day of this game, Liverpool equalled the record for the biggest ever League Cup win when they defeated Fulham 10-0 at Anfield in the first leg of a second-round tie.Southampton…
Shubra Singh’s Saturday night dinner at a bar in Pittsburgh was ruined by the White House.Her eight Indian friends at the table, all techies on H-1B visas, were glued to their phones as they tried to get more information about U.S President Donald Trump’s latest move to raise fees for H-1B visa applications.Their families were frantically sending “all kinds of articles on the H-1B situation”, said Singh, an Indian biotech professional on work travel to the U.S., adding that the “anxiety was apparent.”About 71% and 11.7% of H-1B visa holders in the U.S are Indian and Chinese nationals, respectively. The Trump…
Sep 22, 2025, 03:34 AM ETChelsea are ready to make a fresh move for AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan, while Vinícius Júnior’s future is still up in the air at Real Madrid. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Liverpool’s Van Dijk hails form of ‘unbelievable’ Gravenberch- Dowman, 15, breaks Arsenal record with goal for U21 side- Matt Beard, ex-Liverpool women’s manager, dies aged 47Mike Maignan is out of contract at the end of the season. Manu Reino/DeFodi Images via Getty ImagesTRENDING RUMORS- Chelsea…
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani attends the 51st Gems and Jewellery Awards in Jaipur, India, November 30, 2024. Stringer | ReutersShares of Adani Group companies rose sharply Monday, led by Adani Power, which surged nearly 20% after its five-for-one stock split took effect.A company generally carries out a stock split to make its shares more accessible for current and potential investors. The stock split also increases the listed company’s liquidity.The rally came after India’s market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), cleared Adani Group Friday of some allegations of stock manipulation and accounting fraud made last year by short-seller Hindenburg Research.SEBI…
It’s Monday, and another round of NWSL action is in the books, which means it’s time for ESPN’s Power Rankings.Who’s climbing the table? Who’s in free fall? Our writers studied the action from across Matchday 21 to come up with this week’s order of all 14 teams in the league. Let’s dive in.Previous ranking: 1Next match: Friday Sept. 26 vs. Chicago Stars, 8 p.m. ETThis is Kansas City’s season, and we’re just living in it. After beating Seattle 2-0 on Saturday, the Current are the fastest-ever team to collect the NWSL Shield based on the number of games left to…
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference following the issuance of the Federal Open Market Committee’s statement on interest rate policy, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 17, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters The U.S. personal consumption expenditures price index for August comes out Friday. The Federal Reserve will hope the report shows headline inflation is either in line or below economists’ forecast of 2.8% for the year. Any higher, and investors might start worrying that the Fed’s quarter-point cut last week was premature and could allow inflation to sink its claws into the economy again.Indeed, the yields…