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Nov 14, 2025, 08:05 AM ETBarcelona president Joan Laporta plans to erect a statue of Lionel Messi at the Camp Nou as part of a tribute he wants to give to the legendary player.Messi, 38, made an unannounced visit on Sunday to Barça’s stadium, ahead of joining up with the Argentina squad in Spain.He posted images on social media alongside a caption saying he hoped to “return for the goodbye I never got to say as a player.”Editor’s Picks2 Related”Messi deserves the tribute at Can Barça, the most beautiful in the world, and also, along with the board of directors…
Thomas Tuchel said he liked England’s “intense”, “tight” 2-0 win over Serbia – and the game may prove to be an important 90 minutes as he shapes his plans for the World Cup.The qualifier didn’t exactly grip the supporters inside Wembley throughout the contest, with the lack of away supporters not aiding the atmosphere. But on the pitch, there were further signals of how Tuchel’s England will look at next summer’s World Cup. Still, though, questions remain – and big questions, given the calibre of player who could be left at home…The big one: Who is England’s No 10? Please…
Kylian Mbappé has withdrawn from the France squad and is returning to Madrid to have scans on his injured ankle, the French Football Federation said on Friday.The Real Madrid forward, 26, scored two goals against Ukraine on Thursday in Paris to seal the 2018 World Cup winners’ place in the 2026 edition.His brace took his career goal tally to 400, but he will not play in Les Bleus’ next game away in Azerbaijan on Sunday.The decision, taken by Didier Deschamps and the Real Madrid medical staff, to send him home was justified by the fact that his ankle is still…
Last week, my 84-year-old father, Rached Ghannouchi, embarked on a hunger strike. His body is frail, his health fragile; yet from his narrow cell, he chose hunger – not as escape, but as solidarity. He did it for Jawhar Ben Mbarek, a left-leaning professor of constitutional law, one of the leaders of the National Salvation Front and a central figure in the opposition to Tunisian President Kais Saied’s coup. Ben Mbarek had already been on a wildcat hunger strike for a week, hovering between life and death, when my father joined him. Since then, the strike has spread across Tunisia’s…
Ryan O’HanlonNov 14, 2025, 06:45 AM ETCloseRyan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.”Over the summer, clubs across the world spent $9.76 billion on acquiring about 12,000 new players.Both numbers were record highs, according to FIFA. Around 1,000 more players changed teams in 2025 than did in 2024, and the near-$10 billion outlay was a more-than-50% increase over the summer spending in the previous year.Most of the money was spent by UEFA clubs: $8.5 billion, which was a $3 billion increase from just the year before. About…
Nov 14, 2025, 06:31 AM ETBorussia Dortmund forward Karim Adeyemi is on the radar of Manchester United, while Liverpool are ready to rival Tottenham Hotspur to sign £70 million-rated winger Antoine Semenyo. Join us for the latest transfer new and rumors from around the globe.Transfers home page | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Aubameyang: Signing for Arsenal rivals Chelsea a ‘big mistake’- Ederson: I wasn’t happy at Manchester City anymore- Sources: Ex-Chelsea star Oscar may retire after heart issueBorussia Dortmund forward Karim Adeyemi is on the radar of Man United. (Photo by Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)TRENDING RUMORS- Manchester…
Two seemingly unrelated media spectacles have caused substantial hubbub in Arab culture over the past month. The first was an enormous controversy ignited by the inclusion of American comedians in the Riyadh Season. On a more regionally relevant level, the second was the unanticipated return of Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef to Egyptian TV. Both events were framed by optimistic pundits as the dawn of a new era of loosening censorship in two of the most autocratic countries in the region. Seen within the larger economic context of both nations, however, the picture looks far more muddled. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch…
A new kind of pressure dawns for Man CityMan City vs Man Utd, Saturday, 1.30pm Something in the air changes when you’re top of the pile and after Chelsea’s draw at Arsenal last weekend, Man City have turned from the chaser to the chased.Now we find out how serious their title credentials are with the pressure already rising and as they take on the final of their realistic competitors for the league crown, as well as their cross-town rivals, and the side with the second-tightest defence in the division.But collectively, Man City’s forwards have found the net 15 times this…
Nov 14, 2025, 06:00 AM ETThe video assistant referee (VAR) causes controversy every week, but how are decisions made and are they correct?This season, we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process both in terms of the VAR protocol and the laws of the game.All screenshots photo credit: TUDN Andy Davies (@andydaviesref) is a former Select Group referee, with over 12 seasons on the elite list, working across the Premier League and Championship. With extensive experience at the elite level, he has operated within the VAR space in the Premier League and offers a…
It was a foggy October afternoon on the central California coast when the Marine Mammal Center got a call on their public hotline: there were distressed cries coming from the frigid waters in Morro Bay.The center’s experts were able to determine that the calls — which sounded almost like a human baby screeching — were coming from a roughly 2-week-old sea otter pup that had been separated from its mother. That could be deadly for young sea otters, according to Shayla Zink, who works at the center in Morro Bay. “That pup is really relying on everything it learns from…