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Aug 28, 2025, 08:30 AM ETA man has been arrested by police officers investigating online abuse sent to England defender Jess Carter during the Women’s European Championships earlier this summer.Lancashire Police arrested a 59-year-old man in Great Harwood on Thursday morning on suspicion of malicious communications in relation to some of the messages.He has since been released under investigation while enquiries continue, a police statement said.Cheshire Constabulary Chief Constable Mark Roberts, the National Police Chief Council (NPCC) lead for football policing, said: “The messages directed towards Jess Carter were appalling and I would like to commend her for standing up…

Aug 28, 2025, 07:32 AM ETSwiss federal prosecutors finally ended their case against former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini on Thursday after 10 years and acquittals after two trials.The office of Switzerland’s attorney general said it would not appeal against acquittals for both men in March at an appeal court.The first trial was in 2022 on charges of fraud, forgery, mismanagement and misappropriation of more than $2 million of FIFA money in 2011.Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter are former UEFA and FIFA presidents. Martin Rose/Getty ImagesThe payment of FIFA money to Platini emerged in 2015 during…

Growing up in Poland, Jakub Stolarczyk always had plenty of goalkeepers to look up to. His father played in the lower leagues, and it was from him that Stolarczyk first learned the joy of stopping shots. But over on these shores it was a more mercurial figure who shaped his ambition: Artur Boruc. “I remember watching him play for Poland and practising his famous spread save in my living room,” Stolarczyk tells Sky Sports. “He had a fantastic career, and for me, as a kid, he was a huge idol. Even as I got older and watched goalkeepers like Lukasz…

A new low? Quite possibly. Defeat to fourth-tier opposition for the first time in the club’s long and storied history, to use a Ruben Amorim phrase, speaks loudly. Manchester United are at another crisis point just three winless games into the new season.Those at the top had hoped the nadir was behind them. Omar Berrada, United’s chief executive, had said as much. “As of this summer, the worst bit is going to be behind us.” He had praised the “very clear identity” of Amorim, talked of a long-term vision. Sir Jim Ratcliffe had proclaimed that the Portuguese was doing “a…

Russell Martin will take charge of Rangers against Celtic after the Ibrox board backed the under-fire head coach after their humiliating thrashing by Club Brugge.Sky Sports News understands his position is not under consideration ahead of Sunday’s Old Firm clash at Ibrox – live on Sky Sports. Fans in the away end in Belgium were heard calling for him to depart the club after just 84 days in charge. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player A ‘get him out’ message was left for Rangers after they were dumped out of the Champions League Rangers have won…

Aug 28, 2025, 06:08 AM ETThe final of the men’s Champions League is moving forward three hours to a 6 p.m. kickoff in central Europe (noon ET).UEFA said the new time is better for families and children to attend and watch on television, use public transport after the game, and for fans to party post-match in host cities. The earlier start will be used at the next final on May 30 at Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary.The 9 p.m. local kickoff time in recent years meant a game going to extra time and a penalty shootout finished barely before midnight.-…

Lionel Messi admitted to “playing with fear” as he returned from injury to score twice in Inter Miami’s 3-1 Leagues Cup semifinal win over Florida rivals Orlando City.Messi converted a 77th-minute penalty at Chase Stadium and then added another goal in the 88th minute — after combining with Jordi Alba — as Miami came back from a goal down to clinch a place in the final.”I wanted to be here,” Messi said after the game. “When I came back against [LA] Galaxy [on August 17] I felt some discomfort, I didn’t feel comfortable, but I wanted to play the game.”It…

Ruben Amorim and Manchester United lurched headlong into yet another catastrophe Wednesday as they were embarrassingly eliminated from the Carabao Cup by Grimsby Town, an opponent sitting 56 league places and three divisions below them.It was the first time that United had ever lost in the competition to a team in English football’s fourth tier, but for much of the match at Blundell Park, you wouldn’t have known which side was the Premier League outfit and which was from League Two.- The beginning of the end for Amorim? Man Utd hit new low- LAFC’s Son Heung-Min nails first pitch at…

Thomas Tuchel will be without key players Bukayo Saka, Cole Palmer and Jude Bellingham when he names his squad for September’s World Cup qualifiers but familiar faces will be pushing for a recall as preparations for next summer ramp up.The June camp ended in embarrassment for Tuchel and England, with the team soundly beaten by Senegal after an underwhelming 1-0 win away to Andorra. When does Thomas Tuchel name his England squad? England’s squad announcement takes place at 2pm on Friday – follow it on Sky Sports News and the Sky Sports website and App. But with England’s toughest test…

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Many fled when wildfires devastated Los Angeles earlier this year, but Guillermo del Toro rushed back in, determined to save his lifelong collection of horror memorabilia. It’s the same loyalty that finds him making another tough decision to protect the items he loves like family: letting some of them go. Del Toro partnered with Heritage Auctions for a three-part auction to sell a fraction of a collection that is bursting at the seams. Online bidding for the first part on Sept. 26 started Thursday and includes over a hundred items, with more headed to the…