Preston North End manager Darren Ferguson was charged with misconduct by the Football Association (FA) on Tuesday following Saturday s Championship loss away to north-west rivals Burnley.
Ferguson, the son of Manchester United boss Alex, has been charged with improper conduct aggravated by insulting and/or abusive language and behaviour for his conduct towards referee Kevin Friend in the tunnel following Preston s 4-3 loss at Turf Moor.
Under The FA s new fast-track procedures, Ferguson has until Friday to respond to the charge.
Ferguson s previous misconduct charge, from last season, may now be taken into account by FA officials.
He was given a two-match touchline ban, suspended until the end of the 2009-10 season, for improper conduct towards the refer…
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini expects captain Vincent Kompany to be fit for Sunday s League Cup final against Liverpool.
Kompany has battled persistent calf problems this season, but returned to action this month and turned in an authoritative display at centre-back in Wednesday s impressive 3-1 Champions League win at Dynamo Kiev.
But the Belgium international, along with right-back Bacary Sagna and forward Raheem Sterling, undertook a recovery training session away from their team-mates on Friday.
Sagna, Kompany and Sterling are recovering separately after the game but I hope the three of them will be fit, Pellegrini said.
Should they recover sufficiently, the trio will join a squad bolstered by the returns of winger Jesus Navas (hamstring) a…
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Cristiano Ronaldo makes his return to Old Trafford on Tuesday evening as Juventus face off with Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League.
The Portuguese superstar returns to England nine years after his departure for Real Madrid in a match which could go a long way in deciding how the group will play out.
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Jose Mourinho s Red Devils head into the game with the Italian giants having dropped two points at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. Despite going behind to Antonio Rudiger s first-half goal, a brace from Anthony Martial put them ahead only for Ross Barkley to score a last-minute equaliser. United now sit tenth in the Premier League table having o…
Ramon Calderon expects Barcelona to agree a reduced fee for the transfer of priceless captain Lionel Messi.
Messi has asked to leave Barca his only senior club after a difficult season at Camp Nou in which they failed to win a trophy amid tension between the board and the talismanic forward.
The 33-year-old has a clause in his contract that allows him to terminate his deal and leave the club for free at the end of each season.
It is claimed Messi intends to activate this clause, yet Barca reportedly believe the option has already expired for this year, despite the 2019-20 season having been prolonged by the coronavirus pandemic.
Rival clubs would otherwise have to pay €700million to release Messi from his contract, a fee that would appear beyond …
Freddie Ljungberg has not been given a timeframe for how long he should expect to serve as interim head coach of Arsenal.
Fans favourite Ljungberg steps into the breach left by Unai Emery s sacking for Sunday s Premier League trip to Norwich City, where the Gunners will look to arrest a run of seven winless games in all competitions.
The likes of Mikel Arteta and Massimiliano Allegri have already been linked with the vacancy, yet Ljungberg insists that bigger picture is not his concern.
There is no indication how long or how short, he told Sky Sports on Saturday, as Arsenal confirmed academy manager Per Mertesacker will assist the former Sweden midfielder in his role.
They just said concentrate on the next game, do as well as you can, and we ll see from…
Pep Guardiola was left confused by the decision to disallow Phil Foden s goal in Manchester City s 1-0 defeat to Liverpool
Foden appeared to have put the Premier League champions ahead early in the second half on Sunday, having lashed home on the rebound following Alisson s failure to keep hold of Kevin De Bruyne s pass.
Yet Liverpool were infuriated by what they claimed was a foul on Fabinho from Erling Haaland in the build-up and, despite initially waving play on, referee Anthony Taylor changed his decision after consulting the pitchside monitor.
To compound City s frustration, Mohamed Salah raced clear in the 76th minute and, having earlier seen a golden opportunity saved by Ederson, clipped a cute finish over City s goalkeeper to seal the spoils.
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Manchester City’s opening-day reunion with Vincent Kompany and Burnley forms part of a friendly-looking start to the Premier League season for the treble-winners.
The top-flight fixture schedule was released on Thursday morning, with Kompany’s side hosting City on August 11 in the opening match of the 2023-24 season.
While clubs will all play each other twice over the course of the campaign, the ordering of the matches can have a significant impact on their fortunes.
To help unravel next season’s fixtures, the PA news agency has analysed the entire schedule using an aggregation of leading bookmakers’ odds and identified the most notable runs.
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One of Microsoft’s biggest success stories in recent years has been Xbox Game Pass, which gives subscribers access to a growing catalog of games as part of a monthly membership. The program even includes new first-party releases, including Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5 in 2021.
The service is thriving now with 25 million members and big games releasing for it seemingly all the time. But Game Pass wasn’t always seen as such a good idea inside Microsoft, it seems. Come from Sports betting site VPbet
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Spain will prepare for their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a friendly against France in September.
Vicente del Bosque s side, who will attempt to lift the FIFA World Cup for a second successive tournament at the upcoming showpiece in Brazil, begin their European Championship qualification campaign against Macedonia on Monday, September 8.
And the European champions will take on Euro 2016 hosts France in Paris four days earlier, but before then they will face Didier Deschamps men in Group E at the World Cup.
Spain will also face Germany in a friendly after matchday four, with the two European rivals meeting in Vigo on November 18.
Germany host Gibraltar on November 14, while Spain welcome Belarus a day later ahead of what will be the sides first meetin…
Chile have cut Esteban Paredes, Gustavo Canales and Enzo Andia from their initial 30-man FIFA World Cup squad.
Coach Jorge Sampaoli announced his preliminary squad on Tuesday in the knowledge that a total of seven players would end up disappointed before his final selection is confirmed on June 2.
Paredes, 33, appeared at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and has played for his country 33 times since making his debut in 2006, scoring nine goals in the process.
The attacker was also in sensational form for club side Colo Colo during this year s Clausura stage of the Chilean Primera Division, netting 16 times in 13 games.
Fellow forward Canales had previously only played a total of 18 minutes for his national team, with that appearance coming in heavy 4-0 Wo…