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Guangzhou FC, China’s most successful football club, have not been granted permission to play professionally during the 2025 season due to financial issues. The eight-time Chinese Super League (CSL) winners said they had been unable to pay off their debts and therefore did not meet the Chinese Football Association’s (CFA) requirements to compete in the 2025 campaign. “In order to gain entry into the Pro League for the new season, the club is working hard to move forward,” a club statement read. “However, we regret that the funds raised were not enough to pay off...

Bournemouth striker Enes Unal is set for an extended period on the sidelines after tearing his right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Bournemouth confirmed Unal sustained a contact injury during a “routine drill” in training on Tuesday. The 27-year-old will undergo surgery before beginning his recovery process with the support of Bournemouth’s medical staff. It is the second ACL injury of Unal’s career, having also been sidelined during his time at Getafe in 2023. “First and foremost, our thoughts are with Enes at this moment as he begins to process another...

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Tyler Adams says Bournemouth believe “anything is possible” after moving to within one point of the Champions League places following Saturday’s win over in-form Newcastle United. Bournemouth won 4-1 at St James’ Park following a Justin Kluivert hat-trick and stoppage-time goal from Milos Kerkez to extend their unbeaten run in the Premier League to 10 matches. The victory moved Andoni Iraola’s side above Manchester City — who play Ipswich Town on Sunday — and into sixth in the Premier League, just one point behind Newcastle in fourth. “Andoni actually...

Mikel Arteta says William Saliba has been ruled out of Arsenal’s Premier League fixture against Aston Villa due to a muscular injury. Saliba, 23, was missing from the matchday squad for Saturday’s game at home to Villa, with Jurrien Timber partnering Gabriel at centre-back in his absence and Thomas Partey filling in at right-back. Arteta played down the severity of the injury but said the defender would need to be assessed further to determine the extent of the issue. “He felt something before the match, something muscular,” Arteta told Sky Sports. “I don’t think...

FIFA has suspended president of the Panama Football Federation (FEPAFUT) Manuel Arias after he called national team player Marta Cox “fat” and “out of shape”. Arias has been banned from all football-related activity for six months and fined CHF 10,000 ($10,932, £8,981) after FIFA’s ethics committee found him to be in breach of the governing body’s code of ethics for his remarks in March 2024. Arias called his comments “very unfortunate language” and “a very serious mistake”, and said he accepted the sanction. Midfielder Cox, 27, had...

Pep Guardiola says he is pleased to see Phil Foden “happy again” after the midfielder scored two goals for the second time in the space of six days during Sunday’s win over Ipswich Town. Foden won the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) player of the year award for the 2023-24 campaign after providing a career-high 19 league goals, but failed to score in his first 11 Premier League appearances this season. The 24-year-old has five goals in his last three outings following doubles against Ipswich and Brentford and his finish against West Ham United, and Guardiola...

Chelsea have been fined £40,000 for surrounding referee John Brooks during December’s defeat to Ipswich Town. The club admitted it “failed to ensure that its players did not behave in an improper manner” following their reaction to Brooks’ decision to award the hosts a first-half penalty at Portman Road after goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen was judged to have tripped Liam Delap. Several Chelsea players — including Cole Palmer, Tosin Adarabioyo, Marc Cucurella, Moises Caicedo and Jorgensen — surrounded the referee to contest the call. The decision was upheld by video...

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Lewis Hamilton got behind the wheel of a Ferrari Formula One car for the first time in a test for his new team on Wednesday. It was announced in February the seven-time world champion would be joining Ferrari ahead of the 2025 F1 season, ending his 11 years with Mercedes. Hamilton, 40, arrived at Ferrari’s Maranello headquarters for his official first day on Monday and met with team principal Fred Vasseur and Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna. On Wednesday he was pictured out on the team’s Fiorano circuit in Fiorano Modenese, wearing his famous yellow helmet and driving Ferrari’s...