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Brentford captain Christian Norgaard has avoided a three-game after the club successfully appealed against his red card for serious foul play in their 0-0 draw at Everton last weekend. The 30-year-old Denmark international was sent off in the 41st minute for his tackle on Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. Norgaard lunged to make contact with a loose ball at the back post but his studs caught Pickford on the knee after he narrowly failed to make contact with the ball. Referee Chris Kavanagh initially gave no foul but changed his decision following advice from VAR Matt Donohue. Brentford...

Kylian Mbappe will undergo tests to determine the extent of a thigh injury after the forward was forced off during the first half of Real Madrid’s Champions League win over Atalanta on Tuesday night. Mbappe, 25, had opened the scoring for the 15-time European Cup winners, taking his all-time Champions League goal tally to 50, becoming the second-youngest player ever to reach the milestone. But the former Paris Saint-Germain forward had to be substituted 25 minutes later after experiencing discomfort in his left thigh. He was able to walk off the pitch before being replaced by Rodrygo.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou says Cristian Romero has apologised after appearing to question the club’s owners. The 26-year-old was forced off with an injury during the first half of Tottenham’s 4-3 defeat to Chelsea on Sunday and after the game spoke to Telemundo Deportes. Romero told the Spanish broadcaster: “You have to realise that something is going wrong. Hopefully they (club board) realise it. “Hopefully they realise who the true responsible ones are and we move forward because it’s a beautiful club that, with the structure it has, could...

Arsenal have begun an investigation following allegations that a member of their staff made antisemitic comments on social media. Messages from an account under the name of Mark Bonnick, a kit man at the club’s academy, made reference to the Israel-Gaza conflict during a series of exchanges on X, according to a report in The Times. The X account has since been deactivated and The Athletic has been unable to verify if it is genuiune or the content of the messages under investigation but Arsenal said it had begun an internal process in response to the allegations. In a statement, the club...

West Ham United have announced the death of youth goalkeeper Oscar Fairs, aged 15, following a battle with cancer. The club’s upcoming academy fixtures, including Friday night’s under-21 game against Stoke City, have been postponed as a mark of respect. A message from sporting director Mark Noble said: “Oscar was adored by everyone at the academy — not only was he a great goalkeeper, he was a true Hammer and a fantastic young person, who will be deeply missed by everyone who had the pleasure to know him.It is with deep and profound sadness that West Ham United confirm the...

Tottenham Hotspur have seen their appeal against Rodrigo Bentancur’s seven-game suspension dismissed. Bentancur was given a seven-game suspension and £100,000 fine by the Football Association (FA) after he said Tottenham team-mate Son Heung-min and his cousins “all look the same” during an interview on television programme Por La Camiseta, which is broadcast in the midfielder’s native Uruguay. The 27-year-old denied the original FA charge and Spurs appealed against the sanction, which they described as “severe”. Tottenham’s appeal could only have reduced...

Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior has been named the men’s player of the year at the FIFA Best awards, with Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati winning the women’s prize. Vinicius Jr edged out Manchester City midfielder Rodri, with his Madrid team-mate Jude Bellingham finishing third. Bonmati won the award for best women’s player for a second straight year, less than a month after winning her second successive Ballon d’Or. The 26-year-old playmaker won every possible trophy at club level last season as Barcelona clinched a historic quadruple, winning Liga F, the...

Marcus Rashford has spoken of the possibility of leaving Manchester United by saying he is “ready for a new challenge”. The 27-year-old was left out of United’s squad for their 2-1 derby victory over Manchester City on Sunday, with head coach Ruben Amorim saying he had considered “Everything: training, performance, game performance, engagement with the team-mates, pushing the team-mates up” in his decision to omit the forward, along with Alejandro Garnacho. In an interview posted on X by English football journalist Henry Winter, Rashford said it was...

Manchester City Women’s captain Alex Greenwood faces an extended period on the sidelines after undergoing knee surgery. The 31-year-old England defender was stretchered off during the first half of City’s Champions League victory over St Polten last week as a result of a collision with Melanie Brunnthaler. A club statement on Thursday said Greenwood “has since undergone a repair of her MCL (medial collateral ligament) and will now return to the City Football Academy to work closely with the club’s medical team”. No timeframe was provided on her recovery. Greenwood...

The brother of Paul Pogba has been found guilty of attempting to extort the former France and Manchester United midfielder. Mathias Pogba, 34, was one of six men standing trial in Paris after Paul Pogba claimed he was the subject of a €13million (£11.1m) blackmail plot. The former Wrexham and Crawley Town forward was given a three-year prison sentence, two of which are suspended, and a €20,000 fine after being found guilty of attempted extortion and criminal association offences. He will serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest with an electronic tag. Mathias Pogba’s...