Callum Davis

Former Real Madrid defender Marcelo has left Fluminense by mutual agreement following a touchline altercation with the club’s head coach. Marcelo, who won the Champions League five times during a 15-year spell at Madrid, leaves Fluminense with six games left to play in the season. Having been named on the bench for Fluminense’s home match against Gremio, the 36-year-old was preparing to come on a substitute in the closing stages with the hosts defending a 2-1 lead. Video footage widely circulated on social media appeared to show Marcelo receiving instructions from Fluminense head...

Manchester City defender Ruben Dias has been ruled out until after the upcoming international break after missing Saturday’s defeat to Bournemouth through injury. City’s 32-game unbeaten run in the Premier League came to end on the south coast as goals from Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson secured a 2-1 win for the hosts, with Josko Gvardiol scoring a late consolation. Speaking after the game, Guardiola, 53, said Dias will be out until after the international break, meaning he will miss Tuesday’s Champions League match against Sporting and the trip to Brighton & Hove Albion...

Declan Rice will play no part in Arsenal’s Champions League match against Inter Milan on Wednesday after being left out of the club’s 23-man travelling party. The 25-year-old midfielder played the full 90 minutes in Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United on Saturday but will not fly to Italy with the rest of the first-team squad after missing training on Tuesday afternoon with an unspecified issue. Rice has started 12 out of Arsenal’s 13 Premier League and Champions League games so far this season, missing the 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in September through...

Valencia’s match against Espanyol on Saturday has been postponed after the devastating flash floods in Spain. The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Wednesday approved La Liga’s request to postpone Valencia’s league fixture for the second weekend running. At least 200 people have been killed in the floods, which have also caused substantial damage to property and infrastructure in the Valencia region. Espanyol’s RCDE Stadium, where the game was scheduled to take place, is situated 30 minutes outside Barcelona and four hours north of Valencia along the Spanish east...

The Football Association (FA) has charged Tottenham Hotspur in relation to homophobic chanting during their Premier League game against Manchester United in September. The Athletic reported from the game that the “Chelsea rent boy” chant — a homophobic slur aimed at the west London club’s current and former players and fans — was heard coming from the Spurs fans’ section at Old Trafford around the same time as Mason Mount’s introduction as a substitute. Another chant, relating to striker Dominic Solanke and Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, was also heard. An FA statement...

Ivan Juric has been sacked as head coach of Roma after defeat to Bologna on Sunday. Juric departs after less than two months in charge with Roma 12th in the table having won just three of their opening 12 games in Serie A. The 3-2 loss to Bologna at the Stadio Olimpico was the club’s fifth defeat of the campaign and their third straight game without a win in all competitions. A club statement confirming Juric’s dismissal said: “We would like to thank Ivan Juric for his hard work over the past few weeks. “He handled a difficult environment with the utmost...

Mikel Arteta says he does not expect Bukayo Saka or Declan Rice to be fit for England’s upcoming Nations League games after they were forced off during Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea on Sunday. Saka, 23, limped off with a muscle issue 10 minutes before full time and will now be assessed by the club’s medical team ahead of England’s Nations League double header against Greece and the Republic of Ireland next week. Rice, 25, started at Stamford Bridge despite missing Wednesday’s defeat to Inter in the Champions League but had to be replaced by Mikel Merino 71...

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The Football Association (FA) has launched its own investigation after a video appeared to show Premier League referee David Coote criticising former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. The PGMOL — the body responsible for officials in English football — suspended Coote with immediate effect on Monday after two videos were shared to social media that allegedly capture him calling Klopp a “German c***”. The 42-year-old now also faces the prospect of potential action from the FA for using Klopp’s nationality in a disparaging context, which could breach the governing...

England captain Harry Kane has expressed his frustration after eight players were withdrawn from international duty through injury. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Levi Colwill, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Cole Palmer, Aaron Ramsdale, Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka have all been made unavailable for this week’s UEFA Nations League games against Greece and Republic of Ireland. Speaking to ITV Sport on Wednesday, Kane said: “It’s a shame this week. It’s a tough period of the season and maybe that’s been taken advantage of a little bit.” “I don’t really like it...