Iraq or UAE could take Iran’s World Cup finals spot due to Middle East crisis

Fifa regulations vague on issue of replacing any teams Withdrawal would be first since France and India in 1950 Iraq and the United Arab Emirates are viewed as the most likely beneficiaries should Iran withdraw from the World Cup. Fifa’s general secretary, Mattias Grafström, said on Saturday that “our focus is to have a safe World Cup with everybody participating”, but the president of the Iranian Football Federation, Mehdi Taj, has raised doubts over his country’s participation by saying: “After this attack, we cannot be expected to look forward to the World Cup with hope.” Fifa has not comme

Mbappe set for tests on knee but no surgery planned

Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe is set to have further assessments on a knee problem but will not have surgery at this stage.

Sutton's predictions v singer-songwriter & Chelsea fan Noah Kahan

BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on singer-songwriter Noah Kahan plus the BBC readers and AI with his predictions for this week's midweek Premier League fixtures on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Will Iran play at World Cup co-hosted by USA? How Middle East crisis affects sport

With the conflict between Iran and US-Israeli forces intensifying, Sky Sports looks at how the Middle East crisis is affecting sport...

Greaves drawn against Pilgrim at UK Open

Beau Greaves has been drawn against Darryl Pilgrim in the opening round of the UK Open, where Luke Littler returns as defending champion.

Transfer Centre LIVE! 'Spurs players facing wage cuts if club relegated'

Arsenal turn another corner in title race and Spurs lack ‘everything’ | Football Weekly – video

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Philippe Auclair and Barney Ronay as Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 at the Emirates to maintain their five-point lead over Manchester City. On the podcast today; Arsenal edge past Chelsea at the Emirates. It had lots of things you’d expect. Goals from corners and lots of holding, a Chelsea red card and Robert Sanchez flapping about. Chelsea almost equalised but it’s as you were after Man City’s win at Leeds on Saturday Elsewhere, an agonising VAR check at Burnley as we were forced to look at Ashley Barnes pixellated hand for six minutes, Liverpool hit five

Improve your discipline or you’re out of the team, Liam Rosenior warns Chelsea players

Pedro Neto red card at Arsenal was club’s ninth of season ‘I need to see improvement. I need to adjust my selection’ Liam Rosenior has warned his Chelsea players that he will not pick those he cannot trust to stay out of trouble with referees. Rosenior is losing patience with his squad’s discipline problems and has indicated that selection will be based on who is improving their behaviour. Chelsea’s discipline is back under the spotlight after Pedro Neto’s red card during the 2-1 defeat against Arsenal on Sunday . The winger’s dismissal was their ninth of an erratic campaign and left Rosenior

Uefa hits Spurs with suspended one-match away fan ban over Nazi salutes

Three fans found to have made gesture in Frankfurt Club impose indefinite bans on individuals involved Tottenham have had a one-match ban imposed on their away supporters in Europe, suspended for a year, after three of them were found to have directed Nazi salutes at their Eintracht Frankfurt counterparts during the Champions League game between the clubs in January. Spurs have given the trio indefinite bans and described their behaviour as “utterly abhorrent”. Uefa announced the sanction on Monday, saying it had also fined Spurs €30,000. If there is any repeat offence within a year, the club’

Farke 'will never jog again' after red card

Leeds United manager Daniel Farke says he "will never jog again" after being "embarrassed in front of the whole world" by his red card against Manchester City

Yes, relegation is now a very real possibility for Tottenham | Jonathan Wilson

Spurs’ slide from title hopefuls to relegation candidates is a story of complete mismanagement and widespread injury Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here Last week, after Tottenham had lost 4-1 at home to Arsenal, Igor Tudor was bullish. It was possible leaving his post-match press conference to think he was a man with the energy and personality to drag Spurs away from the relegation zone. This week, after Tottenham had lost 2-1 at Fulham, Tudor was deflated . The previous week he had spoken of defeat in the North London derby as being part of the process, a game that would startle hi

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