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BBC News
21-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
World Football Could the German Bundesliga be about to welcome its smallest ever team?
SV Elversberg, from a small town of around 13,000 people, face Heidenheim in a promotion/relegation play-off. If they win – and most second-tier teams don't – they will welcome Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and the rest to their stadium with a capacity of 10,000. The club's Sporting Director, Nils Ole-Book, has been telling World Football's Mani Djazmi how they've gone from the fourth tier to the brink of the big time in just three years. Photo: Cornerflag of SV Elversberg in the Ursapharm-Arena Stadium before the Second Bundesliga match between SV 07 Elversberg and SC Preußen Münster at Ursapharm-Arena on March 15, 2025 in Spiesen-Elversberg, Germany. (Credit:)
Free Malaysia Today
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Uefa move to defuse anger over Infantino delay at Fifa congress
Uefa chief Aleksander Ceferin and other European officials walked out of the 75th Fifa congress in Paraguay last week in protest. (Reuters pic) BRUSSELS : Uefa on Monday moved to defuse the situation after European delegates staged a walkout at Fifa's congress in Paraguay last week when world football chief Gianni Infantino jetted in late following meetings in Saudi Arabia and Qatar with US President Donald Trump. Fifa president Infantino's belated arrival at the global governing body's annual meeting on Thursday caused a delay of more than two hours. Uefa chief Aleksander Ceferin, along with other representatives of European football, including the president of the Norwegian FA, left the 75th Fifa Congress in protest at the delay. On Monday, European football's governing body described the relationship between Ceferin and Infantino as 'very good… marked by open communication and mutual respect'. 'The recent episode was isolated and does not reflect our ongoing collaboration,' the Uefa statement added. The annual meeting of world football, already pushed back an hour from its original schedule, finally began more than two hours late. Infantino issued an apology for his tardiness in remarks to the congress before the delegates left. He blamed flight problems for his late arrival but stressed the importance of attending the meetings in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the hosts of the 2022 and 2034 World Cups respectively. 'As Fifa president, my responsibility is to make decisions in the best interests of the organisation… I felt I had to be there to represent football and all of you,' Infantino said of his visit to the Gulf. Uefa issued a strongly worded statement following the walkout, describing the disruption as 'deeply regrettable', accusing the Fifa chief of putting his 'private political interests' ahead of the sport. Ceferin has publicly opposed Infantino on several issues in recent years, particularly the plan — ultimately abandoned — to hold the World Cup every two years instead of every four. Recently, the Uefa president described the prospect of a 64-team World Cup in 2030 to celebrate the tournament's centenary, as a 'bad idea'. Witness football history in Malaysia as Manchester United take on the Asean All-Stars – it's the clash you can't afford to miss. Book your seat now at before they're gone!
BBC News
24-04-2025
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- BBC News
'Rashford wants Champions League - Villa still fighting for it'
BBC's chief football news reporter Simon Stone has been discussing the uncertainty around Marcus Rashford's future on the World Football podcast: "It felt like when Rashford went to Aston Villa that there was no way back and I think nothing that's happened since then gives any indication that the situation has changed."Rashford is on a huge amount of money. When he went to Aston Villa, Manchester United agreed to pay part of his salary. The difficulty is how do you do a deal like that early in the summer."I don't think either Rashford or the people around Rashford are wanting to get involved in a swap deal scenario at all. They are massively complicated."Rashford is playing a lot better, he looks a different player and he wants to play in the Champions League, but he doesn't want to be in London, so that rules out Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham."Spain and Italy are probably the most likely but Aston Villa are still fighting. They have not got the worst run-in, so it's not completely out of the question that they could get one of those five Champions League slots."Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
BBC News
24-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Man Utd need clarity but Rashford in no rush'
BBC's chief football news reporter Simon Stone has been discussing the uncertainty around Marcus Rashford's future on the World Football podcast: "It felt like when Rashford went to Aston Villa that there was no way back and I think nothing that's happened since then gives any indication that the situation has changed."Manchester United want clarity because Ruben Amorim needs to know how much money he is going to get. Qualifying for the Champions League is going to have a big impact on that."Rashford is on a huge amount of money, far more really than anyone else apart from Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro. When he went to Aston Villa, United agreed to pay part of his salary. The difficulty is how do you do a deal like that early in the summer."I don't think either Rashford or the people around Rashford are wanting to get involved in a swap-deal scenario at all. They are massively complicated."I suspect it is going to be one of those deals that is not done until far nearer the start of the season, if not the transfer window deadline."United cannot think that they're going to drive this situation, and I don't get the impression that Rashford is in any big rush to make a decision."Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
BBC News
21-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Mbeumo and Wissa close in on Premier League record
The latest episode of BBC World Service's World Football podcast series takes an in-depth look at the thriving strike partnership of Bryan Mbeumo and Yoanne Wissa at Mbeumo and Wissa from DR Congo are the top two goalscorers for the Bees during their time in the Premier League with 40 and 42 goals respectively and are closing in on the Premier League record for most games in a season in which they have both for each against Brighton at the weekend made it seven times this season where they have both scored, beating the six of Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Cody Premier League record stands at 10 and is jointly-held by Salah, with Roberto Firmino in 2017-18 and Sadio Mane in and Firmino both scored in 10 matches in the 2017-18 campaign, while the Egyptian equalled his own record with Senegal winger Mane in the 2021-22 further partnerships have scored in eight or more matches in a single campaign, meaning Mbeumo and Wissa are joint-10th on the Bennett has been speaking to World Football's George Addo and the former DR Congo captain Gabriel Zakuani about their partnership."When you look at the number of games they have scored in for the club together - they have scored in 18 games both of them," said Addo. "These two are doing so much here for Brentford.""The spotlight was on Ivan Toney," added Zakuani. "Once Toney left, it freed Wissa a little bit and he wanted to be the main man and take the mantle. He and Mbeumo have been outstanding. "Mbeumo has probably been better for longer but Wissa has really come into his own since Toney has left and has always been a good finisher."Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
