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Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn has completed a move to Major League Soccer side San Jose Earthquakes after being released by Nottingham Forest. The 27-year-old stopper is set to bring his experience between the posts to the Californian outfit.

Gunn now embarks on a new chapter in the MLS, aiming to stake his claim as first-choice at Avaya Stadium 🧤

How do you think he’ll adapt to life in MLS?

Scottish courts will soon have stronger powers to hand out football banning orders 🛡️ The move is aimed at cracking down on pitch invasions and the use of pyrotechnics, with the goal of making matches safer for everyone in the stadium.

Under the new measures, judges can impose longer bans and tougher penalties on anyone who breaches the rules. Organisers hope this will deter disruptive behaviour and help create a more family-friendly atmosphere at games.

What do you think of giving courts these extra powers?

Next: Quarter-finals! 👀🏆

The last eight are set as the race to become world champions continues. Who will be booking their place in the semi-finals? 🌍⚽

🇫🇷 France 🆚 Morocco 🇲🇦
🇪🇸 Spain 🆚 Belgium 🇧🇪
🇳🇴 Norway 🆚 England 🏴
🇦🇷 Argentina 🆚 Switzerland 🇨🇭

Who have you got reaching the semi-finals? 👇

Martin O’Neill has confirmed that Colombian forward Camilo Duran is set to become Celtic’s first summer signing. The forward will arrive from Qarabag for an undisclosed fee.

He is expected to undergo a medical in Glasgow before the deal is completed, adding to Celtic’s attacking options ahead of the new season.

How do you think he will fit into Celtic’s attack?

⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish football is back!

The wait is over… the road to Hampden begins this week as the Premier Sports Cup returns with Matchday 1. 🔥

Who’s ready for football to be back? 👀🍿

UEFA statement on the Balogun case

Yesterday’s decision to suspend for a probationary period of a year the implementation of the one-match automatic suspension following the red card issued to the player Folarin Balogun crossed a red line.

Football, like any other sports, relies on rules, which are the basis for fair, honest and transparent competition. Sometimes rules are open to interpretation. In this case not. A minimum automatic suspension of one match following a red card is not a discretionary option and does not require the decision of a competent body to be enacted. It is a principle embedded in regulations, which cannot be made subject to exceptions, let alone in the middle of a tournament where several other players have been in the same situation and regularly served their suspension.

When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined. Equally, such decision creates a precedent in the ongoing tournament, where similar situations will now require an equal treatment, to the detriment of the competition.

Football is the most loved sport in the world because it is a beautiful game and is trusted because it is played everywhere with the same laws. A tournament is never a pure standalone and, if the tournament in question is the World Cup, it has the power to drive positive or negative consequences on the game as a whole.

We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England advance to the final eight.

Box office. 🎬🐐

Three superstars. Three different eras. One golden race.

Mbappé. Haaland. Messi.

Seven World Cup goals each… who finishes as the tournament’s top scorer? 👀🌍⚽

Norway have reached the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup for the first time in their history.

Erling Haaland’s double knocks out Brazil. 🤖