Sports City Centre

🚨 OFFICIAL: MAS Fès have completed the signing of 19-year-old forward Samba Mbengue from AJEL de Rufisque on a four-year contract.

🚨 BREAKING: Arsenal and Newcastle have reached an agreement in principle worth €90M for Bruno Guimarães this Friday! 💰

Arsenal are now working quickly to finalise the remaining details over the coming days, with hopes of having their new midfielder join the squad in Dublin next week. ✈️🇮🇪

MATCHDAY 🙏

🚨 BRASIL RESPONDE! Brazil fight back for a 1-1 draw vs Morocco 🇧🇷🇲🇦
⚽ Saibari 21’ | ⚽ Vinícius Jr 32’
Vini Jr strikes just 11 mins after Morocco’s opener to save Brazil in a wild 2026 World Cup clash.
Point secured. Was it enough? 🔥

BREAKING: UEFA has confirmed that Somali referee Omar Artan will officiate the 2026 UEFA Super Cup Final between Aston Villa and PSG in Salzburg.

🚨💥 BREAKING | Zadok Yohanna to Brighton - DONE DEAL ✔️

Full agreement reached. €28m fixed fee plus €2m in add-ons. Contract until 2031. All done and sealed. Verbal agreement was already reached as excl. revealed.

The 18 y/o talented winger has chosen Brighton despite interest from several other top clubs.

🇳🇬

🚨 BREAKING: Real Madrid are willing to PAY UP TO €180M for Michael Olise.

Sources—latigoserrano

🚨 BREAKING: Liverpool confirm Andoni Iraola as their new head coach. He has signed a two-year contract.

It follows a rigorous yet urgent process following the departure of Arne Slot, who only found out he was leaving on Saturday morning.

decided to evolve their playing style to make it more front-foot, aggressive and urgent. Iraola viewed as fitting that bill.

Liverpool able to attract Iraola, who was in talks with Crystal Palace, Leverkusen and Milan.

He is well-known to Richard Hughes and someone whose career have followed for over a decade. Understand the club actually tried to sign him as a player.

Length of Iraola’s contract is in keeping with how the Spaniard works.

It was clear from the outset Iraola was the standout candidate, even though Sebastian Hoeneß and Pierre Sage were considered.

Once Iraola knew of Liverpool’s interest, he made it clear to the club all other options were off the table and he wanted to join.

Backroom staff to be confirmed shortly. Tommy Elphick, Shaun Cooper, Tom Webber and Pablo de la Torre all expected to join.

Liverpool were attracted by Iraola’s clear identity, proven Premier League record and his personality and leadership qualities.

His teams play with intensity, aggression and purpose, including with a high press, ability to win the ball back quickly and attack at speed. Liverpool also believe he has a track record of specifically improving attackers.

His approach has drawn some comparisons to the style that brought Liverpool success over the last decade.

believe Iraola will bring continuity, fresh ideas and help Liverpool evolve and ultimately win silverware.🇪🇸

Here are some of Africa’s most seasoned internationals heading into the 2026 World Cup:

𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲. 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐀𝐠𝐞. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐬. 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬.

🇸🇳 Idrissa Gueye – 36 | 130 caps | 7 goals
🇸🇳 Sadio Mané – 34 | 127 caps | 55 goals
🇬🇭 Jordan Ayew – 34 | 117 caps | 33 goals
🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah – 33 | 116 caps | 67 goals
🇩🇿 Riyad Mahrez – 35 | 113 caps | 38 goals
🇨🇩 Chancel Mbemba – 31 | 107 caps | 7 goals
🇨🇮 Franck Kessié – 29 | 102 caps | 15 goals
🇸🇳 Kalidou Koulibaly – 34 | 102 caps | 2 goals

Big-game experience. Big-stage players.

Shadrack Listowell

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Gonçalo Ramos, Kang-in Lee and Lucas Chevalier can all 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐏𝐒𝐆 this summer window 🏆👋🏼

Gonçalo Ramos, looking for new options to play regularly as Kang-in can also leave after Atléti asked for both in January.

Chevalier wants to play more regularly, case being assessed.

Shadrack Listowell