The Independent Football

• Massachusetts native Matt Damon hails Scottish football fans’ Boston takeover

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  Damon spoke warmly of the Scottish fans, who garnered significant attention for their spirited takeover of Boston, earning praise for their...

• Premier League referee Anthony Taylor announces retirement after 20-year career

  3 gün önce Football The Independent Football

  Taylor officiated at four major tournaments – the 2022 and 2026 World Cups and 2020 and 2024 European Championships

• Liverpool owner FSG in talks to sell minority stake to former QPR co-owner Amit Bhatia

  3 gün önce Football The Independent Football

  Fenway Sports Group acknowledged the approach on the same day that Bhatia stepped down from the board at QPR after 18 years at the club

• 64 teams, six host countries: What could the 2030 World Cup look like?

  3 gün önce Football The Independent Football

  Infantino has opened the door to another World Cup expansion, with Fifa vice president Alejandro Dominguez in favour of it as early as the 2030...

• Sir Alex Ferguson says Kevin Keegan built Newcastle’s ‘best ever team’ as he pays tribute to great rival

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  The former Manchester United boss was famously on the other end of Keegan’s “I’d love it, absolutely love it, if we beat them” rant in 1996

• Crysencio Summerville set for £68m move from West Ham to Al Hilal

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  Despite reported interest from Manchester United and Aston Villa, Roma are understood to have been closest to securing a deal, though their bid...

• Sepp Blatter urges football to kick out Gianni Infantino as Fifa president after World Cup ‘lost its credibility’

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  Ex-Fifa president Blatter has heavily criticised his successor Infantino over controversies at the World Cup

• Sir Alex Ferguson hails Kevin Keegan’s legacy after producing Newcastle’s ‘best ever team’

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  Keegan’s Newcastle were memorably pipped to the Premier League title by Manchester United in 1996

• Rogers, Barcola and 10 huge Premier League transfers that could happen after World Cup

  3 gün önce Football The Independent Football

  Arsenal, Liverpool, Man United and many more are hunting big-name signings as the summer transfer window heats up ahead of the new Premier League...

• Driverless taxis, sports fanatics and an Alcatraz seagull: Three weeks in the US covering the World Cup

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  Criss-crossing California, with one weekend in Mexico City, Kieran Jackson gives his key takeaways from a unique World Cup

• Who is favourite to win the Ballon d’Or after the World Cup? Harry Kane, Lamine Yamal and Rodri lead race

  3 gün önce Football The Independent Football

  After a thrilling World Cup 2026, the sport’s top individual prize will be decided in October in London, with England and Bayern Munich’s Kane the...

• The US should never host another tournament after World Cup debacle

  4 gün önce Football The Independent Football

  The moral, financial and logistical issues that plagued this World Cup should be enough to disqualify the US from hosting major football...