MLS club expected to make bid for Spurs forward Talks with Forest over Gibbs-White at an impasse Son Heung-min is a target for Los Angeles FC and they have made their interest in him known to Tottenham. The London club have yet to receive any bids for Son but they can expect one from LAFC, which would leave their highest-profile player with a decision to make. LAFC, who signed Hugo Lloris from Spurs in December 2023, have tracked Son for some time. It is understood there is no interest in him at present from clubs in Saudi Arabia, which has been mooted as a possible destination. Continue reading...

Live updates from the 8pm BST/9pm CET kick-off in St Gallen Player guide | Wallchart | Tables | Email Emillia Hello and welcome to coverage of England v Wales on the final day of the Euro 2025 group stage. It’s still all to play for in Group D with both quarter-final places up for grabs. England need a convincing win against the Welsh this evening to guarantee their place in the knockout stages, with the Netherlands taking on France in the other group meeting. A win for Les Bleus should see the Lionesses move out of the group as long as they avoid defeat, whereas victory for the Netherlands could make things very interesting. Meanwhile, Wales are currently bottom of the group with no points. Tenchically, they can still qualify, although they will need a miracle and plenty of goals against England to make it. Nevertheless, we’re in for a very exciting evening. Continue reading...

New manager faces tough questions before next season, with the biggest just how to find the right fit for superstar striker Kylian Mbappé This is the end. For Real Madrid, the best thing that could be said about their last game of the 2024-2025 season was that it was their last game of the 2024-2025 season. So in the makeshift marquee set up by the MetLife Stadium, Xabi Alonso said exactly that, and repeatedly. He had watched his team, who aren’t entirely his team yet, be taken apart by Paris Saint-Germain; now he wanted to get home and “reset”, forget about it. Well, not forget exactly: the hurt might help, lessons learned. “I want this to have an impact but not drag us down,” he said. “In August we start 2025-26, which will be different.” The way they fell was familiar, back to their recent past, their reality. “We suffered the way others have suffered against them,” Alonso said, and that was true, but it is not only PSG; it is Madrid too. This was their 68th game of the season and their 15th loss. They won only the Uefa Super Cup, a world away now, and the Intercontinental Cup against Pachuca in Qatar. In the league, Barcelona beat them twice, scoring four each time. In the cup, Barcelona put three past them; in the Super Cup, five. Arsenal scored three in the Champions League. PSG stopped at four because they didn’t need more. Continue reading...

European champions Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday crushed Spanish giants Real Madrid 4-0 in the Club World Cup semi-final reunion with former star Kylian Mbappe, setting up a final against Chelsea and an opportunity to close out a historically dominant season with a fifth trophy.

PSG 4-0 Real Madrid: Ruiz 6 24, Dembélé 9, Ramos 87 Chelsea to play European champions in Sunday’s final There was a moment towards the end of Kylian Mbappé’s final season in France when Luis Enrique called him into his office and explained that if they did things his way, then Paris Saint-Germain could become a “machine”. A little over a year later, on the day his first season at Real Madrid came to an end against his former club, the striker saw for himself, up close and painful, just how right his coach had been. The team that went to Munich and put five past Inter Milan, the biggest winning margin a European Cup final has ever seen, came to New York and scored four against Madrid to take them to the final of the Club World Cup. Continue reading...

Live updates from 8pm BST kick-off at MetLife Stadium Email Scott | Revenge in air as Mbappé and PSG clash These clubs last met in 2022 in the Champions League. PSG looked like winning the round-of-16 tie, but threw away a two-goal aggregate lead in the second half of the second leg at the Bernabeu, Karim Benzema stunning them with a 16-minute hat-trick. At which point we all began to wonder whether PSG would ever win the trophy they craved more than any other. But here we are now. Three years is an awfully long time in football. Here’s how the two teams made it through the quarters. A couple of games that got super-hectic towards the end. Continue reading...

Ousmane Dembele has enjoyed the season of his career as he goes head to head with former PSG team-mate Kylian Mbappe in Club World Cup.

Real Madrid forward faces former club amid legal war and bitterness, after watching PSG grab the glory he left to pursue This is a tale of blackmail and revenge, or so it goes. Of power and money, lots of money. It is also a story of sport. The buildup to the semi-final of the Club World Cup between Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid, those two empires and enemies, didn’t begin with a fitness update from Atlanta or Palm Beach; it began on Monday morning New York time with news from Paris that Kylian Mbappé had withdrawn a legal claim accusing his former club of extortion and harassment. Two days before kick-off, it was time for the football. Well, sort of. “The Real Madrid striker and his entourage want to calm the situation and concentrate exclusively on sporting issues,” L’Équipe reported. Definitely nothing to do with their prospects of winning the case, then. Besides, there is still the demand for €55m in allegedly unpaid wages and bonuses, which led to PSG’s accounts being momentarily blocked. PSG claim Mbappé agreed to waive the €55m when he went and the club have made a counter-claim of €98m. The accusations and counter-accusations are multiple, the amounts eye-watering, the bitterness inescapable even as it is hidden behind a polite exterior. Continue reading...

Kylian Mbappe opened his Club World Cup account in style with a stunning overhead kick in Real Madrid's thrilling 3-2 win over Borussia Dortmund – but the French star has his work cut out to displace one of the game's brightest young prospects from the starting line-up.

Club World Cup updates, 5pm BST / 12pm EDT kick-off Reports: Palmeiras 1-2 Chelsea | Fluminense 2-1 Al-Hilal Early team news: Ousmane Dembele missed all three group games through injury but returned as a substitute for his side’s win over Inter Miami in the first knockout round. The winger was sent off in PSG’s defeat at the hands of Bayern in November and will be hoping to make amends if he gets a run-out today. Bayern Munich will be without Leroy Sane, who departed the club to join Galatasaray on a free transfer when his contract expired the day after he helped the German side beat Flamengo last weekend. Alphonso Davies (ACL) and Hiroki Ito (broken foot) remain sidelined, while Kim Min-jae (achilles) is nearing full fitness but seems unlikely to feature in this tournament. Due to leave Bayern as soon as their interest in the Club World Cup ends, Thomas Muller could make his 756th and final appearance for the club in Atlanta today. Continue reading...

The midfielder says he can be a ‘big player’ after years away from football due to injury, a doping ban and legal cases By Get French Football News Dozens of journalists from France, England and Italy are inside the auditorium of Monaco’s performance centre. The densely packed room is filled with multilingual chatter about Eric Dier and Ansu Fati, who have just been presented to the media. There is one player yet to appear: the headliner, the man who has brought reporters from far and wide to this room. Then a door opens. Paul Pogba enters. After making his way on to the podium and settling into his chair, he speaks. “As you saw, there were a lot of emotions,” says Pogba of the viral video in which the tears flowed as he signed his Monaco contract, bringing an end to two years in the footballing wilderness. “It is very rare to see me cry like that, so I hope you enjoyed it,” he says with a smile. “There were so many images that came into my mind. We know the doping story, my injury. Everything came back to me during the signing and I couldn’t hold back.” Continue reading...

Midfielder’s suspension may mean shifting Fernández and risking raw talent in quarter-final against Palmeiras Moisés Caicedo was still going strong. There were 108 minutes on the clock at the Bank of America Stadium – not taking into account the lengthy weather delay – when the Chelsea midfielder won possession in Benfica’s half, found Cole Palmer and surged forward. Palmer advanced towards a back-pedalling, understaffed defence. He waited for support before finding the overlapping Caicedo. Benfica, tiring with 10 men, were defeated by Caicedo’s power. The 23-year-old shot, Anatoliy Trubin made a mess of his save and the ball squirmed loose to Christopher Nkunku to score the goal that sent Enzo Maresca’s side into the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup. Continue reading...

Real Madrid advanced to the Club World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday after beating European rivals Juventus 1-0. Spanish sensation Gonzalo García scored the only goal of the match, while Kylian Mbappé made his tournament debut after missing the first round due to illness.

France's all-time top scorer Olivier Giroud signs a one-year deal with Lille just four days after leaving Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC.