Andre Marriner has announced his retirement from refereeing after a distinguished 23-year career in football’s upper echelons.
The 52-year-old’s decision was confirmed by Professional Game Match Officials Limited on Tuesday, two days after he took charge of his last fixture, Arsenal’s 5-0 Premier League victory over Wolves, his 391st in the top flight.
Marriner said: “I’ll miss the moments out on the pitch but I’ve got so many great memories to look back on – I’ve loved almost every minute of it.
“It’s been a long and hugely-enjoyable road since qualifying through the Birmingham County FA in my early 20s and I’m proud of what I’ve fortunately been able to go and achieve in the game.
“To officiate internationally, on domestic fina…
The organisers of the next FIFA World Cup in Russia are confident that they can produce an even better tournament than the Brazil showpiece.
There were concerns as to whether Brazil would be capable of getting everything in place to host this year s World Cup, with stadiums not ready before the deadline set by FIFA, security concerns and well-documented unrest in the South American country.
Those fears were allayed and FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Monday that Brazil had raised the bar, as he awarded them 9.25 out of 10 for the show they put on.
Russia will have a hard act to follow in 2018, but chair of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) Alexey Sorokin has no doubt they will live up to expectations.
He said Do we look like we are fearful? There i…
Tottenham have agreed another loan deal with RB Leipzig for Timo Werner to remain at the club for 2024-25, with the club holding an option to make the move permanent next year.
Werner joined Spurs on loan in January and immediately assumed an important role in Ange Postecoglou s team, contributing two goals and three assists in 14 appearances in all competitions.
He saw his season ended prematurely by a hamstring injury in May, but Tottenham always appeared keen to keep him at the club for next season.
Postecoglou s side will play in the Europa League in 2024-25 after finishing fifth in the Premier League, and Werner will be an option across the frontline again next season.
Reports suggest Tottenham could have made the move permanent this year for £15mil…
Per Mertesacker will retire at the end of the 2017-18 season to become the new manager of Arsenal s academy, the club have confirmed.
The centre-back, who joined the Gunners from Werder Bremen in 2011, stated last month that he did not intend to finish playing with a year left on his contract.
The 32-year-old club captain is set to stay in Arsene Wenger s first team next season and will continue as an important part of our squad while developing his knowledge and understanding of the academy , Arsenal said in a statement.
World Cup-winning defender Mertesacker will then take over his new non-playing role from Luke Hobbs.
This is the start of an exciting new chapter for me and I am delighted that I will be able to stay part of the Arsenal family, he said.…
Alex Morgan has been left out of the United States Paris Olympics squad ahead of the games in July.
Morgan, who has scored 123 goals in 224 appearances for her country, has appeared at every Olympics for Team USA since Beijing 2008 and won gold at London 2012.
The two-time World Cup winner has not scored in her past eight games for San Diego Wave after recently recovering from an ankle injury.
Today, I m disappointed about not having the opportunity to represent my country on the Olympic stage, posted Morgan on social media. This will always be a tournament that is close to my heart and I take immense pride an time I put on the crest.
In less than a month I look forward to supporting this team and cheering them on alongside the rest of our country.
With the FA Cup quarter-finals getting under this weekend, we have a stacked schedule from across Europe’s elite.
As the likes of Tottenham look to skyrocket their way back into the Champions League places, there is also a full fixture list from the likes of La Liga.
For those of you looking to chuck on a Saturday acca, we have taken an in-depth look at three of the best available betting markets.
Saturday, March 16th
BST 17:30 Manchester City vs Newcastle
While Manchester City might have been disappointed last weekend as they eventually had to settle for a 1-1 stalemate at Anfield, Pep Guardiola’s men are enjoying another real purple patch. Making real history last season as they became the first English club since 1999 to be crowned treble champ…
Celtic have won the Scottish Premiership for the third consecutive season after a dominant 5-0 win at Kilmarnock on Wednesday.
Rangers beat Dundee United 5-2 on Tuesday to make Celtic wait an extra day to secure another league title, but the Hoops brushed aside Kilmarnock with little fuss.
Adam Idah, Daizen Maeda and James Forrest scored in a dominant first half, with Matt O Riley helping himself to a brace after the interval to cap a memorable display.
Celtic now have an unassailable six-point lead over their Old Firm rivals with one game to play, and they will celebrate their latest crown at home to St Mirren on Saturday.
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2023/24 are crowned Champions of Scotland AGAIN!
Three-In-A-Row for Glasgow s Green White Congratulation…
Pep Guardiola admitted that Ederson came close to leaving Manchester City in the transfer window but stayed because a fee could not be agreed.
The Brazilian was linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League in the off-season, with both Al-Nassr and Al-Ittihad both reportedly interested in his signature.
Since joining the club in June 2017, Ederson has kept 113 clean sheets in 257 Premier League appearances, more than any other goalkeeper in the competition since his debut.
He has won 15 major trophies with City, including six Premier Leagues, two FA Cups and a Champions League title, as well as the UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup.
Ederson has played in all seven of City s Premier League matches so far this season, keeping just one clean sheet and conceding…
And with that, the Euro 2024 group stages conclude on yet another dramatic day of action across Germany.
Turkiye, Georgia, Romania, Belgium and Slovakia were the final teams to secure their place in the knockout stages of the tournament.
Here, we unpack the best of Wednesday s social media clips from the football at the European Championship.
Germany eyeing Denmark task
Julian Nagelsmann s side now know their opponents for the knockout stages of Euro 2024 following the conclusion of Group C on Tuesday.
The hosts will travel to Dortmund this Saturday to play Denmark at the Westfalenstadion for a place in the quarter-finals.
Having had two extra days of rest compared to their opponents, Germany will be hopeful of continuing their impressi…
World football body FIFA on Friday said it was confident that the global credit crunch would not hit the 2010 or 2014 World Cups, revealing football s world body had concluded a 650 million dollar (514.6 million euro) insurance package to cover the events.
To ensure the 2010 (South African) and 2014 (Brazilian) World Cups are a success were natural disasters or other acts to occur we have insured the events, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said at an executive committee meeting in Zurich.
Secretary General Jerome Valcke said the insurance was protection against any event which might force either a postponement or moving a tournament to another country.
But he added this was standard practice and insisted that there is nothing to indicate any lack of trust in the …