Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri will leave the Serie A club, Italian media reported on Tuesday. The 65-year-old Italian has coached the ninth-placed team since 2021 and led them into the Champions League as Serie A runners-up last term. His deal was due to run until 2025 but last week's Champions League last 16 defeat by Bayern Munich came amid three Serie A defeats in a row - including Monday's 2-1 home defeat by Udinese. Former Lazio striker and 2014 Germany world champion Miroslav Klose is in the
Juventus midfielder and 2018 World Cup champion Paul Pogba has been banned from football for four years for a for a doping offence, the competent Italian sports court said on Thursday. The 30-year-old tested positive for excess testosterone in August after a Serie A match between Juve and Udinese. The B sample confirmed the result and he has been provisionally suspended since the beginning of September. Pogba has since admitted to having taken a dietary supplement. The ruling means Pogba will be
Born in the Netherlands and educated in England, Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong has not looked back at international level since opting to represent Nigeria.Troost-Ekong, who is wearing boots at the AFCON made from bamboo and other sustainable materials, was born just outside Amsterdam to a Nigerian father and Dutch mother, and was capped at youth level by the Netherlands.
AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan says too many people are “complicit” in allowing racism to continue blighting soccer, and urged authorities to take stronger action after he suffered racist abuse on Saturday night. Maignan, who is Black, walked off after being abused by Udinese fans during a top-tier Italian league game, prompting the match to be suspended briefly during the first half. Maignan later told DAZN that he had been subjected to monkey noises.