• Reuters

    Spain appoints ex-national coach del Bosque to supervise soccer federation

    Spain's government on Tuesday appointed former national squad coach Vicente del Bosque as head of a new committee supervising the country's scandal-ridden RFEF soccer federation, Sports Minister Pilar Alegria said. Spain, which will co-host the 2030 World Cup, last week announced the creation of a special committee to oversee RFEF until the governing body holds new elections. The move followed months of scandals including a corruption investigation and the dismissal of its chief Luis Rubiales after he planted an unsolicited kiss on the mouth of player Jenni Hermoso during the on-pitch awards ceremony after the Spanish women's World Cup triumph in Sydney last year.

  • PA Media: Sport

    Lucy Bronze welcomes new research into ACL injury crisis in women’s game

    Bronze’s England team-mates Beth Mead and Leah Williamson have suffered anterior cruciate ligament injuries.

  • The Canadian Press

    Brazil soccer player Gabriel Barbosa cleared by CAS to play during appeal in doping rules case

    LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Brazilian soccer player Gabriel Barbosa can resume playing pending an appeal against his ban for a breach of doping rules, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Tuesday. The Flamengo and Brazil forward, known as Gabigol, is challenging a two-year ban imposed in March by an anti-doping tribunal in Brazil. He was judged to have evaded a doping control in April 2023 and banned until April next year. He denied a charge of doping fraud. The CAS said its panel of judg

  • The Guardian

    Project ACL: WSL clubs to take part in pioneering injuries research project

    Clubs are to be the subject of a three-year research initiative designed to find ways of reducing the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injuries