Wales captain Aaron Ramsey has completed a return to his boyhood club Cardiff on a two-year contract.
Ramsey made 22 appearances for the Bluebirds as a teenager and six more on loan from Arsenal in 2011 and remains their youngest ever player.
Having played for them in the 2008 FA Cup final, he went on to win the competition three times with the Gunners and added a Serie A title and a Coppa Italia with Juventus and a Scottish Cup on loan at Rangers before joining Nice.
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He has played in Europa League finals with Arsenal, for whom he made over 350 appearances, and Rangers and for Wales at two European Championships and a World Cup.
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David James still thinks Liverpool or Manchester City will win the Premier League title, despite Sunday s draw between the pair leaving Arsenal at the summit.
Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola s final Premier League meeting ended in a frantic 1-1 draw at Anfield, with Arsenal, who beat Brentford 2-1 on Saturday, remaining clear of the Reds on goal difference at the top of the table.
Liverpool accumulated 2.7 expected goals (xG) to City s 1.56, but shared the spoils as Alexis Mac Allister s 50th-minute penalty cancelled out John Stones inventive set-piece opener.
Though Mikel Arteta s Gunners sit narrowly ahead of Liverpool and a point clear of third-placed City with 10 league games remaining, James believes Sunday s draw does not favour Arsenal in the title race.
Chelsea are in search of a new manager after Emma Hayes announced she would be stepping down at the end of this season to “pursue a new opportunity outside the WSL and club football”.
Hayes, who since her 2012 appointment has led the Blues to 15 trophies including six Women’s Super League titles, is rumoured to be the first-choice candidate to take over the United States, who have been without a head coach since US Soccer this summer parted ways with Vlatko Andonovski following the Americans’ worst-ever finish at a Women’s World Cup.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the candidates who could look to fill Hayes’ considerable shoes.
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Two of the form teams in MLS s Western Conference will go head to head on Saturday when the Portland Timbers host Real Salt Lake.
The Timbers have won four of their past five matches to climb to fifth, showing signs they have got to grips with Phil Neville s system in his first season with the club.
But Portland are still some 10 points behind RSL, one of the league s standout teams this year.
Without defeat at home in two months, the Timbers are at least in confident mood heading into this next tough test.
I think now the team is very confident in the system we are playing, said captain Diego Chara.
From my point of view, we have to just continue, getting more games, more wins and get to the playoffs.
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Conor Gallagher is parking any thoughts about his Chelsea future to focus on England s bid for Euro 2024 glory in Germany.
The 24-year-old midfielder has been linked with a Stamford Bridge exit amid reports the Blues might cash in to ease their Profit and Sustainability rules situation, with any sale for Gallagher classed as 100 per cent profit due to the fact he came through the academy.
Tottenham and Aston Villa are among those to have been linked with a move for Gallagher, who was one of Chelsea s more consistent performers in a topsy-turvy 2023-24 Premier League campaign.
However, Gallagher chosen for a second successive major tournament is not allowing himself to look beyond the Euros as Gareth Southgate s men prepare to begin their Group C campaign against …
Benfica have announced that Jonas has signed a new contract.
The Brazil striker, who joined from Valencia two years ago, has extended his deal until 2019.
I m really happy to be in a club where I am so well integrated, he told Benfica s official website. I m very happy and it can be seen on the pitch.
I am enormously proud of wearing this jersey. I m pleased to extend my contract until 2019 and I want to keep getting titles. I want to thank our fans affection and our president s trust.
Jonas has scored nine goals in 16 appearances this season, despite having missed nearly four months of football with an ankle injury.
The 32-year-old has won two league and cup doubles since his move to Estadio da Luz.
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Romania welcomes Lithuania in Bucharest for the second game of UEFA Nations League C. The game will be played at Steaua Stadium where over 30000 fans will push the hosts towards another win that will consolidate their leaders position.
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Romania is back to the highest level of European football. After missing the previous three final tournaments, Tricolorii achieved one of their best output by qualifying recently for the Euro 2024 in great style. Despite being seeded alongside Switzerland in the qualification group, Romania got the tickets to Germany by finishing at the top of the table.
The hosts maintained their level in Germany shocking Ukraine in the opening game with a 3-0 win. A…
Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou defended his comment about always winning trophies in his second season after their defeat to Arsenal last weekend.
Despite Arsenal missing several of their key players, Spurs were undone in familiar fashion as Gabriel Magalhaes nodded home from a set-piece to secure the North London bragging rights.
Spurs last won a title back in 2008 in the League Cup and currently occupy 13th in the early-season standings, having picked up four points from their first four Premier League games.
Postecoglou was left confused and amazed by the negative reaction to his comments and is still confident that he can lead Spurs to a trophy this season.
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Neymar, Luis Suarez and Senegal s dancing proved the highlights of Omnisport s second week of Russia 2018 in Samara.
Suarez was on target as Uruguay defeated the hosts to finish as Group A winners, two days before Aliou Cisse s Senegal impressed with their choreographed jig to warm up ahead of training.
Alas, they could not sashay their way into the second round following a 1-0 loss to Colombia, whose fans provided plenty of noise and colour in equal measure.
Their passion was rivalled by that of Brazil s supporters, who stayed up in their droves to see Neymar and co arrive at their city-centre hotel in the early hours of the morning, ahead of a last-16 clash with Mexico.
It has been another superb seven days in Samara, recapped in our Twitter moment belo…
Erling Haaland continued his sensational start to the new Premier League season with a brace that helped Manchester City come from behind to beat Brentford 2-1 on Saturday.
Haaland, the Premier League Player of the Month, had netted hat-tricks in his prior two appearances but had to settle for just the two goals at the Etihad Stadium, moving to 99 in City colours in all competitions.
Yoane Wissa had stunned City in the first minute after capitalising on a defensive mix-up, but Haaland was not kept quiet for long.
City’s master marksman had Pep Guardiola’s side back on terms in the 19th minute, before scoring what proved to be the winner before half-time.
Haaland came close to completing another treble and bringing up his City ton, but the champions ha…