1+ hour, 48+ min ago  (177+ words) June 18 (UPI) -- Real Madrid signed former Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate to a four-year contract, the Spanish La Liga soccer franchise announced Thursday. Konate, 27, spent the last five seasons with the Reds. He totaled seven goals and four assists over 183 appearances…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (122+ words) June 2 (UPI) -- Liverpool agreed to hire Andoni Iraola as head coach. Sources told Sky Sports, reporter Fabrizio Romano and Give Me Sport about the agreement Tuesday morning. Iraola spent the last three seasons at Bournemouth. The Cherries improved during each…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (313+ words) June 1 (UPI) -- England's James Milner will retire from soccer after 24 seasons in the Premier League, he announced Monday. Milner, 40, spent his last three seasons with Brighton & Hove Albion. He appeared in a record 658 Premier League matches since his 2002 senior debut…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (262+ words) April 15 (UPI) -- Liverpool and France striker Hugo Ekitike sustained a ruptured right Achilles tendon and will miss at least nine months, including the 2026 World Cup. Sources told ESPN, L'Equipe and Le Parisien about Ekitike's status Wednesday. The striker was hurt…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (210+ words) July 8 (UPI) -- Initial evidence indicates that former Liverpool forward Diogo Jota was speeding before he crashed a Lamborghini on a Spanish highway, killing the soccer star and his brother, Spain's Civil Guard told UPI on Tuesday. "Although the expert report…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (176+ words) April 10 (UPI) -- Welcome to Wrexham has been renewed for three more seasons. FX announced the news Friday, some five weeks before the show's Season 5 premiere on Hulu and FXX. Welcome to Wrexham is a sports docuseries following American actors Ryan…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (454+ words) March 24 (UPI) -- Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool at the end of the 2025-26 season, the English Premier League club announced Tuesday. The Reds said they reached an agreement with Salah before his contract was set to expire in 2027. Salah,…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (202+ words) Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Manchester City is finalizing a transfer agreement for Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi, Crystal Palace coach Oliver Glasner confirmed Friday. Sources told ESPN, the BBC and The Athletic that City will pay a $26. 8 million fee for Guehi. The…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (359+ words) Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Manchester City signed former Bournemouth Ghanaian winger Antoine Semenyo to a five-and-a-half year contract, the Sky Blues announced Friday. Sources told ESPN, The Athletic and Sky Sports that the Sky Blues agreed to pay Bournemouth about $84 million, with…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (617+ words) Dec. 19 (UPI) -- An English man was convicted of ramming his Mercedes into a crowd last Christmas Day, killing a young man and seriously injuring four others in a "drunken rage" in London. Anthony Gilheaney, 31, of Longfield, Harlow, was found guilty…...