Thursday's football transfer rumours, with updates on Victor Osimhen, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Ivan Toney, Vinicius Junior & more.

Vinicius Junior complained Sunday about an alleged racist act by stadium security aimed at one of his staff before the friendly between...

Today's MLS rumors include Noel Buck being linked with Arsenal, Alejandro Bedoya set to leave the Philadelphia Union and Wayne Rooney turning down a move to Saudi Arabia before taking charge of Birmingham City.

Manchester City and Liverpool left it late to secure victories in the Premier League

The referees in the Miami-Florida State game have some explaining to do after denying the Hurricanes a safety.

New diversity data and hiring statistics further highlight the “grass ceiling” facing black footballers, the co-founder of the Black Footballers Partnership has said. BFP data published earlier this year found black players make up 43 per cent of those active in the Premier League. However, statistics released by the Football Association on Wednesday show that only 7.4 per cent of people in senior leadership roles at the 53 clubs signed up to its Football Leadership Diversity Code are black, Asian or mixed heritage. The figure was only slightly higher in team operations (8.9 per cent) and only 10.5 per cent among senior coaches. The clubs also failed to hit any of the code’s eight diversity hiring targets in the 2022-23 season, with the FA accepting the hiring rates are too low to drive the necessary rapid change in representation. The FA is consulting on a new rule to force clubs to report biannually on their workforce, and BFP co-founder Delroy Corinaldi feels if the game cannot get this right, there could be a future role for the independent regulator in ensuring compliance. “Black players have been told time and again by the FA that you need to give the code time to work,” Corinaldi told the PA news agency. “How much time do they want? If the FA can’t deliver, it needs to hold its hand up. “Black players are nearly 50 per cent of your (playing) workforce. The signal you’re sending to those people is that once you get to your 30s, it’s punditry or leave the game, because there is a real ‘grass ceiling’ the FA is doing little to remove. “How disheartening and soul-destroying is that? “This government has said they’re not having diversity as part of its football governance regime. But maybe we need to look at that again. An industry where nearly half the key staff are blocked from promotion is not a functioning one. “We need to get all the authorities in and we need to get serious about this problem, otherwise it will continue for generation after generation.” FA chief executive Mark Bullingham admitted in the foreword to this year’s FLDC report that the game was making “slower progress” towards diversifying at the executive, operations and coaching level than had been hoped. He believes mandating clubs to report workforce data represents a “critical change for football which futureproofs our approach for years to come”. “There is no silver bullet to solving these challenges and we know that this alone will not drive all of the change we want to see. “But publishing who we are, measuring that regularly and setting targets that stretch clubs to do better is a big step forward. It will be for clubs to set their own targets based on local factors, but it will help provide a clear statement that football is tackling diversity head-on.” Read More Wales boss Rob Page hails ‘great opportunity’ after Euro 2024 play-off draw PCA calls for action over ‘unsustainable’ men’s domestic cricket schedule Who are the contenders to replace Stephen Kenny as Republic of Ireland boss? On This Day in 2008 – Ricky Hatton dominates Paulie Malignaggi in Las Vegas New sponsor to help 460 clubs in Women’s FA Cup market themselves with AI app Stephen Kenny believes he leaves behind a ‘great job’ for Ireland successor

Bob Huggins has agreed to a three-game suspension and a $1 million pay cut after he used a homophobic slur during a radio show

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Today's MLS rumors include Alphonso Davies being linked with Chelsea. The Vancouver Whitecaps are interested in Davy Klaassen and Antonio Nocerino has joined Miami FC.

The United States is headed to the medal round of the Basketball World Cup after bouncing back from its first loss of the tournament in emphatic fashion

Manchester United and Bayern Munich have been offered the chance to sign PSG's Marco Verratti, who is in talks with Saudi Pro League side Al Ahli.

Organisers of the Berlin marathon pleaded with climate activists on Friday not to disrupt this weekend's race but said they...