Queens Park Rangers have announced the departure of Ian Holloway after 18 months in charge.
Holloway, whose side finished 16th in the Championship, was previously QPR s manager from 2001 to 2006, while he also played 170 times for the club.
Director of football Les Ferdinand said in a statement released on Thursday: We would like to place on record our sincere thanks to Ian for all his efforts.
His enthusiasm and passion for the club can never be questioned and we are immensely grateful to him for helping us during his time here. He will always be welcomed back to Loftus Road with open arms.
Thank you, Ollie!
— QPR FC (@QPRFC)
Reports have indicated former England manager Steve McClaren may be in line for the newly created vacancy a…
Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are thought to be looking for a new substitute goalkeeper and a replacement for Sven Ulreich, who will leave the Allianz Arena at the end of the current season.
And according to reports from Kicker, the Bavarians have set their sights on the Italian shot stopper Salvatore Sirigu.
The 30-year-old Paris Saint-Germain ‘keeper is currently loaned out to Osasuna, which is his second club this season following an unsuccessful loan spell at Sevilla at the beginning of the campaign.
The Italian international is not expected to return to Paris where he would be made the third choice behind Kevin Trapp and Alphonse Areola, which is why a move is on the cards.
Salvatore Sirigu is valued at €7 million, which is the amount Bayer…
The Football Association (FA) has apologised to survivors of historic child sexual abuse after an independent review found it did not do enough to keep children safe .
The Sheldon review examined the abuse of children within English football between 1970 and 2005 and criticised the FA for being too slow to implement protection measures between 1995 and May 2000.
Prior to the middle of 1995, the report said there was no evidence of the FA being aware of an abuse problem, but the period immediately afterwards came in for strong criticism.
“This was an institutional failing by the FA, for which there is no excuse,” the Sheldon review read.
It was also concluded that the FA did not act appropriately when serial sex offender Barry Bennell was released from…
Liverpool have announced the signing of Xherdan Shaqiri from Stoke City, the Switzerland international joining for a reported £13.75million.
Shaqiri has agreed a long-term contract at Anfield, although Liverpool have not confirmed the length of the deal.
The Switzerland international, who starred at the World Cup, reportedly had a release clause in his Stoke contract that allowed him to leave following their relegation from the Premier League.
Shaqiri completed his medical at Liverpool on Friday and the deal was confirmed by the club later in the day.
I m very happy to be here. It s a huge club with big history, big players and a fantastic coach. So I m really glad and happy to be here, Shaqiri told Liverpool s website.
As a player you always w…
Paul Konchesky s first Premier League goal since 2009 handed Leicester City a vital 1-0 win over Aston Villa.
The 33-year old was on hand to drive home a half-volley on the stroke of half-time to end a wait of over five years since his last top-flight strike and make it three league games unbeaten for the hosts.
Leicester enjoyed the better of the first-half exchanges with David Nugent at the centre of their best chances, the striker hitting the crossbar just before the opening goal.
Matty James saw red late on for a dangerous challenge on Jores Okore, an incident that also saw Villa s Ciaran Clark shown a second yellow for confronting the 23-year old.
Villa again struggled in front of goal, drawing a blank for the 12th time this season to leave Paul …
Real Madrid head coach Julen Lopetegui expects striker Borja Mayoral to leave following the signing of Mariano Diaz, but there will be no more arrivals.
Mariano rejoined Madrid after spending a single season at Lyon, where he scored 18 Ligue 1 goals, pushing Mayoral down Lopetegui s list of forward options.
Sevilla have been linked with a move for Mayoral after their deal with Lyon for Mariano collapsed when Madrid became interested in resigning the striker.
Mayoral, 21, started three LaLiga games last season and scored three times, hitting the net a further three times in the Copa del Rey.
Lopetegui, though, accepts Mayoral will want to move ahead of Friday s transfer deadline after seeing another striker arrive, which will limit his opportunities to pla…
Lille have completed the signing of Sao Paulo midfielder Thiago Mendes in a move said to be worth up to €9million, with Kevin Malcuit also arriving from Saint-Etienne.
Defensive midfielder Mendes has put pen to paper on a five-year contract with Lille and follows in the footsteps of Luiz Araujo, who left Sao Paulo for the Ligue 1 club in June.
Mendes won Brazil s Serie B with Goias in 2012 and, after two seasons in the top flight, moved to the Paulista giants and played a key role in their run to the 2016 Copa Libertadores semi-finals.
The 25-year-old expressed his delight at securing a European move and getting the chance to work under head coach Marcelo Bielsa.
Since I was a child, playing in Europe has always been a dream for me, Mendes told Lille s…
Carlo Ancelotti has paid the price for Bayern Munich s stuttering form, with the head coach sacked on Thursday following defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.
The ex-Real Madrid boss had been brought in to build on the fine work of Pep Guardiola, who departed for Manchester City, but he ultimately failed as Bayern drifted further away from Europe s elite evidenced in the reverse at the Parc des Princes.
While Ancelotti s reign was not without its successes, his side could not live up to the standards set under Guardiola as Bayern won three straight Bundesliga titles.
Here, we assess the low points of Ancelotti s tenure in Opta numbers.
STANDARDS SLIPPING
Ancelotti, of course, did win a Bundesliga title in his first seas…
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The domestic season may be over but the summer has only just begun. Between the Summer Olympics and the Euros we ve got a whole lot to look forward to and as the countdown to kick-off for the latter continues, we thought we d take a look at a friendly game between two of the teams set to take part. France and Wales will both participate in this year s rescheduled European Championship and while they may not be the favourites to some, underestimating them would be a huge mistake.
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If France are going to carry forward their success from the 2018 FIFA World Cup, they ll need to do so with some ruthless efficiency because their group is an absolute disaster zone for potential banana skins. They ll be t…
Dele Alli called for Tottenham to use the pain of defeat against Liverpool in the Champions League final to drive them on next season, but admitted that missing out on Europe s top prize was heartbreaking .
The England midfielder missed a number of opportunities at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano, where goals from Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi earned Liverpool glory in the continent s biggest competition for the sixth time on Saturday.
Tottenham will be in the Champions League again next season after finishing fourth in the Premier League and Alli said the memory of losing in Madrid could become a tool they use to better themselves.
It s heartbreaking, no one is really speaking, the 25-year-old told reporters.
We have to keep working, keep improving and t…