Let's call it like it is: Jeff didn’t want to put the ~£1m it would take to truly push for promotion, and when it became possible they might get promoted he knew he wouldn’t be able to *avoid* spending £1-2m on a Championship team. The men's side spends £12m on agents fees.

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Putin is scared Ukrainian drones are going to disrupt his parade in Moscow...

To illustrate the scale of City's 30 Wembley appearances since 2011, Liverpool had 30 in their entire history before 2002 when "Old" Wembley was knocked down.

Players from Wolves Women feel their ultimately unsuccessful battle for promotion was "all for nothing" as the club had already decided not to apply to compete in the Women's Championship. Sources tell me more on the situation and the impact it has. bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

- Players ‘absolutely devastated’ Wolves didn't apply for promotion - No comment from the club today - Plus, here's some more detail on what we understand is included in the second-tier licence requirements, that any club wanting promotion must meet theguardian.com/football/2025/…

Today in 1970 Manchester City became the First English club to win a European & Domestic trophy in the same season. #NoHistory

Waiting to hear from Wolves Women FC on this matter. For now, it stinks and is just very disappointing. #wolveswomen talkSPORT to you

Kick-off in Sunday's huge promotion decider between Birmingham City Women and London City Lionesses is now 14.15 BST (was originally 14.00) to allow for the game to be shown live on Sky Sports. #BarclaysWC #BCFCwomen #LCLionesses

🇹🇷🤯 Turkish football has been attracting some record breaking attendance figures recently. Brilliant from Bursaspor and Eskişehirspor. 👏❤️

The head of Women's Football for Wolverhampton has resigned. But reportedly, the club's issues go far deeper and reflect a culture where women's sports are viewed as not worth the time or money.

📖 Hungary were the cover image of World Soccer's May 1978 issue.

Ukraine's government has now published the minerals deal agreed with the US yesterday. Here are the first 4 pages. Our Financial Times story on the deal here: ft.com/content/1ae70f…

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🇸🇯 All people are inspired by Bodø/Glimt's success 🇷🇺 With near 20% of the Russian territory is located beyond the Arctic Circle, we wonder who are the strongest football sides of this forgotten part of the world? Thread ⬇️

Chelsea winning the Conference League could see eighth in the Premier League get into the EUROPA League. It's all very complex, but if you want your mind blown the full breakdown can be found here. espn.co.uk/football/story…

How long before this happens?

🚨 🇸🇦 AL-AHLI QUALIFIED TO 2029 CLUB WORLD CUP! ✅ 🇸🇦 Al-Ahli secured their 2029 Club World Cup spot by defeating 🇯🇵 Kawasaki Frontale 2-0 in the 2025 AFC Champions League Final! 📈 🇸🇦 Al-Ahli are the FIRST CLUB that qualified to the 2029 Club World Cup. 31 more to go.

EXPLAINED: The new Premier League broadcast deal Link in thread below

The whole point of Putin‘s nuclear blackmail has been to benefit from the political capital and instigate a psychological effect on the Western societies by threatening with the use of the nuclear weapons.