League regulations normally require players to wear their registered names, with ANFP rules stating that "nicknames, appellations or sobriquets" are not permitted on official match shirts.

Mohamed Salah is in "transfer negotiations" with Trabzonspor and is expected to arrive in Turkey on Wednesday for talks, the Black Sea club said Tuesday.

Multiple US cities that hosted World Cup matches are seeking millions of dollars they believe world soccer's governing body FIFA promised them, The Athletic reported on Tuesday.

Brazil forward Neymar has brushed aside his father's suggestion that he could still return to the national team for the 2030 World Cup, insisting the decision rests with him alone.

Real Madrid's Brazil forward Vinicius Jr is settling into life under new manager Jose Mourinho with a smile on his face, even as uncertainty swirls around his future at the Santiago Bernabeu.

France's former Sports Minister Marie-George Buffet has admitted that surprise anti-doping tests on the France national team were suspended in the build-up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, contradicting sworn testimony she gave to a French Senate committee in 2013.

Lionel Messi has donated €80,000 to support the reconstruction of Spain's wildfire-ravaged Sierra Oeste region, extending a helping hand to communities devastated by the recent blaze in the Madrid area.

Jordan Football Association President Ali bin Hussein launched a public attack on FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Tuesday, accusing him of "blackmail" and claiming FIFA offered to help solve the kingdom's problems in exchange for his endorsement.

Arsenal have stepped up talks with Newcastle in a bid to sign Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, according to reports on Tuesday.

Gianni Infantino's bid for a fourth and final term as FIFA president next March is increasingly shaping up as a political battle, with his once-solid global support beginning to fracture even as Africa appears determined to remain his strongest pillar.

Reigning league champions Bashundhara Kings, runners-up Abahani and Fakirerpool Young Mens Club are set to get three more days to resolve their FIFA registration bans after the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) extended the deadline for submitting club licensing documents until August 7.

The Premier League has never been afraid of change. Players come and go, fortunes rise and fall, owners rewrite club identities almost overnight. Yet for nearly four decades there was always a familiar figure standing in one of English football's biggest technical areas.

The crisis triggered by FIFA President Gianni Infantino's abandoned proposal to sell off a stake in the World Cup deepened on Tuesday with influential executives publicly distancing themselves from the project while scrambling to contain the damage.

Fans wearing red and black AC Milan shirts, former team mates and opponents bade farewell to Franco Baresi as the funeral of the much-loved defender was held at the city's Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio on Tuesday.

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said the decision to scrap FIFA president Gianni Infantino's controversial plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup was "absolutely necessary and beyond question".

Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen joined Ajax on loan for the 2026/27 season on Tuesday.

New AC Milan coach Ruben Amorim vowed on Tuesday to honour the legacy of club legend Franco Baresi, who died last week, as he sets about reviving the fortunes of the ailing Italian giants.

Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Claudio Tapia has described the current national team as the greatest in the country's history, saying their record of reaching five finals and winning four sets them apart from every previous generation.

The Portuguese playmaker, who officially began life as a Real Madrid player on Tuesday, said the club's unmatched history and winning culture left him with no doubts when the offer arrived.

The commemorative shirt features the slogan prominently on the front, reaffirming Argentina's long-standing claim over the Falkland Islands, which the country refers to as the Islas Malvinas.