Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr accused Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico of banking on public confusion over the equal time statute to drive clicks and donations.
Last week, Talarico appeared on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," but the liberal late-night host insisted the interview had to air on YouTube, instead of broadcast television, because the FCC has "threatened" the network.
The White House previously said Kimmel was "play-acting," because the FCC did not threaten him regarding interviewing Talarico, or any other candidate.
Carr responded on Saturday to an account on X that complained Talarico was relegated to YouTube, but Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was allowed to appear on ESPN's "College Gameday." The chairman blasted Talarico, noting that the equal time statute doesn't apply to ESPN and does not prohibit anyone from interviewing anyone on broadcast TV.
Kimmel Reveals He's Interviewing James Talarico Under 'Unusual Circumstances,' Citing Fcc Threats

#kimmel

It was a script that not even the most optimistic Italian fans could have written. Taking a grid penalty that relegated him to the back row of the grid, championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli appeared to be strictly on a damage-limitation run. Instead, the 20-year-old Mercedes prodigy delivered the drive of his life, executing a massive number of overtakes to carve through the entire field and secure a sensational victory at the 2026 Italian Grand Prix.
With the breathtaking win, Antonelli became the first Italian driver to win at Monza since Ludovico Scarfiotti achieved the feat for Ferrari exactly 60 years ago in 1966.
Antonelli's path to the top step of the podium required slicing past 18 different cars on track, systematically hunting down the leaders before a late Virtual Safety Car gave him the tire advantage he needed to pass his teammate, George Russell.
Speaking to the media in the aftermath of the historic victory, the young Italian was visibly overwhelmed by the scale of his achievement. When asked if he ever imagined he could go from 19th to becoming the first Italian to win the race in six decades, Antonelli was almost speechless.
"And yeah, unbelievable. Unbelievable," Antonelli admitted. "I'm so happy, and I could have never imagined to be here today, but you know, we managed to pull it off, and I'm really, really happy."

#italian #unbelievable #first #happy

Former Peterborough United and Hull City striker - and Final Score pundit - Aaron McLean gives his five takeaways following Saturday's action in the Championship, League One and League Two.
Russell Martin's Leicester are 17th in League One having only won one of their opening five league matches [Getty Images]
Questions are already being asked about Russell Martin after Leicester fell to a 4-0 defeat by Oxford United at the King Power Stadium. The Foxes are looking for a return to the Championship at the first time of asking after being relegated last season.
McLean: "I think that it's been difficult for Russell to come into a club that over the past couple of seasons has been on a constant decline and there's been a huge turnover of players.
"His biggest challenge is changing the environment and the mindset of the players. He's also at a club where there's huge pressure being in League One. For a club of that magnitude it's unacceptable.

#championship

The draw for the second round of the 2026/27 DFB-Pokal took place at the German Football Museum in Dortmund on Saturday evening, producing four ties between Bundesliga clubs and an intriguing reunion between defending champions Bayern Munich and 1. FC Magdeburg.
Bayern will host Magdeburg in a repeat of one of the more memorable cup shocks of the modern era. Then-2. Bundesliga side Magdeburg eliminated the record champions on penalties in the second round of the 2000/01 competition. This time, however, the underdogs will have to attempt another upset at the Allianz Arena.
Elsewhere, Borussia Dortmund host Werder Bremen while 1. FC Cologne welcome Union Berlin. Hamburger SV face Eintracht Frankfurt at the Volksparkstadion and Bundesliga newcomers SC Paderborn host VfB Stuttgart in the remaining top-flight encounter.
Three sides from below Germany's top two divisions remain in the competition. Regionalliga outfit SSV Jeddeloh II, who stunned relegated Bundesliga club Heidenheim 5-2 in the opening round, were rewarded with a home tie against Hertha BSC. Rot-Weiss Essen host RB Leipzig while SG Sonnenhof Großaspach welcome FC Augsburg.
The second-round fixtures will be played on October 27 and 28. Exact kickoff times will be confirmed at a later date.

#bayern

The Hoops spent much of the window searching for reinforcements on the left side of defence after it became clear Marcelo Saracchi would not be returning to Parkhead.
Amass emerged as one potential option, with The Athletic reporting that Celtic expressed an interest in the highly-rated 19-year-old following his successful loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday.
The youngster had been expected to leave Old Trafford permanently this summer, but Manchester United's failure to bring in another left-back means he is now set to remain at the club.
Celtic were far from alone in pursuing Amass. Stoke City, Birmingham City, Millwall, QPR and Burnley were also interested, with the latter reportedly having a £3.5million bid rejected.
Sporting in Portugal and recently-relegated Bundesliga side Wolfsburg were among his admirers on the continent.

#celtic #left #hoops

Just before the transfer window closed, Bayern Munich academy players Luis Schäfer and Nana Gibson Adu moved on to pastures anew.
Bayern's official website confirmed Schäfer's departure. The center back came off of a fairly good 2025/26 season, in which he captained the U-19s and subsequently moved up to the U-23s. Filip Pavic's rising star, however, saw him relegated to a distant bench option for the Bavarians' second team and, after starting in the first match of the season, he has not gotten a minute in the 4 games since. One can presume he left for partner club SpVgg Unterhaching to get more game time, which puts an end to his 9 years at the FC Bayern Campus. Good luck in your future endeavors, Schäfer!
Meanwhile, Nana Gibson Adu's time at Bayern was much shorter. In fact, the striker came from Unterhaching at the start of their partnership with Bayern. He was seen as a huge talent and had already played in the 3. Liga at the tender age of 16. Unfortunately, Gibson Adu committed several disciplinary infractions and never really developed at Bayern. In 2025, a loan to Austrian club SCR Altach went through on deadline day but he had to return just two weeks later after he was denied a playing permit by UEFA. Bayern wanted nothing more to do with him, though, and banished him out on loan back to Unterhaching as soon as November that same year.
Now, iMiaSanMia_GER captures the news that he has permanently left Munich to go to fourth division side Greifswalder FC for a two year deal with an option for another year. Good luck, Gibson Adu.
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#unterhaching #good

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Earlier this offseason, it had appeared as if freshman Salesi Moa and Texas transfer Jaime Ffrench each had the inside edge to be Michigan football's No. 3 wide receiver. Then, early in fall camp, it had appeared as if freshman Travis Johnson was surging. However, on Monday night, head coach Kyle Whittingham surprised many by naming junior receiver Channing Goodwin as the third guy behind Andrew Marsh and JJ Buchanan.
Goodwin opened up the season last year as a starter opposite Semaj Morgan. But drops in his first four games relegated him to the bench in favor of then-freshman Andrew Marsh. However, with a new coaching staff having fresh eyes, mixed with Goodwin finding his groove in fall camp, he emerged as the next option behind the starting duo playing out wide.
"Channing, we didn't have him in the spring because he was out coming back from his surgery," Beck said. "So it was really great getting him back in this fall camp. And he's just really steady, knows what to do, very football intelligent, really dependable and consistent."
While Goodwin will be heavily featured, he won't be the only other receiver to see the field. The aforementioned trio -- Moa, Ffrench, Johnson -- will also play, along with Kendrick Bell and perhaps Jamar Browder or Jacob Washington.
Beck said that the 'starters' are the trio of Marsh, Buchanan, and Goodwin, but that doesn't mean they'll always be the first players on the field for the first offensive down of any given game.

#goodwin

Oisin McConville will remain Wicklow senior football boss for the 2027 season after leading the county to this year's dramatic Tailteann Cup triumph.
McConville, who was appointed before the 2023 season, masterminded the Garden County's stunning comeback in the Tailteann Cup final against Down as they rallied from 13 points down to beat the favourites 1-21 to 2-16 at Croke Park.
The win guaranteed Wicklow's place in the 2027 All-Ireland series and McConville will remain in place for the campaign.
Before competing for the Sam Maguire, the 50-year-old will hope to guide the Leinster county out of Division Four having narrowly missed out on promotion in the past two seasons.
McConville - an All-Ireland winner with Armagh in 2002 - steered Wicklow to promotion to Division Three in 2023, but they were relegated the following year.

#wicklow #down #season

Burnley have signed Leeds United forward Largie Ramazani on loan until the end of the season with an obligation to make the move permanent in the summer.
The 25-year-old Belgian joined the Whites from Spanish side Almeria in August 2024 and scored six goals in 29 league appearances as they won the Championship ***** le.
He spent last season on loan with La Liga side Valencia.
"I have experience from playing in this league and creating that winning environment, so I'm hoping I can bring something to the team on and off the pitch," he told the club website.
The Clarets, who host Middlesbrough on Wednesday, have taken just one point from their opening three Championship games after being relegated last season.

#championship #last #burnley #leeds

As the Cowboys ****** emble their 2026 practice squad, they're not limiting themselves just to their own training camp players who didn't quite make the 53-man roster.
On Monday, the team announced they will be signing three-year veteran offensive lineman and Super Bowl LVIII winner Wanya Morris to the scout team.
Morris, 25, was originally a third-round draft pick by the Chiefs back in 2023. The former Tennessee and Oklahoma product started four games as a rookie for Kansas City and got into another 11 contests en route to their Super Bowl win over the 49ers. The following season, he started 11 games and saw time in every regular-season tilt, even catching a pass for a touchdown along the way.
The Georgia native was relegated to backup duty to start the 2025 campaign but still found the field in 12 games, until a December knee injury cut his season short.
The Falcons traded for Morris in June, but he did not survive Sunday's roster cutdown and went unclaimed on waivers.

#super #bowl #started #Monday

The Pittsburgh Steelers finalized their initial 53-man roster, but keeping four quarterbacks, Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Will Howard, and Drew Allar, came with severe systemic trade-offs.
On a recent episode of the "Locked on Steelers" podcast, host Christopher Carter of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sounded the alarm on how ****** ding signal-callers has severely compromised positional depth across the rest of the team.
"If you keep four quarterbacks, it's going to leave some holes somewhere that you're going to have to fill," Carter explained. "And lo and behold, they kept four quarterbacks and there are some serious holes that got to be filled."
The structural crunch is felt most acutely on the offensive line and in the secondary. The Steelers enter the regular season carrying just three active offensive tackles: starting left tackle Troy Fautanu, likely starting right tackle Dylan Cook, and rookie Max Iheanachor.
With Jack Driscoll relegated to short-term injured reserve, Pittsburgh lacks a true, proven swing tackle.

#steelers #holes

January was a busy month for the Oregon Ducks. Not only did they beat the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Orange Bowl and lose to the Indiana Hoosiers in the Peach Bowl, but they lost 30 players from the 2025 roster — plus one recruit — to the transfer portal.
The losses were especially felt along the defensive line and edge rusher positions, with seven guys that fit in that category departing for other programs. But such is life for a big-time program in college football, where an influx of blue-chip recruits commit to play for the Ducks each year.
There are only 11 players on the field at one time, making the reality of a number of talented former four- and five-stars being relegated to rotational or reserve roles a real occurrence each year for the Ducks. Having spent a year, two years, even three years in the Oregon program having not received much play time and without a viable path to play time, it's understandable for players lower on the depth chart to look elsewhere for time on the field.
That's exactly what those 30 players from last season's roster did this offseason, all of whom landed with new programs and potentially with bigger roles.
With Week 1 of the 2026 college football season kicking off soon, we provided a refresh of where each of Oregon's outgoing transfers from this offseason landed in the transfer portal.

#ducks #play

Santa Cruz depends only on itself to advance to the next stage in Série CCredits: Savyo Miguel / Santa Cruz
The final round of the first phase of Brazil's Série C will feature all ten matches this Saturday (29), all kicking off at 5 p.m. Every game still has something at stake: from qualification for the second phase for the top eight teams to the battle against relegation.
So far, Brusque, Botafogo-PB, Paysandu, and Inter de Limeira have already secured places in the next phase. At the bottom of the table, Confiança has already been relegated to Série D in 2027.
Itabaiana, Barra, and Anápolis are fighting to avoid the drop. This year, only two teams will be relegated to the Fourth Division.
Volta Redonda and Ituano are the only teams with nothing left to play for in the final round of Série C: they can no longer finish in the top eight and are safe from the bottom two.

#phase #next #round #already

Gabriel Bannigan has stepped down from his role as Monaghan manager after two years at the helm.
Bannigan initially joined Monaghan as part of Vinny Corey's management team in 2022 before succeeding Corey as boss in 2024.
Under Bannigan, Monaghan won the Division Two **** le in 2025 and reached successive All-Ireland quarter-finals where they were knocked out by Donegal and then Louth.
The Farney men were relegated from Division One this year after a tough league campaign in which they failed to pick up a point.
They bounced back well in the Ulster SFC with wins over Cavan and Derry but suffered an extra-time defeat against Armagh in the decider.

#vinny #corey #donegal

NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has warned that the country could find it increasingly difficult to arrange bilateral series with top teams if the national side continues to struggle. Moin, who played 69 Tests and 219 ODIs for Pakistan, also criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the national selectors for the way the cricket system has been handled in recent years.
Moin said Pakistan have struggled across formats, particularly in Test cricket. He fears the situation could get worse if the team's poor results continue.

"We have been struggling in all formats but notably in test matches and if this trend continues I am afraid people will lose interest in Pakistan cricket," Moin said on a podcast.

He warned that Pakistan could slip down the cricketing order and face problems in attracting top teams for bilateral series.

"We might find ourselves relegated to the bottom half of the cricket world finding it difficult to get bilateral series with top teams.

"I blame the frequent changes being made by the board in the cricket system including appointments/removal of captains, coaches, players and the inexplicable calls made by the national selectors.

"Unless you don't have continuity, stability and faith in a captain, coach or players, how can you expect to achieve good results," he said.
Moin said repeated changes in domestic cricket and the national team have affected Pakistan badly. According to him, the uncertainty has also resulted in players losing confidence in the system.

The former wicketkeeper-batter also said the PCB often makes decisions based on the people in power at a particular time rather than following a consistent institutional approach.

"Whenever a chairman and management team is changed you see things change in our cricket system which are not necessarily productive. So where is the stability?," he asked.
Moin also held some of the players responsible for the current situation. He expressed disappointment with the approach of players who, according to him, are not spending enough time improving their skills and cricketing temperament.

"I don't want to harp on the past but to me it seems most players nowadays don't give enough time to developing their skills and cricket temperament. It is more about how much money we can make in leagues rather than setting and reaching personal goals of excellence as a cricketer."

He said financial rewards would follow if a player first focused on performing successfully for the national team.

"When I played we earned in lakhs. Nowadays players earn in crores but players must also remember nothing is greater than playing for your country with success."
Moin said he had given similar advice to his son, Azam Khan, who has played T20 internationals for Pakistan. He said representing the country should take priority over private leagues.

"I guess priorities have changed for players now. The PCB and selectors have not helped by devaluing the P

Birmingham City are trying to hijack Young Boys' attempts to sign FC Nantes winger Herba Guirassy (19), according to a report from Sacha Tavolieri.
Guirassy accrued Ligue 1 experience at Nantes last season. He played 20 times in Ligue 1, scoring twice, however, it was a disastrous season for Les Canaris, who were relegated to Ligue 2. The FCN academy product has featured prominently in the opening gameweeks of this season, too. In three games in Ligue 2, he has one goal.
However, Nantes have lost all three of their games, sit rock bottom of the league, and have now just sacked their manager, Michal Der Zakarian. Grégory Poirier has come in but Guirassy may not have the chance to play under the former Red Star coach. Interest in acquiring Guirassy is growing. Swiss side Young Boys had already been in talks to sign the France U21 international, however, Birmingham City are trying to hijack the deal and have submitted a bid of their own. Talks are ongoing.
GFFN | Luke Entwistle

#season #birmingham #city

Paderborn return to the German top-flight this season following their promotion play-off victory over Wolfsburg. The club return to the Bundesliga for the first time since relegation following the 2019/20 season, having finished 18th.
Paderborn previously had two spells in the Bundesliga, in 2014/15 and 2019/20, being relegated both times after just one season.
Survival will be their main goal, but just how likely is that?
They will face Mainz in their opener at the MEWA Arena on Saturday, August 29.
Paderborn had a reasonably impressive preseason. After thrashing the amateur Blau-Weiß Ostenland 18-0, they went on to get some decent results, losing only one match (2-0 against Magdeburg).

#bundesliga

Not to everyone's delight, Elversberg are active in the transfer market ahead of their first-ever top-flight season. The smallest town to be represented in Bundesliga is backed by investor Frank Holzer, who is the head of pharmaceutical company Ursapharm, which didn't go well with the traditional ethos of German football.
After missing out on a promotion the previous season with a narrow defeat to Heidenheim in the playoff, Elversberg faced a similar scare in the final month of the 2. Bundesliga campaign. A defeat to eventually relegated Fortuna Düsseldorf made them wait until the final matchday of the season to write history.
The club from a town of 13,000 inhabitants has only made the jump to the second division in 2023. Despite the promising 2024/25 campaign, few predicted them to be around the top once again since their long-serving coach Horst Steffen was poached by Werder Bremen, while top scorers Fisnik Asllani and Muhammed Damar returned to their parent club Hoffenheim.
And, in the middle of the season, 12-goal hero Younes Ebnoutalib joined Eintracht Frankfurt. To their credit, Vincent Wagner's side maintained their momentum after the departure of the Moroccan attacker with David Mokwa proving to be the perfect replacement.
Their form at the Ursapharm-Arena an der Kaiserlinde was a big factor as Hertha and Schalke were the only teams to return home with three points. In the end, Elversberg followed the latter to win automatic promotion to Bundesliga.

#elversberg #PROMOTION #final #campaign

West Brom is mourning the death of one of its former players after he collapsed on the pitch over the weekend.
Quévin Castro collapsed while playing in a friendly for Real Sport Clube, a club in a lower division of Portuguese football, against Estrela da Amadora on Saturday, Aug. 22. The Lisbon Football ******* ociation and Real Sport Clube announced on social media later that day that the 25-year-old had died.
"We are devastated to learn of the untimely passing of our former player Quevin Castro," West Brom said in a statement on social media with a photo of the midfielder holding the Premier League Cup trophy.
Castro, who is from Portugal, made his debut for West Brom's first team in 2021 during the Carabao Cup match against ******* nal and played in 2022 for the Sky Bet Championship against Swansea City. He scored a goal in West Brom's U23 Premier League Cup victory over Wolverhampton, which was ultimately decided by a penalty shootout.
West Brom, which was relegated from the EPL in 2021, paid tribute to Castro during their home match at The Hawthorns on Sunday, Aug. 23 against Burnley. The players wore black armbands and there was a celebration of life where the crowd applauded at the 25th minute to honor his age.

#castro

The LIV Golf season (and league as we know it) is over.
A handful of golfers were relegated from the league following the conclusion of LIV Golf Indianapolis on Sunday at The Club at Chatham Hills. Michael La Sasso became the league's youngest winner, but him winning knocked one of his HyFlyers teammates below the relegation line.
LIV Golf insists the league's next iteration will continue in 2027, but some tumultuous weeks are likely to follow and will determine whether LIV does exist into the future. If it does, however, it will look nothing like it did in 2026.
If LIV 2.0 does happen, these players are going to have to find new pathways back onto the league after being relegated.
These are the 12 LIV golfers who are being relegated from the league after 2026 LIV Golf Indianapolis:

#relegated #sunday

good morning everyone – Isn't it good to have football back?
One of the questions I've been asking myself today is, "How did I not know Marcus Edwards plays for Burnley?", which is quickly followed by, "Have I been living under a rock?"
These are the kinds of questions you ask yourself when you watch the EFL Championship. The Clarets were relegated last year to the second tier, where their season has not gotten off to a good start. They lost 1-3 to West Brom in the second match. Usually you'd expect Burnley to make another automatics charge, but this feels different.
What I noticed watching the WBA-Burnley match on Sunday was one Marcus Edwards. The former Tottenham Hotspur starlet is in his first full season with the club after being loaned there in February by Sporting CP.
He's had a very odd career. Mauricio Pochettino compared him to Lionel Messi (that didn't pan out).

#second #match #isn 't

Manchester City showed improvement from the side who were bashed 3-0 by ******* nal in last Sunday's Community Shield - but for most of this game it looked as if Enzo Maresca was going to start with consecutive defeats.
Replacing a legend is always difficult - as David Moyes experienced when Sir Alex Ferguson left neighbours Manchester United in 2013 - and the late comeback will come as a major relief in their first Premier League game without Pep Guardiola in a decade.
City did not exactly promote from within when hiring Maresca, who quit as Chelsea manager at the start of 2026, but the Italian was Guardiola's City ******* istant in 2022-23 and would perhaps be seen as something of a continuity candidate.
It was a very shaky start though and they went 1-0 down at home on the opening day of a Premier League campaign for the first time since 1995-96 - the season they ended up being relegated.
Maresca's team selection confused many, with six players who have played most of their City games in defence starting on Sunday - including Guehi in midfield.

#manchester #premier #league #game

A new era of the Premier League begins on Friday as defending champions **** nal kick off what looks to one of the most unpredictable seasons in years.
Pep Guardiola's departure from Manchester City following a decade of dominance coincides with **** nal's return as defending champions for the first time 22 years. Mikel Arteta is now the longest-serving Premier League manager and the relative stability at the Gunners comes in sharp contrast to the upheaval across the top-flight.
Nine Premier League clubs have changed managers over the summer, while Michael Carrick and Roberto De Zerbi begin their first full seasons at Manchester United and Tottenham, respectively. There are many unknowns across the Premier League, with Andoni Iraola taking charge of Liverpool and Xabi Alonso arriving at Chelsea.
Coventry City, Ipswich Town and Hull City were promoted from the Championship last season, replacing the relegated West Ham, Burnley and Wolves, and will hope to take inspiration from a Sunderland side who qualified for Europe last term in their first season back in the top-flight.
How does it play out this time? This is our predicted table...

#premier #manchester #seasons

Having spent the last season on loan at Leicester City, Jordan James (22) has once again returned to the EFL Championship, this time signing for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
James joined Stade Rennais from Birmingham City for a reported €5m fee back in the summer of 2024. However, the Wales international has struggled for game time at Roazhon Park. He has made just 25 appearances for the Breton club. Last season, he spent the season out on loan at Leicester City. The season ended in a failure and a relegation to League One.
Once again, James has been loaned out to a club relegated from the Premier League, Wolves. The Welsh midfielder has joined the club on a season-long loan deal from Rennes. His move to Molineux also includes the option to make the move permanent at the end of the campaign, as confirmed by the English club in Wednesday's press release.
GFFN | Luke Entwistle

#james #club #league #once

In José Mourinho's interview on 'El Chiringuito', there were many headline-making moments, but one of them was about the 'Negreira Case'.
You can watch the full interview here.
He said: "It is in the hands of the courts. Let's see what the courts do. Without knowing who Negreira was, without even knowing that was his name, when I was here, I smelled something. You could feel something strange. I didn't know who it was, but it was strange. The only thing I see now is justice."
And he continued: "If the vice president of the referees is being paid, is that manipulation of the competition? Obviously. Have the courage to look people in the eye. In Italy they did it with 'Calciopoli'. Should Barça have been relegated to the Second Division? You tell me. La Liga has to have Barcelona."
What do you think about it? We'll read you in the comments.

#negreira #courts

Wolverhampton Wanderers have signed Wales midfielder Jordan James on loan with an option to buy at the end of the season.
The 26-times capped international returns to the Midlands almost two years on from leaving boyhood club Birmingham City for French Ligue 1 club Rennes in a reported £4m deal.
James spent last season back in England on loan in the East Midlands at Leicester City. But, despite his 11 goals from midfield, helping him to be voted player of the season, the Foxes were relegated to League One.
James featured 24 times for Rennes in 2024-25 across all competitions while in the Brittany capital.
"Jordan is a box-to-box midfielder, with a lot of quality, and knows the Championship well which is important for us," head coach Cesar Peixoto told Wolves' website.

#james #midfielder

German striker Danny Schmidt is relishing the "big challenge" of playing outside his homeland for the first time after joining St Johnstone.
Schmidt, who was released by Fortuna Dusseldorf this summer, has signed a two-year deal in Perth.
The 23-year-old, 6ft 2in forward came through the ranks at Mainz before joining Fortuna two years ago, going on score five goals in 39 appearances for the club who were relegated from the second tier last season. He also had a loan spell at RW Essen.
"Everyone has welcomed me so nicely," said Schmidt. "It is a family club and I already feel really good here.
"This is a big challenge for me and it is my first time out of Germany. Of course, it is the top league in Scotland and everything is new to me. But I am so excited for what can happen.

#schmidt #fortuna #first #danny

Patrice Evra has nothing but praise for Vincent Kompany, and he believes the Bayern Munich manager deserves far more recognition for what he has accomplished.
Evra pointed to Kompany's journey from being relegated with Burnley to taking charge of one of the biggest clubs in world football as proof of his character and managerial ability.
"And what he's done with Bayern, after getting relegated with Burnley? Bayern are not crazy. Like myself, I'm not crazy. I could see Kompany was always a manager. I see the way when he was talking at City on the pitch or whatever. So he has had it for a long time and he can deal with ego.
"You saw some clip when he was at Burnley, when a player wasn't doing what he wanted, he was going crazy. They respected him because he's someone who achieved a lot of things and he won a lot of things. So he doesn't get the credit he deserves," Evra told Stake.
Kompany faced plenty of skepticism when Bayern Munich appointed him, particularly after Burnley's relegation. However, he quickly silenced many of his critics and established himself as a coach capable of handling the pressure, expectations and egos that come with managing Bayern Munich.

#manager #relegated

Thirty-three days after the World Cup ended, the Premier League season begins on Aug. 21, filled with storylines as usual.
Can ***** nal repeat? Which big clubs will bounce back and which will struggle? How will all the new managers fare? Will a newly-promoted team stay up? Can anyone score more goals than Erling Haaland?
These questions will take nine drama-filled months to answer, though clues lie in last season's numbers. Each team's players have changed to some extent, but enough holdovers remain to use underlying stats as part of this season's projections.
For example, before last season Wolverhampton's underlying numbers had suggested relegation danger for several years, and Bournemouth's hinted at the ability to push for Champions League. Both omens came to fruition, as Wolves finally went down, and the Cherries took sixth.
The numbers aren't foolproof, of course. No stats indicated Tottenham would nearly get relegated, that Chelsea would barely finish in the top half, or that ***** nal would have perhaps the best set-piece season ever. That's the fun in sports of course. You never quite know what you're going to get, but that doesn't prevent us from taking our best shots.

#stats #course

A new era of the Premier League begins on Friday as defending champions ***** nal kick off what looks to one of the most unpredictable seasons in years.
Pep Guardiola's departure from Manchester City following a decade of dominance coincides with ***** nal's return as defending champions for the first time 22 years. Mikel Arteta is now the longest-serving Premier League manager and the relative stability at the Gunners comes in sharp contract to the upheaval across the top-flight.
Nine Premier League clubs have changed managers over the summer, while Michael Carrick and Roberto De Zerbi begin their first full seasons at Manchester United and Tottenham, respectively. There are many unknowns across the Premier League, with Andoni Iraola taking charge of Liverpool and Xabi Alonso arriving at Chelsea.
Coventry City, Ipswich Town and Hull City were promoted from the Championship last season, replacing the relegated West Ham, Burnley and Wolves, and will hope to take inspiration from a Sunderland who qualified for Europe last term in their first season back in the top-flight.
How does it play out this time? This is our predicted table...

#manchester #seasons #years