Ivorian defender Eric Bailly has returned to Villarreal on a free transfer until June 2025, the LaLiga club said late on Saturday.

France’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has joined Major League Soccer club team Los Angeles FC from Tottenham Hotspur, both clubs said.

Wolverhampton Wanderers outclassed Everton 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday to extend their unbeaten run at home to eight games with goals from Maximilian Kilman, Matheus Cunha and Craig Dawson.

Manchester City ended a run of three successive Premier League home draws with a comfortable 2-0 victory over bottom club Sheffield United to round off a memorable year.

Aston Villa got back to winning ways and climbed into second place in the Premier League.

Manchester United suffered a 2-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest on Saturday as the home side piled more misery on their beleaguered visitors with goals from Nicolas Dominguez and Morgan Gibbs-White securing the points at a rocking City Ground.

The Suva Football Association says it will not be commenting on the matter regarding their striker, Azariah Soromon.

AC Milan midfielder Ismael Bennacer is back in the Algeria squad for next month’s African Nations Cup finals for the first time after undergoing knee surgery in May.

Serie A leaders Inter Milan were held to a 1-1 draw away to Genoa on Friday as Marko Arnautovic’s first league goal for the club was cancelled out by a header from Radu Dragusin.

Odisha FC pulled off a dominant win over Jamshedpur FC in a high-octane match as the Juggernauts entered the Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 season break high on confidence.

Tunisia will be without Manchester United’s Hannibal Mejbri at the African Cup of Nations as the midfielder decided he was not ready to be in the squad, manager Jalel Kadri said.

Los Angeles FC reportedly are in talks to bring World Cup-winning goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to MLS.