Beleaguered Everton and Nottingham Forest found some cheer in a troubling week for both clubs as they ground out victories over Crystal Palace and Blackpool respectively in FA Cup third-round replays.

Tottenham Hotspur’s Spanish left back Sergio Reguilon joined Brentford on loan until the end of the season after failing to impress at Manchester United.

Former Suva FC head coach, Babs Khan is set to lead Lautoka for the 2024 Pillay Garments Champion vs Champion series.

Defending champions Odisha FC dominated a 10-man Inter Kashi and notched up an easy 3-0 win in a Group D match of the Kalinga Super Cup at the Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch in Bhubaneswar.

Defending champions Qatar became the first team to advance to the knockout stages of the Asian Cup with a 1-0 win over Tajikistan after Akrim Afif scored to seal top spot for the hosts in Group A with a game to spare.

Fiji’s champion football club will be in a competitive group at the OFC Men’s Champions League 2024.

Fiji football’s women’s champions Labasa has been drawn in pool B of the OFC Women’s Champions League to be played in Honiara in the Solomon Islands in March.

Mali took advantage of an early let-off to beat South Africa 2-0 in the Africa Cup of Nations and take the lead in Group E.

Hertha Berlin president Kay Bernstein, a former ultra fan who surprisingly took over the presidency in 2022, has died at the age of 43, the club said in a statement.

A date has been set for the hearing into Manchester City’s alleged financial rule breaches, the Premier League’s CEO Richard Masters said.

Argentine Lionel Messi retained the FIFA men’s player of the year trophy, beating Manchester City’s treble-winning Norwegian striker Erling Haaland and France’s Paris St Germain forward Kylian Mbappe to the award.

Jordan crushed Malaysia 4-0 in the Asian Cup while Iraq cruised to a 3-1 win over Indonesia as the west Asian sides flexed their muscles in their respective group openers.