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The Football Association has this Evening decided to scrap replays at the Quarter Final stage in a bid to ease fixture congestion for Premier League clubs. It’s a sign of the further eroding of the competition after Semi Final replays were scrapped from the 2000 edition of the competition onwards. …

Zamalek have withdrawn from the Egyptian Premier League because of “disastrous refereeing errors”. The club released a statement during Wednesday’s match between their rivals Al Ahly and Arab Contractors, who had two players sent off in the game. Zamalek, who won the title last year, are eight points behind leaders …

i It wouldn’t be a major tournament without the usual injury scare for England and this time it’s Daniel Sturridge who is hit by the on going curse. The Liverpool Forward was injured in training yesterday in preparation for Friday’s Friendly against Australia and now Roy Hodgson will be sweating …

French Centre Back Raphael Varane will miss next month’s European Championship after sustaining a thigh injury yesterday while training for Real Madrid in their preparations for Saturday’s Champions League Final against cross city rivals Atletico. It’s a personal double blow for Varane as he will also miss Saturday’s encounter after …

Don’t worry Tottenham fans it’s not Hugo Lloris departing for Anfield and I’ve incorrectly spelled his name in the article title it’s Liverpool who have been busy in the transfer market as they announce the signing of Loris Karius from Mainz. The Europa League Runners Up have signed Karius for …

Arsenal have announced their first signing of the Summer and they aren’t holding back in terms of spending money as earlier Today they announced the signing of Switzerland International Granit Xhaka. (I’m going to get my joke in early and say it’s a shame it wasn’t Liverpool as then we …

Newcastle may have already secured their most important signing of the Summer with Rafa Benitez announcing that he will stay on as Manager as the club prepares for life in the English Championship next season. Benitez came into the Newcastle hotseat with 10 matches to go and although he masterminded …

Yesterday it was announced that David Moyes had pulled out of the running to become the next Aston Villa Manager. He was one of three men interviewed for the job on Thursday but with Moyes’ withdrawal it is set to be a two horse race Last week Chinese Businessman Dr …

The worst kept secret in Football is out as earlier Today Manchester United sacked Dutchman Louis Van Gaal. The question has been asked for most of the season as to whether or not Van Gaal could stay in the Old Trafford hotseat and now it has finally been answered Since …

In one of his last acts as Italy Manager Antonio Conte has named a 30 man training squad for this Summer’s European Championship. Previous to that there was already a 4 day training camp selection in place but that has now been supplemented by players of both Juventus and A.C. …