Football clubs around the world can now confirm their group stage opponents after football governing body FIFA conducted the draw for the inaugural edition of the FIFA Club World Cup scheduled to take place in the United States next year. The draw for the revamped tournament modelled after the Men’s and Women’s FIFA World Cup was conducted on Thursday, resulting …

Liverpool have completed the signing of Federico Chiesa from Juventus in a deal worth £12.5m. The fee for the winger is £10 million upfront, plus £2.5 million in add-ons, which are dependent on Liverpool winning the Premier League and Champions League. According to a post on Fabrizio Romano’s X handle on Thursday, the 26-year-old has signed a four-year contract at …

Super Falcons star, Jennifer Echegini, is excited after scoring a hat-trick — the first of her professional career — in Juventus’ 4-0 win over Fiorentina in the Serie A Femminile TIM. The 23-year-old’s stellar performance at the Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo Lamarmora in Biella propelled Juventus to their first victory since a 4-1 triumph over Napoli on 18 February. Echegini, …

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended for a doping offence, according to Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal. The test, performed after Juve’s victory at Udinese on 20 August, detected elevated levels of testosterone, a hormone that increases athletes’ endurance. Nado Italia, the anti-doping agency, said that Pogba was suspended provisionally with immediate effect. Pending a trial and testing of …

Juventus have been kicked out of next season’s Europa Conference League on Friday for breaching financial fair play rules, UEFA announced. The Italian giants were also fined 20 million euros ($22 million) with half that amount suspended. “Juventus violated UEFA’s regulatory framework…and it was decided to exclude Juventus from the 2023/24 UEFA men’s club competition,” said a UEFA statement. European …

Italian football chiefs have reversed Juventus’ 15-point deduction. With that, the Old Lady jumped into third place in the Serie A table. Juve are now ahead of Inter Milan and AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League places. They have seen the punishment revoked pending a new trial to further clarify their capital gains controversy, meaning the FIGC Federal Court …