Mary Earps has left Manchester United ahead of her anticipated switch to Paris Saint-Germain.

Reports emerged earlier this week that the England goalkeeper, who won FIFA Best awards in 2022 and 2023, would be joining PSG upon the expiration of her contract with United.

Earps joined United in 2019 and has played a key role in their rise up to the upper echelons of the women s game, and helped the club win their first piece of silverware when they thrashed Tottenham in the women s FA Cup final in May.

However, the 31-year-old has turned down a contract offer from United and is now destined to head to France.

What a player. What a person. What a journey.

We ll see you soon, Mearps

— Manchester United Women (@ManUtdWomen)

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With time ticking away to salvage European football from a disappointing season, Napoli will host southern rivals AS Roma at Stadio Maradona on Sunday evening.

The Derby del Sole occurs against the backdrop of Napoli s recent loss to Empoli and the subsequent crowning of Inter Milan as Italian champions. On the other hand, Roma find themselves on the brink of securing a return to the Champions League, adding to the significance of the fixture.

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After settling for a disappointing 2-2 draw with Frosinone just days prior, Napoli faced another setback against struggling Serie A side Empoli last Saturday, enduring a toothless 1-0 defeat at Stadio Carlo Castellani.

The defeat marked a new low in Napoli s dismal title d…

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Looking to make it back-to-back World Cup qualifying victories in the early hours of Wednesday, Brazil will travel to Paraguay.

Paraguay

Starting with the hosts, while Paraguay might have eventually snatched a 0-0 stalemate away at Uruguay over the weekend, Gustavo Alfaro’s men have drastically struggled to find any kind of stability. Enduring a public Copa America nightmare during the summer as they lose all of their three Group D appearances by an aggregate score of 8-3, the Guaranies have another stern examination on the cards here. Signing off 2023 with a 1-0 defeat at home against Colombia, Paraguay have recorded just a pair of victories from any of their previous 13 appearances across all competitions. Pencilled in as a real un…

Newcastle United are interested in signing Angel Gomes in the summer of 2025, according to . The report has noted that Gomes is out of contract at Ligue 1 club Lille at the end of the season, and that Premier League outfit Newcastle are keen on snapping him on a free transfer.

Gomes has been on the books of Lille since 2020 when he joined after leaving Manchester United. The England international midfielder has been superb for the French club and has established himself as one of the better midfielders in Ligue 1.

The 24-year-old has made two starts and one substitute appearance in Ligue 1 and has played once in the UEFA Champions League for Lille this season. Gomes scored two goals and gave six assists in 34 Ligue 1 starts in 2022-23 and provided eight assists in 29 Li…

Valencia striker Jonas says that he hopes 2012 will prove to be a successful year for his side.

Speaking on the eve of his team s Copa del Rey encounter with Sevilla on Thursday, the 27-year-old said he is looking forward to the second part of the season with great optimism, on both a personal and collective level.

It s a different year, I hope it s a year of achievements and we win a title. I want to continue doing things right, said Jonas.

I m very happy here and I want to finish the season with the goals accomplished. I want to add more goals and assists and collaborate more with my team-mates.

Jonas said Valencia would leave no stone unturned in their quest to win La Liga and the Europa League this campaign.

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Stephy Mavididi’s equaliser means Leicester City and Everton are still waiting for their first win of the campaign after a 1-1 draw in torrential rain at the King Power Stadium.

After losing their opening four matches in the Premier League, Sean Dyche’s side are off the mark for the season but will have to wait for their first three points.

Iliman Ndiaye gave Everton the lead in the 11th minute as he turned to create space in the box before slotting the ball into the net with such precision it ricocheted in off the left post.

Leicester’s response came with 17 minutes left on the clock as Mavididi reacted first to sweep home from Harry Winks corner off the right.

Everton are up to 19th in the table on goal difference, while the Foxes sit in 15th.

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Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu says the club s goal is to be the leaders in world football in the next six years. 

The Spanish giants have won five of six available trophies in 2015 and are joint top of La Liga with a game in hand over Atletico Madrid.

Barca won a third Club World Cup in six years on Sunday after a 3-0 win over Copa Libertadores winners River Plate.

Bartomeu, speaking at the club s annual lunch for the media, reflected on the year that was and reiterated their goals in the near future. 

It has been a historic year, he said. We have won five of six possible titles. This is a loved Barca, admired globally.

We are the club in the world with the most international titles. 

2014 was a difficult year and we hoped…

Honduras coach Jorge Luis Pinto is confident his team can control Neymar in their Rio Olympics semi-final against Brazil.

Neymar is under pressure to deliver the host nation football gold, an achievement that has eluded them in their history.

The Barcelona star and his men meet Honduras in the last four on Wednesday, with Nigeria and Germany in the other semi-final.

Pinto, also the senior team boss, said he is considering how to deal with Neymar.

I am thinking a lot about Neymar and how I can control him. I m looking for that player to mark him, he said.

I have played against him with Deportivo Tachira and we managed to control him, also with Honduras and we controlled him too.

Pinto knows the challenge awaiting his side, who were for…

Marco van Basten believes Holland have earned the right to dream of glory at Euro 2008 after their 3-0 demolition of world champions Italy kicked the tournament into life.

Holland s first win over the Italians in three decades and Italy s heaviest defeat in 25 years has left the Dutch in control of a group of death that also includes France and Romania, whose turgid goalless draw could not have been further removed from the exhilarating encounter served up here on Monday evening.

For the Dutch coach, the manner of the victory was every bit as important as its unlikely scale.

To beat the world champions playing football to the last minute it was for us a very nice game and also a historical game, he said. We have never beaten Italy by three goals.

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Paris Saint-Germain have their Ligue 1 crown back after Sunday s stunning 7-1 victory wrested the championship from Monaco, but the inevitability of this triumph coupled with their inability to meet expectations in Europe makes it something of a damp squib.

Club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi famously said in 2013, following a quarter-final elimination at the hands of Barcelona, that PSG s aim was to win the Champions League in the next five years .

While detractors can say such a bold and ambitious statement cause unwanted pressure for players and coaches, the fact it came from Al-Khelaifi meant it was on him as well.

PSG s transfer business at the start of the season gave every indication Al-Khelaifi was not going to accept failure on his pledge, as Neymar arriv…