Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan has confirmed that the club will be changing their home colours back to blue.
Malaysian businessman Tan, who took over Cardiff in May 2010, sparked outrage when he switched the team s home kit to red in 2012 as part of a rebranding to make the Championship club more appealing in his home country.
Tan has courted controversy throughout his tenure at the Welsh club, and the home fans displayed their continued frustration at the rebrand by boycotting the FA Cup third round tie with Colchester United last Friday, which was attended by a record low crowd of 4,194.
And their efforts have proved successful, with Tan changing heart after a meeting between himself, the club s board and a cross-section of supporters on Thursday.
Andres Iniesta insisted the intense rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid will not undermine Spain s hopes of winning Euro 2012.
It has been claimed that the likes of Gerard Pique and Sergio Ramos do not see eye to eye, having clashed several times in the El Clasico. But Iniesta has explained that while the Barca-Madrid rivalry was once a problem, it has now been resolved.
It s an issue that is behind us; it has passed, the Blaugrana midfielder told Marca.
It does not make sense; we would be fools if we were thinking about the Madrid-Barcelona rivalry. We are here to have a great Euros.
Even better news for Spain is the fact that Iniesta, who scored the winning goal in the 2010 World Cup final, claims that he is 100 per cent fit for the tournamen…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has not seen many players like Phil Foden, who he believes is special and possesses something that s difficult to find .
Foden marked just his second Premier League start with the decisive goal as City bounced back from Champions League elimination at the hands of Tottenham three days prior by defeating Mauricio Pochettino s side 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
The 18-year-old was part of England s Under-17 World Cup-winning side in 2017 but has found establishing himself in Guardiola s star-studded midfield a tall order.
Foden has made 25 appearances in all competitions this term, a marked improvement on his 10 outings last season, and an injury to Kevin De Bruyne agai
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Borussia Dortmund have confirmed the signing of reported Manchester United and Liverpool target Manuel Akanji from Basel.
The two Premier League giants were said to be interested in the services of the 22-year-old, but Dortmund have beaten both to the prize in a deal thought to be worth in the region of €21.5million.
Akanji, a Switzerland international centre-half, has put pen to paper on a four-and-a-half-year deal at Signal Iduna Park.
He arrives as head coach Peter Stoger s first signing since taking over from Peter Bosz in December.
Borussia Dortmund hat sich mit dem auf einen sofortigen Wechsel des Spielers Manuel verständigt. Der 22 Jahre junge Abwehrspieler unterzeichnete einen Vertrag bis zum 30. Juni 2022 und erhält die Rückkennummer 16. H…
Edinson Cavani fired Manchester United into the semi-finals of the EFL Cup as his superb late goal inspired a 2-0 win over Everton
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s side have been imperious on the road this season and headed to Goodison Park having won all eight of their domestic away games by scoring at least three times on each occasion.
They peppered the Everton goal during the first half but had nothing to show for their efforts before the game became a more physical and fractious affair after the interval.
One such occasion saw Cavani grab at Yerry Mina s throat but the former Paris Saint-Germain star remained on the field to arrow a wonderful left-footed strike into the bottom left corner from 25 yards, with Anthony Martial making sure as Everton left themselves expos…
West Bromwich Albion and Brighton and Hove Albion are interested in signing Andre Ayew from Swansea City before the summer transfer window in England closes on Friday, according to The Daily Mail. It has been reported that Swansea manager Steve Cooper is not sure if the 30-year-old who can play as a winger or as upfront will be at the club.
Ayew is in his second spell at Swansea at the moment, having returned to the Welsh club in 2018 after a disappointing spell at West Ham United. The Ghana international spent the 2018-29 campaign on loan at Fenerbahce in Turkey.
According to Ayew has scored one goal and provided one assist in four Championship matches for Swansea so far this season. During the 2019-20 campaign, the forward made 45 starts and one substitute appearance…
Alessia Russo praised England for “keeping the dream alive” as they reached the semi-finals of the World Cup.
Lauren Hemp cancelled out Leicy Santos’ strike for Colombia before Russo scored the winner in a 2-1 win.
The Lionesses now face co-hosts Australia on Wednesday in the last four and Arsenal forward Russo was full of praise for her side’s performance.
A HUGE effort to get over the line!
— Lionesses (@Lionesses)
She told ITV: “I’m buzzing, the semi-final of a World Cup, we’re keeping the dream alive.
“I’m buzzing, obviously Colombia are a top team and I think they’ve shown more than that this World Cup. It was a really tough test, but so happy to get three points and be in the semis.
“We’ve had to d…
Chelsea were forced to settle for second place in Group H after an injury-time equaliser from Magomed Ozdoev clinched a 3-3 draw for Zenit in the Champions League.
Two goals from Timo Werner and another from Romelu Lukaku were not enough to secure the victory for the Blues, with Claudinho, Sardar Azmoun and Ozdoev all scoring for Zenit in Russia, and the Blues will now not be seeded in Monday s draw for the last 16 after finishing below Juventus, who beat Malmo in Turin.
The momentum of the game swung back and forth several times, with Chelsea s Kepa Arrizabalaga kept particularly busy.
Blues boss Thomas Tuchel was missing a number of midfielders, including Jorginho, N Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic, and started Ross Barkley and Reece James in the middle…
Liverpool midfielder Nuri Sahin believes Brendan Rodgers can emulate Jurgen Klopp and bring silverware back to Anfield.
The on-loan Real Madrid midfielder witnessed the transformation Dortmund boss Klopp masterminded following his arrival in 2008, and has drawn parallels with his new boss on Merseyside.
Klopp, 45, arrived at Dortmund following a seven-year stint with Mainz 05, replacing Thomas Doll after BVB finished 13th in Bundesliga.
Klopp clinched the DFB Super Cup and guided Dortmund to a sixth place finish in his first season, before winning successive titles in 2010-11 and 2011-12.
Dortmund also notched a record-breaking 81 points in the league last year, before beating Bayern Munich 5-2 in the DFB Pokal as the club won their first ever domestic …
Aston Villa captain, John McGinn said that “everything that could have gone wrong, did” after their Europa Conference League semi-final first-leg defeat to Olympiacos on Thursday.
Ayoub El Kaabi scored a hat-trick for Olympiacos, netting twice in the first half, though Villa fought back through Ollie Watkins and Moussa Diaby.
El Kaabi converted a spot-kick before a deflected Santiago Hezze strike put the visitors back in control.
Douglas Luiz also missed a late penalty, leaving Villa with a two-goal deficit to overturn in the second leg next Thursday.
Asked what he felt went wrong for the Villans, McGinn, speaking to TNT Sports, said: Not the game we wanted. We wanted a lot more control. We started the game well.
Keep the faith, Villans.
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