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🔮 Yamal has made no secret of his desire to win the award in 11 days, but he will face stiff competition from French star Kylian Mbappe and England captain Harry Kane.

🔮 European football’s governing body says it will open a disciplinary investigation into an incident involving an Israeli player, who is accused of spitting on a member of Ireland’s coaching staff during the second leg of their politically charged Nations League fixture on Sunday.

🔮 Before the Irish team’s coach could answer, the Football Association of Ireland’s communications manager Kieran Crowley stepped in and asked the journalist to refrain from asking questions not linked to the match.

🔮 Al Jazeera has reached out to European football’s governing body, UEFA, and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) for comment on the incident and whether the Israeli fans will face any sanctions for their actions.

🔮 Bazunu, who has been the Republic of Ireland’s first-choice goalkeeper in recent games, posted a statement on his social media accounts on Saturday, saying he felt “it would be wrong to participate in the upcoming fixtures against Israel”. Recommended Stories list of 4 items- list 1 of 4‘Stop the game’: Understanding the controversy behind Ireland vs Israel - list 2 of 4The return of Palestinian football: ‘We are a people who must live’ - list 3 of 4What next for Man City as fallout from 115 charges rumbles – all to know - list 4 of 4Migrants ‘are not to blame’: How the Ceuta crisis engulfed Spanish football Subsequently, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) announced that the 24-year-old would be replaced in the squad for Sunday’s fixture, which will be the first of two games that Ireland will play against Israel in a period of eight days. Bazunu’s public stance to opt out of the game has been hailed by football fans, former Irish footballers, politicians, and pro-Palestine activists.

🔮 The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) released a statement on Monday, saying it rued Infantino’s lack of transparency in both issues and emphasised that it could not support the FIFA president.

🔮 Infantino has not changed his plans to “stand for re-election in 2027”, a FIFA spokesperson said in a statement on Sunday, hours after the FIFA chief avoided questions on his future at the Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland. “The FIFA president announced in April that he will stand for re-election in 2027.

🔮 By apparently laughing at an image depicting him as Mao, however, the France captain entered territory in which self-mockery could be perceived as an insult to a country’s founding leader.

🔮 Sunday night could not get any better for Real Madrid fans.

🔮 “I honestly think that, as the best in the world, maybe there are two of us, and this year I would deserve it because of what I’ve won,” he added.

🔮 He may not be the bookmakers’ favourite or last season’s top goalscorer, but Kylian Mbappe has left no stone unturned in his media push to win the upcoming Ballon d’Or.

🔮 One of football’s oldest rivalries will be in the spotlight this weekend, as Barcelona host Real Madrid in Sunday’s blockbuster showdown.

🔮 A shambolic start to the Premier League season When United lost to newly-promoted Hull City on the opening day of the top-flight season, the humiliating result gave supporters a glimpse of the disaster that would follow.

🔮 Al Jazeera Sport will bring you all the build-up and live updates from 16:00 GMT.

🔮 Who: Atletico Madrid vs Manchester United What: UEFA Champions League, matchday 2 Where: Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain When: Tuesday, October 13, at 9pm (19:00 GMT) How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport will bring you all the build-up and live updates from 16:00 GMT.

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🔮 In a decision that could have a drastic effect on the future of the English top flight, an independent commission found that City and their Emirati owners had arranged “sham” deals to artificially inflate revenues and reduce costs by more than 900 million pounds ($1.2bn) from 2009 to 2018.