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PA Media Former West Ham footballer Said Benrahma has been fined 12,000 after he pleaded guilty to two counts of owning dangerously out of control dogs.

"It seems like life owed me a World Cup, and fortunately, today I got it," Lopetegui, 59, said. "It's a reward that I'm grateful for."

It will be the most high-security sports event in Norway since the Winter Olympics in 1994. Anti-terror measures are in place throughout Oslo; a no-fly zone will be implemented in the skies above Ullevi Stadion and through all the tension it could be easy to forget that the national team are within touching distance of a first World Cup appearance for 27 years. Beating Israel would put them on the verge but the visitors' presence has added multiple layers of complexity and controversy.

"I feel very proud," said Raymond James, as he prepared to walk on to the pitch at Wembley as a footballer's mascot. Mr James, from Fulham, is one of 22 people living with dementia who will walk out with the England and Wales team. Mr James said he was looking forward to the occasion, adding: "I've never done anything like that. I know what it's like. I've seen the children (mascots) go, so I know what to do."

"Since coming out as gay in 2021, footballer Josh Cavallo has received daily death threats and abusive messages on social media. "When I first saw these messages it broke my heart," Cavallo tells BBC Sport. "No-one wants to read things like that. "I'm trying to get better as a player and be the best I can be on the pitch, and then get put down because of who I am as a person."

SNS A man has been charged after a Hearts player was struck by a lighter during a match against Dundee United last month. The incident happened during the match Hearts won 3-2 at Tannadice on Sunday 10 August. An investigation was launched after a lighter was reported to have been thrown from the stands. Police Scotland said a 23-year-old man had now been arrested and charged in connection with alleged assault.

Running on to a dangerous low cross in the 71st minute when Brentford were leading 2-1, Mbeumo was tugged back by Collins in the box. Referee Craig Pawson awarded Manchester United a penalty and showed Collins a yellow card - a decision which was checked and confirmed by the video assistant referee (VAR).

But in recordings aired this month by Afghanistan International TV which is based in London and has been banned by the Taliban Kargar is heard asking for the $10,000 payment to be transferred to the account of one of his close associates. Once it arrives on Saturday, I will inform the coach, and then he can proceed with the arrangements, he says in one recording made public. We will say that $10,000 was donated to the national team, he says in another.

Ah, team bonding. An opportunity to knit a diverse squad of footballers closer together and strengthen relationships, commonly used in periods of adversity. "I ended up fighting with Craig Gordon at go-karting," former Heart of Midlothian player and manager Robbie Neilson tells the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast. "He threw his helmet at me, I threw a punch, he threw a punch and then we all started fighting."

Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has denied allegations of raping two women and sexually assaulting a third. The 32-year-old footballer appeared at Southwark Crown Court this week, where he entered not guilty pleas to five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. The accusations relate to incidents said to have occurred between 2021 and 2022, during the period when Partey was a regular in Arsenal's Premier League squad.

A man has been charged with racially abusing Leeds United captain Ethan Ampadu during a match earlier this year. The alleged offence took place as Ampadu left the pitch following Leeds' 2-1 win over Sunderland at Elland Road on 17 February. Steven Patterson, 66, of Stranton Street, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, will appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court on 17 October to answer a charge of causing racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress, according to West Yorkshire Police.

Based upon the investigation, self-reporting, and findings of Bishop Montgomery High School, along with CIF-Southern Section's own independent review, the Southern Section has determined that multiple students transferred to Bishop Montgomery High School to play varsity football for the 2025-2026 school year in violation of CIF bylaws. Notification has been sent to Bishop Montgomery High School administrators and parents/guardians of the football transfer student-athletes.

"It's not easy to defend a lot of long balls and not easy to defend a lot of second balls, so I'm happy with the result," Nagelsmann told BBC Sport NI. "It's not that easy when every set piece and ball that's free on the pitch they play a long ball and attack with 10 players with the second ball. "There are always a lot of players in our own red zone. It's not brilliant to watch, this way of soccer, but it's effective and it's not that easy to defend it. "I think we had 10 or 12 set-pieces to defend, and we only conceded one goal. It's really a strength of the Northern Ireland team. It's not that easy - we have better players but it's not that easy to defend this way of playing soccer."

John McAllister left his home in Barry over five weeks ago and on a largely overland journey of 5,000 kilometres involving 17 train journeys and 11 bus trips, has taken in 11 different football matches, an ice hockey game, some random Irish bloke's stag do and a heavy metal festival en route while compiling a fascinating YouTube travel vlog. Wales fan John McAllister took in Fenerbache's Champions League playoff home leg against Feyenoord on his way to Astana.

Lamine Yamal has become the most exciting young footballer on the planet after shooting to stardom with Barcelona and Spain but if anyone knows the potential pitfalls ahead of him, it's Freddy Adu. The American was hailed as the 'next Pele' after making his MLS debut at 14 and his senior international debut at 16, but struggled to fulfil his potential after spending his teenage years in the media spotlight.

Most of my life, if you told me to go right, I would go left. I think it has something to do with age that changes that and time and life experience, to where that defiance - I guess it doesn't always change in some cases, but for me, I've let go of the fighting everything. Because that's exhausting to live that way.

"In a new docuseries titled America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys, filmmakers Chapman and Maclain Way cook up a Last Dance-esque portrait of the '80s and '90s-era Cowboys dynasty."