EA Play’s October rewards are now available and include a variety of bonuses for FIFA 23, Madden NFL 23, GRID Legends, and NHL 23.
First up, EA Play subscribers can claim a tifo of English player Joe Cole in FIFA Ultimate Team, which is displayable in his stadium. Subscribers can also pick up a member exclusive stadium set, featuring a retro kit, crest, stadium theme, and tifo. Both the Joe Cole tifo and the stadium set can be claimed from today to October 31. Other FIFA items include a Season 1 XP boost, VOLTA Juventus apparel, 175,000 VOLTA coins, and the Pro Clubs crossover vanity item. They’re available until November 11.
In Madden NFL 23, subscribers can pick up the EA Play October Pack for Madden Ultimate Team and the October Vanity Set, which includes a EA Play Backpl…
Barcelona coach Xavi applauded the decision by a court to overrule LaLiga s refusal to register Gavi as a first-team player.
The Blaugrana midfielder, who has been in superb form for the club this term, signed a new contract in September that saw him recognised as a first-team player rather than a member of the B team.
But LaLiga denied the registration of the new deal due to the club s financial situation, with Barca exceeding their salary cap.
While Gavi could continue playing this season for the senior side as a B team player, he would have been registered in LaLiga on a contract that expires in 2024 and has a €50million release clause – the agreement he signed in September is until 2026 with a €1billion release clause.
LaLiga president Javier Te…
FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the one-match bans handed to both Germany coach Joachim Loew and Austria s Josef Hickersberger by UEFA during a Euro 2008 group game were unjustified.
Loew and Hickersberger were both banned after being sent to the stands in the first-half of Germany s 1-0 win over Austria in Vienna on June 16 by referee Enrique Mejuto Gonzalez for arguing with fourth official Damir Skomina from Slovenia.
Loew was then allowed no contact with his team during the 3-2 quarter-final win over Portugal in Basel where he had to watch the game from the stands, while Hickersberger would have also served a ban had he stayed on as coach.
But Blatter says UEFA should have not banned the pair, saying coaches should be allowed to get on with their job and …
Antoine Griezmann continued his recent goalscoring form as Barcelona eased to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Ferencvaros in Champions League Group G on Wednesday.
France striker Griezmann struck early on as he netted in three consecutive games for the first time in a Barca shirt.
Martin Braithwaite and Ousmane Dembele were also on the scoresheet for Barcelona, who had already qualified for the competition s knockout phase.
The victory also ensured Barca won their first five Champions League group stage games for the first time since the 2002-03 campaign and they lead second-placed Juventus by three points with one match remaining.
Lionel Messi was rested by Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman for the trip to Hungary but without the influential Argentina intern…
Bayern Munich s new coach Jurgen Klinsmann revealed Thursday that the Bavarian giants have finished their recruitment drive for 2008-09 and that coveted German international striker Mario Gomez will not among their newcomers.
Our group is fixed, we have 24 players and I would have enough work keeping them all happy, said Klinsmann, who took over from Ottmar Hitzfeld earlier this month.
Compared to last season s spending spree where Bayern spent 70 million euros to sign Franck Ribery, Luca Toni and Miroslav Klose, the club have been relatively frugal this time round.
The champions recruited Germany international midfielder Tim Borowski, who was out of contract at Werder Bremen, and goalkeeper Hans-Jorg Butt, who will stand in for Michael Rensing.
But …
Leicester City boss Clause Puel hopes to keep both Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani until at least the end of the season.
Winger Mahrez has been linked with a possible move to Liverpool to replace Philippe Coutinho, who has joined Barcelona for a fee that reportedly could reach £142million.
Club-record signing Slimani, who is said to have cost close to £28m after agreeing to leave Sporting CP in 2016, has managed only two Premier League starts this season and cut a frustrated figure in Saturday s 0-0 FA Cup draw with Fleetwood Town.
However, Puel says the 29-year-old still has a role to play at the club, telling reporters: This period is always a difficult period with speculation about different players.
I am happy with Slim. We have a lot of strikers …