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Liverpool star talks importance of Champions League qualification
Mac Allister’s clarity sparks Liverpool surge after West Ham statement win

Liverpool’s 5-2 dismantling of West Ham felt less like a routine Premier League victory and more like a declaration that Arne Slot’s side have rediscovered their identity. For months the football had flickered, uncertain and occasionally blunt. Yet on a cold Merseyside afternoon, Liverpool played with conviction, rhythm and purpose, sweeping West Ham aside with a swagger that has long defined the club at its best.

With the NFL’s 2026 salary cap now officially set, where do the Jacksonville Jaguars rank in salary cap space compared to the rest of the league heading into the 2026 offseason?
The salary cap figure for this season is set at $301.2 million. This is up $22 million from the 2025 season and up nearly $100 million from 2022, when the cap figure was $208.2 million.
According to Over the Cap, this puts the Jaguars at $15.92 million over the salary cap ceiling, meaning that GM James Gladstone has work to do before free agency officially opens on March 11th.

AC Milan: Youssouf Fofana pushed towards the exit?
The midfielder reportedly no longer part of Milan’s plans

AC Milan: Youssouf Fofana pushed towards the exit?
Youssouf Fofana’s future at AC Milan appears uncertain. Despite a convincing season, the French midfielder is reportedly no longer part of the club’s project for the upcoming campaign.
According to journalist Nicolò Schira, Milan’s management and coach Massimiliano Allegri are considering a departure for Fofana during the summer transfer window.

Sources: Barcelona target €6m-rated Dutch gem as Frenkie de Jong successor
According to an update shared by Fichajes, it has come to light that Barcelona are already planning for the future in midfield. 
The name now under serious consideration is Stije Resink, the 22-year-old talent currently playing for FC Groningen.
The outlet assures that there is a belief within Barcelona that Resink shares several traits with Frenkie de Jong. 
His ability to carry the ball forward, break defensive lines and remain calm under pressure are seen as key qualities.

City lead the way in player wages across Europe 🇪🇺, see the top 20
Although clubs do not officially disclose their payrolls, Uefa has revealed an estimate of how much European teams spent on their squads in the 2024/25 season.
Based on the annual financial report from the organization, OneFootball analyzed the top 20 clubs with the highest salary expenditures during this period.
English dominance
As expected, the richest league on the planet, the Premier League, dominates the list, with nine clubs among the 20 that spent the most millions on their squads.

BENGALURU: Jammu and Kashmir cricket embraced the philosophy long before the ‘vocal for local’ initiative came into existence in 2024. The freshly-crowned Ranji Trophy champions have long trusted homegrown talent in red-ball cricket, choosing to invest in local players rather than relying on professionals from other states. Saturday’s title-winning skipper Paras Dogra, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, is among the rare exceptions in a squad overwhelmingly built around local cricketers.

Report: Liverpool in mix for £100m Premier League star
Transfer race gathers pace around Morgan Rogers

Liverpool have long understood that progress in the Premier League is rarely accidental. It is curated, financed and, above all, anticipated. That is why the noise around Morgan Rogers has grown louder, echoing from the Midlands to Merseyside with increasing insistence. As reported by Anfield Watch, Liverpool and another leading club hold a “concrete interest” in the Aston Villa forward, and suddenly a move once whispered now feels entirely plausible.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Mithun Manhas praised Jammu and Kashmir for their consistent performance as they won their first-ever Ranji Trophy, ending a 67-year wait. He said the team’s self-belief and strong squad depth helped them beat top teams at home.
Jammu and Kashmir defeated eight-time champions Karnataka in the final on Saturday in Hubballi. Playing their first Ranji final, J&K became champions thanks to a massive 291-run first-innings lead, which Karnataka could not overcome.

CREMONESE v AC MILAN: OFFICIAL LINE-UPS
It’s a lunchtime kick-off for Cremonese v AC Milan on Matchday 27. Here are the official starting line-ups named by the two managers:
CREMONESE (3-5-2): Audero; Bianchetti, Luperto, Folino; Zerbin, Thorsby, Vandeputte, Maleh, Pezzella; Vardy, Bonazzoli. Subs: Nava, Silvestri; Barbieri, Ceccherini, Faye, Floriani, F. Terracciano; Bondo, Grassi, Payero; Djuric, Sanabria. Coach: Nicola
AC MILAN (3-5-2): Maignan; Tomori, De Winter, Pavlović; Saelemaekers, Fofana, Modrić, Rabiot, Bartesaghi; Leão, Pulisic. Subs: Pittarella, P.

Iran will play South Korea in the Women’s Asian Cup in Australia (STR)
Football chiefs offered “full support and assistance” to the Iranian team in Australia Sunday for the Women’s Asian Cup after the United States and Israel launched massive attacks on their homeland.
Iran’s 26-strong squad arrived on the Gold Coast days before the strikes on Saturday killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Washington and Tel Aviv seek to topple the Islamic republic.
They are due to open their tournament on Monday against South Korea.