Thomas Frank has been sacked as Tottenham manager after just eight months in charge. BBC Sport's Sami Mokbel takes a closer look at his tenure.

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Fireworks and flares thrown by supporters forced the abandonment of Ajax’s league match against Groningen shortly after kickoff in Amsterdam. Ajax’s league match against Groningen was abandoned on ...

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FC Utrecht's Matisse Didden (R) celebrates scoring the 1-0 against AjaxHollandse Hoogte / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia FC Utrecht handed Ajax their second league loss of the season with a 2-1 ...

Ajax have announced they will sack manager John Heitinga less than six months after he joined the club from Liverpool. Heitinga, 41, won just five of his 11 Eredivisie matches in charge of the ...

A high-tempo beginning to the match saw Chelsea quickly establish control and begin to threaten the Ajax goal at every opportunity. Despite the well rotated lineup, the Blues were producing effective ...

Chelsea are up to fifth in the Premier League and will be aiming to establish themselves in the upper echelons of the Champions League league phase by targeting a victory over Ajax at Stamford Bridge.

Jordan Henderson has left Ajax after the Dutch club agreed to end his contract a year early. The England midfielder, who joined the Dutch giants in January 2024, was under contract until June 2026 but ...

After training with the France national youth team, and attending camps at Paris Saint-Germain and Ajax, Raphael Merkies thought moving to Hong Kong in 2016 would wreck his football dream. Nine years ...