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Real Madrid diagnosed Kylian Mbappé with a hyperextension of the posterior capsule of his left knee after he left France’s Nations League camp with a knee tendon injury; he misses the remaining fixtures in this window.
The Athletic and BBC Sport report an independent commission upheld most of Manchester City’s 115 Premier League financial charges; the league has not published a public verdict and City says the process remains ongoing.
Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyökeres scored as Graham Potter's Sweden beat Romania 2-1 at Strawberry Arena after Dennis Man's equaliser.
Mika Godts and Dodi Lukébakio scored as Mark van Bommel's Belgium beat Roberto Mancini's Italy 2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico in League A Group 1.
Kylian Mbappé scored on 54 minutes then left injured as Zinédine Zidane's France opened their Nations League campaign with a 1-0 win in Kocaeli; Uğurcan Çakır was sent off late.
Georgi Harutyunyan headed Armenia in front and substitute Artur Gharibyan sealed a 2-0 win over Latvia in Yerevan. Latvia gave debuts to five players in their League C opener.
Shea Charles scored in the ninth minute of stoppage time as Northern Ireland won 1-0 in Tbilisi, after his brother Pierce saved Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's penalty. It was their first ever win in Nations League B.
KNVB confirms Joshua Zirkzee joins the Netherlands squad for the remaining Nations League matches after Brian Brobbey was forced off injured against Germany; Brobbey returns to Sunderland.
DFB confirms Kai Havertz’s muscle strain and Jamal Musiala’s right-thigh fibre tear after the Netherlands draw; both leave camp Friday as Florian Wirtz and Jonathan Burkardt join early ahead of Greece.
The Premier League, Bundesliga, LaLiga and Serie A jointly call for stakeholder decision-making, evidence-based votes and a split between FIFA’s regulatory and commercial roles.
Austria beat Israel 3-1 in Linz after Saied Abu Farchi’s equaliser and red card for a gun-mimic celebration; Phillipp Mwene and Saša Kalajdžić struck late.
Vedat Muriqi headed an 83rd-minute winner as Kosovo beat the Republic of Ireland 1-0 in Pristina to open their UEFA Nations League B campaign.