The Scottish FA posted a record-breaking turnover of £78.72 million last year as a result of their participation in Euro 2024.
Pre-tax profit increased by £21.6 million to £7.41 million, up from £2.05 million the previous year, and the figure is up by £21.6 million.
Additionally, the SFA has contributed £5 million to expanding facilities across the nation from Grassroots Facilities Funding and the Scottish Government Extra Time initiative.
There were lists for £16.23 million (reserves) and £18.1 million (cash) for both the bank and in-hand accounts.
According to the accounts, the increase in revenues and profits is “mostly related to the revenue derived from the Uefa Euro 2024 finals tournament.”
Steve Clarke’s men’s team faced hosts Germany, Switzerland, and Hungary for the second consecutive men’s European Championship appearance.
In their second match, the Scots drew with the Swiss after losing to the Hungarians and Germans.
Scotland women made it to the Euro 2025 play-offs last year, but after losing to Hungary, they lost to Finland and didn’t make the finals, with Pedro Martinez Losa, head coach, soon to follow.
If Manchester City finish outside the top five in the Premier League, Guardiola claims they will not “deserve” to be in the Champions League but that they will.
By their high standards, City have had a miserable season, which is the first time they have won a trophy since 2017.
With a game in hand, the deposed Premier League champions are sixth in the table ahead of Tuesday’s home game against midtable Bournemouth. They are also one point behind Newcastle, Chelsea, and Aston Villa.
The top five Premier League clubs will all advance to the Champions League for the upcoming season.
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On March 30, 2025, Manchester City’s Spanish manager Pep Guardiola (L) celebrates with Manchester City’s #17 Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne (R) at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, on the south coast of England. (Photo by AFP photographer JUSTIN TALLIS)
City manager Guardiola said on Monday, “We don’t deserve it if we aren’t in the Champions League.” “We’ll also play in the Europa League.” Therefore, it is what it is.
Just days after their FA Cup final defeat to Crystal Palace, he continues to be optimistic about his team’s prospects.
“I believe we will qualify,” I thought. My goal is to finish in third place in the Premier League, he said.
Kevin De Bruyne, a long-serving Belgium midfielder who will leave the club at the end of the season, will play his final game away at the Etihad on Tuesday.
However, Guardiola claimed that achieving Champions League qualification was both his and De Bruyne’s top priorities.
On March 30, 2025, Manchester City’s Spanish manager Pep Guardiola celebrates following Bournemouth’s and Manchester City’s English FA Cup quarter-final football game at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, on the south coast of England. City won the contest with a score of 2-1. (Photo by AFP photographer JUSTIN TALLIS)
Since the 2011/2012 season, City have been a constant fixture in Europe’s elite club competition.
Guardiola declared, “I am going to choose the best, the best players to win the game against Bournemouth, that’s for sure.”
Tottenham and Manchester United will square off in the Europa League final on Wednesday in Bilbao, with both teams desperately looking for silverware and a golden ticket to the Champions League to win the title game.
At San Mames Stadium, two teams that are struggling to reach the bottom of the English top flight are on the verge of a potential $100 million ($133 million) honey pot to win the title game.
Ruben Amorim’s Red Devils are 16th in the league and have endured their worst top flight run since 1974’s relegation.
Spurs, which have lost a club-record 21 times in the league and are on the verge of their worst season since 1978 when they first returned to the top, are one place below.
Both teams have only recently begun to advance their position in the lower echelons of the table because they are so focused on Europe.
United have lost to Chelsea on Friday in their final game without a win in eight league games, which is their worst ever run in Premier League history.
Tottenham also suffered their fifth league defeat since August 1st, defeating them 6-4 at Aston Villa.
Spurs have won this competition twice, but their 1984 victory was the club’s final European triumph and they haven’t won a silverware since.
In a drab match against Liverpool, they lost in a second-ever Champions League match, which was their first appearance in the 2019 competition.
This final, according to Postecoglou last week, “could potentially be a turning point given the historical context of this club over the past 20 or so years.”
Under Amorim’s successor Erik ten Hag, United has continued to decline despite the legendary former manager Alex Ferguson retiring in 2013. In addition, they have won the FA Cup and League Cup twice in the previous two seasons.
Since taking over in November, the Portuguese has only won six of his 26 Premier League games.
Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao were defeated by United, who defeated them 7-6 on aggregate in the Europa League, which brought back memories of the club’s dramatic Champions League triumph in 1999.
Amorim, however, is aware of the magnitude of the task at hand. He has the opportunity to turn around the 20-time English champions.
The former Sporting Lisbon manager said, “I’m not concerned about the final; it’s by far the smallest issue in our club.”
“We need to alter something more profound than this,” he said.
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Four consecutively?
On April 10, 2025, Tottenham Hotspur’s Spanish defender #23 Pedro Porro (R) celebrates after scoring the equalizing goal in the UEFA Europa League quarter-final football game between Eintracht Frankfurt and Tottenham Hotspur at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. (Glyn KIRK/AFP photo)
An all-conquering United once perceived Tottenham as little of a trouble.
Roy Keane, the former United great, revealed that Spurs was once Ferguson’s talk was limited to dismissive “lads, it’s’s.”
The London side has won all three of its meetings this year, including a 3-0 victory over United in a Premier League match. Postecoglou has not lost in five games under his leadership.
It’s difficult for the club to lose four games in a row, said Amorim.
With players like Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes, United have both experience and talent.
Former United midfielder Paul Scholes, who played alongside Keane, said: “They know how to win trophies, Tottenham don’t.
Portuguese coach is expected to remain despite the team’s abhorrent domestic behavior, which is bolstered by the thrilling unbeaten run to the Europa League final.
Postecoglou cannot be held to the same standards. If the Australian doesn’t fulfill his promise to bring back a trophy in his second year in charge, he’ll almost certainly leave.
With midfielders James Maddison, Lucas Bergvall, and Dejan Kulusevski all missing for the final, Spurs’ bad luck with injuries continues. However, Son Heung-min is back in action.
Even if Postecoglou’s team wins, they made it to the Arctic in the semi-finals of Bodo/Glimt, but they might still be frozen out.
“It’s going to upset a lot of people, isn’t it” if we win, right? The Australian remarked.
“I’m looking forward to it and it should be a great game,” I said. “Who cares if we’re struggling in the league?”
The Obidient Movement has firmly refuted claims that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Vice President Atiku Obi have been given a vice-presidential position ahead of the 2027 general elections.  ,
The movement called the report “entirely baseless” and “imaginary to the author,” according to a statement released on Monday and signed by Nana Kazaure, its director of strategic communications and media.
According to a media release claiming that our principal, Peter Obi, has been offered a running mate position in the new coalition being formed ahead of 2027, The Obidient Movement has received numerous calls from its members both domestically and abroad, including from other members of the public.
The statement read, “We find it appropriate to react in view of possible far-reaching misconceptions in the public space, even though the publication is imaginary to the author,”
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“Progress Than Power-Deals”
The group argued that these engagements are only meant to address national issues rather than power-sharing agreements, despite acknowledging ongoing discussions with various political partners and stakeholders.
Without any risk of contradiction, we would like to reiterate that Mr. Obi’s stated goal and involvement in a coalition is to fight back against and address the issues of the country’s poor governance, corruption, hunger, poverty, poor healthcare, out-of-school children, and the myriad of other issues that affect the country’s citizens daily, the statement continued.
We don’t want politics just for the sake of gaining power; we want a politics that is progressive, standing up for the people, and serving the great people of Nigeria.
The movement further emphasized that Mr. Obi will continue to support the Labour Party by saying unwaveringly, “As of right now, Mr. Peter Obi will remain in the Labour Party, and if this changes, he will do so himself.”
I’m a member of the “Council Against Poverty” movement.
Obi reaffirmed his commitment to issue-based politics earlier on Monday when he addressed the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Kubwa in Abuja.
I am a part of a coalition that opposes hunger, poverty, and a bad health. Politics is not about position; it is about doing what is right, Obi said during the discussion.
We talk about politics in this country without addressing the issues that matter to us. How we are going to educate the children is what we should be discussing.
The former governor of Anambra State dismissed rumors that he had agreed to be a running mate in 2027 and said such rumors were part of a “politics of selfish ambitions that are detrimental to the growth of the nation.”
In the 2023 presidential election, Obi, who placed third behind Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has remained a key player in opposition politics. Many analysts speculate that a coalition involving Obi and Atiku could present a formidable challenge in 2027.
After his final game at home against Bournemouth on Tuesday, departing midfielder Kevin de Bruyne will be presented with a farewell from Manchester City.
The Belgian international made the announcement last month that he would leave City when his contract expires at the end of the season.
Since moving to Bundesliga club Wolfsburg in 2015, the 33-year-old has won 16 titles, including six Premier League titles and the 2023 Champions League.
De Bruyne, however, missed the chance to complete his City career with a perfect result in their FA Cup defeat against Crystal Palace on Saturday.
De Bruyne will start against Bournemouth, according to manager Pep Guardiola, who did not say whether De Bruyne would start. His incredible trajectory deserves the best compliment, in my opinion.
It would not have been possible without Sheikh Mansour taking the club to a higher level because of what he has accomplished with other legendary players.
He will be given a guard of honor from team-mates at full-time during the final game at Etihad Stadium.
De Bruyne will make a brief speech on the field before evoking his gratitude with the other players as they receive gifts from their late club legend, Colin Bell, and then take them on a lap of applause.
De Bruyne’s final game for the club is likely to be against Fulham on Sunday (16:00 BST), which City will play to end their campaign.
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election, claimed that his participation at Pope Leo XIV’s Vatican inauguration in Rome was not political.
Obi claimed that his participation in official ceremonies and swearing-ins was consistent with his previous international inaugurations.
He believes that these situations have a significant moral and spiritual significance.
At the ceremony held on Sunday at St. Peter’s Square, the former presidential candidate and former Ekiti governor Kayode Fayemi were seen together with President Bola Tinubu.
At the ceremony, President Tinubu, Fayemi, and Obi.
The former governor of Anambra State stated in a post on X on Monday that politics should never interfere with this situation. The best times to meditate peacefully are at times.
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I missed the Papal Audience after the opening mass, and as a result, I had no opportunity to meet the Holy Father in person. Heads of state and diplomats with diplomatic credentials were exempt from this honor. The Papal Audience continues in accordance with tradition for those who want to have such a conversation.
Obi argued that attention should be drawn to the morality and content of the Pope’s homily, particularly his urgent plea to combat poverty and foster a spirit of brotherhood that transcends all racial, political, and religious boundaries.
He said, “The deeper meaning of the gathering lies not in ceremonial gestures, but in whether those present understood his message and would follow it with a strong resolve.”
The first step in transforming societies is to focus resources on what really matters: education, healthcare, poverty alleviation, and infrastructure, according to the author.
These should be our top concerns, and the Vatican’s lasting message should be ours. In whatever position we are currently in, may we be able to contribute to the creation of a more just, compassionate, and prosperous society.
Obi and Tinubu Meets Obi
The former Ekiti governor spotted Obi and asked him to follow him in homage to Tinubu, which the former Anambra governor consented to in a statement released on Sunday.
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According to Onanuga, “Fayemi broke the ice between Obi and Tinubu” upon reaching the President.
He continued, “Mr. President, welcome to our church, and thank you for honoring the Pope with your presence.” “
He said, “I should be the one greeting you and Peter, President Tinubu, ever-so-quickly responded. I’m the delegation’s head. “
