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Turkish Süper Lig leaders Galatasaray said they will “initiate criminal proceedings” and report Fenerbahçe manager Jose Mourinho to FIFA and UEFA over what they call “racist statements.”

The move comes after the two sides played to a 0-0 draw in a tense league match in Istanbul on Monday night.

Mourinho had welcomed the appointment of a non-Turkish referee, with Slovenian Slavko Vinčić chosen to officiate. After the match, Mourinho made a point of praising the referee, highlighting the fact he was not from Turkey.

“The performance of the referee was a top performance,” Mourinho told his postmatch news conference.

“I went to the referee’s dressing room after the game. Of course, the fourth official was there, a Turkish referee. And I told him [the referee], thank you [for coming] here. “I turn myself to the fourth official and I told [him] this match, if you are the referee … would be a disaster. When I say him, I say the general tendency.”

Mourinho was also asked about an incident early in the game involving his 19-year-old defender Yusuf Akcicek, to which he said: “Again, I have to thank the referee because with a Turkish referee after the big dive and the first minute and their bench jumping like monkeys on top of the kids. Galatasaray responded with a statement: “Since the commencement of his managerial duties in Türkiye, Fenerbahçe manager Jose Mourinho has persistently issued derogatory statements directed towards the Turkish people.

“We hereby formally declare our intention to initiate criminal proceedings concerning the racist statements made by Jose Mourinho, and shall accordingly submit official complaints to UEFA and FIFA.” Mourinho has led Fenerbahce to a Europa League round-of-16 contest against Rangers next month.

Ghana star Mohammed Kudus has called the 2022 World Cup in Qatar the ‘best football tournament,’ outshining even the Champions League. The West Ham standout lived that thrill three years ago at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, where he scored twice in three games for the Black Stars in his first go at the competition. Mohammed Kudus lit up the pitch against South Korea in the group stage, leaving Ghanaian fans speechless. In an interview with Rising Ballers, the 24-year-old gushed, ‘It was amazing. The World Cup was just different in Qatar—my first time. My family flew out to support me, which made it unforgettable.’

Though the Black Stars bowed out early, Kudus still cherishes the ride.

‘We didn’t go as far as I’d hoped, but being part of it was incredible,’ he said.

Despite missing the 2025 AFCON, Kudus is already eyeing a return to the global stage in 2026, with World Cup qualifiers looming. The Black Stars face Chad and Madagascar in March 2025, starting with a home clash against Chad at Accra Sports Stadium between March 17-21, followed by an away trip to Antananarivo to take on Madagascar.

So far in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, Ghana has notched three wins from four games: Mali, Central African Republic, and Madagascar. Their only loss came against Comoros.

That leaves them with nine points, having scored seven goals and conceded five.

Mohammed Kudus, still goalless in these qualifiers, will be eager to find the net when the Black Stars return to action in March.

Mikel Arteta has said he would give up on Arsenal’s title hopes “over my dead body” but added that his side will have to do something unprecedented in Premier League history to win it.

When asked if he would concede the title, Arteta defiantly said: “Over my dead body.

“If not I will go home. Mathematically it is possible. You are there, you have to play every game, suddenly three days ago we could close a gap and you are like ‘you are one-and-a-half games away.’ It doesn’t matter, we have to continue to go.”

“The difficulty is higher than three days about but if you are going to win the Premier League you have to do something special. If you are going to win the Premier League with the circumstances we have you will probably have to do something that nobody else has done in the history of the Premier League.” The loss to West Ham further highlighted Arsenal’s shortage of attacking with options, with Raheem Sterling, Leandro Trossard and Ethan Nwaneri the only available forwards at the moment. Arteta confirmed that injured duo Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli are “progressing really well” but said they are still some way away from making a comeback.

The one positive Arsenal could take from the game was the return of Ben White, who made his first appearance since November after undergoing knee surgery.

Chris Eubank Jr. slapped British rival Conor Benn in the face with an egg at their first face-off in Manchester on Tuesday.

The face-off followed a heated news conference to launch their boxing match, which takes place April 26 in London.

The pair were set to fight in 2022 before Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) tested positive for performance-enhancing drug clomifene. The WBC later said that egg contamination was the “most likely cause.”

Benn has since been cleared to fight.

Heated words were exchanged from the start, with Benn saying, “His dad don’t even like him” in reference to his rival.

Eubank Jr. (34-3, 25 KOs) and Benn will follow the footsteps of their fathers — Chris Eubank Sr. and Nigel Benn — who fought two classic bouts in the 1990s.

Plenty was also made of the difference in weight, with Benn a welterweight and Eubank Jr. having fought at super middleweight. The fight will be contested at 160 pounds, with a rehydration clause set at 170 pounds for the same-day weigh-in.