Criminal proceedings against Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood have been discontinued, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced.

The 21-year-old was arrested in January 2022 and was due to stand trial in November on accusations of attempted rape, assault and coercive control.

However, the CPS confirmed on Thursday that all charges have been dropped.

A statement read: Mason Greenwood was charged in October 2022 with one count of attempted rape, one count of controlling and coercive behaviour and one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

A decision has been made to discontinue prosecution in accordance with the Code of Crown Prosecutors.

A CPS spokesperson said: We have a duty to keep cases under continuous review.

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Zrinjski of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be hosting Moldavian side Sheriff Tiraspol at the stadium of Bijeli Brijeg in the town of Mostar on Wednesday evening, in the first leg of their clash in the first round of the Champions League qualifications.

Zrinjski

HSK Zrinjski, as they re properly called, won the title in the Bosnian Premier League in 2021/22, finishing a whopping 27 points ahead of Tuzla City in second place, and a round 30 ahead of Borac in third. Given the highly questionable strength of the league, the top spot warrants no more than a place in the opening round of the qualifications for UEFA s elite club competition, making it realistically very difficult for them to reach the group stages.

Given that the summe…

Barcelona head coach Ronald Koeman acknowledged the importance of Sunday s showdown with Real Madrid but insisted he does not feel under any additional pressure to win the match.

Barca head into the first Clasico of the season on the back of victories over Valencia and Dynamo Kiev in LaLiga and the Champions League respectively.

It is the first time this season the Catalans have won successive games and has eased the pressure on Koeman, who has the public backing of president Joan Laporta.

But Koeman s side are paying for a slow start to the campaign as they are down in seventh, two points behind Madrid and five off leaders Real Sociedad with a game in hand.

The Dutchman is no stranger to arguably the most famous fixture in football, having enjoyed a huge…

Laurent Blanc has admitted striker Edinson Cavani is unhappy with his role in the Paris Saint-Germain first-team system.

Cavani, who signed for a reported fee of €64.5million from Napoli in 2013, has regularly been deployed in a wide position with the French champions, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic accommodated in a central role.

The Uruguay international has scored 13 goals in 24 appearances this season but a report in L Equipe on Tuesday claimed he has finally grown tired of his role under Blanc and will push for a transfer at the end of the season.

Blanc concedes his formation does not play to Cavani s strengths but has praised him for his goal return, telling a media conference: Our system does not allow Cavani to show his qualities at 100 per cent, and yet his s…

Pep Guardiola has not even arrived at Manchester City yet but Joe Hart already has some advice for the club s incoming Spanish manager.

Hart believes it would be wrong for Guardiola to execute a complete turnover of the current City squad, which sits in fourth position in the Premier League table.

The City mainstay goalkeeper believes at the very least, Guardiola needs to ensure he retains himself, captain Vincent Kompany and Argentina full-back Pablo Zabaleta.

I was here first, then Vinny came charging through the door and about two weeks later Zaba came, he said on Sky Sports.

I was told they were both central midfielders! I’ve seen Zaba age, that’s how long we’ve been together.

But it’s good that we’ve been together this long and I…

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti has declared his squad as better than last year , and suggested there will be no more arrivals at the Santiago Bernabeu in this transfer window.

Los Blancos won LaLiga and the Champions League in 2021-22, and have since added Antonio Rudiger from Chelsea and Aurelien Tchouameni from Monaco.

However, questions have been asked about a perceived lack of attacking options, with Luka Jovic having left for Fiorentina and doubts about the immediate future of Marco Asensio.

Madrid faced El Clasico rivals Barcelona on Saturday as part of their pre-season preparations in Las Vegas, losing 1-0 to a stunning Raphinha strike.

As well as the former Leeds United man, Barca have signed Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich to c…

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Four games without a win, AC Milan find themselves in a seemingly hopeless position.

History teaches us, coach is the one who pays the price for the underachievement of his team, but is Sinisa Mihajlovic entirely to be blamed to AC Milan’s another unsuccessful spell in the Serie A?

Milan’s malware

Rossoneri have struggled for quite some time and their woes go beyond the current season.

Having been crowned the Italian champions in 2010-11, AC Milan have gone down the slide to runners-up next season and third-placed Serie A team in 2012-13 before experiencing an inexplicable fall to eight and tenth place in two successive seasons.

A scratch on the surface would reveal problems deeply…

While might have managed to drag themselves to a much-needed Champions League finish last season, it doesn t cover what was a downbeat campaign for the Italian giants.

Eventually finishing the 2021/22 campaign sat 16 points adrift of winners AC Milan, the Old Lady will have plenty of pressure on their shoulders when they open their season against Sassuolo on August 15th.

Welcoming back to Italy on a free transfer after the World Cup-winner saw his deal at Manchester United expire earlier in the month, Massimiliano Allegri will be desperate for his side to get off to a flying start.

Watching both Milano giants burst back into life over the past 24 months and facing another real challenge this season, can Juventus mount a serious title charge this time around?

Sadio Mane scored a superb double and Virgil van Dijk also grabbed two goals as Liverpool ended a recent blip and retained top spot in the Premier League with an emphatic 5-0 win over Watford.

A run of three draws in four league matches had seen Liverpool s advantage over Manchester City trimmed to a point heading into Wednesday s fixtures. 

However, Liverpool never looked like a team in danger of cracking under the pressure as Mane s brilliant brace  highlighted by a stunning backheeled finish for his second put them in command.

Divock Origi put the result beyond doubt in the second half and a pair of late headers from Van Dijk completed the rout.

8 Sadio Mane has had a hand in eight goals just five Premier League games against Watford for Liverpo…

Manchester United are interested in signing Andreas Christensen from Barcelona in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Barcelona need to sell some of their players for financial problems, and that Premier League giants United are keen on securing the services of Christensen.

Christensen joined Barcelona in the summer of 2022 on a free transfer after leaving Chelsea. United are reportedly open to paying as much as €70 million in transfer fees for the 27-year-old Denmark international central defender, who won the FA Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League once each other with the Blues.

The defender has made 17 starts and one substitute appearance in La Liga for Barcelona so far this season, scoring one goal and provi…