The Birmingham Stallions will have a new rival in the United Football League starting with the 2028 season. On Thursday, the UFL announced plans to place a franchise in Oklahoma City, with its kickoff game in the spring football league’s 2028 season.

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” William Shakespeare had no idea that those same words would apply to one of today’s ongoing terminology rivalries stretching across the Atlantic – the debate of association football versus soccer.

The Premier League title and relegation fights might be dominating the headlines, but the race for Europe is proving to be an equally chaotic and enthralling battle this season.

With right-back Ben White out with a knee injury that will see him miss the World Cup, Cristhian Mosquera is his replacement. That is one of three changes from the Arsenal side that began the 1-0 win at West Ham.