Ex-Liverpool and Belgium goalie Simon Mignolet retiring at season's end

BRUGGE, Belgium (AP) — Former Liverpool and Belgium goalkeeper Simon Mignolet will retire at the end of the season.

Mignolet's current team, Club Brugge, said his final game will be on May 24 at home against KAA Gent on the final day of the Belgian league playoffs.

“The end result is not completely in my control, but my commitment, willpower and determination will be there every day until my very last moment at Club Brugge," the 38-year-old veteran said. “There are still 10 important games ahead of us with one clear goal, to become champions.”

Mignolet retired from international soccer in 2023. He played 35 times for Belgium, featuring at three World Cups and two European Championships.

Mignolet joined Brugge in 2019 after a six-year spell with Liverpool that included more than 200 appearances for the Reds and a Champions League title as a backup to Alisson Becker. He also played for St. Truiden in Belgium and Sunderland.

Local media reported Mignolet will start a new career in September in a management role at the Belgian Football Association.

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FILE - Christian Benteke of Crystal Palace FC, top, jumps as he is blocked by Simon Mignolet, goalkeeper of Liverpool FC, bottom, during a day one match at the Premier League Asia Trophy soccer tournament in Hong Kong, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Brugge's goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, right, celebrates after Brugge's won the Champions League Group B soccer match between Club Brugge and Atletico Madrid at the Jan Breydel stadium in Bruges, Belgium, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

FILE - Liverpool's goalkeeper Simon Mignolet catches the ball during their English Premier League soccer match against Newcastle United at St James' Park, Newcastle, England, Nov. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

FILE - From left, Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos, Brugge's Simon Deli and Brugge's goalkeeper Simon Mignolet go for the ball during the Champions League group A soccer match between Real Madrid and Club Brugge, at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Oct.1, 2019. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and actor-singer Hailee Steinfeld are proud parents of a baby girl.

Steinfeld announced Thursday in her newsletter that their daughter has been born without sharing any further specifics on the date or the baby's name.

“We’re feeling incredibly grateful and blessed and savouring these early moments. Thank you so much for the love and well wishes,” Steinfeld wrote. “Love, Hailee and Josh.”

Steinfeld is coming off a year in which she earned acclaim for her role in the movie “Sinners." She married Allen last May and announced in the same newsletter in December that they were expecting their first child.

Allen, the 2024 NFL MVP, had surgery after Buffalo lost to Denver in overtime in the AFC divisional playoffs. He is no longer wearing a protective boot on his right foot after breaking a bone during a game in Week 16 and is expected to be ready when the Bills start their offseason program.

The Bills posted a photo of Allen giving a thumbs-up, captioned: “Girl dad.”

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FILE - Hailee Steinfeld appears at the 83rd Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 11, 2026. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Josh Allen, of the Buffalo Bills, and Hailee Steinfeld appear at the NFL Honors award show ahead of the Super Bowl 59 football game in New Orleans on Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)