Making their first appearance since their European Championships final defeat at Wembley, England put in what was a professional display on foreign soil as they stormed their way to a 4-0 romp in Budapest.
53 days after their heartbreaking penalties defeat at Wembley, Gareth Southgate s side breezed past Hungary as they managed to overcome a hostile home crowd that will once again be facing another investigation after ugly scenes in the second-half.
Taking a giant step towards securing top spot in Group I and booking their place at next year s World Cup finals, Southgate was right to praise what was a largely dominant display by his side on Thursday night.
With the likes of Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling, Harry Maguire, and Declan Rice all get themselves in on the …
Athletic Bilbao are interested in signing Ander Herrera from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that the former Manchester United midfielder is not in plans of PSG head coach Christophe Galtier, and that his former club Bilbao are keen on securing his services.
Herrera himself is reported to be willing to move to La Liga outfit Bilbao. The 32-year-old Spanish midfielder played for the Basque club from 2011 until 2014 before moving to Manchester United. During his time at Old Trafford, Herrera won the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, the FA Community Shield and the UEFA Europa League once each.
The midfielder joined PSG in the summer of 2019 on a free transfer after leaving Manchester United. During his time at the French club so…
Virgil van Dijk was saddened to hear his former Liverpool team-mate Sadio Mane would miss the World Cup, but he hopes the Netherlands will profit from the Senegal star s absence on Monday.
Africa Cup of Nations champions Senegal suffered a huge blow on Thursday, when it was confirmed Mane would not recover from a fibula injury in time to feature at the tournament.
Mane has been directly involved in 12 of the last 25 goals scored by Senegal players at either the Africa Cup of Nations or the World Cup, leading coach Aliou Cisse to concede the Lions of Teranga would have to cope without their best player in Qatar.
Although Van Dijk acknowledges Mane s woes could benefit the Netherlands in Monday s Group A meeting, he has been in touch with the Bayern Munich attacke…
Massimiliano Allegri has signed a new contract with Juventus that ties him to the Serie A champions until June 2020, the club have announced.
The 49-year-old s deal was due to expire at the end of next season, but he has decided to stay put for two additional years.
Allegri was linked with Arsenal earlier this campaign, but he always maintained he intended to stay at Juve and has now ended all speculation about his immediate future.
The former AC Milan boss arrived at the Bianconeri in 2014 to replace Antonio Conte and has since guided the Turin giants to seven trophies.
Juve have not only won the Serie A title in each of Allegri s three seasons at the club – a run which saw them claim an unprecedented sixth successive Scudetto last season – but h…
A board of university presidents voted unanimously on Friday to expand the College Football Playoff to 12 teams, possibly as early as the 2024 season.
An announcement on the College Football Playoff website stated the new format will begin in the 2026 campaign.
It was added, though, that the College Football Management Committee have been tasked with assessing the possibility of beginning the expanded playoff in either the 2024 or 2025 regular season.
The Board of Managers – comprised of university presidents representing the 10 FBS conferences, plus Notre Dame – is hoping to implement expansion as soon as possible.
When Friday s meeting was announced, CBS Sports reported that universities had grown impatient with the commissioners hesitancy to ad…
Cyriel Dessers scored twice as Feyenoord edged an absorbing Europa Conference League semi-final against Marseille, claiming a 3-2 first-leg success at De Kuip.
Dessers and Luis Sinisterra netted within three frantic first-half minutes, but Bamba Dieng and Gerson led a rapid Marseille comeback as a terrific first half ended level.
But a dire back-pass from Duje Caleta-Car allowed Dessers to grab his brace immediately after the break as the hosts re-established their advantage.
Arne Slot s men will now take a slender lead to Southern France for next week s second leg as they aim for a first European final appearance since 2002.
Dieng missed two glorious one-on-one chances for Marseille early on, side-footing straight at Ofir Marciano after eight minu…
Steven Bergwijn had strong words for Netherlands head coach Ronald Koeman following the 61-year-old s criticism of his move to Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad.
Bergwijn, who has made 35 international appearances since his debut in 2018, was a notable admission for the Oranje s upcoming Nations League fixtures.
The 26-year-old started two games at Euro 2024 in the knockout phase of the competition but was substituted in both at the half-time interval.
He also enjoyed an impressive season at club level last campaign, creating more chances (50) and completing more dribbles (39) than anyone in the Ajax squad, scoring 12 goals in 24 appearances in the Eredivisie.
But ahead of the Netherlands clashes with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Germany, Koeman took a dim…
Unai Emery is focusing on a new mentality for his Aston Villa side as they embark on their Champions League journey against Young Boys.
Villa are making their first appearance in Europe s top competition since 1982 on Tuesday, having previously won the competition 42 years ago.
Emery s side will become the 11th different English club to compete in the Champions League, and the first English newcomer since Leicester in 2016-17.
But the Spaniard has made a name for himself on the European stage, having won the Europa League on four occasions with Sevilla and Villarreal.
However, Emery s last game in the competition came back in 2022, with his Villarreal side eliminated by Liverpool in the semi-finals of the competition.
That particular run was t…
Defending champions Italy secured their place at Euro 2024 after a battling goalless draw with Ukraine.
The fixture, which was played at Bayer Leverkusen’s BayArena due to Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia in their homeland, was not short of chances, but Serhiy Rebrov’s men failed to find the winner they required to send them automatically through to next year’s tournament in Germany.
It means Ukraine must contest a play-off in March, while Italy boss Luciano Spalletti can reflect on a job well done after they clinched the point they needed to finished second behind England in Group C.
The equation was simple for both teams, but any hint of caution was thrown to the wind during an action-packed start with Viktor Tsygankov testing Gianluigi Donnarumma from…
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Looking to bounce back from their shocking defeat at home to Atalanta in the Europa League in mid-week, Liverpool will host Crystal Palace at Anfield on Sunday with the aim of staying in with a chance to win the Premier League title.
Palace, meanwhile, travel to the north-west of England on the back of facing defending champions Manchester City at home in a game they lost 2-4. As things stand, the Eagles are trying to earn valuable points to help them stay away from relegation zone.
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It was a truly woeful performance Liverpool put in against Atalanta, thoroughly disappointing from the players who are supposed to see off manager Jurgen Klopp at the end of the season in the strongest way possible. Gianluca Scamacca str…