•Arsenal’s defender Ben White celebrates goal with teammates Arsenal resume their quest for Premier League glory against Bournemouth this weekend knowing they have no margin for error with Manchester City hot on their heels. Mikel Arteta’s Gunners are a single point above Pep Guardiola’s men with three games left but City, who host Wolves, cru...
Nations participating at Euro 2024 in Germany in June and July will be able to take squads ranging in size from 23 to 26 players, a source close to UEFA’s executive committee told our correspondent today. All squad members will be allowed to appear on the team sheet, in contrast to the last European Championship […]
•Phil Foden Manchester City’s Phil Foden was today named Footballer of the Year by the English Football Writers’ Association, with the club’s Khadija Shaw scooping the women’s award. England attacking midfielder Foden joins a roll call of famous names including Stanley Matthews, Bobby Charlton, George Best and Kenny Dalglish, reports AFP. Fode...
Having long battled the creeping use of English in advertising, music and film, French MPs have declared a new struggle: keeping their home Olympics this year free from anglicisms. In a resolution adopted yesterday, the lower house of parliament urged organisers of the 2024 Paris Games, as well as athletes, trainers and journalists to use [&he...
•Olympiakos teammates celebrate their fourth goal Ayoub El Kaabi scored a hat-trick as Olympiakos stunned Aston Villa 4-2 yesterday to close in on the final of the Europa Conference League on home soil in Athens later this month. Despite being in their first European semi-final for 42 years, Villa were favourites to lift the trophy, […]...
With their South Korean midfielder Lee Kang-in remaining on the bench, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) have dropped their opening leg of the semifinals at the UEFA Champions League against Borussia Dortmund. Niclas Fullkrug’s 36th-minute goal was the difference in the German club’s win over the French champions at BVB Stadion Dortmund in Dortmund, G...
•Chelsea captain, James Reece Mauricio Pochettino says Chelsea’s medical and coaching staff are trying to work out why the club have been so badly plagued by injuries, with as many as 14 players likely to be missing for tomorrow’s visit of Tottenham. Defenders Thiago Silva and Axel Disasi are the latest additions to the list […]
•Benjamin Frederick Nigerian U-20 centre-back, Benjamin Frederick, has secured a move to the English Premier League outfit, Brentford. At just 18 years old, Frederick has emerged as the latest permanent addition to the Bees’ roster, reports Soccernet. Frederick is a product of Moses Simon’s academy, Simoiben Football Club, in Kaduna State. Fre...
Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior scored a double, including an 83rd-minute equalising penalty, to snatch a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich in yesterday’s Champions League semi-final first leg. Vinicius gave Real the lead after 24 minutes but Bayern scored twice in four second-half minutes to wrestle control of the match, Leroy Sane with a stunnin...
•Vardy and teammates celebrate goal Jamie Vardy scored twice as Leicester celebrated their promotion to the Premier League in style yesterday with a 3-0 win at Preston that secured the Championship title. The Foxes’ return to the top flight was sealed after Leeds’ shock 4-0 capitulation at QPR on Friday, reports AFP. Enzo Maresca’s men [&helli...