Marco Silva has agreed to become Benfica’s new head coach as the Portuguese club formalised Jose Mourinho’s departure for Real Madrid. Silva, 48, ended his five-year stint as Fulham boss a week ago when his contract at Craven Cottage expired. Benfica said they had “reached an agreement” with Silva who is set to sign a […]
Three wins and three defeats to finish third in their qualifying group may not look like much, but there is plenty for Republic of Ireland to be proud of in how they navigated what many said was the ‘group of death’ in League A. The bottom seeds, who had only won promotion to League A […]
Tuchel insisted that England are not the favourites to lift the World Cup at the end of July. England have reached two European Championship finals in succession and been tipped to go deep into the tournament in North America. “If you get to two Euros finals, and reach semi-finals and quarter-finals of the World Cup, […]
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Real Madrid have had a 150m euro (£130m) offer for striker Julian Alvarez rejected by city rivals Atletico Madrid. Real president Florentino Perez last week pledged to make a 150m euro offer for an unnamed “galactico” player if re-elected to his position. Having successfully retained control on Sunday, Perez made good on his promise. However, […]
In the past, World Cup hosts have tended to give Fifa what they want – and that includes easy access for officials and supporters. It has been the case with two of the most divisive World Cups, in Russia and Qatar. Indeed, Russia positively rolled out the red carpet in 2018, removing any need for […]
And he is “delighted to extend my stay” despite only featuring 16 times in the past two seasons since returning to the Ibrox club from Motherwell. “Coming back to the club has been a special experience and I love being here,” Kelly said. “We’ve got a really strong and competitive goalkeeping department, which pushes us […]
Available for 29 days Mark Chapman is joined by the Guardian’s Jonathan Wilson to look back and reminisce on the magic of Mexico ’86. The pair reflect on everything from the size of the goals, to Denmark’s iconic kit and how Alex Ferguson led a Scotland side marred by tragedy. Scotland striker Graeme Sharp speaks […]
Liverpool‘s teenage forward Rio Ngumoha will leave the England camp this week after making a major impression on Thomas Tuchel and his international team-mates. The 17-year-old, who is not in England’s 26-man squad, was named man-of-the-match for his debut performance as a second-half substitute in Saturday’s 1-0 World Cup warm-up win over New Zealand. England […]
Somali referee Omar Artan says he was subjected to an 11-hour immigration interview before being denied entry to the United States for the World Cup despite holding the “right papers” and “right visa”. Artan, who was set to be the first Somali to referee at a World Cup finals, was dropped from the list of […]