The truth about this contest is if it wasn’t a World Cup year the entire thing would be largely irrelevant, but it’s deeply relevant because Scotland are on the clock now. Time is ticking. Ivory Coast on Tuesday, Curacao on 30 May, a flight to America the next day, a final friendly in New Jersey […]
Striker Alessia Russo nets a first-half hat-trick as Arsenal beat north London rivals Tottenham 5-2 in front of a crowd of more than 46,000 fans at Emirates Stadium. Source link
Manchester City‘s James Trafford remains a potential target for Newcastle, while Real Madrid are among the clubs interested in Crystal Palace‘s Adam Wharton. Newcastle United retain an interest in signing James Trafford, 23, if the England goalkeeper decides to leave Manchester City in search of regular first-team football in the summer. (Football Insider, external) Meanwhile, […]
Midfielder Kenny McLean believes the experience against high-calibre opposition will stand Scotland in good stead before this summer’s World Cup. The Scots have been drawn in Group C with Haiti, Morocco and Brazil. They take on Ivory Coast at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium on Tuesday in the second of their March friendlies. “A disappointing result. […]
Scotland manager Steve Clarke says he was surprised and disappointed his side were booed off by some fans following the 1-0 friendly loss to Japan at Hampden. Source link
Watch the best of the action from Hampden as Junya Ito’s 84th-minute strike consigns Scotland to defeat in their first World Cup warm-up friendly. Source link
Ten-player Liverpool hold on for their first Women’s Super League away win of the season with a hard-fought victory over local rivals Everton at Goodison Park. Source link
Former Northern Ireland midfielder Chris Brunt has questioned the wisdom of Uefa for making Michael O’Neill’s side play Wales in a “complete dead rubber” friendly on Tuesday. Northern Ireland travel to Cardiff after losing their play-off semi-final 2-0 against Italy in Bergamo, which ended their World Cup hopes. Wales were beaten on penalties by Bosnia-Herzegovina […]
Senegal paraded the Africa Cup of Nations trophy before Saturday’s friendly match against Peru at Stade de France – despite being stripped of the title earlier this month. Morocco were declared the winners of the 2025 Afcon tournament when the Confederation of African Football (Caf) overturned the result of January’s final. Senegal’s players left the […]
Republic of Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson says he has “big respect” for how veteran defender Seamus Coleman has “given everything” to his country’s cause. Coleman, 37, played 96 minutes of Thursday’s heartbreaking World Cup play-off semi-final shootout loss to the Czech Republic in Prague. While the Everton stalwart would not be drawn on his international […]