Bournemouth are in talks with Benfica to sign Portugal defender Antonio Silva as a replacement for Marcos Senesi. The Cherries have targeted the 22-year-old following Senesi’s decision to leave on a free transfer and join Tottenham Hotspur. Silva is seen as a good ball-playing replacement for the Argentina centre-back, although Benfica have paused further progression […]
Available for over a year Wayne Rooney joins Rick Edwards and Lloyd Griffith ahead of England’s World Cup semi-final against Argentina. He explains why Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane are so important to this England side, why he likes seeing Thomas Tuchel and Bellingham challenge each other, reflects on similar moments from his own career […]
As Kane prepares for Argentina, Keane is spending the early part of this week at Champneys Springs in Leicestershire, one of 45 players taking part in the PFA’s 12-week pre-season camp. The initiative, now in its third year, is aimed at providing a competitive environment for out-of-contract players keen to find a new club. At […]
Rangers have held talks with Leicester City as the Ibrox club look to secure 28-year-old winger Stephy Mavididi. (Mark Hendry on Substack, external) Leicester City are considering a move for Rangers centre-half John Souttar but could face competition from some Championship clubs for the 29-year-old Scotland international. (Sky Sports, external) Rangers fear they will be […]
Re-live all the goals scored by England so far, as Thomas Tuchel’s side gear up to face Argentina in their World Cup semi-final. READ MORE: Who else? How Bellingham became indispensable again Watch England in the World Cup semi-final live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, Wednesday 15 July, 19:00 BST. Available to UK users […]
I don’t think Argentina have played great football to get this far, but they have scored some great goals. They are an experienced and streetwise team, and they are also the defending champions. They are not as good as they were when they won it four years ago, but what they have been great at […]
England and Argentina met in another quarter-final in Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium at the 1986 World Cup, with the Falklands War four years earlier providing the backdrop. It was the day of Diego Maradona’s infamous “Hand Of God” – as well as his brilliant second goal – as Argentina won 2-1, and then went on […]
Rodrigo de Paul has become, in this Argentina squad, what Jose Manuel Pinto once was at Barcelona, or Luis Suarez later became: the team-mate with whom Messi instantly feels at home. Their bond was forged on international duty. Until then, the midfielder’s only connection to Messi had been asking for a photo after a Valencia–Barcelona […]
Tuchel could become only the fourth manager to reach a World Cup final with a team other than their home nation – and first since Austrian Ernst Happel with the Netherlands in 1978. But his England side will have their work cut out against Argentina, who are in the World Cup’s last four for the […]
Spain produced an absolute masterclass in control to secure their place in just their second World Cup final – leaving the rest of the world stunned at how France were blown away. Les Bleus went into Tuesday’s eagerly anticipated semi-final as overwhelming favourites having cruised through the tournament, with the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane […]