Chelsea say that Enzo Maresca will pay them compensation now he has been confirmed as Manchester City‘s new head coach. Maresca, 46, has signed a three-year deal and succeeds Pep Guardiola, who stepped down in May after 10 years in charge. The appointment was held up by talks between Chelsea and City over a compensation […]
Failure in Group A brought fan anger to boiling point. It started with a promising 2-1 win over the Czech Republic but then a team containing Son Heung-min, Lee Kang-in of Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich’s Kim Min-jae lost 1-0 to Mexico. It left the Taeguk Warriors needing a point against South Africa to secure […]
Maybe we haven’t seen as much from every part of Tuchel’s team as we’d like, but we still know we can rely on our big-hitters to step up and produce something brilliant to change the course of the game. Ideally, we wouldn’t be relying on someone to get us a goal out of nothing, like […]
The biggest ever group stage at a World Cup is over – and the tournament bracket has been settled all the way to the final. After 72 games, we now know which of the 48 teams participating have made it to the round of 32. But how well do you know the numbers that helped […]
Hong Myung-bo has resigned as head coach of South Korea’s men’s national football team after they failed to advance to the World Cup knockout stage. The team had hoped they could still qualify for the next round of the tournament as one of the best third-placed teams, but that hope was quashed on Saturday. The […]
Former Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski is close to a move to Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire. The 37-year-old Poland international left the La Liga club at the end of the season when his contract expired and is expected to sign a two-year deal in Chicago. Last December, Fire said they had talks with Lewandowski […]
A set of triplets all made their debuts for Guernsey as the island side finished third in the Cherry Godfrey Cup. Emilie, Hollie and Millie Jeffreys, who are 16, became the first triplets ever to play for the island. Guernsey were beaten 3-1 by the Isle of Man in their semi-final on Friday before beating […]
Scotland’s Lewis Ferguson reportedly told Bologna he will assess his future after the World Cup, while Wolfsburg are said to be closing in on Celtic-linked goalkeeper Tjark Ernst. Source link
Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland, Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Kane trading blows in an electric race for the Golden Boot made plenty of headlines. That in itself was a gift for Fifa, with the world’s most recognisable players all showing up and trying to outdo each other. But the World Cup is not just […]
Saturday, 11 July – 22:00 BST Now, this is where things begin to look more difficult. Five-time winners Brazil are in England’s section of the draw and are potential quarter-final opponents, but Carlo Ancelotti’s men would first have to overcome Japan in the last 32. Vinicius Jr. and co topped Group C – knocking out […]