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Croatia and Denmark will face each other in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A1 game this week. The match will be held at Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb and is scheduled to kick off at 7:45pm UK time on Thursday.
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Croatia are doing extremely well in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A1 at the moment. They are currently second in the standings with seven points from four matches, two points behind leaders Denmark and three points ahead of third-placed Austria and five points ahead of bottom side France.
Zlatko Dalia’s side kicked off their 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A1 campaign on the back of a 3-0 defeat to Austria at Gradski Vrt Stadium in Osijek. Croatia then played out a…
James Rodriguez has left Real Madrid to join Premier League club Everton on a two-year deal with the option of a third.
Having been deemed surplus to requirements by Zinedine Zidane, James has been reunited with Carlo Ancelotti – who coached him at both Madrid and Bayern Munich – for a reported fee of £20million (€22.4m).
The 29-year-old Colombia attacking midfielder was restricted to just 14 appearances for the LaLiga champions last season, scoring one goal.
James arrives as Everton s second major signing of the transfer window, following the arrival of Allan from Napoli, which was confirmed on Saturday.
Ancelotti will hope the former Porto and Monaco playmaker rediscovers the form he showed in his first season at Madrid, as Everton aim for a dr…
Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham continued their stunning starts to life at their new clubs with multi-goal performances over the weekend.
Bellingham’s brace fired Real Madrid to victory over Barcelona in El Clasico while Kane hit a hat-trick in Bayern Munich’s 8-0 rout of Darmstadt in the Bundesliga.
Here, the PA news agency looks at the England duo’s season to date.
Goals galore
Another matchball for s collection
— FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayernEN)
Kane kick-started the second-half scoring in Bayern’s wild win on Saturday, in a game which at half-time was goalless with Bayern playing with 10 men to Darmstadt’s nine.
His eventual treble, completed in the 88th minute and including one from his own half, sees him one ahead of B…
While Europe s elite might have made their return from the international break last weekend, players from across the globe will have one eye firmly on this year s World Cup finals.
With under two months until world sport s biggest tournament gets underway out in Qatar, a host of heavyweight countries have their sights set on making their own piece of history.
On a list that includes both European and south American powerhouses, we have taken an early glance at who the bookmakers have installed as their pre-tournament favourites to be crowned world champions come December.
Brazil 9/2 with
Signing off their pre-World Cup preparations with a routine 5-1 romp against Tunisia and with the mood in their camp appearing to be at a red-hot high, Brazil will make the tr…
Saudi Arabia s emergence as the sole bidder to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup is no surprise and could be part of a major power shift to affect football in the next few years.
That is the view of sports finance expert Dan Plumley, who also says FIFA will find it difficult to avoid political questions when Saudi oil company Aramco becomes the governing body s highest-paying sponsor.
FIFA confirmed in October that Saudi Arabia was the only country to submit a bid to host the 2034 World Cup before the deadline, making a second tournament in the Gulf a mere formality.
The announcement came less than a year after the 2022 tournament was held in Qatar, a decision which was roundly criticised due to the country s poor human rights record and criminalisation of same-sex re…
Junior Messias scored a last-gasp equaliser as Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by relegation-threatened Cremonese at San Siro on Wednesday.
A win would have kept the Rossoneri level on points with rivals Inter in the race for Champions League qualification, but they fell behind in the 77th minute when substitute David Okereke shrugged off two defenders before coolly finishing.
Milan would escape with a draw, however, as Messias free-kick found the net via a deflection in the third minute of stoppage time, while Charles Pickel was sent off in the dying seconds for an off-the-ball incident involving Sandro Tonali.
Stefano Pioli s men have now won just two of their last nine Serie A outings at a crucial juncture of the season, leaving them with an uphill battle on the…
Real Madrid set out to prove their Champions League dominance is not dependant on Cristiano Ronaldo when Roma visit the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.
The holders were dumped out in the Round of 16 the last time they commenced a campaign without the 33-year-old, whose hopes of inspiring Juventus to success get an early test away to Valencia.
Both Manchester clubs are involved on the same day as City meet Lyon for the first time and United, away to Young Boys, attempt to reverse a poor recent record in Switzerland.
Meanwhile, in Portugal, Bayern Munich will look to prolong Benfica s long wait for a drought-breaking Champions League result.
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32 teams 1 prize
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Chelsea have decided against a move for Sporting Lisbon forward Viktor Gyokeres, according to journalist Ben Jacobs. The well-known and well-respected reporter has claimed that former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea do not want to pay the £100 million transfer fee that Sporting demand. It is his release clause.
Jacobs said on : “I know there has been talk of Viktor Gyokeres who is doing incredibly well, but there’s a £100m release clause there and my understanding is that Chelsea have decided against that.”
Gyokeres has been on the books of Sporting since the summer of 2023 when he moved from English club Coventry City. The 25-year-old Sweden international forward has scored 11 goals and given five assists in 14 Liga Portugal matches and…
Managers in the football world are usually good at sparking controversies in interviews and press-conferences, some more, some less so, but there aren’t many as skilled as Jose Mourinho when it comes to that side of things. His confidence, seen by many as overconfidence bordering on arrogance, is often a real treat for media outlets which often carry his words in reports for a long time.
Nonetheless, to consider Mourinho anything other than a great manager would be as wrong as claiming the sun was shining brightly at midnight. His impressive record speaks for itself.
The Rapid Rise
His managerial journey started at Benfica in 2000 where he lasted only a year. Then he took over at Uniao de Leiria, before putting himself up on the map with Porto.
Though he only…
Bayern Munich are stepping up their interest in Chelsea s Mason Mount, according to .
The 24-year-old attacking midfielder has made it quite clear to Chelsea that he wants to leave Stamford Bridge and that he won t be signing a new contract. His current one expires at the end of next season and the Blues wouldn t be entitled to any compensation if he leaves as a free agent. Therefore, they re open to letting him leave now, but only for the right price.
Mount has reportedly chosen Manchester United as his preferred destination, but the 20-time English champions haven t been able to find common ground with Chelsea over a price. They ve reportedly had three offers rejected, the last one of £55 million, and have threatened to make no more. But Chelsea want £65m and won t …