Mexico, June 10 (IANS) England manager Thomas Tuchel said Bukayo Saka is still recovering from an Achilles injury and will need careful management ahead of the World Cup, despite the Arsenal forward playing a decisive role in his club’s title-winning campaign.Saka sustained the injury in March but continued to play for the North London club for the final run of games as they captured their first English top-flight title in nearly 20 years. Saka was also on the pitch in the final of the Champions…
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Madrid, June 3 (IANS) Spain will play the first of their two warm-up matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Thursday night when they face Iraq at Deportivo La Coruna’s Riazor Stadium.The friendly, Spain’s only match on home soil before the squad flies to Mexico to meet Peru on June 9 in the second preparatory match, will give coach Luis de la Fuente a chance to hand minutes to most of his players.However, with Nico Williams, Lamine Yamal, and Victor Munoz still working their way back from muscle…
Manchester, June 3 (IANS) English football club Manchester United has confirmed the permanent transfer of striker Rasmus Hojlund to the Italian club Napoli FC on Wednesday.Hojlund joined Napoli on a season-long loan deal last year, and as per the agreement, there was a conditional obligation to buy if he helped Gli Azzurri qualify for the Champions League.The 23-year-old impressed with his magnificent performance in one year for Napoli. The Dutchman scored 6 goals in 44 appearances across all…
Geneva, June 3 (IANS) Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) president Aleksander Ceferin has praised Hungary’s staging of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League final for the time, saying the event’s success in Budapest was “no accident”. In a letter published on the Hungarian Football Federation’s official website and addressed to federation president Sandor Csanyi, Ceferin said hosting a Champions League final was “one of the greatest responsibilities in world football.””The success experi…
Madrid, June 1 (IANS) Villarreal on Monday confirmed former Rayo Vallecano coach Inigo Perez as their new first-team coach, with the 38-year-old signing a three-year contract until the end of June 2029.Perez, who retired from playing in 2022, replaces Marcelino Garcia Toral, who left the club at the end of last season despite leading Villarreal to a third-place finish in La Liga behind FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, securing Champions League qualification for the second consecutive season.He arri…
Liverpool, May 30 (IANS) English football giant Liverpool on Saturday sacked their head coach, Arne Slot, after two seasons in charge. The Dutchman, who guided the club to their 20th league title in his debut season, was unable to continue the success in the next year as the club finished in fifth position in the Premier League 2025-26 and also failed to directly qualify for the UEFA Champions League 2026-27.”That this was a difficult decision for us to make as a club goes without saying. The co…
Madrid, May 30 (IANS) FC Barcelona confirmed the signing of England international winger Anthony Gordon from Newcastle United on Friday to make him only the third English player to represent the club after Gary Lineker and Marcus Rashford.The 25-year-old has agreed a six-year contract for around 70 million euros (81.3 million US dollars), plus a further 10 million euros in incentives, after flying into Barcelona and passing his medical examination on Thursday.The signing took place seven hours l…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) AC Milan have sacked head coach Massimiliano Allegri after the club’s failure to reach the Champions League, which has brought a premature close to an “unqualified failure” of a season according to the club owners.Milan’s chances of a return to the top tier of European club football were put to an end after a 2-1 defeat to Cagliari Calcio in their final match of the Serie A season. The Rossoneri dropped from third to fifth in the league table and as a result failed to re…
London, May 22 (IANS) The last round of games in the Premier League will bring some real tension as Tottenham and West Ham decide who will be the final team to be relegated to the Championship, while there are some interesting conundrums to resolve in the race to decide the last European places.Arsenal, who have already secured their first championship since 2004, visit Crystal Palace who are preparing for next week’s Conference League final in Oliver Glasner’s penultimate game at the club, whil…
Manchester, May 22 (IANS): Manchester United have announced Michael Carrick as their permanent head coach, having signed a new contract that will run until 2028.The 44-year-old took interim charge after Ruben Amorim was sacked in January and was awarded the Premier League Manager of the Month award after victories against Manchester City and Arsenal in his first two games in charge.Carrick has overseen qualification into next season’s UEFA Champions League with 11 wins from 16 games, accumulat…