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Two nations who are looking to secure a route out of Group D, Morocco will face off against Ivory Coast in Cairo on Friday evening.
Morocco
Starting with Morocco, although the Atlas Lions did manage to get their African Cup of Nations campaign off to a winning start last weekend, they were far from convincing and needed an 89th-minute own goal to come past Namibia. Despite many believing that Hervé Renard s side had made some needed improvements after slumping to the bottom of Group B at last summers World Cup finals, their form heading into this year s African finals has been highly worrying for fans around Marrakech. Losing three of their last four appearances across all competitions and desperate…
Veteran coach Guus Hiddink has confirmed he is in talks over a return to Chelsea to replace Jose Mourinho, who departed the club by mutual consent on Thursday.
Mourinho s second spell in charge at Stamford Bridge came to an end after the Premier League champions shocking season continued with a 2-1 loss at Leicester City on Monday, a result that leaves them just a point above the relegation zone.
Speculation soon gathered pace that Chelsea would turn to Hiddink at least until the end of the season.
The 69-year-old previously enjoyed a short spell in charge of the London club in 2009, when he led Chelsea to a third-placed finish and FA Cup glory.
Discussion over a possible return have started, but he has dismissed any talk of being on the bench when Chelse…
´I´d like to experience other things´ – Hasenhuttl wants to retire when Southampton contract expires
Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl has said he would like to retire when his contract at the Premier League club expires in 2024.
The former RB Leipzig boss was appointed in December 2018 and he signed a new four-year contract 18 months later.
Hasenhuttl, who has coached since 2007, has previously been linked with a potential move to clubs elsewhere in the Premier League.
However, he has suggested that could be his last deal at the club, with the Austrian revealing he wants to try things away from the game.
I always wanted to prove to myself that I could very well work for a club for a longer period of time, he told German outlet Kicker.
Hopefully it will be five-and-a-half-years here. That s a damn long time in modern football, and then t…
Ahmad Ahmad, the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has been banned for five years by FIFA after being found guilty of breaching ethics codes.
The 60-year-old, who is also a FIFA vice-president, had been investigated for his conduct during the period from 2017 to 2019.
FIFA s adjudicatory chamber said Ahmad had breached rules relating to duty of loyalty, offering and accepting gifts or other benefits, abuse of position and misappropriation of funds.
Ahmad has been banned from all football-related activity for five years and fined CHF 200,000.
FIFA said in a statement on Monday: The investigation into Mr Ahmad s conduct in his position as CAF president during the period from 2017 to 2019 concerned various CAF-related governance issu…
Ryan Giggs was left to rue missed chances as his Wales side went down 2-1 to Croatia in Euro 2020 qualifying on Saturday.
Croatia lost their last Group E game against Hungary in March, but returned to winning ways against Wales, with Ivan Perisic at the heart of things.
Having seen his cross deflect in off James Lawrence for Croatia s opener in the first half, Perisic got on the scoresheet himself shortly after the interval, with David Brooks deflected strike proving a mere consolation.
While Croatia had plenty of opportunities themselves, matters might have been different had Harry Wilson done better with an early volley, while Gareth Bale also passed up a presentable chance and Brooks flapped at a chance to double his tally and salvage a point late on.
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