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UEFA Euro 2020 is well and truly up and running with some fascinating games to sink our teeth into over the course of the next few days. One such example of that is the battle between Turkey and Wales in Group A with both hoping to register their first victories of the tournament. Neither are viewed as contenders to win the whole thing but even with that being the case, they re still dangerous enough to warrant a closer look at what they can do.
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Turkey have always been able to thrive off the back of being the underdogs and we don t expect this edition of the Euros to be any different. They re the kind of team who could easily sneak through the back door and qualify for the knockout stage without e…
Liverpool youngster Rhian Brewster is obviously attracting much attention these days. Having scored 10 goals in 20 Championship appearances on loan at Swansea City in the second half of 2019/20, he also impressed playing for his parent club in the pre-season friendlies.
However, the 20-year-old striker is aware that his chances of getting regular game-time at Anfield this season look very slim with Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi all ahead of him in the pecking order. For that reason, he apparently isn t opposed to the idea of moving elsewhere to help further his development.
According to Sky Sports, Sheffield United and Crystal Palace have now joined the race for his signature, which is being contested by no less than six Premier League club…
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Looking to make it four victories on the spin this weekend, a high-flying Oakleigh will travel to Hume City on Saturday morning for an NPL Victoria showdown.
Starting with the hosts, while Hume might have just about clung to their NPL Victoria status last season, Ersan Gulum’s men find themselves in the midst of yet another extended rut. Needing a miracle in their bid to claim a top-half finish in 2023, the Anadolu have now lost each of their last four straight appearances by an aggregate score of 7-1. Putting in another nightmare performance last weekend as they suffered a 2-1 loss at home against North Geelong, the one-time Besiktas defender will know that his downbeat squad face another real challenge in Broadmeadows. Likewi…
UEFA has abandoned an investigation into Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer s rainbow-coloured captain s armband.
Bayern Munich stalwart Neuer wore the armband in Germany s first two games of Euro 2020 – a 1-0 defeat to France and 4-2 win over Portugal.
The rainbow flag is a symbol of the LGBTQ community, for which Neuer was showing support as countries across the world celebrate Pride Month .
But reports emerging on Sunday suggested he could face censure from UEFA for his choice of armband.
European football s governing body had apparently deemed the rainbow flag a political statement, which are prohibited in UEFA competitions.
DFB press officer Jens Grittner confirmed proceedings had been opened, saying: It is true that the captain s armband …
Centre-back Henrique has returned to Palmeiras on loan, but he is unlikely to start in their Serie A clash against Fluminense on Sunday.
The Barcelona defender, who spent time at the club in 2008, moves back to the Brazilian top-flight having being on loan at Bundesliga outfit Bayer Leverkusen and La Liga side Racing Santander in the past two seasons.
With five clean sheets in their first nine games, Palmeiras have one of the best defences in the league. It means Henrique short of fitness after being on his European off-season break is unlikely to be rushed into a start against Fluminense.
I m on vacation since June. I spent the first two weeks resting and then I started training, but not with the intensity to play perfectly, he said.
(I) will not lack…
Manchester City s first foray into the Champions League begins with the visit of Napoli to Etihad Stadium on Wednesday.
City s owners, the Abu Dhabi United Group, have spent more than 400 million pounds since purchasing the club in August 2008 as they attempted to secure a berth in European football s elite competition.
A third-place finish in the English Premier League last season realised those ambitions, but a tough draw pits the newcomers against experienced European campaigners Bayern Munich and Villarreal, together with Napoli in Group A.
Coached by Walter Mazzarri, the Naples-based club finished third in Serie A last season, earning a place at the top table of European football for the first time since the club s heyday in the 1980s, when Argentina supers…
FIFA have confirmed that the Club World Cup will be held in Morocco despite the country s removal as hosts for the Africa Cup of Nations.
The North African country, which played host to the Club World Cup in 2013, was announced as the venue for 2015 AFCON tournament in January 2011.
However, Moroccan officials have repeatedly requested for the postponement due to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in west Africa and failed to confirm its intention to host the tournament last weekend.
As a result the Confederation of African Football (CAF) stripped Morocco of its hosting duties on Tuesday and also expelled their team from the competition.
CAF is to select a new AFCON host in the coming days but FIFA has insisted that they will not be altering their plans f…
Hat-trick hero Sergio Aguero salvaged a 3-2 win over 10-man Bayern Munich to keep Manchester City s UEFA Champions League hopes alive.
Winless in their four previous Group E outings, Manuel Pellegrini s team looked set to extend that record to a fifth game on Tuesday until a late intervention from their Argentine superstar.
They had been handed a huge opportunity to claim a major scalp when Bayern defender Mehdi Benatia was sent off for a professional foul on Aguero midway through the first half.
The City striker converted the resulting 22nd-minute penalty before the hosts evening began to unravel as Xabi Alonso buried a low 40th-minute free-kick and then Robert Lewandowski put Pep Guardiola s visitors ahead on the stroke of half-time.
But Alonso swit…
Brighton and Hove Albion are ready to smash their transfer record in an attempt to sign Leicester City midfielder Tom Lawrence, according to the Mirror.
The Seagulls already paid a record fee for goalkeeper Matthew Ryan earlier this summer, and are expected to lay out an even bigger amount if they finalise a deal for Lawrence.
The twenty-three year old faced Brighton, who won the Championship title last term, twice last season during a year-long loan spell with Ipswich Town.
Lawrence has made just four appearances for the Foxes since signing from Manchester United in the summer of 2014 having had temporary stints with Rotherham United, Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City prior to moving to Portman Road twelve months ago.
He impressed with Mick McCarthy…
Tyrone Mings has signed a new long-term deal with Bournemouth, according to Sky Sports.
The twenty-four year old moved to the Vitality Stadium in the summer of 2015 only to suffer a serious knee injury eleven minutes into his Premier League debut against Leicester City.
His next league outing came against the same opponents fourteen months later – his first of seven top flight outings last term when he also served a five-match ban following an incident with Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Prior to his move down south the defender played sixty-three times for Ipswich Town with his one and only international goal so far coming in a 4-2 win over Birmingham City in February 2015.
Mings is the latest in a line of Cherries players to agree a new contract this summe…