Nketiah has seldom been a regular at the Emirates Stadium during his time in the first-team setup, though has come in as a starter during Gabriel Jesus’ spells on the treatment table over the last couple of seasons. The 24-year-old, who earned his first cap for England at senior level in October, has been linked with a move to several …
Liverpool welcomed Chelsea to Anfield on matchday 36 sitting in first place on 80 points, while their visitors arrived in third on 75 points. But Liverpool’s 11-match winning run came to a catastrophic end on April 27. Club captain Steven Gerrard slipped when shaping to receive a pass back from Mamadou Sakho, allowing Demba Ba to steal possession and score …
Girona announced the renewal of the contract of David López , one of its leaders in the defense axis and a leading man in Míchel Sánchez’s schemes since he arrived at the club in the summer of 2022, from Espanyol, a team in which he was the captain after a lifetime with some parenthesis included. The Catalan’s performance in the …
Jorge Mas is in Zaragoza, although his presence in the Aragonese capital will not last more than 48 hours. The businessman, always with a very tight schedule, has taken a break in Zaragoza, the first of the season, to once again show his commitment to the club of which he is president and attend different events, in addition to tomorrow’s match at …
New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is mulling a plan to host a few matches of the 2034 FIFA World Cup, set to be held in Saudi Arabia, according to an internal circular of the national sports body. Last month, FIFA, the world governing body of football, had confirmed following the 31 October deadline that Saudi Arabia was …
Ramkumar Ramanathan will lead India’s singles campaign in the Davis Cup clash against Pakistan in February. Sumit Nagal and Sasikumar Mukund had asked to not be included in the travelling party and have thus not made the six member squad. Nagal, India’s highest ranked singles player at No 138, and Mukund, ranked 511, had expressed unwillingness to play in Pakistan …
Lionel Messi is expected to line-up against his boyhood club Newell’s Old Boys after the Argentine team agreed to a pre-season friendly game at Inter Miami in February. The Major League Soccer club announced on Monday that they would host Newell’s at their DRV PNK Stadium on February 15. Newell’s are based in the city of Rosario where Messi was …
Paris: Holders Manchester City were handed a tie against FC Copenhagen in Monday’s draw for the Champions League last 16, from which the meeting of last season’s runners-up Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid appears the standout tie. Pep Guardiola’s City, who are looking to retain the title they won in Istanbul last June, will be expected to comfortably get the …
FIFA announced details regarding the new format for the Club World Cup on Sunday, saying the first edition will take place in 2025 and feature European heavyweights Real Madrid and Manchester City. The tournament will take place from June 15 to July 13 in the United States and bring together 32 teams, spread across eight groups with two sides progressing …
Fluminense coach Fernando Diniz credited his side’s experience for riding out an Al Ahly storm to reach the final of the Club World Cup with a 2-0 win on Monday. Two goals in the final 20 minutes in Jeddah by Jhon Arias, from the penalty spot, and then John Kennedy carried the Brazilians into Friday’s final against European Champions League …
