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Looking to spring another qualifying upset on Saturday evening, Scotland will travel to Oslo this weekend when they meet Norway.
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Starting with the hosts, missing out on the chance to punch their World Cup ticket last year, Norway find themselves in the midst of what has been an extended wobble. Although Stale Solbakken’s men might have opened their qualifying campaign with their sights firmly set on clinching a return to the major tournament stage, the Lions have now mustered just a single win from any of their last six appearances across all competitions a run that stems back to a 3-2 win against Sweden 12 months ago. Opening theirGroup A adventure with a 3-0 drumming at the hands of Spain on March 25th, Norway have certainly…
Jose Mourinho s Manchester United career will begin at the Vitality Stadium on August 13 when they travel to AFC Bournemouth, but the Portuguese s focus will already be on their fourth game of the Premier League season.
The former Real Madrid head coach will come head-to-head with Pep Guardiola – his Barcelona rival from their time in Spain – on September 10 when United host Manchester City at Old Trafford.
United s opening 10 games of the 2016-17 campaign also sees them welcome defending champions Leicester City on September 24, while Mourinho s first return to Chelsea comes in mid-October.
Mourinho lost his job at Stamford Bridge in December, but he will be back – this time in the visiting dugout – on October 22.
United welcome Sunderland to Old…
Gary O’Neil has said Pedro Neto could have sealed an even bigger move away from Wolves, if not for his injury record.
Neto left Wolves for Chelsea earlier in August, signing for the Blues in a £45million move.
The Portugal international is set for a swift reunion with his former club, though, with Wolves welcoming Chelsea to Molineux on Sunday.
Ahead of that contest, Wolves boss O’Neil believes Neto could have moved on for an even larger fee – and to an even bigger side – had he stayed fit over the course of recent seasons, with the winger having missed close to four months due to injuries last term.
The important thing for him now is being able to play week in, week out, O’Neil said of Neto.
I always felt he was unfortunate with…
Iceland captain Aron Gunnarsson credited his team s Viking spirit for hauling them into the last 16 of Euro 2016 with a last-gasp 2-1 win over Austria in Saint-Denis.
The tournament debutants began with their now customary confidence and Johann Gudmundsson had rattled the post with a thunderous drive by the time Jon Dadi Bodvarsson poached an 18th-minute opener.
Austria began the match with an experimental 3-4-3 set-up and struggled for fluency, but unlikely centre-forward David Alaba won a 37th-minute penalty that Aleksandar Dragovic dragged against the post.
Coach Marcel Koller reverted to the 4-2-3-1 that helped Austria to nine wins from 10 qualifiers and they were much improved during the second half, when substitute Alessandro Schopf restored parity with a s…
Theo Zwanziger, a member of FIFA s Executive Committee, believes that the 2022 World Cup will not be held in Qatar.
The country was awarded the right to host the competition back in 2010, a decision which has attracted widespread criticism amid accusations of corruption within the world game s governing body.
On Monday, Zwanziger revealed that he felt FIFA would change its mind over the decision and opt for another host, with concerns having been raised over the extreme heat in Qatar.
I personally think that in the end the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar, he told Bild.
Medics say that they cannot accept responsibility with a World Cup taking place under these conditions.
They may be able to cool the stadiums but a World Cup does not…
In what was another Champions League thriller on Wednesday night, Barcelona secured a stellar first-leg advantage as they clinched a nail-biting 3-2 victory away ay French giants PSG.
With Brazilian international Raphinha silencing the home support in Paris after finding a way past Gianluigi Donnarumma late in the first-half, Xavi’s men entered the half-time break with a shock lead on foreign soil.
However, with ex-Barcelona superstar Ousmane Dembele dragging Wednesday’s hosts level just seconds after returning from the interval, PSG then completed a stunning quickfire turnaround as Vitinha powered home just moments after Dembele’s equaliser.
With Luis Enrique’s side missing a handful of clearcut opportunities after taking a thrilling lead, it was then t…
Emma Hayes thanked her late father for helping her achieve her dream after coaching the United States to Olympic gold at Paris 2024.
USA defeated Brazil 1-0 in Saturday s final at the Parc des Princes through Mallory Swanson s goal just before the hour mark.
Hayes only took over as USWNT head coach in May, after leaving her role at Chelsea, and tasted success in her first tournament in charge.
Speaking to Discovery+ at full-time as the celebrations started, Hayes said: I m very emotional. It s been a dream of mine.
I have to thank my dad he s the one who pushed me to this position, to be able to come and coach an unbelievable group of players.
Hayes father, who she has long described as a cornerstone in her football career, passed away last year…
World governing body FIFA has revealed the 12 venues that will host matches during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
The interest in Brazil was huge, and it was a very difficult decision to choose just 12 venues from the initial list of 17, said FIFA chairman Joseph Blatter at the meeting in Nassau, Bahamas.
Not surprisingly, the list includes all of the five cities that hosted matches at the 1950 World Cup, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Porto Alegre and Belo Horizonte. Also included is capital city Brasilia.
The 12 venues are Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Cuiaba, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio De Janeiro, Salvador and Sao Paulo
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Mino Raiola has moved to clarify comments he made this week regarding Erling Haaland s future, insisting it is not a foregone conclusion that the striker will leave Borussia Dortmund next year.
Haaland, who has scored 51 Bundesliga goals in 52 appearances since making his Dortmund bow last year, is already one of the world s leading goalscorers.
Among players in Europe s top five leagues, only Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski (100) has scored more goals than Haaland (74) across all competitions since January 18, 2020, when he first played for BVB.
The 21-year-old is rumoured to be a target for Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona and the two Manchester clubs, with reports suggesting he has a €75million buy-out clause that will kick in at the end…
Russia coach Guus Hiddink on Tuesday unveiled his final selection of 23 players to play in the Euro 2008 finals.
Hiddink said he had to exclude midfielders Oleg Ivanov of Samara and Spartak Moscow s Alexander Pavlenko from the team s line-up.
I was satisfied with all of my 25 players attitude to our preparations, Hiddink said. They all worked hard and productive.
But I could select only 23 of them to play in Austria and Switzerland. We decided that Ivanov and Pavlenko would not be included in our squad. However, we asked Ivanov to stay with the team until the end of the championship.
We will also ask Spartak management for a permission to leave Pavlenko in the team.
Russia open their Euro 2008 campaign against Spain on June 10 followed by h…