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Jude Bellingham’s performance for England in their 5-0 victory over San Marino had Roy Keane waxing lyrical about the Borussia Dortmund midfielder. The 17-year-old replaced Mason Mount at half-time against the international minnows and impressed in his second appearance for the national team having made his debut in a 3-0 victory over the Republic of […]
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Newcastle fans have no right to criticise Mike Ashley unless they themselves buy the club off him. Rio Ferdinand knows that’s a load of balls and that really does matter. “It’s his club.” Rio Ferdinand’s preposterous attack on Newcastle fans in his latest YouTube show has a lot of problems, and we’ll get to […]
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic toasted his first Sweden appearance in five years by setting up Viktor Claesson’s goal in a 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Georgia. The 39-year-old broke down in tears earlier in the week when weighing up his decision to come out of international retirement. The AC Milan striker quit after Euro 2016, but […]
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Ollie Watkins scored on his international debut as England cantered to victory against San Marino, but Gareth Southgate’s men should have made more of their dominance against the world’s worst side in this World Cup qualifier. While a shot at European glory on home soil is just months away, the main focus right now is […]
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John McGinn’s superb overhead kick rescued a point for Scotland in the 85th minute of their opening World Cup qualifier against Austria. Steve Clarke’s side twice came from behind at Hampden to seal a 2-2 draw following a thrilling second half. Norwich defender Grant Hanley headed Scotland’s first goal in his first international for three […]
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England beat San Marino in an inevitably low-key opening to the World Cup qualifying bid It was… fine, I guess. NICK POPE First touch of the ball came after 16 minutes. Apparently, according to WhoScored he had four more but jiggered if we can remember them. Was there a late goal-kick? Think there was […]
England U21 boss Aidy Boothroyd has insisted that his side “are not out of it yet” despite falling to a 1-0 defeat to Switzerland in their first game Euros outing. Nice forward Dan Ndoye’s lucky late effort condemned England to a 1-0 opening Group D defeat in Koper. Switzerland had just 34 per cent of […]
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Manchester United manager Casey Stoney has expressed her disappointment at the lack of visibility that will be on their upcoming game at Old Trafford against West Ham. United’s women’s team are set to play at the stadium for the first time after the club last week announced the fixture was being moved from Leigh Sports […]
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Former Leeds United boss David O’Leary has lauded Stuart Dallas as he is a player who performs “really well” for the Whites. Dallas started his career in Northern Ireland but he moved to England in 2012 as he signed for Brentford. The 29-year-old made the move to Leeds United in 2015 for a fee believed […]
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Lacklustre England Under-21s suffered a nightmare start to Euro 2021 with a 1-0 defeat to Switzerland. Nice striker Dan Ndoye’s late winner condemned the Young Lions to Group D defeat in Koper on Thursday. Bastien Toma also hit a post for Switzerland while Andi Zeqiri was denied by Aaron Ramsdale in a deserved win for […]
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