England boss Roy Hodgson has been adventurous with his squad selection.
England manager Roy Hodgson has finally named his 23-man squad for this summer’s European Championships, and has raised eyebrows with a highly-attacking selection that could see the Three Lions light up the competition next month.
The 68-year-old initially named a provisional 26-man squad (3 players on stand-by), and has since trimmed the team by axeing three players from the lineup – Manchester City’s Fabian Delph, Leicester City’s Danny Drinkwater, Newcastle United’s Andros Townsend. He’s named five strikers for the European Championships, making up the numbers by selecting just three centre-backs.
England’s Euro 2016 squad
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), Fra…
Jurgen Klopp must be considered as a Liverpool manager as great as the likes of Bob Paisley and Bill Shankly.
That is the opinion of former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock, who was left shocked by the news that Klopp would be leaving the Reds at the end of the season.
Klopp confirmed in a video released via Liverpool s media channels on Friday that he would be calling time on his nine-year stint at Anfield.
In that time, Klopp has led Liverpool to a Premier League title, a Champions League crown, an FA Cup, EFL Cup, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and Community Shield.
The Reds are top of the Premier League as it stands, and his tally of five major trophies ranks him fourth on the all-time list for Liverpool, after Shankly (six), Kenny Dalglish (si…
Manuel Neuer confidently declared that Bayern Munich s current crop is better than the treble-winning side of 2012-13 following Wednesday s Champions League semi-final win over Lyon.
The Germany goalkeeper is better placed than most to offer such an opinion given he is one of the handful of figures remaining from Jupp Heynckes all-star cast, which defeated Borussia Dortmund in the European showpiece at Wembley in May 2013 to make history.
It is certainly a claim that has merits and one that will have even more credence should Bayern defeat Paris Saint-Germain in Sunday s Champions League final in Lisbon to repeat the feat under Hansi Flick.
Ahead of the blockbuster clash at the Estadio da Luz, we have attempted to compare Bayern s team now against their treble wi…
Manchester United head coach Erik ten Hag has brushed aside Cristiano Ronaldo s latest comments as he continues to block out the criticism surrounding his tenure.
Ronaldo, who recently surpassed 900 career goals during the international break, returned to Old Trafford in 2021.
The Portugal international netted 27 goals in 55 appearances in all competitions across one and a half seasons but fell out of favour under Ten Hag before joining Al Nassr in December 2022.
In his only full campaign during his second stint at United, no one registered more goal contributions in the Premier League for United than Ronaldo (21, 18 goals and three assists), while he also produced an expected goals tally (xG) of 17.75, also the highest in the Red Devils squad.
And spe…
D.C. United coach Troy Lesesne feels fortunate to work with Christian Benteke, who is battling the likes of Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi for the MLS Golden Boot after a flying start to 2024.
Benteke has been in incredible form this year, scoring 11 goals in 10 MLS appearances to join Suarez and Cristian Arango at the top of the scoring charts, with Messi one behind that trio.
The former Liverpool and Aston Villa man scored a hat-trick of headers last time out, helping D.C. recover from behind for a 3-2 win over Atlanta United.
With Lesesne s former employers the New York Red Bulls visiting Audi Field on Wednesday, the D.C. boss will be hoping for more of the same.
He s incredible, Lesesne said of Benteke. He s got two hat-tricks this year, he s on 11 g…
Holland boss Bert van Marwijk has finalized his side s 23-man squad for Euro 2012, leaving out the likes of Vurnon Anita, Jeremain Lens, Adam Maher and Siem de Jong.
The Oranje are amongst the favourites, at , to win this summer s European Championships following their runners-up finish in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Now then, let s take a look at Holland s Euro 2012 squad.
Goalkeepers:
Tim Krul, Maarten Stekelenburg, Michel Vorm
Defenders:
Khalid Boulahrouz, Wilfred Bouma, John Heitinga, Joris Mathijsen, Gregory van der Wiel, Ron Vlaar, Jetro Willems
Midfielders:
Ibrahim Afellay, Mark van Bommel, Nigel de Jong, Stijn Schaars, Wesley Sneijder, Kevin Strootman, Rafael van der Vaart
F…
Lionel Messi has scored the 100th goal of the World Cup.
With Argentina needing to beat Nigeria on Tuesday in St Petersburg to have a chance of qualifying for the last 16 at Russia 2018, the forward gave his side a 14th-minute lead.
Ever Banega s lofted throughball was ideally placed for Messi to impressively control and hammer home a right-footed drive to put Jorge Sampaoli s men in front.
Messi had failed to score in Argentina s two previous Group D games, missing a penalty in a 1-1 draw against Iceland and proving toothless as his side were thumped 3-0 by Croatia.
100 Lionel Messi has scored the 100th goal at the 2018 World Cup. Permanent.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe)
The Barcelona superstar has now scored six World Cup goals, three of w…
Ahead of Friday s FIFA World Cup draw, here are details of all 32 teams set to participate in Brazil next year.
ALGERIA
Key player: Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia)
How they qualified: Play-off victory against Burkina Faso
Coach: Vahid Halilhodzic
Best showing at World Cup finals: Group stage (1982, 1986, 2010)
ARGENTINA
Key player: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
How they qualified: Topped South American group
Coach: Alejandro Sabella
Best showing at World Cup finals: Winners (1978, 1986)
AUSTRALIA
Key player: Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls)
How they qualified: Runners-up in Asian Group B
Coach: Ange Postecoglou
Best showing at World Cup finals: Round of 16 (2006)
BELGIUM
Key player: Vincent Kompa…
It is official. David de Gea is going nowhere!
The Spain goalkeeper penned a new contract with Manchester United until 2023 on Monday, with the option to extend the deal by a further year.
De Gea s future at Old Trafford has often been the feature of debate, with Real Madrid most famously coming close to securing his signature in 2015, while Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain have also been reported suitors.
But the 28-year-old, who has become recognised as one of the world s best goalkeepers during his time at United, will be with the Red Devils for the foreseeable future.
Below, we have analysed Opta data to take a look at De Gea s best Premier League stats with United.
102 Since his debut in the competition in August 2011, David de Gea has kept …
Aston Villa midfielder Fabian Delph will miss the remainder of 2014, according to manager Paul Lambert.
Delph, 24, suffered a dislocated shoulder during training in October, and Lambert said the England midfielder will endure several months of rehab before making it back into the first team.
The former Leeds United man is set to see his role fielded in the middle of the park by former West Ham and Chelsea playmaker Joe Cole.
Delph has had his operation, it went well and everything is on course, said Lambert.
It s just a matter of getting him to do his rehab and getting him fit.
I don t think you can put a timescale on it but he will be out for a few months. It s not a complicated injury, it s straightforward.
Everything went fine and …