Nuno Espirito Santo has called for the Premier League to provide clarity as Nottingham Forest wait on their appeal against a four-point deduction for breaching profit and sustainability rules, describing the situation as a mess .
Forest were deducted four points in March after being found to have breached the competition s financial rules in the assessment period culminating in the end of the 2022-23 season.
Everton have also had a total of eight points deducted for two separate breaches, but with the Toffees pulling clear of the relegation zone, it is Forest who are looking over their shoulders.
Nuno s team sit just one point clear of 18th-placed Luton Town as they await the outcome of an appeal against their penalty, and he says the lack of clarity is affecting…
Harry Kane is dreaming of exorcising the ghosts of England’s Euro 2020 heartbreak at Wembley by leading them to Euro 2028 glory on home soil.
The UK and Ireland’s bid to host the next-but-one European Championship was formally approved on Tuesday, meaning England will get another shot at glory in front of their own fans, seven years after they were a penalty shootout away from winning at Wembley.
Kane will be 34 by then and in the twilight of his career, but is planning on still being around and wants to make amends for that despair against Italy two years ago.
Asked whether England had unfinished business in a home tournament, he replied: “I think so, we were so close to doing something really magical in the last Euros.
“That’s football, it did…
Villarreal 1-1 Manchester United (11-10 on pens): De Gea´s missed spot-kick gives Yellow Submarine f
David de Gea missed the only penalty of a marathon shootout as Villarreal won the Europa League with victory over Manchester United at Gdansk Stadium.
Gerard Moreno opened the scoring in the first half of a poor final in Poland on Wednesday to move level with Giuseppe Rossi as the Yellow Submarine s leading all-time goalscorer with 82 30 of which have come this season.
Edinson Cavani equalised early in the second half with his sixth goal in five Europa League games for United and the two sides remained level at 1-1 after extra time.
There had been an astonishing 21 successful spot-kicks until United goalkeeper De Gea s tame effort was kept out by his opposite number Geronimo Rulli, with Villarreal winning the shootout 11-10.
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Bayer Leverkusen managed to keep their unbeaten run going in a dramatic way as they returned from two goals down at home against AS Roma and booked a place in the Europa League final, thanks to their 2-0 victory in Rome in the first leg of the semifinals.
Leandro Paredes scored twice from the spot (43 , 66 ) to nullify Leverkusen s first-lg lead, but an own-goal from Gianluca Mancini (82 ) and a very late strike from Josip Stanisic (90+7 ) rescued Xabi Alonso s side from losing a game for the first time in 2023/24.
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Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso perhaps surprisingly decided to rotate his side to an extent, apparently confident of his team not having too many difficulties in keeping their advantage from the first leg. Florian Wirtz and Robert Andrich, the two go…
Premier League rivals Arsenal and Chelsea will meet in a pre-season friendly in Orlando, Florida, the two clubs have announced.
A stateside London derby, set for Camping World Stadium in downtown Orlando on July 23, will mark the culmination of the week-long FC Series , an expansion of the Florida Cup featuring clubs from across the globe.
The Gunners have announced they will travel to Major League Soccer outfit Orlando City on July 20 before meeting the Blues, while Chelsea are to play two as-yet unknown opponents on July 16 and July 20.
The announcement came ahead of the two sides Premier League meeting on Wednesday night, with Thomas Tuchel s men looking to complete a first league double over the Gunners since 2015-16, having won 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium e…
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Croatia will be looking to continue their unbeaten start to the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign as they host Latvia on Friday at the HNK Rijeka stadium. Currently in third place in Group D, they are just two points behind the top two teams, Turkey and Armenia, and they have two and one game in hand on those rivals, respectively.
Latvia, on the other hand, is struggling at the bottom of the group with three consecutive losses. They ll be looking for a turnaround in this match.
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Croatia has had a successful run under manager Zlatko Dalic, with notable achievements including reaching the 2018 World Cup final and clinching third place in 2022. They have also performed well in the Nations League, making it to the finals and se…
Carlo Ancelotti highlighted the experience and unity of his Real Madrid side as key to their Super Cup win after goals from David Alaba and Karim Benzema downed Eintracht Frankfurt in Helsinki.
Madrid lifted their fifth Super Cup on Wednesday as Ancelotti, who also won the competition in 2003 and 2007 with Milan and 2014 with Los Blancos, became the first coach to claim four victories in the European season s curtain-raiser.
Benzema s goal sealed a 2-0 win and moved him clear of Raul as Real Madrid s second highest all-time goalscorer, with only Cristiano Ronaldo (450) now bettering his tally of 324 strikes for the club.
But Madrid could have gone behind early on when Thibaut Courtois made a fine one-one-one save from Daichi Kamada, and Ancelotti was delight…
The Premier League is back for another weekend of football and Michael Carrick is set for his first league game in charge after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s departure.
Early leaders Chelsea face Manchester United in the headline clash on Sunday, with the visit to Stamford Bridge the Red Devils first domestic game of the post-Solskjaer era.
Manchester City, who sit just three points behind Thomas Tuchel s side, play host to high-flying West Ham while fellow title challengers Liverpool invite Southampton to Anfield.
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Dan Burn has signed a new contract with Newcastle, extending the validity of his commitment to the club until the summer of 2025, 12 months longer than his previous deal.
The 31-year-old defender, unusually tall for a fullback at 6 6 , has been a very important player in Eddie Howe s team since arriving to St. James Park from Brighton in January 2022. He played a vital part in their run to Champions League qualification throughout last season, and this term, he s already scored more goals than in 2022/23, netting against Sheffield United and Paris Saint-Germain.
Interestingly enough, Newcastle were Burn s first club at youth level, but being one of football s late bloomers, he played for a variety of clubs before finally settling down at Brighton in January 2019. In the…
Robert Lewandowski scored just his second LaLiga goal since October as Barcelona beat Cadiz 2-0 to restore their eight-point lead over Real Madrid.
The 34-year-old added to Sergi Roberto s opener as two goals late in the first half undid a Cadiz side who held their own for much of the Camp Nou clash and had two goals from Roger disallowed.
Another clean sheet, Barcelona s 17th shutout in LaLiga this season, puts Xavi s side a step nearer the title, and this was a seventh consecutive league victory, the third time they have had such a run under the leadership of their former midfielder.
It sealed a double for the season, too, with Barcelona having won 4-0 in September against the team who are now fighting a relegation battle, sitting just two points outside the bo…