Month: November 2024

England boss Sarina Wiegman is happy in her current role and has no desire to work in the men’s game.

Wiegman has done a brilliant job with the Lionesses since taking over in 2021, guiding them to Euro 2022 success before finishing as runners-up in this summer’s World Cup.

Following her exploits with the women’s national team, she has released a book called ‘What It Takes’, detailing her life as a coach and her philosophy in getting the best out of players.

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT: We are so proud to be publishing What It Takes: My Playbook on Life and Leadership by Sarina Wiegman.

It is out on 9th November and available to pre-order now (Dutch edition also available):

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In the book, the 54-yea…

Gareth Southgate took full responsibility for England s 4-0 humiliation by Hungary in the Nations League on Tuesday.

The Three Lions were embarrassed by their visitors at Molineux, paying the price for an abysmal performance that was in keeping with – but altogether worse than – their other disappointing displays this month, which have left England bottom of Group A3 with just two points.

It was England s worst home defeat in 94 years and stretched their winless streak to four, their longest such run since June 2014.

Roland Sallai put Hungary in front early on, but it was not until the latter stages that England s humiliation truly took shape.

Sallai got another in the 70th minute, and that was followed up by Zsolt Nagy s fierce effort and a delicate …

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Looking to widen their buffer at the top of the National League table this weekend, Wrexham will make the trip to a struggling York on Saturday lunchtime.

Starting with the hosts, while York might have managed to make their National League return this season, they are in the midst of what has become a nightmare run of form. With some in their camp starting to look over their shoulder at the drop zone, interim boss Tim Ryan finds his temporary squad enduring an eight-match winless run across all formats. Tumbling their way down the fifth-tier table, it should also be noted that the Yorkshire-based outfit have collected just a single victory since back on October 8th. Last seen putting in another downbeat display as they were hit w…

West Ham manager David Moyes is refusing to get carried away with his side s perfect start to the Europa League and insists his goal remains qualifying for the knockout stages.

The Hammers made it three wins from three games in Group H after defeating Belgian club Genk 3-0 at home on Thursday, following victories over Dinamo Zagreb and Rapid Vienna.

West Ham are only the second English side to win each of their first three group games in a single Europa League campaign without conceding a goal, alongside Tottenham in 2013-14.

The last team from any nation to achieve this was Sevilla who eventually won the competition in 2019-20 but Moyes would not be drawn on any comparisons.

I m keeping relatively calm because we ve got to go to Genk away and Vienna awa…

Lionel Messi is in line to make his 150th Champions League appearance and his first with Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.

Mauricio Pochettino s men travel to Club Brugge and Messi is about to partake in his first European campaign without Barcelona, while Manchester City host RB Leipzig.

Liverpool and Milan renew rivalries in the competition for just the second time since the 2004-05 final between the pair but the Serie A side have a woeful record against English teams.

Inter have a similarly poor record against Spanish teams and they face Real Madrid, with Karim Benzema edging towards another goalscoring landmark.

Here, Stats Perform takes a look at the key Opta data ahead of Wednesday s fixtures.

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It was lunchtime on Sunday in Italy when the latest chapter of Napoli s fairy tale played out. After dark, the context arrived.

The 178th Serie A derby between Inter and Milan was a dud, a one-sided joy vacuum where the champions of the past two seasons made you question how that ever happened.

Inter were the least bad of the two teams and Lautaro Martinez s persistence paid off with the goal that brought a 1-0 victory, trimming Napoli s lead to a still-commanding 13 points with 17 rounds of games to play,

Napoli are chasing a first Scudetto in 33 years, and their 3-0 dismissal of Spezia much earlier in the day was a fresh taste of how far they are ahead of everyone else just now in Italy.

Milan, the reigning champions, are down to sixth and in free-fall.…

Can Real Madrid star Gareth Bale inspire Wales to qualification for Euro 2016?

Wales drew 0-0 with highly-fancied Belgium in Brussels last night in Group B of Euro 2016 qualifying.

It was not the best attacking display we will ever see from Gareth Bale and company, but defensive wise they produce an outstanding performance.

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A draw away at the group favourites is not to be sniffed at and took Wales onto eight points, second place in the group table, although some of their rivals do have a game in-hand.

The Welsh points tally at this stage of a very competitive group is a good one.

The likes of Belgium and Bosnia and Herzegovina will still be fancied to come back from their currently low positions in the group and Israel are the surp…

Thibaut Courtois vowed to continue fighting but acknowledged Real Madrid s LaLiga title hopes may be over after a dramatic defeat at Barcelona on Sunday.

Franck Kessie scored a last-gasp Clasico winner in a 2-1 win over fierce rivals Madrid at Camp Nou to send Xavi s side 12 points clear at the top heading into the international break.

Carlo Ancelotti s side had taken the lead through Ronald Araujo s ninth-minute own goal, only for Sergi Roberto to deservedly equalise on the stroke of half-time.

Courtois impressed with a fine individual display to keep Los Blancos in the game, though the goalkeeper conceded Madrid s defence of their Spanish crown will likely come to an end.

The Belgium international told LaLiga TV: We have to be honest. We will continue f…

Chelsea tightened their grip on fourth place in the Premier League as Kai Havertz s double guided them to a routine 2-0 win over Fulham at Stamford Bridge.

Havertz had only scored twice in his previous 24 Premier League appearances in his first season following a high-profile move from Bayer Leverkusen.

But he showed his class against relegation-threatened Fulham in Saturday s clash, a goal in each half sending Chelsea six points clear of fifth-placed West Ham, who face Burnley on Monday.

Fulham are nine points adrift of safety with four games to play and will be all but relegated if Newcastle United defeat Arsenal on Sunday and Burnley overcome West Ham.

After a bright start by Fulham, they were quickly undone by some brilliance from Mason Mount, who con…

Real Salt Lake continued their giant-slaying run with another upset, this time stunning Sporting Kansas City 2-1 at the death to reach the Western Conference final in the MLS Cup play-offs.

After eliminating Seattle Sounders on penalties in the opening round, RSL were at it again on Sunday as they produced a second-half comeback to end Sporting KC s season in dramatic fashion.

Sporting KC appeared on track thanks to Johnny Russell s 24th-minute penalty before the seventh-seeded RSL – who were making their 10th Conference semi-final appearance, only Seattle have managed more (12) since 2008 – made their move.

After almost falling 2-0 behind when Gadi Kinda s free-kick was headed off the post, RSL substitute Anderson Julio equalised 18 minutes from the end.

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