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“I just feel – to make it as simple as possible – If I’m the manager of England and I play against France I cannot sing the national anthem of France.” Wenger, who now works as FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development, said that a manager should be from the same country of the nation he coaches […]

11 year old local lad “Little Jamie’ with stars in his eyes versus Liverpool legend, David James. The boy, known only as “Little Jamie” to the crowd, had been talking a big game all week. He’d been practicing penalties on his dad’s tin bins in the garden, and he was ready to take on a

Richard Keys has aimed a dig at Gary Lineker after the BBC presenter revealed the real reason why he posts on Twitter. Lineker recently appeared at the Hay Festival, where he won a medal for Broadcast Journalism. During an appearance on stage at the festival with historian David Olusoga, he spoke about why he tweets

Wayne Rooney came through Everton’s academy, famously scoring his first senior goal against Arsenal at the age of just 16 in October 2002. Wayne Rooney has recalled the time he was sued by his former Everton manager David Moyes over comments he made in his book. Rooney was given his debut by Moyes, who had arrived at

The final countdown to the US men’s program’s 2024 Olympic adventure began on Wednesday as head coach Marko Mitrovic announced an MLS-dominated squad for a June preparatory camp, the last gathering before he submits his roster for the tournament on or before July 3. And two of Mitrovic’s choices drew plenty of questions from reporters in a

Toni Kroos has reignited his feud with Saudi Arabia with another brutal comment months after he labelled a transfer ’embarrassing’. Toni Kroos will retire from football after Euro 2024 this summer, bringing an end to a stellar 17-year career. The German midfielder will end his Real Madrid career with Saturday’s Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley,

Paul Scholes has been asked if he was a better player than Steven Gerrard – and he made the same point as former Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney. Earlier this week, Rooney brought Scholes’ name into the equation when he was asked to name the best player he’d played alongside during a trophy-laden 19-year career. Speaking on The

MLS-based Boyz Andre Blake, Damion Lowe, Tayvon Gray and Cory Burke are familiar, as are coworkers of USMNTers in England like Bobby De Cordova-Reid, a colleague of Robinson and Tim Ream at Fulham, and Joel Latibeaudiere and Kasey Palmer, who Haji Wright shared some firsthand scouting on as their Coventry City teammate. “We had a meeting, and a lot of us

Before the tournament, this was widely seen as a straight duel to avoid last place. And in the first competitive encounter between Group A’s distant underdogs, following two prior friendly victories for Guinea Bissau, the Djurtus unsurprisingly began the stronger. Yet, it was at the opposite end of the field where the deadlock would be broken

Australia beat Syria 1-0 in their second Asian Cup match to maintain their perfect record in Group B on Thursday after midfielder Jackson Irvine came to the rescue once again with his second goal of the tournament. After a goalless first half, Irvine once again gave Australia the lead, having scored the opening goal in their 2-0 win over