Mauricio Pochettino suffered his first defeat in charge of the United States, losing 2-0 away to Mexico in a friendly on Tuesday.
For Mexico, it was their third match without defeat or even conceding a goal as they celebrated the international swansong of veteran midfielder Andres Guardado in style.
Mexico opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, when Raul Jimenez whipped a powerful free-kick past Matt Turner from distance.
The in-form Fulham man hit his shot with the perfect amount of power and height to lift it up and over the wall and find the top corner.
Jimenez continued to threaten in the first half, with long-range shots and audacious flicks, but there was little else to get excited about in the opening period.
The home side doubled their lea…
Newcastle United CEO Darren Eales says the club will fight to keep Eddie Howe, amid speculation linking the Magpies boss with the England head coach vacancy.
Howe is among the frontrunners to replace Gareth Southgate, who announced on Tuesday he would step down as the Three Lions boss after their Euro 2024 final heartbreak against Spain.
The 47-year-old, who guided Bournemouth into the Premier League in 2015 and oversaw a five-year stay in the top flight, has also made great strides with Newcastle since replacing Steve Bruce in October 2021.
The Magpies were bottom of the Premier League when Howe took over the reins, but he guided them into the Champions League in his first full season, while they finished a respectable seventh last term.
Howe, who previo…
Jose Mourinho revealed he prayed and cried for Christian Eriksen after the Denmark star collapsed during Saturday s Euro 2020 clash against Finland.
Inter midfielder Eriksen suffered cardiac arrest when collapsing on the pitch before being resuscitated, Denmark s team doctor Morten Boesen said.
Eriksen was given CPR by medics in the first half of the Group B match after falling to the ground with no other player around him – the fixture was originally suspended, but the former Tottenham star was later confirmed to be awake and the game resumed a little under two hours later, with Finland winning 1-0 in Copenhagen.
Ex-Tottenham head coach Mourinho spent time with Eriksen prior to the Denmark international s move to Inter in 2020 and the Roma-bound boss said he w…
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Dinamo Batumi and Ludogorets Razgrad will lock horns with each other in the UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round this week. The second leg of the tie between the Erovnuli Liga club and the First League team will be held at the Adjarabet Arena and is scheduled to kick off at 6 pm UK time on Wednesday. The first leg of the tie was held at the Huvepharma Arena in Razgrad last week. It ended in a 3-1 win for Ludogorets.
Dinamo Batumi
FC Dinamo Batumi are a club based in Batumi, the second-largest city in Georgia. They were founded back in 1923, but it is only in recent years that they have started to get some success. Dinamo won the Erovnuli Liga in 2021 and 2023.
Dinamo won the 20…
Iran coach Carlos Queiroz believes his team can qualify for the World Cup but reminded his players they need to stay focused.
Iran have not qualified for a World Cup since 2006 and the former Portugal and Real Madrid boss is well aware of the expectations that are on him and his players, but praised them for their continued development over the past two years.
He told Fifa.com: Pressure is just part of my life, and part of football. For me, it encourages you to obtain good results. It goes without saying that every Iranian dreams of experiencing the World Cup again.
It s been good. As far as our progress is concerned, we ve been improving steadily up to this point.
There are three matches left to play – we re going to have to hang in there right unti…
Euro 2024 action returned on Friday, as the first two teams booked their places in the semi-finals.
Spain scored a last-gasp goal to knock hosts Germany out of the tournament thanks to their 2-1 win. Meanwhile, France were perfect from the spot in their shootout win over Portugal after a 0-0 draw over 120 minutes.
Two more ties were on offer on Saturday as Switzerland and England face off before the Netherlands and Turkiye vie for the final spot.
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Here is the best of the social media posts from Friday and Saturday at Euro 2024.
Saying goodbye to a legend
Germany suffered heartbreak as they became the first host nation to exit the tournament at the quarter-final stage of the tournament.
But their de…
After Cleveland Cavaliers shocked Golden State Warriors to claim their first ever NBA title last season, it is the Warriors who head into the new campaign as clear favourites, having added superstar Kevin Durant to their star-studded roster.
The Oracle Arena outfit are priced at 4/5 to go all the way, whereas you can get 20/23 odds on any other team beating them to the championship ring.
Cleveland Cavaliers (7/2) and San Antonio Spurs (8/1) are the only other sides tipped to make life difficult for Steph Curry and Co., but it remains to be seen whether Warriors will be able to live up to the billing.
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Ahead of what promises to be another thrilling Premier League season, we take a look at 10 of the biggest and best close-season transfers.
Alexis Sanchez Arsenal
The second-largest transfer in Arsenal s history, with an estimated £32million fee, Arsene Wenger pulled off a major coup in bringing the Chile star to the Emirates Stadium from Barcelona.
Deemed surplus to requirements at Camp Nou ahead of Luis Suarez s arrival, Alexis turned down Liverpool to join Arsenal.
He was a key player in his country s run to the last 16 of the World Cup, and Arsenal fans will be hoping the fleet-of-foot forward can help fire them to a first Premier League title since 2004.
Diego Costa Chelsea
After his haul of 36 goals in all competitions helped Atlet…
Kasper Hjulmand has resigned from his role as Denmark head coach following the team s last-16 exit at Euro 2024.
Denmark scraped through Group C in Germany with three draws, before losing 2-0 to hosts Germany in a round-of-16 tie featuring several controversial VAR interventions.
It was Denmark s second underwhelming tournament in a row, after they crashed out in the group stage at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Hjulmand took the reins in 2020 after Age Hareide s departure, with his first tournament his most successful as Denmark reached the Euro 2020 semi-finals, losing to England in extra time.
It has been an incredible honour and privilege to be allowed to coach our national team for four years, Hjulmand said in a statement released on Friday.
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Lieke Martens, the Netherlands star performer in their Women s Euro 2017 success, will play no further part in the Oranje s title defence.
The former Barcelona winger, who has just joined Paris Saint-Germain, was the Player of the Tournament in the previous Women s Euros.
The Netherlands won that tournament in surely the highlight of an outstanding year for Martens, who was also the UEFA Women s Player of the Year and The Best FIFA Women s Player.
And the 29-year-old had appeared set to play a key role for the Netherlands again in England, creating a joint-high seven Oranje chances in the group stage – including assisting Danielle van de Donk s winner against Portugal – and attempting six shots herself.
But the Netherlands announced on Tuesday the inj…