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Five England players withdrew from the squad with injuries on Monday before the forthcoming Nations League matches, with Declan Rice, Cole Palmer, Marcus Rashford, Kobbie Mainoo and Tino Livramento all dropping out. There is no formal process for withdrawing from an international squad outside a major tournament. BBC Sport understands …

Available for 29 days Three defeats in a row, two derby losses and growing uncertainty around Martin O’Neill. So where has it gone wrong for Celtic? Is the manager running out of answers, or are recruitment failures and structural problems at the club now impossible to ignore? Andy Burke is …

It feels like a crossroads has been reached between clubs wanting to be competitive, the WSL continuing to grow, and the need to regenerate an England squad that has not changed much over the past three major tournaments. After all, England are the two-time European champions but seven of the …

Available for 29 days Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton, Nedum Onuoha and Rory Smith. The panel compare Brighton and Brentford, both 3-0 victors over Arsenal and Chelsea respectively and the two models, as it stands which one is best placed to deliver? But what is stopping both clubs …

Available for over a year Ben Haines and Ellen White are together in the studio to break down a big weekend of domestic action and preview the return of European football! First up, the team react to Manchester City maintaining their 100% start to the WSL campaign and Lauren Hemp’s …

More than 160 Irish sportspeople have signed an open letter by the Irish Sport for Palestine Group to urge the Republic of Ireland senior men’s team to boycott their upcoming Nations League games against Israel. The Republic of Ireland are due to play Israel on 27 September in Hungary before …

“When does Sky wonder if they are paying a lot of money in wages to train their next competitor?” It is a question posed by Richard Gillis, who hosts the Unofficial Partner sports business podcast. While Neville started out in the media as a pundit with Sky Sports, the 51-year-old …

Martin O’Neill leaving Celtic would not surprise Paul Lambert, but the former club captain would be “shocked and disappointed” if the manager was to be sacked. The 74-year-old said he would use the international break to take stock following back-to-back defeats by Rangers. Those Old Firm setbacks came either side …

Wales face Portugal in Lisbon on Thursday, 24 September in their opening Nations League A fixture. Head coach Craig Bellamy will be without Harry Wilson, Nathan Broadhead and Karl Darlow who have all withdrawn because of injuries. Promising defender Dylan Lawlor is also missing but captain Ben Davies is available …

Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka is under investigation by Swiss prosecutors over allegations he obtained a forged Covid-19 vaccination certificate. The 33-year-old is alleged to have obtained the certificate in 2022, when it was a requirement in Switzerland for some travel abroad. The public prosecutor’s office of the city of Lucerne …

Brian Brobbey etched his name in Premier League history on Sunday after scoring a hat-trick as part of the losing side. The Netherlands striker is now only the fifth different player to do so in a Premier League match, after netting three times during Sunderland‘s 5-3 defeat by Manchester City. …

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Chelsea forward Cole Palmer is set to withdraw from England’s squad for the upcoming Nations League matches because of a minor injury. The 24-year-old had been recalled by manager Thomas Tuchel having been controversially left out of the Three Lions’ squad for the World Cup. Tuchel previously said Palmer had …

While there was naturally disappointment after that loss to Italy in March, there has long been a sense that this group’s best chance of major tournament qualification lies in the years ahead. Of the starting XI that featured in Bergamo, only Hull City’s 31-year-old defender Paddy McNair is older than …

Southampton boss Tonda Eckert says the club have had a “big, big punishment” for Spygate, and he is thankful for the support he has been given. READ MORE: ‘I’ve asked for forgiveness’ – Eckert and Southampton braced for Spygate verdict Available to UK users only. Source link

Pulis, who managed Stoke for 10 years in two different spells, added: “When I was at Stoke, I would drive home to the south coast after a game on the Saturday. “It could take me three hours or more, but it was precious time because I could spend much of …

Parsons is more forthright on whether the club has been punished enough. “We don’t know what the FA will actually hand out,” he says. “It could be a long ban. It could be a short ban. It could be a suspended sentence. “What we hope as a club is they …

Football fans were shown a “constant bombardment” of advertisements promoting junk food and drinks during matches at the 2026 Fifa World Cup, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Bristol and University of Oxford created an AI tool to analyse ads which were visible to television viewers …