Chelsea's Cole Palmer was used in a more familiar right-flank role in Finland after looking lost as a deep-lying midfielder against Greece. Disappointingly for a player who has sprinkled stardust on the Premier League this season, Palmer was literally left on the margins of the action and unable to make an impact. It was no surprise when he was replaced by Chelsea team-mate Noni Madueke after 68 minutes.
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Former France captain Amandine Henry has announced her immediate retirement from international football.
3 min 50 sec
Craig Bellamy remains unbeaten in three games but his side let a two-goal lead slip in Iceland
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Arsenal expect William Saliba to stay despite Real Madrid's interest, Juventus could target Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the summer, plus more.
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Bukayo Saka handed Arsenal another injury concern as he hobbled off during England’s 2-1 defeat to Greece.
Saka left the field in the 51st minute of the Three Lions’ clash against Greece, being replaced by Noni Madueke.
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The Liverpool forward stepped up to double England’s lead after Grealish gave him an extra incentive
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Guernsey FC coach says his side deserved 'at least a point' in their 3-2 loss at Rayners Lane in Isthmian League South Central.
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Carsley is taking temporary charge of the England men’s senior team.
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Finland 1-3 England: After a much-needed win in the Nations League, the interim manager provided another confusing mixed-message surrounding his future
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talkSPORT is here to keep you updated as the Premier League season rolls on.
Erik ten Hag is still clinging on to his job as Manchester United manager despite their tough start to the season.
Elsewhere, Lee Carsley left journalists puzzled by saying ‘hopefully I’ll be going back to the Under-21s’ after England’s 2-1 defeat to Greece.
However, the Three Lions interim boss performed a U-turn by refusing to rule himself out of contention following a 3-1 win over Finland in...
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Uruguay national team head coach Marcelo Bielsa has admitted his authority as manager has been impacted by the public accusations made by Luis Suárez.
14 hours 3 min
Kansas City Current forward Temwa Chawinga broke the record for goals scored in a single National Women's Soccer League season with her 19th goal of the year in Saturday's win over Bay FC.
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England interim manager Lee Carsley said he had not made a formal application to become their permanent boss and added that he felt privileged to be given the opportunity to manage the senior side.
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First-half goals from Bernardo Silva and Cristiano Ronaldo helped group leaders Portugal to a comfortable 3-1 victory away to Poland in the Nations League on Saturday as they continued their perfect start to the competition with three wins.
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Brazil goalkeeper Ederson says he is honoured to be a part of Pep Guardiola's project at Manchester City but admits the Spanish coach can be "sometimes annoying."
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Arsenal and Newcastle United have joined Barcelona in the race to sign Leroy Sané, according to reports. Transfer Talk is LIVE with the latest.
18 hours 56 min
Successive losses for Arsenal in the UEFA Women's Champions League and against derby rivals Chelsea puts manager Jonas Eidevall's future in doubt.
20 hours 21 min
Manchester City have confirmed the appointment of Hugo Viana as their new director of football.
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Bukayo Saka has returned to Arsenal for further assessment on the injury he picked in England's loss to Greece on Thursday, the national side confirmed on Saturday.
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United States women's national team forward Trinity Rodman is in line to return from a back injury when the Washington Spirit host Racing Louisville in the NWSL on Sunday.
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Arsenal are reportedly keen on signing Bournemouth pair Antoine Semenyo and Milos Kerkez, according to Caught Offside.
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Liverpool are reportedly considering a shock move for Benfica left-back Alvaro Fernandez, who was previously with Manchester United.
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England winger Bukayo Saka has returned for medical assessment at Arsenal following his hamstring injury against Greece this week.
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Arsenal have been handed a minor injury boost on Martin Odegaard, according to Sky Sports News.
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Chelsea left-back Marc Cucurella has heaped praise on teammate Cole Palmer amid his exemplary performances over the last 18 months.
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Manchester United could make a surprise approach for Atletico Madrid midfielder Rodrigo De Paul next summer, according to Fichajes.
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Chelsea have no plans of parting ways with Mykhailo Mudryk during the midway stage of the campaign, according to Ben Jacobs.
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Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo is very close to signing an improved contract at the club, according to Manchester Evening News.
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Arsenal are keeping a close eye on the performances of Sporting Lisbon centre-back Ousmane Diomande ahead of the New Year, according to Portuguese outlet Record.
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Liverpool have identified West Ham United winger Mohammed Kudus as a surprise target amid the uncertainty surrounding Mohamed Salah's future.
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Aitana Bonmatí the clear winner of the Guardian’s best 100 female footballers in the world with 15 Spaniards on the list
After Alexia Putellas reigned in 2021 and 2022, her Barcelona and Spain teammate Aitana Bonmatí has been crowned the top female footballer of 2023 by the Guardian’s panel of 112 experts. The World Cup winner triumphed by a clear margin, finishing more than 500 points ahead of second-placed Sam Kerr.
Injuries and a World Cup meant there was a definite changing of the guard feel to this year’s list, sadly emphasised by the fact last year’s top two – Putellas and Beth Mead – missed a large chunk of our 12-month voting period with...
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Southampton have stood out for their commitment to playing out from the back … but they only have one point
By Ryan Benson for Opta Analyst
Love or loathe their style of football, Southampton are one of the most interesting promoted teams we have seen in the Premier League. You may not like the way they play, some may even call it boring, but they have a bold approach and – so far – they are sticking to it.
Are they naive? Perhaps. Do some of their own fans wish they would switch it up somewhat? Quite possibly. But football does not do one-size-fits-all and there is no plan, system or philosophy that is utterly foolproof – it would be pretty dull if there was such a thing.
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Samurai Blue once felt inferior to the Socceroos, but a 60-team J League has created such depth that Australia enter the World Cup qualifier as underdogs
The last time Australia tasted success against Japan, on a freezing cold night at the MCG way back in 2009, Australian fans unfurled a banner that read: “Nippon: Forever in our Shadow.” This was at a time when Tim Cahill’s heroics in Kaiserslautern, where Australia defeated Japan 3-1 at the 2006 World Cup, were still fresh in the memory. It’s a banner that stuck in the craw of Japanese fans for many years.
Cahill, as he had been in Germany, was Japan’s kryptonite again that night, scoring both of Australia’s goals in front of more than 74,000 fans. In the decade and a half since, however, the paths of the two countries have trended in very different directions. The shadow, as...
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A butterfly repeatedly interrupted France manager Didier Deschamps' press conference as he looked ahead to their Nations League match against Belgium.
8 hours 56 min
- Interim coach says he made mistake at three clubs
- England bounce back from defeat with win in Finland
Lee Carsley has attempted to explain why he is so reluctant to say whether or not he wants the England manager job on a permanent basis, insisting that it comes down to professional focus.
The interim manager has held the same caretaker position previously at Coventry, Brentford and Birmingham and admits that he spent so much energy thinking about what might happen to him in the longer term at those clubs that he forgot to do the job in hand.
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- Manchester City manager is out of contract next year
- Roy Keane urges Football Association to ‘go for best’
Pep Guardiola has suggested “anything can happen” with his future as Roy Keane urged the Football Association to pursue the Manchester City manager.
Guardiola, who has won six Premier League titles and the Champions League since taking over at the Etihad Stadium in 2016, is out of contract at the end of the current campaign.
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- Greeks three points clear of England at top of group
- Arnautovic double as Austria thrash Norway
Caoimhín Kelleher went from hero to villain as the Republic of Ireland slipped to a 2-0 Nations League defeat in Greece. The Liverpool goalkeeper, who had made three fine first-half saves before being beaten by Tasos Bakasetas’ deflected shot in the 48th minute, gifted the ball to substitute Petros Mantalos in stoppage time to allow him to seal the win.
Victory maintained the Greeks’ 100% start to the competition and kept them three points clear of England at the top of Group B2.
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The Jude Bellingham series is the latest example of footballers taking control of their own narrative
Jude Bellingham is perhaps the most well-documented footballer in history. Well, at his age at least. Sky Sports, Deutsche Welle, Copa90, Borussia Dortmund and Birmingham all produced documentaries about him before his 21st birthday. It’s clear to see why. His transformation from Birmingham’s youngest ever player to a world-beating galáctico in the space of five years is remarkable.
His performances on the pitch last season, picking up the award for La Liga player of the season, winning the Champions League and scoring a perfectly timed bicycle kick at Euro 2024, prompted fans and journalists alike to ask “who writes your scripts?”. As it turns out, Bellingham Media Ltd does.
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It was precisely what Lee Carsley needed. After the mayhem of the Wembley defeat against Greece on Thursday night and all of the fallout, chiefly the uncertainty around his longer‑term role within the England setup, this was a return to the tranquil progress of his first camp in September.
It was a stroll against a limited Finland team, the whipping boys of this Nations League group, England not exactly wowing but doing more than enough to position the Greece defeat a little further back in the rearview mirror. It is now three wins out of four for Carsley, after those against Republic of Ireland in Dublin and Finland at Wembley.
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Composed midfielder demonstrated the ability to do the right thing again and again that is vital to his position
The English Toni Kroos does not exist. Nor does the English Andrea Pirlo, the English Luka Modric, the English Rodri. Instinctively, everybody knows this. England doesn’t have earthquakes, England doesn’t grow citrus fruit and England doesn’t produce technical central midfielders who can control a game and dictate the tempo of play. That’s just the way it is.
So on a clear and bracing Helsinki night, into this paradox steps Angel Gomes. Paradoxical because in many ways the player Gomes is trying to be, the role he is being fitted for, is something that doesn’t actually exist. Naturally, because football fans are impatient and adore the dopamine rush of making instant sweeping judgments, the impulse is to measure him against this stratospheric,...
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Ronald Koeman is intrigued how his Netherlands side will cope without captain Virgil van Dijk when they visit Germany on Monday. Koeman’s Oranje travel to Allianz Arena to round off their October internationals with a mouthwatering clash against another European heavyweight. The Netherlands will do so without star centre-back Van Dijk after the Liverpool defender […]
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11 hours 45 min
England put their Greece setback to one side and returned to winning ways in their Nations League campaign after easing past Finland 3-1 in Helsinki on Sunday. Lee Carsley’s men were stunned by a 2-1 defeat at home to Greece on Thursday but responded well three days later as Jack Grealish fired England into the […]
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11 hours 45 min
Lamine Yamal will miss Spain’s Nations League clash against Serbia after sustaining a muscle injury during their 1-0 win over Denmark on Saturday. Yamal was replaced by Sergio Gomez in the 93rd minute of their encounter at the Estadio Nueva Condomina and was seen limping after the game. He had endured multiple tackles during the […]
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Khadija Shaw’s second-half double propelled Manchester City to a 2-1 win over Liverpool as they capped off a fine week in style. Olivia Smith’s stinging 41st-minute strike put the Reds ahead at Anfield on Sunday, but last season’s leading Women’s Super League scorer Shaw inspired the City comeback. The Jamaican headed in from Lauren Hemp’s […]
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Manchester United made light work of Tottenham as Marc Skinner’s side continued their perfect start to the 2024-25 campaign with a 3-0 win. Skinner’s team moved level on points with Chelsea at the top of the Women’s Super League thanks to goals from Elisabeth Terland and Maya Le Tissier on Sunday. Terland, a summer signing […]
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16 hours 25 min
Vinicius Junior deserves to win this year’s Ballon d’Or, in the opinion of two Brazil greats. Cafu and Dida were part of the Brazil squad that won the World Cup in 2002. Vinicius was unable to inspire Brazil to glory at this year’s Copa America, missing their quarter-final tie against Uruguay due to suspension, but […]
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Spain boss Luis de la Fuente said it is “a joy” to coach his team given their immaculate form in recent months. La Roja beat Denmark 1-0 in the Nations League on Saturday, extending their unbeaten run to 13 games in all competitions. The European champions last lost in March, when they went down 1-0 […]
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Mauricio Pochettino is eager to build a bond between his United States team and their supporters after he made a winning start to his tenure as head coach. Pochettino’s USA ran out 2-0 winners over Panama in Austin on Saturday. Yunus Musah and Ricardo Pepi got the goals as the USA claimed a morale-boosting victory […]
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22 hours 21 min
Under Gareth Southgate, England reached the finals of the last two European Championships and established themselves as a team that most place among the favourites for the trophy in every major tournament. But with Southgate now gone and the team in the hands of interim coach Lee Carsley, the Three Lions were hit by a […]
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22 hours 21 min
Scotland were beaten by Croatia in Zagreb on Saturday, despite taking the lead in the 33rd minute through Bournemouth’s Ryan Christie, as Igor Matanovic of Eintracht Frankfurt equalized just three minutes later and Hoffenheim’s Andrej Kramaric turned the game around in the 71st. There was still time for Steve Clarke’s men to suffer late heartbreak, […]
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13 hours 51 min
England bounced back from their humiliating defeat to Greece by beating Finland 3-1 in the Nations League on Sunday.
The Three Lions needed to win after Thursday night and they did thanks to goals from Jack Grealish, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Declan Rice.
Grealish opened the scoring after some neat build-up, latching onto a perfect pass from Angel Gomes before tucking into the bottom corner.
Finland then missed a huge chance to equalise before Alexander-Arnold perfectly curled a 25-...
13 hours 56 min
Southampton manager Russell Martin enjoyed being jokingly booed by Saints fans during a legends charity game at St Mary’s.
With the international break putting the Premier League on pause this week, Southampton hosted a match between a Saints Legends side and a Russell Martin XI.
However, despite the team being named after him, Martin started for his side in the clash.
And with Southampton...
14 hours 25 min
Leonardo Bonucci faced some of the world’s best in his career, but he feared one man more than most.
The Italian defender hung up his boots at Fenerbahce at the end of last season, and now, aged 37, he’s looked back at the toughest opponent he ever came across.
And despite previously facing football icons and serial Ballon d’Or winners Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, it’s ex-Atalanta and current Torino star Duvan Zapata that gave him ‘nightmares’.
He told...
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Cristiano Ronaldo makes an impact with whatever he does on the pitch and whatever he says on it.
It might be more than three years since he last played alongside Dejan Kulusevski but the Tottenham Hotspur still remembers his words.
The Swedish star has had a transformational season so far, going from talented by inconsistent...
17 hours 33 min
French content creators playing in a charity match at Atletico Madrid walked off the pitch after receiving horrific racist abuse from fans.
The game against Spanish influencers, held at Atletico Madrid’s Metropolitano Stadium on Saturday, was suspended for 17 minutes after audible and visible racist behaviour was aimed at the players.
18 hours 33 min
Messing around with Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a dangerous plan, so Jose Mourinho made sure he got the most out of it in 2009.
The pair of renowned footballing egos linked up at Inter Milan and despite fears that things may end badly, they actually won Serie A and a Supercoppa together.
The Swede then left for...
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are nearing 40 and still scoring for fun, but the GOAT debate still rumbles on…
Messi is now a World Cup winner after leading Argentina to glory in Qatar in 2022 but former Manchester United star Ronaldo continues to stake his claim as the best in the world.
Both are footballing greats and they are still netting goals at unbelievable rates for Al Nassr and Inter Miami respectively.
But it’s Ronaldo who sits above his rival at the top of the all-time...
20 hours 9 min
England boss Lee Carsley may be forced to go back to basics to steady the ship against Finland this evening, live on talkSPORT.
Carsley will have to make changes with Bukayo Saka and Curtis Jones withdrawing from the squad.
Meanwhile, talkSPORT understands that Marc Guehi is likely to reclaim his place and England are hoping Harry Kane will be able to return.
The Three Lions interim boss saw...
20 hours 15 min
Arsenal Women manager Jonas Eidevall is under pressure.
The Gunners have started the season in poor form and a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea has seen a further decline in support from their fanbase.
Normally, a loss to the Blues wouldn’t rock the boat too much given they’re Women’s Super League title challengers.
However, in a week where they had already drawn 0-0 with...
20 hours 15 min
Chelsea are looking increasingly likely to stay at Stamford Bridge with an bigger capacity, according to reports.
The Blues have desperately been trying to expand or relocate their stadium for years.
Co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali are thought to be at loggerheads over a solution.
It is understood Boehly wants a new 60,000-seater ground built in Earl’s Court, while Eghbali favours redevelopment of...
