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Two sides who will be opening their Nations League run on Friday evening, Latvia will host Andorra for what could be a cagey affair in Riga.
Starting with the hosts, while Latvia might not have managed to lay any kind of blow during their World Cup qualifying campaign last year, Dainis Kazakevičs side were enjoying a recent boost last time out. Last seen back during March s international break picking up a 1-0 win away at Azerbaijan in a friendly showdown, the Wolves are in the midst of a four-match unbeaten run across all formats. However, despite playing out a 0-0 stalemate against Norway in qualifying last year, Latvia have continued to struggle with their form on home soil. Despite being last seen in Riga playing …
Emma Hayes dominant Chelsea team broke a long-standing Premier League record after they scored for a 56th successive Women s Super League game.
Late goals from Pernille Harder and Fran Kirby saw reigning Super League champions Chelsea defeat Leicester City 2-0 on Sunday.
The victory took Chelsea into second place, but also saw them break a record held by Arsenal s men s team.
Between May 2001 and November 2002, Arsene Wenger s side scored in 55 consecutive Premier League games, a tally now overtaken by Chelsea women.
Sam Kerr teed up the second goal of the game for Kirby, with the duo having now combined for 17 goals in the Super League.
It is the joint-most of any pair, alongside Arsenal s Vivianne Miedema and Beth Mead. In just 23 league games t…
Andrea Pirlo expects to stay on as Juventus coach next season after guiding them to a top-four finish.
Juve beat Bologna 4-1 on Sunday, a victory that confirmed they will finish fourth in Serie A, a point ahead of Napoli after they could only draw 1-1 at home to Hellas Verona.
A win for Napoli would have left Juve out of the top four regardless of the Bianconeri s result, though Gennaro Gattuso s men were only ahead for a short while.
It was plain sailing throughout for Juve at Bologna, with Federico Chiesa opening the scoring early on to ensure he finished the season as the second youngest player after Marcus Rashford to record at least nine goals and assists across the top five European leagues this term.
Adrien Rabiot and Alvaro Morata, who got a brace…
What the papers say
Aaron Ramsdale has emerged as a transfer target for Chelsea after losing his first-team spot at Arsenal to David Raya. According to The Sun, Bayern Munich are also looking at the 25-year-old England goalkeeper.
Chelsea and Manchester City are both keen on Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni, 24, according to the Daily Mirror via Calciomercato. The Italian giants are likely to want more than £60million for the Italy international.
Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola could reportedly be the first managerial casualty of the Premier League season. The Sun reports he faces talks with the club this week after taking just three points from the opening nine league games.
Manchester United assistant manager Mitchell Van Der Gaag does not appear to …
Philadelphia Union beat New York City in the MLS by 2-1 at the Subaru Park in a highly exciting, intense, and overall unusual match.
Mikael Uhre broke the deadlock with a goal that put Union in front after eight minutes.
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In the 16th minute, Union could have gone further up, but City goalkeeper Sean Johnson pulled a superb point-blank save.
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In the 78th minute, a scuffle broke out, eventually resulting in referee Armando Villarreal deciding to show the red card to Union physio, Paul Rushing.
Things are heating up between NYCFC and Philadelphia Union…
Manchester City youngster Romeo Lavia has joined Southampton, with the teenager signing a five-year deal at St Mary s Stadium.
The Belgium youth international, who joined the academy set-up at the Etihad Stadium from Anderlecht in 2020, made two senior appearances during his stay with Pep Guardiola s side.
It is not necessarily the end of Lavia s association with the club, however, after City reportedly installed a buy-back clause – thought to be around £40million – into the deal.
My Manchester City journey has come to an end, Lavia, 18, wrote in a post on Instagram. I’d like to thank everyone associated with this great club for all you’ve done for me during these two years at the club.
I’ve developed into an even better player, person…
Dorival Junior has asked for time to complete his revamp of the Brazil national team after the Selecao s Copa America exit.
Brazil, nine-time Copa America champions, lost 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 draw with 10-man Uruguay in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Eder Militao and Douglas Luiz were unsuccessful from 12 yards, as a disappointing and often disjointed campaign for Brazil, who were without the suspended Vinicius Junior, came to a halt.
Dorival left out some big names for the tournament, while Neymar was absent through injury, and the coach, who was appointed in January, has reiterated the rebuild will require some patience.
He said: We are undergoing a very important renovation or reinvention of this team.
I have only coached this team for eight m…
Matthijs de Ligt believes he is ready for a new challenge, according to the Juventus centre-back s agent Mino Raiola.
Former Ajax captain De Ligt left his boyhood club for pastures new in Turin in 2019, but initially underwhelmed following his €75million transfer.
However, the Netherlands international has been reinvigorated under new Bianconeri head coach Massimiliano Allegri, starting 13 of the 14 games he has featured in for his 1,203 Serie A minutes in 2021-22.
Alongside learning from veteran duo Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, De Ligt is turning into the dominant figure that he was expected to become – last committing an error leading to a chance in the league in his debut 2019-20 campaign.
Additionally, no Juve defender is competing f…
Antonio Conte insists the future of Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois is a private matter for Chelsea, as speculation persists over the Belgian duo s commitment to the club.
Hazard s father claimed in an interview with Le Soir that he has rejected the chance to extend his contract in order to wait from a possible offer from Real Madrid.
Goalkeeper Courtois has also been linked with the Spanish and European champions and still has family in Madrid, having spent three years on loan with Atletico Madrid between 2011 and 2014.
Conte was unwilling to offer any clues as to whether the two players will commit to new contracts, but stressed that negotiations will not be discussed in public.
Thibaut has a contract, also for the next season, said the Chelsea b…
Dynamo Kiev head coach Mircea Lucescu does not believe Barcelona are at the level to win the Champions League.
Group G leaders and LaLiga giants Barcelona will host Ukrainian visitors Dynamo at Camp Nou on Wednesday.
Barca equalled their worst tally of LaLiga points after six games since the Spanish competition reverted to three points for a win – Ronald Koeman s side drew 1-1 with Deportivo Alaves on Saturday, meaning they have just eight points so far in the early stages of the 2020-21 campaign.
That is the same total as Barca managed at the start of the 2002-03 campaign when another Dutchman, Louis van Gaal, was in charge.
Barca were also humiliated 8-2 by Bayern Munich in last season s Champions League quarter-final and, speaking on the eve of…