Doritos Scotland won’t have to play Erling Haaland in their Euro 2024 qualifier on Sunday because the Manchester City scorer hurt his foot and can’t play. Haaland got hurt during Thursday’s 2-0 win over the Faroe Islands by Norway. Scots already know they will be in Germany next year, so the game at Hampden is pointless. … Read more
Both forward Rakib Hossain and defender Saad Uddin will not be able to play when Bangladesh hosts Lebanon on November 21 in their second World Cup qualifying game at the Bashundhara Kings Arena. Australia beat Bangladesh 7-0 in their first game in Melbourne on Thursday. They will now host Lebanon, who were held scoreless by … Read more
Jude Bellingham, an English player who has had a great start at Real Madrid, has won the 2023 Golden Boy award. Young player of the year award went to the 20-year-old, who beat out RB Leipzig’s Xavi Simons and Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala. Topping the scoring charts in LaLiga with 10 goals in 11 games, … Read more
It was a record-setting 9-0 win for Ivory Coast over Seychelles in Abidjan on Friday in a World Cup qualifier in Africa. Sebastien Haller, a forward for Borussia Dortmund, set off the goal rush in the 20th minute, and Karim Konate, a forward for Salzburg, finished it off five minutes into extra time. In the … Read more
There was a problem with Everton’s finances, so the Premier League took away 10 points from them for the season finishing in 2021–22. The league announced this on Friday. Due to an instant penalty from a separate commission, Everton will drop from 14th place in the results to the relegation zone, one goal ahead of … Read more
Australia will give some of the money they get from playing Palestine in a World Cup 2026 qualifier on Tuesday in Kuwait City to help people in Gaza. Footballers from Australia will give a five-figure amount through the Professional Footballers Australia Footballers’ Trust. The money will be given to Oxfam, and Football Australia will match … Read more
The French team US Thionville Lusitanos and the Tahitian team AS Pirae went the extra mile when they made round-trips of about 33,000 kilometres for their seventh round Coupe de France games. AS Pirae flew over 15,500 kilometres from the Pacific Ocean to France, where they will play Saint-Meziery, a sixth-tier team. Thionville, meanwhile, has … Read more
Germany’s coach, Julian Nagelsmann, said on Friday that his team was ready to “feel the emotion in the stands” before their friendly match with Turkey in Berlin on Saturday. Early on Friday, Vincenzo Montella, the coach of Turkey, said that his team could expect a “extraordinary atmosphere, as if we were playing at home.” “There … Read more
Even though Kevin De Bruyne, a playmaker for Manchester City, is one of the best assist makers in the Premier League, the Belgian had to admit that co-writing Drake’s new song “Wick Man” didn’t count as an assist. Drake’s new song came out on Friday, and one of the writers’ names lists a “K. De … Read more
Brazilian attacker Vinicius Junior said it would be “a bit difficult” to be ready for Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier against Argentina. He left the game against Colombia on crutches because of an injury to his left thigh. The 23-year-old said after Brazil lost 2-1 in Barranquilla on Thursday, “From what the doctors have told me, … Read more
