Southgate targets No. 1 ranking for England

“I want to make England the best team in the world,” says Gareth Southgate. He stresses that there is no room for “sloppiness” as they try to finish their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign on a high note. England plays North Macedonia on Monday in Skopje. If they win, they will almost certainly be one of … Read more

Socceroos focused on football for Palestine game

Australia’s coach Graham Arnold said that getting ready to play Palestine next week has been “quite stressful” because of the war between Israel and Hamas. However, he hopes that football can bring some happiness. The Socceroos beat Bangladesh 7-0 in Melbourne, so they are already in first place in Group I going into the 2026 … Read more

Portugal notch 10th straight win

Portugal won all of their games in qualifying for Euro 2024 by beating Iceland 2-0 on Sunday. This came after Serbia qualified for next year’s finals in Germany and Romelu Lukaku scored four goals for Belgium. Bruno Fernandes and Ricardo Horta scored the goals for Roberto Martinez’s Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo did not score, and Portugal … Read more

Italy promise to take risks against Ukraine

Luciano Spalletti and his Italian team promised to keep taking big risks in Monday’s important match against Ukraine in Leverkusen, even though they could miss another major event if they lose. Italy moved up to second place in the group by beating North Macedonia 5-2 on Friday. They passed Ukraine that day. It only takes … Read more

Turkey spoil Nagelsmann’s home debut

Visitors to Turkey were shocked Hosts Germany lost 3-2 to a friendly team on Saturday, ruining coach Julian Nagelsmann’s first game at home since taking the job in September. There is still a long way to go for the Germans to build a good team in time for next year’s event, which will be held … Read more

France smash records in 14-0 win against Gibraltar

Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as France beat Gibraltar 14-0, setting a new record. On Saturday, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Romania all qualified for Euro 2024. In Nice, Les Bleus won by a bigger spread than any other team in European competition and in French history as a whole. Before Warren Zaire-Emery scored, Ethan Santos’ … Read more

Rakib, Saad suspended for Lebanon match

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