The years of hurt counter has ticked into its 52nd year, but this summer England will head to Germany as favourites to win a first major tournament since 1966.
Gareth Southgate is blessed with arguably the strongest team the Three Lions have fielded in a number of years and there is palpable excitement to see the likes of Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden combine together.
That is to say nothing of exciting youngsters Kobbie Mainoo and Anthony Gordon,
Squeezed between the Champions League final and Euro 2024 this summer will be a far more exclusive competition.
England is hosting the inaugural Over 35s World Cup – and no, the bloke down the pub called Steve who claims he used to have a wicked left peg won’t be playing.
That’s because it will be a bonanza of glorious players from years gone by, with the joga bonito of Ronaldinho, the je ne sais quoi of Thierry Henry, and all
Former England manager Terry Venables has died at the age of 80 following a long battle with illness.
Venables masterminded England’s memorable run to the semi-finals of Euro ’96 after a successful club career as a player and then as a coach.
He is survived by his wife of 32 years Yvette. A statement from the Venables family read: ‘We are totally devastated by the loss of a wonderful husband and father who passed away peacefully yesterday [Saturday] after a
Every now and then, a Premier League weekend provides FPL managers with an absolute nightmare. And GW11 was that all over.
With a lamentable average score of just 32, fantasy players were left frustrated by a lack of returns across the board, as Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah, Son Heung-min and Co failed to deliver as they have in recent weeks.
To make matters worse, popular assets such as James Maddison, Matty Cash, Dan Burn and even Haaland were hooked
Jurgen Klopp has sensationally called for Liverpool’s match with Tottenham to be replayed following VAR’s ‘significant error in disallowing Luis Diaz’s goal for offside
Liverpool’s Colombian winger scored but his goal was chalked off for offside due to a monumental mess-up by VAR which saw those at Stockley Park wrongly believe the on-field decision to be ‘goal’, meaning they said the check was complete, with the player clearly onside.
The Reds officially demanded the recording on Monday and their request
The embattled Spanish FA (RFEF) has threatened legal action after brazenly accusing Jenni Hermoso of ‘lies’ following her insistence that she did not consent to being kissed by president Luis Rubiales.
In an extraordinary statement late on Friday night, the crisis-ridden organisation continued their staunch backing of Rubiales after he kissed Hermoso on the mouth following Spain’s World Cup final victory over England on Sunday.
It came as Matildas stars Sam Kerr vice captain Steph Catley and defender Alanna Kennedy
England’s women footballers celebrated today as they made it through to their first ever World Cup final after beating Australia 3-1 in a tense semi-final with goals from Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo.
Second half strikes for the European champions from Russo and Hemp silenced the home crowd of 75,000 hostile fans amid a febrile atmosphere in Sydney, with Hemp’s strike coming just minutes after Sam Kerr had equalised.
England will now take on Spain for the trophy
England had spent 87 minutes playing like a team who were afraid. A team who feared they were going to be the next victim of a giant-killing at this World Cup.
The Lionesses had watched reigning champions the United States crash out the night before. Germany, Brazil and Canada had already suffered shock exits.
When Lauren James, their star player, saw red for violent conduct in the 87th minute the game looked out of their grasp. It was shades of
If Sarina Wiegman could have written a script it would have been this. Six goals, five different scorers and another player-of-the-match display from the breathtaking Lauren James.
The Lionesses saved their best performance until last, beating China 6-1 to top group D in style and set up a last 16 tie with Nigeria.
Alessia Russo, who had not scored for six games before yesterday, got the Lionesses up and running inside four minutes. Lauren Hemp, a player who has looked
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