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Brazil will be aiming to build on their convincing victory over Bolivia as they face Peru in a World Cup qualifying match in Lima on Tuesday.
While the visitors are coming off a dominant win, the hosts will be seeking to secure a surprise result after drawing with Paraguay in their opening game of the campaign.
Peru s goalless draw against Paraguay in their opening World Cup qualifying match was hard-fought, especially after Luis Advincula s red card reduced them to 10 men just before halftime. Nevertheless, they managed to secure a valuable point in that game.
Peru have won only one of their last five internationals, but they have been defensively solid recently, keeping three clean sheets in their last four matches.…
Disappointed not to make the final 23! Drinkwater wrote on Instagram. Would of [sic] been a fantastic experience to go to the Euros as a player but I ll be supporting the country like I always have!
Ross Barkley and Raheem Sterling have been included despite poor form in recent weeks, while Jack Wilshere and Jordan Henderson earned places as expected, having worked their way back to full fitness.
England squad in full:
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), Fraser Forster (Southampton), Tom Heaton (Burnley).
Defenders: Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), Kyle Walker (Tottenham), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), John Stones (Everton), Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Danny Rose (Tottenham).
Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tot…
West Ham have completed the signing of Max Kilman from Wolves.
The Hammers paid a reported £40million for the defender, who has signed a seven-year contract with the club.
Wolves initially turned down an offer of £25m but accepted the improved offer for Kilman, who had signed a long-term deal with the club last year.
Kilman is reunited with his former manager, Julen Lopetegui, who made him captain while in charge of Wolves.
It s an amazing feeling to be a West Ham player, Kilman said.
Kilman confirmed
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As soon as I was aware of the interest from the club, it was an opportunity I was keen to pursue, so I couldn’t be more delighted to be here.
I really enjoyed working with Julen during h…
Given Michael Owen’s relationship with Beckham for the England national team, an £8million move for the striker seemed good business in 2005. But Owen never really took off in Madrid and spent the majority of his one season at the club on the bench. He was able to score when he was on the pitch, most memorably a fine goal in a 4-2 win over Barcelona. He left for Newcastle in 2006.
Jonathan Woodgate (2005-07)
The fact that Woodgate has been voted as Real Madrid’s worst signing of the 21st century by readers of a Spanish newspaper tells you how his time at the club went. He joined Owen in swapping England for Spain in the summer of 2004 but was injured at the time and did not make an appearance until September 2005. That went about as well as expected as he scored an own goa…
Didier Deschamps has signed on to lead France up to the 2018 World Cup after extending his contract with the national team.
France have tied coach Didier Deschamps down to a new deal, which will keep the former captain in charge through to the 2018 World Cup.
The 46-year-old replaced Laurent Blanc after Euro 2012 and helped guide the 1998 World Cup winners to the last eight in Brazil last year.
Deschamps had already extended his contract to oversee France s Euro 2016 preparations – a tournament they will host – and will now prepare their long-term plans and look to mastermind their way to Russia in 2018.
It was essential to have stability, said French Football Federation president Noel Graet. Didier Deschamps will stay until the World Cup in Moscow (…
England will be without Bukayo Saka, John Stones and Harry Maguire for Monday s friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina, manager Gareth Southgate confirmed on Sunday.
Saka will be rested after missing Arsenal s last Premier League game of the season, while Stones is still finding fitness after his club campaign with title-winning Manchester City.
In more concerning news for the Three Lions, Manchester United pair Maguire and Luke Shaw are potential longer-term absentees ahead of Euro 2024, which starts on June 14 in Germany.
All are progressing well, Southgate said at his pre-match press conference. We are pleased with the progress they ve made, none of them will be involved tomorrow.
Same tomorrow for Bukayo Saka and for John Stones. Everybody else wil…
Timo Werner scored twice as Germany swept aside Norway 6-0 to move one step closer to qualification for the World Cup finals in Russia next year.
The holders would have secured progress had Northern Ireland failed to defeat Czech Republic, but their Group C rivals win means the defending champions will advance if they avoid defeat in Belfast next month.
Few would back against Joachim Low s side on this form, after a three-goal blitz in the opening 21 minutes effectively put the game to bed in Stuttgart on Monday.
Mesut Ozil, perhaps relishing the freedom of a break from the current discontent at Arsenal, gave Germany the lead and Julian Draxler recalled as one of three changes from Friday s 2-1 win in Prague added a second soon afterwards.
Werner s first …
After Portugal ended the Euro 2024 group stage with a shock 2-0 defeat to Georgia, centre-back Pepe knows more will be required when they face Slovenia in the last 16 on Monday.
That defeat did not stop the Selecao topping Group F and landing a round-of-16 draw against Slovenia, who qualified as one of the best third-placed finishers.
However, they are now on the same side of the knockout bracket as France, Belgium, Germany and Spain, and know they will likely have to beat multiple heavyweights if they are to go all the way.
At their last major tournament, the 2022 World Cup, Portugal set the record for the biggest margin of victory in a last-16 match at the World Cup or Euros, trouncing Switzerland 6-1.
They were, however, beaten 2-0 when they last met S…
Reported Liverpool managerial target Xabi Alonso is unlikely to jump ship from Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen, according to Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeness.
The 42-year-old, who lifted the Champions League trophy in 2005 during his debut season with the Reds, has been a widely touted as a likely replacement for Jurgen Klopp, who in January announced he will stand down at the end of the season after eight-and-a-half decorated years at Anfield.
Bayern are thought to be one of the other clubs courting the Spaniard’s services, but Hoeness was highly pessimistic about anyone’s chances of luring Alonso away from Leverkusen.
He told Das Erste: “We’ll have to see if we can do it this year.
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Phil Neville has called for Portland Timbers to be more ruthless as they aim to get back to winning ways against Sporting Kansas City on Saturday.
The Timbers sit 11th in the Western Conference having won just one of their last 11 matches, though their 4-2 comeback win against 10-man San Jose Earthquakes did come in their last home outing.
Despite their poor run of form, Neville is pleased with what he has seen from his side in recent weeks.
We do feel as if we re heading in the right direction. There are signs, he said.
Now it s about us picking up points and making sure we stay in the pack and be more ruthless with what we re doing. It s time that we ve got to go out there and deliver.
Kansas City are three points behind Saturday’s opponent…