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Defenders Reece James and Malo Gusto and midfielder Romeo Lavia will miss Chelsea’s trip to Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday (8pm BST), manager Enzo Maresca has said. Gusto withdrew from France’s Under-21 squad with a thigh problem, while fellow right-back James has not featured this season because of a hamstring injury. “Romeo looks

Liverpool return to Anfield after the September international break for Arne Slot’s second competitive game in front of a home crowd against Nottingham Forest this Saturday. Having won their opening three Premier League matches under the former Feyenoord boss at a relative canter, including a 3-0 win over Manchester United last time out, the Reds

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 12, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The point at which Manchester United knew they were making progress in the summer transfer window — the club’s first under the new leadership team put together by Sir Jim Ratcliffe — came in mid-July. With Matt Hargreaves, director of football negotiations, locked in

Arne Slot is about to UNLEASH the next Thiago at Liverpool who is ‘EXCEPTIONAL’ There’s an ‘exceptional’ midfielder at Liverpool who could become Arne Slot’s ‘Thiago.’  Life under Liverpool’s new head coach has been nothing but a breeze for the Reds so far. Slot has slotted in seamlessly. He’s immediately been able to implement his

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to The Cooligans Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros react to Mauricio Pochettino officially being announced as the USMNT head coach. They take a look at what this means for the direction of the US soccer federation and what Pochettino brings to the table.Christian and Alexis

Harry Kane says he never thought he would earn 100 England caps when he was on loan at Millwall, Norwich and Leicester. The Tottenham and Three Lions all-time top goalscorer came from humble beginnings, initially starting out at Leyton Orient before heading out on loan a number of times from Spurs. Fast forward 12 years

It was a dramatic Monday night for Arsenal supporters, who saw captain Martin Odegaard limp off in tears 67 minutes into Norway’s UEFA Nations League victory over Austria. 2024/25 is a huge season for this Gunners outfit having twice pushed Manchester City in the title race, with Mikel Arteta perhaps having only one more chance

ESPN News Services Sep 9, 2024, 06:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Norway captain Martin Ødegaard injured an ankle on Monday ahead of a key series of games for his club Arsenal. Ødegaard covered his face with his hands while being treated on the field midway through the second half of a 2-1 Nations League

Three days after announcing her retirement from the game, U.S. soccer icon Alex Morgan bid an emotional farewell in her final appearance with the NWSL’s San Diego Wave. Morgan, 35, is pregnant with her second child and announced Thursday that Sunday’s Wave game against the North Carolina Courage would be the last of her pro

[Reuters] After Cristiano Ronaldo had stretched a supple leg to turn in his 901st career goal and down Scotland, he tore away to the corner flag to perform his customary celebration with all the gusto of a man scoring his first. He was not done there either, parading down the touchline gesturing and screaming as

📰 Table Of Contents Match Preview The Netherlands and Germany resume their familiar rivalry when they meet in the 2024-25 Uefa Nations League on Tuesday. Oranje won the fixture 3-0 at home on their way to the final of the competition in 2018-19, and the sides traded away wins during Euro 2020 qualifying. Germany started

Size isn’t everything when it comes to a football stadium being impressive but it can certainly help provide an unrivalled atmosphere. Football’s most iconic arenas, no matter the continent or country, often boast the ability to house a huge number of supporters. When packed to the rafters with tens of thousands of passionate fans, these

Jeff Kassouf Sep 5, 2024, 02:48 PM ET There is no weight like the expectation of being the next star of the U.S. women’s national team. Alex Morgan shouldered that as a 20-year-old in 2009, when she joined her first senior training camp with the team. She hadn’t yet debuted for the U.S., and already

When the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles meet at Brazil’s Neo Química Arena on Friday night (8:15 p.m. ET; Peacock) in the NFL’s first game in South America, the color green will be a big topic. The reason for that is that Neo Química Arena is home to soccer side Corinthians, a club that

Report: Chelsea Struggle to Offload Defender Despite Loan Offers Chelsea find themselves in a difficult situation with Ben Chilwell, as the transfer window in major European leagues has closed, leaving only the Turkish Super Lig as a potential market for the left-back. Despite Chelsea’s best efforts to offload Chilwell, his £200,000-a-week wages and his lack

Mitch Fretton Mitch is a freelance sports journalist with experience working for LiveScore, GOAL and Colchester United. He has experience working from both his desk at home and in the press box at games covering the Champions League and international football.

The Premier League have cleared Chelsea’s controversial sales of two hotels to a sister company in a help to avoid breaches of Profit & Sustainability Rules, a report has revealed. Chelsea’s financial accounts for the 2022/23 campaign showed losses of £89.9m, with that figure factoring in a controversial sale of two hotels next to Stamford