Yves Bissouma and Dane Scarlett were on target as Tottenham continued their pre-season preparations with a 2-0 victory over Queens Park Rangers.
Ange Postecoglou s side made it two wins in the space of a week, following their resounding 5-1 rout of Hearts on Wednesday.
QPR carried the greater attacking threat during the first half. Rayan Kolli s rasping 25-yard effort was tipped onto the crossbar by Brandon Austin, while Michael Frey was denied by the offside flag.
However, Spurs broke through four minutes before the break. Bissouma played a neat one-two with Dejan Kulusevski and glided away from a couple of challenges, before rounding Paul Nardi and scoring.
Son Heung-min and Timo Werner went close to doubling the lead before half-time, while Nardi denie…
Jude Bellingham and Levi Colwill are the latest pair to withdraw from England’s squad for the upcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia.
Both Real Madrid midfielder Bellingham and Chelsea’s Colwill sat out their club games over the weekend with shoulder problems and have pulled out of the camp for the final two Group C fixtures.
“Jude Bellingham and Levi Colwill will play no part in England’s forthcoming UEFA EURO 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia,” an England squad update read.
“The pair arrived at St George’s Park for assessments on Monday but will now return to their clubs to continue their rehabilitation.
“Meanwhile, Marcus Rashford and Kalvin Phillips will meet up later this week owing to personal…
´It´s not something I´d ever have imagined´ – Sterling ´privileged´ to captain England in Ivory Coas
Raheem Sterling spoke of his pride after recording a goal and an assist while standing in as England captain for Tuesday s 3-0 win over Ivory Coast.
The Manchester City winger teed up Ollie Watkins opener before turning home the second goal after Serge Aurier had seen red for the visitors, donning the captain s armband as regular skipper Harry Kane started on the bench.
Tyrone Mings added a late third for Gareth Southgate s men, with the Three Lions maintaining their record of having never lost to an African team, winning 14 and drawing six of their 20 clashes with sides from the continent.
Sterling s strike at Wembley, meanwhile, was his first ever friendly goal for England, with the first 18 of his 19 international goals coming in competitive fixtures.
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Fikayo Tomori will recognise the bricks and mortar, but plenty has changed at Chelsea since he packed his bags and took a punt on an Italian odyssey.
While Milan have been in an ascent, the Roman empire has crumbled in west London, Russian oligarch Abramovich effectively becoming persona non grata in London following Vladimir Putin s decision to invade Ukraine.
Four days after Tomori went to Milan, Chelsea sacked head coach Frank Lampard, and last month his Champions League-winning successor, Thomas Tuchel, has been run out of town.
Boehly-ball is flavour of the day at Stamford Bridge, with long-term thinker Graham Potter entrusted by the new owners with delivering short-term improvements for the Blues.
On and off the pitch, it s been a dizzying 21 months…
Manchester United have not improved their contract offer to Paul Pogba since last summer, according to . The offer is still on the table, and the midfielder is yet to give a definite answer to whether he ll be staying at Old Trafford beyond the end of this season or not.
United interim boss Ralf Rangnick says he s aware of Pogba s importance in his team, but he also believes others are just as important and he sees no point in trying to convince a player who doesn t want to be there to change his mind. The message seems pretty clear they want him to stay, but they won t beg. They d rather cut their losses on the player they signed for £89 million in 2016.
Represented by Mino Raiola, the 28-year-old has been heavily linked with Real Madrid and Barcelona, but reports com…
Fabian Ruiz is excited about the possibility of Napoli signing James Rodriguez and Rodrigo.
Real Madrid playmaker James is likely to be available after Bayern Munich opted not to sign the 27-year-old Colombia international permanently at the end of his two-year loan spell.
Napoli have been linked with James who played under their head coach Carlo Ancelotti in Madrid and Munich and Valencia s Spanish striker Rodrigo, who has scored 24 LaLiga goals across the previous two seasons.
Fabian, an international team-mate of Rodrigo, feels both players would improve Napoli.
Playing with great players is always better, he told Sky Sport.
I think Rodrigo is a great striker, every team would like to have him and I would be very happy if he came to us.…
Manchester United must show consistency before they can discuss if they are catching up with their rivals, according to Christian Eriksen.
The Denmark international arrived during the close season at Old Trafford alongside new boss Erik ten Hag, with the Dutchman tasked in ensuring a turnaround in fortunes for United.
Following a rocky start to the campaign, the Premier League side have shown vast improvements since, albeit with some less-than-stellar results – such as a derby thrashing from Manchester City –along the way.
Ahead of Thursday s Europa League tie with Sheriff, which United enter unbeaten in six games, Eriksen played down suggestions there is more pressure upon United than his former clubs, adding he feels they are making strides forward.
Pep Guardiola has no regrets over Jadon Sancho s decision to leave Manchester City, insisting he is thrilled the winger has gone on to become a star for Borussia Dortmund.
Frustrated by the lack of a clear pathway from City s academy through to the first team, Sancho left Manchester in 2017 to continue his career in Germany, just a year into Guardiola s tenure.
It was hailed as a brave decision by the 17-year-old at the time, though he broke into Dortmund s side during his first season with the club, scoring once in 12 league appearances. However, Sancho blossomed from a promising talent to a verified superstar during the 2018-19 campaign.
He will get the chance to shine against his former side in the Champions League next month, …
Sevilla coach Jorge Sampaoli has urged his team to not just be satisfied with reaching the last 16 of the Champions League following Wednesday s 0-0 draw at Lyon.
The Ligue 1 club needed to win by at least two clear goals to pip their visitors to second place behind Juventus in Group H, but Sampaoli s men did a professional job and secured a hard-fought draw that saw them advance instead.
Progression sees Sevilla continue in the competition after the group stage for the first time since the 2009-10 campaign and Sampaoli who served a touchline ban during the trip to foggy France believes such an achievement reminds him of the talent at his disposal.
We should have qualified already, Sampaoli accepted in his post-match media conference.
But when you do i…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a great player but Stefano Pioli is unsure if the striker will return to AC Milan.
The 38-year-old s contract with MLS side LA Galaxy expires at the end of the year and he has been linked with a move back to European football.
MLS commissioner Don Garber claimed this week Ibrahimovic is being recruited by Milan, where he spent two seasons before leaving for Paris Saint-Germain in 2012.
Milan have been tipped to strengthen their squad in January following a poor start to the campaign, but Pioli was unwilling to confirm Ibrahimovic is a target.
Ibra is a great player, he told a news conference on Saturday. But the January market is far away. There will be time to make assessments.
Here’s the squad travelling to Turin for …