36 h. ago Championship club sack manager after just seven months as Premier League return in ruins

Leicester City have sacked their manager after just seven months in charge following a 2-1 defeat to Oxford United with the Championship club sitting 14th in the table, six points off the playoffs.

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4 d. ago Bizarre moment David Beckham question stuns Champions League manager post

The manager of Cypriot football team Pafos was unlikely to be expecting the subject to be raised in a press conference following his side's Champions League match with Chelsea.

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4 d. ago Bizarre moment David Beckham question stuns Champions League manager post match

The manager of Cypriot football team Pafos was unlikely to be expecting the subject to be raised in a press conference following his side's Champions League match with Chelsea.

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5 d. ago Moisés Caicedo salvages win for wasteful Chelsea against battling Pafos

Liam Rosenior’s first taste of managing in the Champions League will not live long in the memory. Chelsea toiled against determined underdogs and were at risk of a humiliating result before a late header from Moisés Caicedo kept alive their hopes of direct qualification into the last 16.Victory lifted Chelsea to eighth in the standings. Yet they will have to be much better when they visit Napoli in their final game next week. FC Pafos were comfortable for long spells and Rosenior’s fourth game in charge had threatened to become an ordeal before Caicedo broke the Cypriot champions. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The 2026 World Cup may transform US soccer. The 2030 World Cup could be even better

This summer’s tournament is seen as a culmination, but in truth it’s the next World Cup where the USMNT may have the most successWhen the US was confirmed as a future World Cup co-host on the eve of the 2018 tournament in Russia, the USMNT were still stuck under the rubble of their shocking failure to qualify. Mauricio Pochettino was just establishing himself among European club soccer’s managerial elite, taking Tottenham to the Champions League final a year later.Few could have imagined that he’d be leading the USMNT into the 2026 World Cup, and perhaps fewer believe he’ll stick around for the next cycle. Nevertheless, after a 2-1 win over Australia in Commerce City, Colorado to end the October window, Pochettino noted he’s building a team with 2030 in mind, too. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago From academy to Champions League: next manager’s Manchester United in

Club must learn to play without fear and harness their young players, particularly Kobbie Mainoo, and regain a seat at Europe’s top tableWhatever the protestations from Manchester United about the relationship between Ruben Amorim and the higher-ups not collapsing like a house of cards, clearly something was not right. The head coach became increasingly open that something was amiss after chats with Jason Wilcox. The director of football has not covered himself in glory at the club, but he and the chief executive, Omar Berrada, remain while another head coach departs. Conversations with potential replacements need to centre on everyone being on the same page. There were disagreements over tactics and recruitment, which created tension Old Trafford could ill afford. Nothing will be fixed overnight, meaning the incoming coach needs explicit guidelines on what is required and must offer a clear path on how tactics and style will meet expectations. Season-by-season ambitions should be s...

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3 w. ago Nancy plunged into deeper Celtic crisis after Chermiti leads Rangers revival

Whenever this ends – with the answer surely “imminently” – Celtic’s supporters will not be the only ones to look back with outright bemusement. Wilfried Nancy’s appointment as the manager of a team who were serious operators in the Champions League a matter of months earlier will go down as one of the most bamboozling episodes in the history of Scottish football.Nancy used his Friday press conference to plead for time and context. He railed against the media, who presumably continue to err by highlighting his woeful record. By Saturday afternoon, he was wandering down the tunnel as a beaten man. Nancy’s position is untenable. He cannot be the only Celtic employee who exits, such is the scale of calamity. The simple solution for Celtic would be to call Martin O’Neill, who presided over seven victories out of eight while in pre-Nancy caretaker charge. The 73-year-old retains capacity to revive Celtic’s fortunes. Crucially, unlike Nancy, O’Neill has the experience and wherewithal to co...

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