6 d. ago Football Daily | ‘Did you see that?!’ Why the Nations League is our new favourite thing

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Sundays – especially those that are not branded by our TV satellite overlords as Super Sundays during these international breaks, have always given Football Daily the scaries. When the feeling of impending doom over another working week is not interrupted by the afternoon offerings of the usual Premier League kick-offs, Toby Carvery gravy and MOTD2’s ‘2 Good 2 Bad’, this particular tea-timely email starts getting a little jittery when the Sunday sun goes down. Yesterday, reader – with the weekend disappearing over the horizon faster than a Bobby Baggio penalty – Football Daily needed saving. We just didn’t think the thing to save us would be the Nations League.He makes you understand the spaces on the pitch like no other coach and he lives the game emotionally like no other coach. I was brainwashed by [Pep] Guardiola, but in a good way. It was like I was at university. What I experienced with him allowed me to raise my level and kee...

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9 d. ago Football Daily | Autographs and a flashmob: just another day in world football

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!It has been a special day for fans of novelty bookings, reeling as they are from the glorious double-whammy of watching Panama’s Cecilio Waterman get cautioned in the early hours of Britain’s Friday morning for the crime of hugging Thierry Henry, before New Zealand’s Chris Wood pulled off the genuinely special achievement of getting his name in the referee’s notebook for putting his name in other people’s notebooks. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Rogers pushing for England start against Albania but Tuchel may omit Guéhi: football – live

Scathing assessment of Euros displays under SouthgateFootball Daily | Football Weekly Extra | And email JohnMorgan Rogers is pushing for a starting spot in attack when the Thomas Tuchel era begins with England’s World Cup qualifier against Albania tonight.Rogers, who can play in a variety of roles in attacking midfield, has been in fine form for Aston Villa this season and has done well in training this week. He has not started for England yet but could feature as the No 10 against Albania, with Jude Bellingham in a slightly deeper role with Declan Rice. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Morgan Rogers pushing for England start against Albania in Tuchel’s bow: football – live

Scathing assessment of Euros displays under SouthgateFootball Daily | Football Weekly Extra | And email LukeMorgan Rogers is pushing for a starting spot in attack when the Thomas Tuchel era begins with England’s World Cup qualifier against Albania tonight.Rogers, who can play in a variety of roles in attacking midfield, has been in fine form for Aston Villa this season and has done well in training this week. He has not started for England yet but could feature as the No 10 against Albania, with Jude Bellingham in a slightly deeper role with Declan Rice. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Tuchel and Kane take aim at Euros campaign before England v Albania: football – live

Scathing assessment of Euros displays under SouthgateFootball Daily | Football Weekly Extra | And email LukeOn the eve of what turned out to be his first loss in a competitive match in charge of the United States men’s national team and the end of his honeymoon with his newish employers, Mauricio Pochettino said something accidentally prescient.“Football is about timing and it’s about form and the situation of the player,” he said to a room of reporters ahead of the US’s 1-0 loss to Panama. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Netherlands v Spain, Italy v Germany, Greece v Scotland, and more: Nations League – live

Nations League updates from 7.45pm GMT kick-offsLive scoreboard | Read Football Daily | And mail ScottSteve Clarke sticks to four at the back by the looks of it, given how the returning Kieran Tierney is on the bench. There are just two changes to the team that started the dramatic 2-1 win in Poland last November: Lewis Ferguson and Che Adams step up with Ben Doak and Lyndon Dykes missing out altogether.Greece: Tzolakis, Rota, Mavropanos, Koulierakis, Tsimikas, Siopis, Mantalos, Masouras, Konstantelias, Tzolis, Ioannidis.Subs: Vlachodimos, Mandas, Vagiannidis, Retsos, Zafeiris, Pelkas, Fountas, Pavlidis, Mouzakitis, Hatzidiakos, Karetsas, Giannoulis. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Meet the gorgeous Married to the Game WAGs as hit football doc returns for second season

Amazon Prime's hit documentary Married to the Game is back for a second season and Daily Star Sport has a look at the stunning football WAGs who will be involved

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1 week ago Josh Cavallo reveals daily death threats and says football ‘toxic’ for gay players

Adelaide midfielder talks of multiple daily death threatsComing out brings ‘mountain of downsides’ for playersAustralia’s first out gay male football player, Josh Cavallo, has said he receives multiple death threats every day and would find it difficult to encourage other footballers to come out due to the sport’s “toxic” environment.The Adelaide United midfielder came out in 2021 and said that despite his club’s and coaches’ support his openness about his sexuality had brought him a lot of pressure and negativity. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Australian footballer Josh Cavallo says he receives daily death threats over sexuality

Australia's first openly gay football player Josh Cavallo has said he receives multiple death threats every day.

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1 week ago Football Daily | A final that meant more to Newcastle and their camera

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Considering how long it took them to finally get their hands on some domestic silverware after a 70-year pause, in the end it was remarkably easy for Newcastle United. While the supercilious slogan “this means more” is more readily associated with Liverpool Football Club, prevailing in Fizzy Cup on Sunday clearly meant an awful lot more to Eddie Howe, his players and the travelling Toon Army. Yes, they finally rid their club of the giant baboon on its back on an afternoon when the ever present and significantly larger and autocratic elephant in the room went largely unaddressed.People have always doubted me. My mental strength is something that I’ve always believed in. This is just another setback and it is not going to stop me” – West Ham striker Michail Antonio is staying positive after the horrendous car crash that left him with a shattered femur and says he is “100%” sure he will play again.Thomas Tuchel reminds Colin Reed (lett...

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2 w. ago Aston Villa v Club Brugge, Arsenal v PSV: Champions League last 16, second legs – live

Champions League updates, 8pm kick-offs, and moreLive scores | Read today’s Football Daily | And mail Will“You have to feel for Nathan Butler-Oyedeji,” writes Kieran McKintosh. “He’s 22, still not had a proper first-team appearance, not even scored on loan at Cheltenham or Accrington, and even in a game like this where it basically doesn’t matter who Arteta plays, a defender who is leaving at the end of the season gets a start up top before he does. Ouch.”I have a feeling the young lad’s long-term future is not at Arsenal. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid: Champions League last 16, second leg – live

Champions League updates, 8pm kick-off (first leg: 1-2)Live scores | Read today’s Football Daily | And mail ScottHere’s some more historical evidence suggesting Atlético are right up against it tonight. They’ve won 13 and lost 12 of the European ties in which they’ve lost the first leg away, a narrow positive albeit one very much second best to Real’s record after winning their first leg at home: they’ve gone through in 49 of 62 ties. Atléti will however be buoyed by memories of last year, when they dispatched Internazionale on penalties in this round after losing the first leg in Milan. So let’s rule nothing out.Quite a few rascals are one booking away from missing the first leg of the quarter-final should their team get through. Atlético have José María Giménez and Ángel Correa on the edge; Real’s substantially longer list features Luka Modrić, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Antonio Rüdiger, Eduardo Camavinga, Endrick and Carlo Ancelotti himself. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Liverpool v PSG goes to extra time: Champions League last 16, second leg – live

Champions League news, 8pm GMT kick-off (first leg: 1-0)Live scores | Read Football Daily | And you can mail YaraThe stats do not read well for Paris Saint-Germain. None of the last 15 French sides to play away from home against an English opponent in Europe have managed to win, with 14 of those ending in losses. The last victory was by PSG against Manchester United in 2020-21.Liverpool, who have won all four of their home Champions League games this season, have progressed from their last 14 knockout stage ties in this competition. The last side to eliminate them after Liverpool took an advantage into the second leg was in 2001-02 against Bayer Leverkusen. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Barcelona v Benfica: Champions League last 16, second leg – live

Champions League news, 5.45pm GMT start (first leg: 1-0)Live scores | Read Football Daily | And you can mail ScottBenfica coach Bruno Lage talks to TNT Sports. “The big task for today is to try to repeat what we did in the last games against them create chances score goals we have big confidence to be here and play our game we try to forget the environment and focus on the things we can control we have watched good things we did in both games we know we will have opportunities to score so will Barcelona we know what needs to be done.”Benfica have lost the first leg at home in official Uefa competition on seven previous occasions. They’ve only managed to turn things around once, against Dinamo Bucureşti in the first round of the 1999-2000 Uefa Cup, winning 2-0 in Romania after a 1-0 defeat in Portugal. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Football Daily | Manchester United, Arsenal and a game of (free

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Football Daily can’t help but yearn for the days when footballers weren’t particularly interested in walls. Back in 1978, the players of West Brom went on what was, at the time, a trailblazing end-of-season tour to China. Having taken 90 hours to get there on a combination of planes, trains and automobiles, on one of their free days the Baggies were somewhat reluctantly taken to visit the Great Wall of China, prompting an accompanying BBC documentary crew to ask midfielder John Trewick for his impression of the famous fortification. “When you’ve seen one wall you’ve seen ‘em all, haven’t you?” came the response. And while Trewick insists his deadpan appraisal was made with tongue firmly ensconced in cheek, it is a quote that continues to haunt him. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago AZ v Tottenham, Fenerbahce v Rangers: Europa League last 16, first legs – live

Clockwatch updates from all the 5.45pm GMT kick-offsLive scores | Read today’s Football Daily | And mail YaraDoes Ange Postecoglou regret saying he “always wins things in his second year”? Maybe, but despite Spurs yo-yo form, he still believes they can all the way and be in the final at Bilbao.The boys really understand there is a great opportunity for us.I said before the [Manchester] United game with the week of training that we had with some of the injured lads coming back – it was a lot of positive energy around the place and we ended up winning that game and keeping a clean sheet. It’s the same feeling now with Mickey and Cuti [Romero] back in the squad and everybody is wanting to finish the season strong.The Yellow Canaries are in good form; their 3-0 win over Antalyaspor on Sunday extends their unbeaten run to 18 matches. José Mourinho’s team are particularly strong at home, having won eight of their past nine at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium.However, Mourinho will be without t...

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3 w. ago Real Sociedad v Manchester United: Europa League last 16, first leg – live

Europa League updates from 5.45pm GMT kick-offLive scores | Read today’s Football Daily | And mail ScottManchester United are back, baby! No, not like that, unfortunately for their long-suffering fans. They are back in San Sebastian, though, where they’ll fancy themselves to keep their season alive. United won at Anoeta in 2022 thanks to Alejandro Garnacho’s first goal for the club; they drew there in 2013 despite Marouane Fellaini getting himself sent off. They also routed the Basques 4-0 away in 2021, albeit in Turin thanks to Covid. So their record on the road against Erreala is very good indeed.That should give them succour, after their latest dispiriting performance against Fulham in the FA Cup last weekend. They’ll also be thankful that Sociedad aren’t quite up to their recent standards, languishing in mid-table in La Liga and coming off the back of a 4-0 thrashing at Barcelona. Although ninth place when compared to United’s 14th in the Premier but let’s not belabour the point...

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3 w. ago Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid: Champions League last 16 – live

Champions League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-offLive scores | Read today’s Football Daily | And mail YaraFor Real Madrid, Valverde returns from injury and captains the hosts as Modrić and Vázquez only make the bench. Jude Bellingham misses out entirely due to suspension so Ancelotti has gone with Díaz alongside the French duo of Camavinga and Tchouaméni in midfield.For the visitors Giménez and Llorente return in defence as does the in-form Alvarez, who has 21 goals and five assists this season. Gallagher, who has been feeling the love in his new home, starts on the bench. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal: Champions League last 16, first leg – live

Champions League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-offLive scores | Read today’s Football Daily | And mail NiallPre-match reading:You can also join Yara El-Shaboury for live updates from Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid, which is probably going to be decent. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Club Brugge v Aston Villa: Champions League last 16, first leg – live

Champions League news from the 5.45pm GMT kick-offLive scores | Read today’s Football Daily | And email WillA huge evening lies ahead for Aston Villa in Brugge. This is the Champions League last 16 and the favour has been relatively kind to the Premier League side who would expect to defeat their Belgian counterparts over two legs but they have already lost in Brugge this season. That loss was the result of some mild comedy/incompetence, depending on your point of you.As John McGinn indicated in yesterday’s press conference, Villa are out for revenge and will be confident of providing it. Unai Emery’s side have been a mixed bag this season, partially down to the increase schedule caused by being involved in Europe’s top competition. They bolstered their options in January and will be hoping that is enough to take them far in the Champions League. Continue reading...

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