7 h. ago Scotland reaction: 'Crazy night', why Craig Gordon was not sent up for corner and Steve Clarke's debrief

Head coach gives thoughts as Scotland set up World Cup shoot-out

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11 h. ago Borthwick hails ‘outstanding leader’ Ford after England topple All Blacks

Ford scores 13 points including two drop goals in victory‘He made brilliant decisions and executed perfectly’Steve Borthwick has paid tribute to the perseverance and character of George Ford after England’s impressive 33-18 victory over the All Blacks. Twelve months ago, Ford narrowly failed to clinch a home victory in this same fixture, but he was a pivotal figure on Saturday as his side gained their revenge with a first win over New Zealand in south-west London since 2012.“George is a brilliant player, an outstanding leader and an even better person,” the head coach said after the fly-half contributed 13 points to seal his team’s 10th successive Test win this year. “I know you like to talk about 12 months ago and the ball hitting a post. But when he pulls on the England shirt he is just such a consistent performer. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Tony Popovic nears World Cup deadline with negatives piling up for the Socceroos

A callow Australia side confirmed in defeat by Venezuela that the head coach needs his big hitters back before facing Colombia in New York A day before Australian football looked to its past, Tony Popovic sent out a side to face Venezuela focused on its future. Nineteen years and 364 days ago, the Golden Generation defender had been part of the side that defeated Uruguay in a shootout to end 32 years of heartbreak and send the Socceroos back to the promised land. Two decades on, here he was in the dugout of Shell Energy Stadium, tinkering and experimenting before a sixth-straight World Cup for Australia.Popovic had named an XI with three debutants – the most in 12 years – and a player in Nestory Irankunda that hadn’t been born when John Alosi scored that famous penalty. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Netflix star of hit show dies after being shot in the head in 'targeted incident'

Last Chance U star and former American football coach John Beam has died after being shot in the head in what authorities are treating as a "targeted" attack

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32 h. ago Poland v Netherlands, Croatia v Faroe Islands, and more: World Cup 2026 qualifying – as it happened

Slovakia beat Northern Ireland at the last to set up a winner-takes-all Group A encounter with Germany on MondayThomas Tuchel wants his England substitutes to channel any anger they feel at not starting into making the difference when they can because the team that win the World Cup will be defined by productivity off the bench.The head coach will prepare a heat-proof gameplan for the finals next summer when temperatures at many of the venues in the United States, Mexico and Canada are expected to be stifling and a major part will involve how best to use his substitutes. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Ruben Amorim's crucial hidden change at Man Utd after players make feelings clear

Ruben Amorim was appointed as Manchester United head coach in November last year and went about making a significant change to the Red Devils' training programme

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36 h. ago Thomas Tuchel wants England substitutes to channel anger into World Cup victory

Coach hopes to match spirit of his 2021 Chelsea teamTuchel needs strong bench ‘after a long, long season’Thomas Tuchel wants his England substitutes to channel any anger they feel at not starting into making the difference when they can because the team that win the World Cup will be defined by productivity off the bench.The head coach will prepare a heat-proof gameplan for the finals next summer when temperatures at many of the venues in the United States, Mexico and Canada are expected to be stifling and a major part will involve how best to use his substitutes. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago The Beta Blacks: Alpha days are gone for New Zealand and their aura with it

A lack of experience has lessened the impact of the All Blacks as many key players are ineligible for selection after moving to JapanThursday afternoon, and the All Blacks are out on the training ground around the back of the Lensbury hotel on the banks of the Thames, it’s a warm autumn day, and the mood is pretty free and easy, Will Jordan is practising catching high balls, Beauden Barrett is taking shots at goal, the forwards are packing up after running some drills, head coach, Scott Robertson, is chatting happily with the media before his press conference. Someone asks if his team are looking to make a statement against England on Saturday, the sort that reminds everyone exactly how good they are.“A statement performance?” Robertson says, perplexed. “We’re just looking for a result.” Time was when every All Blacks performance was a statement performance, and their head coaches didn’t go looking for results against England, or anyone else, they expected them. The remark hung in t...

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41 h. ago Luke Littler puts friend on notice as darts star told 'we're now enemies'

Luke Littler faces Josh Rock in the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam of Darts on Saturday night and the 18-year-old has issued a warning to his close friend ahead of the match

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55 h. ago Bellingham and Foden return to give Tuchel’s England a headache at No 10 | Barney Ronay

Morgan Rogers has the shirt but the England head coach has lit a fire under star names by leaving them on the benchIt didn’t exactly feel like a thrilling three-way shootout for the role of England’s top gun No 10. At least, not for the opening hour anyway. Wembley was a sodden place at kick-off, the rain falling in huge slow flakes, the kind of rain that puts a lid on the world. And for long periods this was a strange, bloodless experience, a World Cup qualifier with very little qualification at stake beyond the dwindling hopes of Serbia.By the end, however, there was at least a sense that something had happened here. You have to hand it to Thomas Tuchel, currently cresting a wave as England’s first master of negging, founding member of the don’t really give a toss school of international management. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Scott Barrett fit to return and captain All Blacks against England at Twickenham

Barrett missed win against Scotland due to cutScott Robertson preparing for aerial contest Scott Barrett has come back to captain the All Blacks against England at Twickenham this weekend. Barrett had 12 stitches threaded in his leg after he suffered a cut beneath his knee playing against Ireland a fortnight ago, and missed his team’s 25-17 victory against Scotland at Murrayfield last week, but Scott Robertson, the New Zealand head coach, confirmed that he had played a full part in training for the England game.“We’ve gone for our best team for this game, for this Test,” Robertson said. “It’s remarkable that he healed so well, once you saw the cut. The Barretts must have some good skin.” His older brother Beauden will start at fly-half again, but younger brother Jordie is back in New Zealand having treatment on the ankle injury he suffered in that same match against Ireland. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Man Utd face final decision over FOUR January transfers for stars worth more than £150m

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim runs the risk of losing big money signings as the Premier League club prepare for the Portuguese's third transfer window at the helm

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2 d. ago Ole Gunnar Solskjaer makes Marcus Rashford Man United admission with Erling Haaland example

Marcus Rashford had his most successful period for Manchester United under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but the former head coach admitted that the 28-year-old looked unhappy at Old Trafford

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2 d. ago ‘It’s not in our genes to give up’: Veljko Paunovic on coaching Serbia and how England changed him

The head coach heads to Wembley with a tough battle to qualify for the World Cup on his hands as he recalls his career pathVeljko Paunovic’s right hand moves in a wide, smooth arc: up, around and down. “This tends to happen to me a lot,” he says, eyes following his finger as it traces a curve. It is his first day as Serbia’s coach and he is waiting for his players to arrive, entrusted with an “urgent mission” that brings him back again, all the way to when he was a boy. “I tend to close circles, and this could be another. There’s a connection there: my career outside the country, going to Spain, round the world, then returning. And this first game, the link to the legacy left by my dad, to what I inherited from him.”Growing up, there were three games Paunovic recalls his father talking about most, matches that resonate in his mind. Blagoje Paunovic, a defender who played 39 times for Yugoslavia and became a coach, told his son about being invited to play in Pelé’s farewell at the Ma...

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3 d. ago ‘Lot to prove to ourselves’: Thomas Tuchel challenges England to maintain standards

Head coach unlikely to experiment against Serbia‘We still run at people, we still go after them’It was certainly a strong look, impossible to ignore, something only a top-level footballer could carry off – and even then, the jury was out. When Ezri Konsa strolled in to preview Thursday’s World Cup qualifier against Serbia at Wembley, the England defender did so in what, at first glance, appeared to be a cross between a pair of slippers and oversized Crocs. In garish, fluorescent red.On closer inspection, it was possible to make out grooves and nodules on them, and then it was time for the science part. Apparently, if you wear these your concentration improves. Well, that is according to the manufacturer. Something to do with the pressure points on the foot, perhaps. Was Konsa convinced? Unclear. How about Thomas Tuchel? Ditto. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Football Daily | From a ban on long hair to fever threat: Argentina never ease into a World Cup

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Not much of a shock, but Wolves have just appointed Middlesbrough’s Rob Edwards as their new head coach. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Wolves confirm new manager as Rob Edwards returns to replace Vitor Pereira

The new head coach spent four years as a player at Molineux

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3 d. ago Rob Edwards confirmed as Wolves head coach after 15 games with Middlesbrough

Edwards takes over team with two points from 11 gamesWolves pay about £3m for their former player and coachRob Edwards has been confirmed as the Wolves head coach on a three-and-a-half-year deal after the Premier League’s bottom club paid about £3m in compensation to Middlesbrough. The 42-year-old has resigned at Boro 15 games into a three-year contract to take over from Vítor Pereira, who was sacked on 2 November.Wolves have two points from 11 games and will hope to avoid a fifth straight defeat when they host Crystal Palace on 22 November in Edwards’ first game. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Rob Edwards confirmed as Wolves head coach with task to ‘refresh whole club’

Edwards takes over team with two points from 11 gamesWolves pay £3m for their former player and coachWolves want their new head coach, Rob Edwards, to help “refresh the whole club” after luring the former defender back for a fourth spell at Molineux, where he has signed a three-and-a-half year deal.The 42-year-old replaces Vítor Pereira, who was sacked at the start of the month, taking over a team bottom of the Premier League with two points from 11 matches. Wolves paid Middlesbrough £3m to prise him away from the second-placed Championship club after less than five months and only 15 games. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Matheus Cunha sends clear Ruben Amorim message as Man United star makes 'painful' admission

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim started Matheus Cunha in all four of the club's Premier League matches between this international break and October's.

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