Football experts Nedum Onuoha, Julien Laurens and Nicky Bandini pick their top players of the 2024-25 Champions League season before Saturday’s final between Paris St-Germain and Inter Milan. READ MORE: ‘The league of farmers?’ How PSG and Inter defied the odds Read full article at source...
No one needed this moment more than Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson. Before the match, even Maresca said Jackson owed a “debt” to his team-mates after getting sent off in the 2-0 defeat at Newcastle on 11 May, a red card that could well have cost Chelsea qualification for the Champions League. After the match, Maresca...
Rotating and resting players in secondary cups is not a new phenomenon – but Chelsea took it to a new level in the Conference League this season. They averaged 8.5 changes per European game, based on their previous Premier League line-up. In the league stage there was a recognised Premier League team and a Conference...
Riot police in the Polish city of Wroclaw used a water cannon to stop trouble between Chelsea and Real Betis fans before the Uefa Conference League final. Hundreds of fans clashed in Wroclaw Market Square on Wednesday afternoon – with the Lower Silesian Police saying 28 supporters had been arrested. Police indicated that number would...
Tottenham defender Ella Morris has pulled out of the England women squad to face Portugal in the Nations League after suffering a serious knee injury in training. The 22-year-old, who is yet to make her debut for the Lionesses, is set for a lengthy spell out after injuring her cruciate ligament. She has returned to...
Standout defenders: Calvin Bassey (Fulham), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham), Rayan Ait-Nouri (Wolves) Three full-backs stood out with their performances. Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who has switched his allegiance to DR Congo, made the most interceptions (66) and completed the most dribbles (64) among Premier League defenders – form that saw him voted West Ham’s player of the...
Group A Falkirk, Queen’s Park, Cove Rangers, Spartans, Brechin. Group B Ross County, Partick Thistle, Queen of the South, Edinburgh City, Stranraer. Group C Dundee, Airdrie, Alloa, Montrose, Bonnyrigg Rose. Group D St Mirren, Ayr United, Arbroath, Annan Athletic, Forfar. Group E Hearts, Dunfermline, Hamilton, Dumbarton, Stirling Albion. Group F St Johnstone, Raith Rovers, Inverness...
Chelsea fans speak to BBC Sport’s Joe Wilson before their Conference League final against Real Betis on Wednesday in Wroclaw, Poland. Read full article at source...
“If I know how he thinks, he probably also knows how I think,” said Maresca of the opposition boss. “So I don’t think it gives us an advantage in this final.” This game is very much master versus apprentice. In an interview while managing Manchester City’s Under-21s in 2020, Maresca said: “Manuel was both the...
Celtic won the 2024-25 Scottish Premiership title, but will still have to go through one round of qualifying. That is because of Scotland’s position in Uefa’s association ranking in the five-year period from the 2019-20 to 2023-24 seasons. The association ranking – based on the performances of clubs from each country across Europe’s three club...
ICC CWCL2 squad: Richie Berrington (capt) (Clydesdale), Charlie Cassell (Heriot’s), Matthew Cross (Heriot’s), Jasper Davidson (Grange), Olly Davidson (Carlton), Jack Jarvis (Grange), Mackenzie Jones (Essex), Michael Leask (Forfarshire), Finlay McCreath (Grange), Brandon McMullen (RH Corstorphine), George Munsey (RH Corstorphine), Liam Naylor (RH Corstorphine), Safyaan Sharif (Perth Doo’cot), Charlie Tear (Sussex), Mark Watt (Heriot’s) T20 squad:...
According to the Premier League, putting together the fixture schedule takes up to six months. The process is managed by multinational IT company Atos, which has its headquarters just outside of Paris. A slew of information about the football calendar – international dates, European matchweeks, and the scheduling of the lower leagues – is inputted...
Possibly the easiest choice of all time for a player’s inclusion in a statistical team of the season, Salah enjoyed one of the finest individual seasons in Premier League history. Many of his astonishing records from 24-25 may not be beaten for many years. The Egyptian was involved in 47 Premier League goals (29 goals,...
Northern Ireland defender Laura Rafferty says her side should take belief into Friday’s crucial Nations League game against Poland at Seaview. Tanya Oxtoby’s side lost 2-0 away to the Euro 2025-bound Poles in February and go into the final two matches of their Group B1 campaign trailing the leaders by three points thanks to subsequent...
Final Score pundits Ashley Williams and Ellen White talk through their Premier League team of the season. Read full article at source...