The first teams through to the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals are now known after Chelsea and Real Madrid wrapped up qualification from Group B and Lyon produced a late blitz to overcome Roma.
Although the club are clinging on to the hope the Spaniard can turn the situation around, belief in the manager is fading and there is a serious prospect of him being fired this month.
Since then, he has been undergoing his recovery, which is now almost at its end.
The former Crystal Palace and Strasbourg boss was appointed today to replace Alberto Gilardino and met his players for the afternoon session at the Villa Rostan camp.
The Frenchman is attracting the interest of the Premier League outfit as they look to take advantage of the precarious financial situation at OL.
Hilario has spent 16 years at Stamford Bridge as a player and coach, over two spells.
Bentancur, 27, was handed a seven-game suspension and a £100,000 fine by the FA on Tuesday for using abusive language and bringing the game into disrepute during a Spanish-language interview on Uruguayan television in June.
The game between Group C2 leaders Romania and second-placed Kosovo was abandoned in stoppage time on Friday after the Kosovo players left the field with the score at 0-0 when they heard pro-Serbia chanting from home fans, which Romania has denied.
Although City are refusing to comment on a story that was first reported in The Athletic, multiple sources have confirmed Guardiola has elected to sign a new deal to take his stay at the club to 10 years.
Gyökeres started the evening with five goals from five Nations League games. His third goal in the 6-0 win against Azerbaijan, in the 58th minute, took the Sporting forward to eight in this edition of the competition.
For Bellamy, who has the 2026 World Cup firmly in his sights, it has been an incredible start to life as a manager, now six games unbeaten.
The 23-year-old has been playing regularly with the Granata in the last three seasons, and his displays caught the eye of some teams around Europe, including Manchester City.
Martinez scored 10 minutes after the break, capitalising on a fine cross from Lionel Messi to fire home a half-volley into the top-right corner.
According to a report from Sky Sports and later confirmed by Foot Mercato, Liverpool are one of the clubs looking at Lyon’s players, with the English club interested in a move for Rayan Cherki (21).
The visitors had already wrapped up top spot in Group A1 and consequently decided to rest some of their star players, including Cristiano Ronaldo.
That was the harsh reality until Andy Robertson leapt like a Loch Tay salmon to meet John Souttar’s superb stoppage-time cross, securing a famous win over Poland with a bullet header which rendered Lukasz Skorupski helpless.
The U.S. raced out to a 3-0 halftime lead thanks to a pair of goals from Christian Pulisic and another from Ricardo Pepi. Jamaica responded in the second half with a pair of goals from Demarai Gray, but those were sandwiched around a thumping strike from Tim Weah, to keep the Reggae Boyz at arm's length.
L’Equipe understands that Les Bleus boss Didier Deschamps will exchange with the former PSG forward over his desire to continue wearing the skipper’s armband.
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Concluding League A Group 1 of the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League with a top-of-the-table showdown, Croatia and Portugal butt heads at the Stadion Poljud in Split on Monday evening.
Spain will round off their Group 4 of League A campaign in the UEFA Nations League on Monday evening, with the reigning champions, who are through to the quarter-finals, welcoming Switzerland.
Going head to head for a place in the UEFA Nations League quarter-finals, Serbia and Denmark will clash in Leskovac on Monday evening.
Bentancur, who has also been fined £100,000 and ordered to take part in a mandatory face-to-face education programme, was charged by the FA in September after comments made while appearing on TV in his home country of Uruguay in June.
De Jong has finally battled his way back to full fitness after a miserable series of injury setbacks which looked to be bringing his La Blaugrana career to an end.
Posting on social media, the former Bundesliga striker thanked supporters for their messages of support and said he was fine.
After a scoreless first half in which the Irish had effectively frustrated England, Harry Kane put the hosts ahead from the spot after Liam Scales was given a second yellow card and sent off for a foul on Jude Bellingham.
It gave Lee Carsley the win that he wanted on his sixth and final game as the interim manager; one to seal England’s promotion back into the Nations League’s A section.
The Azzurri were the leaders of the Nations League Group A2 heading into the France match and would have qualified with a win, draw, or even a one-goal defeat.
Les Bleus fell to defeat at the Parc des Princes in September, but could reclaim top spot in the group with a win by two goals in the return fixture on Sunday night.
The Manchester City striker, who became his country's record goalscorer last month, has now scored 38 goals in 39 appearances for Norway.
There's just one spot left in the NWSL Championship and two teams left as the Orlando Pride, the 2024 NWSL Shield winners and No. 1 seed will host No. 4 seed Kansas City Current on Sunday at Inter & Co Stadium in Orlando.
The semifinal will be another meeting between the two sides in a budding rivalry that developed over the regular season as they battled for position on the league table. Now two of the best goals scorers, Barbra Banda and Temwa Chawinga, will meet again. The winner will meet the Washington Spirit in the final on Saturday, Nov. 23. (Source: cbssports)
The Current earned a place in the semifinal round following a historic quarterfinal victory over the fifth-seeded North Carolina Courage last weekend.
European giants Italy and France go up against each other once more, Croatia look to seal a quarter-final spot against Portugal and Germany are eyeing yet more goals.
Erin Cuthbert described Mayra Ramírez’s goal as “sheer euphoria”, after the Colombia international broke the resolve of a resilient Alex Greenwood to put Chelsea ahead, before Guro Reiten added a second, in the tightest of chess matches against Manchester City.
The calls for Renee Slegers to be appointed permanent Arsenal manager could soon reach a crescendo after yet another impressive win in interim charge, this time a 3-0 victory at Tottenham in the north London derby.
Aubrey Kingsbury saved the first three penalties in a shootout and the Washington Spirit defeated defending champion Gotham FC on Saturday to advance to the National Women’s Soccer League championship.
Matchday 5 of the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League is complete and the picture is becoming clearer in each of the 14 groups in the competition.
A stunning first half hat-trick from Emily Gielnik fired Melbourne Victory to an emphatic 4-1 win over Western United at the Home of the Matildas.
Netherlands secured their place in the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League quarter-finals on Saturday after beating Hungary, while Germany scored seven against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A spectacular long-range goal consigned the Wellington Phoenix to their third straight defeat to start the new Ninja A-League season.
Needing just a point to all but guarantee a first-placed finish in League A Group 3 of the UEFA Nations League, Germany welcome Bosnia-Herzegovina to the Europa-Park Stadion in Freiburg on Saturday.
Locked together on five points in League A Group 3 of the UEFA Nations League, the Netherlands and Hungary meet on Saturday in a winner-takes-all clash at the Johan Cruyff Arena.
Sitting together at the top of League C Group 1 with two games to play, Sweden and Slovakia will battle it out to take the outright lead when they meet on Saturday evening.
In their last match, Real Madrid claimed a convincing 3-1 victory over Levante Badalona. Earlier, they earned four points in two derby matches: a 1-0 win over FC Madrid and a 1-1 draw with Atlético Madrid. In the Champions League,they began with a thrilling 2-3 loss to Chelsea but quickly recovered with dominant wins against Celtic (4-0) and Twente (7-0) at home.
Barcelona, on the other hand, is flawless in La Liga, having secured a maximum 27 points from nine matches, leading their nearest rivals by five points. Their goal difference stands at an impressive 43-5. In the last round, Barcelona comfortably defeated Atlético Madrid 3-0 away from home. (Source: dailysports)
The two teams make up the top two on the table, with Barcelona winning all 27 points in nine games, and Real Madrid with 24 points in eight games. Both teams are undefeated in the league this season and they remain the only ones standing with zero defeats.
The National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG) handed down the punishment to the team owned by American businessman John Textor after a hearing on Friday.
The head coach admitted he had taken on a long-term project but that there was an immediate need for improved results.
The midfielder seized upon a loose ball after Dominik Kotarski parried a Ben Doak shot to send Hampden into belated uproar with his 19th goal for his country.
West Ham United will attempt to claim back-to-back victories when they travel to the Broadfield Stadium for Saturday's Women's Super League meeting with Brighton & Hove Albion.
Meanwhile, the Seagulls will be looking to produce a positive response after falling to a heavy defeat in their recent outing against Arsenal. (Source: Sports Mole)
It is set to be another exciting weekend in the Women’s Super League (WSL) as Tottenham Hotspur host Arsenal in the North London derby on Saturday.
After a mixed start to the season for the Gunners under former manager Jonas Eidevall, they are unbeaten in five games under interim manager Renee Slegers. Arsenal have elevated themselves to fourth in the league standings, but they remain seven points off top spot. (Source: 90min.com)
Chelsea return to Women’s Super League (WSL) action this weekend with the visit of title rivals Manchester City.
Stamford Bridge will stage this top-of-the-table clash between two teams battling for this season’s title. Gareth Taylor’s City side currently hold the advantage in the standings, but they have played a game more than their rivals. (Source: 90min.com)
With Portugal 4-0 up in the final few minutes, Ronaldo acrobatically fired home at the far post for his second of the game.
La Roja knew that a victory was needed to ensure that they would be seeded for the upcoming quarter-final draw, and they were on their way in the early stages courtesy of Mikel Oyarzabal.
For the first time since 2009 in the first year of WPS, two pro women's soccer teams from Washington D.C. and the New York/New Jersey area will meet in a playoff game.
NJ/NY Gotham FC will travel down to D.C. to take on Washington Spirit. Both teams had late game-winners in their respective quarterfinal matchups. (skyscapperblues.com)
Last week, the second place Spirit earned a trip to the NWSL Semifinals after a 2-1, extra-time victory over No. 7 Bay FC. The win was celebrated by a sold-out crowd of 19,215 fans – the largest East Coast crowd and 10th largest overall in NWSL Playoffs history.
There were scuffles between players from both teams and Kosovo players walked off the pitch.
Canberra United suffered their first defeat of the Ninja A-League season as they were beaten 2-0 by Adelaide United on a humid afternoon at McKellar Park, a pair of first-half goals doing the damage in front of 1,249 spectators.
Melbourne City were held to a draw for the first time in the 2024/25 Ninja A-League season by Central Coast Mariners on Saturday afternoon.
Sydney FC defeated Western Sydney Wanderers 1-0 thanks to a late Caley Tallon-Henniker strike to go ten games undefeated in the Sydney Derby.
In an official statement, Juventus announced that both parties “have reached a mutual agreement over the termination of their contract as of 30 November 2024.” Juventus add they wish Pogba the very best for his professional future.
Portugal welcome Poland to Porto on matchday five of the UEFA Nations League on Friday night. The hosts need just one point to be assured of a top-two finish, while Poland need four points from their final two matches to have any chance of reaching the finals.
Spain will be bidding to secure top spot in Group 4 of League A in the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League when they head to Denmark on Friday evening for what is shaping up to be an intriguing affair.
Scotland's stay in the UEFA Nations League's top tier could be brought to its end on Friday, when they face an almost must-win game against League A Group 1 rivals Croatia.
Officers from the United Kingdom Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) were at the game and "actively worked" with local authorities to help "influence a change of tactics".
Vinicius Junior missed a chance to win the game with a penalty against a Venezuelan side who played the last minutes of the game down to 10-man after substitute Alexander Gonzalez was sent off for hitting both Gabriel Martinelli and Vinicius in the face in successive plays in the 89th minute.
The Manchester City striker ran on to Sander Berge's fine through ball to slot past the goalkeeper first time to put his side 2-1 up with his 35th Norway goal.
It is difficult to remember Kane ever being axed for an England game, let alone a must-win big one – rather than rested or rotated. And it was especially bold from Carsley given he was without a host of big names.
The 25-year-old has been excellent for the Reds in the past few weeks - and put in a man-of-the-match performance as the Republic of Ireland beat Finland 1-0 on Thursday. He saved Joel Pohjanpalo's penalty and kept out Robin Lod's follow-up in the Nations League win at Aviva Stadium.
The Napoli defender was brought in to replace injured Riccardo Calafiori and mark his club teammate Lukaku at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels this evening.
The Azzurri were leading comfortably 2-0 when these sides met last month, but Lorenzo Pellegrini’s red card prompted the comeback for 2-2.
Attention was diverted away from the pitch for much of the night. The build-up was dominated by the political context in which the match was taking place