Tottenham are in need of a lift following back-to-back defeats, and history would suggest it might come at the expense of West Ham in the absence of Antonio Conte.
Head coach Conte made a swift return to the touchline last weekend following gallbladder surgery and watched his side suffer a 4-1 Premier League defeat at Leicester City.
The Italian then oversaw a 1-0 Champions League defeat at Milan on Tuesday, but he has remained on his homeland in order to take time to make a full recovery from his operation.
Cristian Stellini will once again step up to take charge of Tottenham for the foreseeable future, and Conte s assistant s first task is to mastermind a home derby victory over West Ham this weekend.
Stats Perform previews the clash between the London …
A late Arthur Melo penalty saw Cagliari beaten at home by Fiorentina on Thursday, but head coach Claudio Ranieri, who has now retired, was seen off with plenty of respect from everyone in the stadium both sets of fans, the players and the staff of both clubs, as well as the officials.
The man who pulled off a great miracle by leading Leicester City to the Premier League title in 2015/16 and helped Cagliari survive in the Serie A at the end of 2023/24 has called time on what has been a truly wonderful career. Football will not forget him.
CLAUDIO RANIERI.
— Lega Serie A (@SerieA)
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Valencia forward Rodrigo has signed a new contract committing him to the LaLiga high-flyers until June 2022.
Rodrigo penned a four-year deal when he joined Los Che permanently form Benfica in 2015 following a season-long loan spell.
The 26-year-old has been in superb form this term, scoring eight goals in 13 matches across all competitions – a return that has earned him a call-up to Julen Lopetegui s Spain squad.
The best is yet to come, Rodrigo told Valencia s official website.
One must have ambition to improve and grow. I still have many years of football ahead and what I want the most is to keep doing things well, to continue helping the club and to make everyone happy.
— Valencia CF English (@valenciacf_en)
Rodrigo has…
Being a goalkeeper can be the toughest job in the world. Just ask Loris Karius.
The German glovesman suffered a pair of horrendous blunders in the Champions League final which cost his team dearly in the end in Kiev. Always under a great scrutiny and under constant watch from the public eye, goalkeepers are often left detached from the rest of their team.
Celebrated for little, blamed for a lot these brave men are often at the end of the whiplash.
Heading into the World Cup and with Loris Karius in their minds, the 32 goalkeepers defending the honour of their respective nations will be especially careful not to suffer the same faith as the Liverpool goalie.
Continuing the , SoccerNews.com is presenting the ultimate list of top 5 goalkeepers you need to k…
The second matches in each of Group B and Group C have now been completed at Euro 2024.
Spain beat Italy 1-0 in the late match on Thursday, ensuring their progression into the last 16 as Group B victors.
Both Group C matches were drawn, with Serbia scoring late on against Slovenia, while England were held 1-1 by Denmark, with Gareth Southgate s team coming in for some criticism.
Meanwhile, Kylian Mbappe has a new look.
Here, we wrap up the best social posts from Euro 2024.
Critical Carra questions Southgate
Southgate is facing plenty of scrutiny after two underwhelming England performances, even if the Three Lions are topping Group C.
Jamie Carragher was among the pundits to question England s manager, as the former Liverpool defen…
Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing Kingsley Coman from Bayern Munich, according to Florian Plettenberg of Sky Germany. What s more, that talks between PSG and Coman s representatives have already started.
Coman is a product of the PSG academy. Having risen through their youth ranks, he became a member of their first-team squad in 2013, but only a year later, he left to join Juventus as a free agent. In 2015, he went on a two-season loan to Bayern and upon the expiration of the deal, it was made permanent. The highlight of his club career so far is undoubtedly Bayern s 2020 Champions League triumph when they beat PSG in the final, with Coman scoring the only goal of the game against his childhood club.
The 28-year-old winger, who prefers to play on the left an…
Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas
Despite the fact he is a 35-year-old goalkeeper, Spanish legendary international Iker Casillas still stands a big presence in world football and should be one of the free-agent shot-stoppers to cause great attention towards the end of the season.
Real Madrid icon has so far notched 23 appearances in all competitions for Porto and his future with the Portuguese giants remains in balance. It has been a turbulent stint for the Spain’s favourite son in the neighbourhood as Casillas had to fight against demons to prove his worth at Porto, but now appears to be ready for a new challenge.
French Ligue 1 outfit Marseille have already expressed their interest in signing the veteran goalkeeper, but we have no doubt that some other clubs will join the r…
Juventus snatched a 1-1 draw at home to relegated Salernitana courtesy of a late Adrien Rabiot goal that cancelled out a first-half header from Niccolo Pierozzi in Serie A on Sunday.
Juve are fourth on 67 points with two matches left, six points ahead of Atalanta, who have two games in hand.
Salernitana shocked the Allianz Stadium as unmarked Pierozzi headed home after 27 minutes following a corner.
But Juventus dominated the rest of the match and equalised in stoppage time when Rabiot slid the ball home at the back post after a corner was flicked on.
Bottom side Salernitana were doomed to the drop last month.
Juve play in the Coppa Italia final against Atalanta on Wednesday in an effort to save a disappointing season and stop their winless streak…
The Pride said in a statement Morgan had a patella stress reaction in her right knee stemming from an injury sustained while with the national team.
It s obviously difficult to lose a player of Alex s calibre due to injury, Pride general manager Erik Ustruck said.
However, after consulting with the club’s medical team at Orlando Health and U.S. Soccer, we felt it was in the best interest of Alex s long-term health to shut her down for the season to focus on the rehabilitation process and take the appropriate time to recover from the lingering knee injury.
The striker has been nursing the injury since she was substituted during USA s group game against Sweden at the World Cup in June.
She returned to play in the remaining games of the tournament,…
Islam Slimani ensured Leicester City ended a dream 2016 with a much-needed 1-0 victory over West Ham at the King Power Stadium.
The Foxes completed a scarcely believable Premier League title triumph last season, but a run of just one win in nine league outings had left Claudio Ranieri s men just three points above the drop zone prior to Saturday s match.
However, the champions will enter 2017 with a welcome confidence boost, thanks to Slimani s thumping 20th-minute header from Marc Albrighton s teasing cross.
Slimani had already hit the post for the Foxes, who survived a scare towards the end of the first half when Michail Antonio rattled the crossbar and Dimitri Payet s free-kick was well saved by Kasper Schmeichel.
West Ham had Leicester pinned back for…