While Newcastle might have had to overcome substantial pressure on Sunday afternoon, the Magpies snatched a late 2-1 victory against Tottenham at St. James’ Park.
In what always promised to be an action-packed affair this weekend, Eddie Howe’s side took the lead in the 37th-minute as Harvey Barnes produced a wonderful side-footed finish.
However, although Newcastle might have entered the half-time break with a narrow advantage, it was all Tottenham following the interval and Spurs grabbed a deserved equaliser in the 56th-minute as Dan Burn turned into his own net.
While it might have been wave after wave of Spurs pressure following their equaliser, Nick Pope denied both James Maddison and Brennan Johnson.
Despite struggling to get out of their own ha…
Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge is sweating on his place in England s Euro 2016 because of injury
England defeated Australia 2-1 at the Stadium of Light on Friday night as the Three Lions prepare for Euro 2016.
The most eye-catching things about the display was the fact that 18-year-old Marcus Rashford took just three minutes to open his goal scoring account for his country.
The youngster also put in a decent all around display on his international debut and the calls will now increase for him to be on the plane to France with the rest of the England squad.
Meteoric rise to prominence
Rashford has enjoyed a meteoric rise from Manchester United reserve team to England squad in literally a few months. The youngster was hyped up to the hilt afte…
Gareth Southgate will not be taking another management job within the next year, and he is unlikely to work with another national team.
Southgate resigned as England manager following the Three Lions 2-1 defeat to Spain in the final of Euro 2024, bringing to an end an 11-year association with the FA.
The 54-year-old was in charge of the senior team for eight years and, within that period, led them to the finals of both Euro 2020 and Euro 2024, as well as the semi-final of the 2018 World Cup.
In terms of tournament performance, he was the most successful England manager since Alf Ramsey, who led England to the 1966 World Cup – their only major honour.
Sometimes when you are in a big role you don t realise the weight until it s gone, Southgate told the E…
Pele says England have a wonderful opportunity to end their pain at major tournaments during Euro 2016.
The Brazil legend, who won the World Cup three times, has been in Paris for a promotional event ahead of the tournament with Diego Maradona.
Pele has watched England fail to progress beyond the quarter-finals at continental tournaments and World Cups since they made the last four of Euro 96 on home soil, but thinks that run could come to an end in France.
They have a very good side led by Wayne Rooney, Pele told The Times of India.
There are a few young talents who are raring to go. I know they did not perform to their true potential in the past few major tournaments, but there is no reason to repeat that.
This is a wonderful opportunity fo…
Gabriel Misehouy rescued a point for Girona on his debut as they salvaged a 1-1 draw at Real Betis in LaLiga, but coach Michel has warned the teenager must remain grounded.
The 19-year-old Dutch midfielder came off the bench for his debut in Girona s league opener at Betis, having joined from Ajax on a free transfer in July.
He found the equaliser from a counterattack he initiated and was a constant menace to Betis backline, almost scoring the winner with some brilliant play late on.
Michel was not surprised by Misehouy s impact but told DAZN he has much to learn, saying: Gabriel is a brutally talented player, but as of today he still lacks the collective mentality to be a great player.
He has a lot of room for improvement. He still doesn t speak Spanish…
UEFA s 54 member associations have backed plans to move the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar from its traditional June and July slot.
The announcement marks a new development in what has been a prolonged fall-out to the decision to award the tournament to Qatar, although UEFA are not ready for FIFA to make a decision on exactly when the competition will be played, with a switch to January 2022 or November and December in the same year both said to be under consideration.
FIFA are thought to prefer a tournament in November and December to avoid a clash with the Winter Olympics, and the executive committee is expected to agree in principle to reschedule the event at their meeting in Zurich at the start of next month.
Qatar s position as host of the event has long been a sub…
Igor Semshov is aiming to help Russia replicate their surprise performance at Euro 2008, and has warned people not to underestimate his team.
Guus Hiddink s side were the surprise package of the Austria and Switzerland competition, beating the likes of Netherlands before being eliminated by Spain in the semi-finals.
However, with Euro 2012 under three months away, Semshov has set his sights on getting through the group stage.
They are not top teams (Poland, Czech Republic and Greece), but every group has its difficulties. I think that psychologically, everybody wanted to play in that group, but it won t be easy because there are no weak teams in the European Championship, the midfielder told UEFA.com.
Many people don t know what to expect from Russia e…
Back in 2001-02, Bayer Leverkusen earned the unwanted moniker of Neverkusen as they saw a potential treble unravel in the space of 11 traumatic days, finishing as runners-up in the Bundesliga, Champions League and DFB-Pokal.
Twenty-two years later, Xabi Alonso s Werkself have already gone some way to banishing those ghosts by making Bundesliga history, Saturday s 2-1 win over Augsburg completing their unbeaten title-winning campaign.
This week, they have a chance to make it an unbeaten treble, heading to Dublin for Wednesday s Europa League final before taking on Kaiserslautern in the DFB-Pokal on Saturday.
Looking to deny Bayer one of the greatest achievements in recent memory are Atalanta, participating in their first European final following a memorable run t…
Croatia secured their place in the knockout stages of Euro 2020 and dumped Scotland out as they claimed a 3-1 win in Glasgow.
Having led through Nikola Vlasic s early strike, Zlatko Dalic s men were pegged back before half-time as Callum McGregor notched Scotland s first Euros goal since 1996.
However, the Croatians class eventually told, the evergreen Luka Modric netting a stunner before the influential Ivan Perisic headed home from a corner late on, equalling his country s record for the most goals at major tournaments (nine).
And that ensured the visitors clinched second place in Group D while bringing an early end to the Scots first major tournament appearance since 1998.
Encouraged by an electric atmosphere at Hampden Park, Scotland made the bet…
According to Mundo Deportivo, Cristiano Ronaldo has urged Al-Nassr to sign Kevin De Bruyne when the contract between the Belgian playmaker and Manchester City expires at the end of this season.
Come next summer, De Bruyne will have spent exactly a decade with the Premier League champions, having joined from Wolfsburg back in 2015. Since then, he s made an unbelievable total of 274 goal contributions (103 goals, 171 assists) in 388 matches in all competitions for City, winning six Premier League titles, two FA Cups, five League Cups, and the 2023 Champions League, followed by the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.
Rightly considered among the best attacking midfielders in the world, it s easy to understand a goalscorer like Ronaldo wanting such a playmaker in hi…