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Turning their attention to EFL Trophy action on Tuesday night, Birmingham will welcome Walsall to St. Andrew’s.
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Starting with the hosts, while Birmingham might have shockingly lost their Championship status last season following what was a public nightmare at St. Andrew’s, the Blues have come flying out of the traps this time around. In the midst of what has been a League One romp and rightfully pencilled in as a landslide promotion contender, Chris Davies’ men have already gained quite the reputation. Last seen over the weekend laying down another marker as they secured a 2-1 win against Wigan, Tuesday’s hosts have collected 10 points from their opening four League One appearances. Signing off their pre-season prep…
Alexia Putellas became the first female to make 100 appearances for Spain and marked the occasion in style by scoring in a 1-1 draw against Italy.
The 28-year-old made her debut for La Roja in 2013 and, less than a decade on, won her landmark century cap in Castel di Sangro on Friday.
Putellas will be a key member of Spain s Euro 2022 squad and again proved her worth with an equaliser to cancel out Valentina Bergamaschi s opener in the friendly.
Barcelona attacker Putellas, who has also appeared three times for Catalonia, now has 27 goals for Spain at senior level.
The game was the final warm-up for both nations ahead their European Championship campaigns getting under way in England next week.
Spain are in a group with Germany, Denmark and Finla…
Jesse Marsch credited his former Salzburg striker Erling Haaland s infectious hunger for goals after the Manchester City talisman tormented Leeds United at Elland Road.
Haaland made his first Premier League trip to his city of birth a memorable one by claiming a second-half brace after Rodri struck first for the champions, who moved within five points of leaders Arsenal with a 3-1 win.
The 22-year-old has now hit 20 Premier League goals in just 14 appearances – seven fewer than the player who was previously quickest to that mark, former Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips.
Having coached Haaland for half a season in Austria, Marsch is acutely aware of the Norwegian s talents and has never seen a player with a greater desire to score goals.
Haaland has an…
´Vardy was crying, he had to move out the next day!´ – Fuchs reflects on Leicester´s incredible titl
Christian Fuchs overriding memory of Leicester City s title celebrations in 2016 are Jamie Vardy s tears at having to move house.
Leicester won their first Premier League title on May 2, 2016, when Tottenham drew with Chelsea.
Seven years on, the Foxes are scrapping at the wrong end of the table, having drawn 2-2 with Everton on Monday in a relegation six-pointer.
Vardy scored against Everton, marking his second league goal in as many appearances after only striking once before in the top flight this term.
The 36-year-old might still play a key role in Leicester ensuring safety, and was one of their talismanic figures during that glorious 2015-16 campaign.
Indeed, the Leicester squad gathered to watch the Chelsea-Tottenham game at the striker s ho…
Arsenal beat Liverpool by 3-2 on Sunday in what was an extremely interesting contest, full of tempo and emotion, and not short of controversy either. There was plenty of good football to see, along with fighting spirit clearly visible in both sets of players.
Gabriel Martinelli broke the deadlock for the hosts after less than a minute, and Darwin Nunez silenced some of his critics with a 34th-minute equalizer. Bukayo Saka made sure Arsenal were ahead at the break after the 45 minutes had already gone, and Roberto Firmino, who had come off the bench to replace the injured Luis Diaz, set the score back level in the 53rd. However, Saka was on target for Arsenal again in the 75th, this time from the penalty spot.
Gunners attack in waves
After taking the early lead, Arsenal…
Cristiano Ronaldo said there are no limits for Manchester United after hitting a superb hat-trick to guide the Red Devils to a 3-2 win over Tottenham.
Ronaldo netted his second Premier League treble to boost United s hopes of Champions League qualification, doing so 14 years and 59 days after scoring three in a 6-0 win against Newcastle United, marking the longest gap between a player s first and second hat-tricks in the competition s history.
After his 49th career hat-trick, the Portuguese legend has also scored a treble in each of the last 13 seasons of his club career, a run which stretches back to the 2009-10 campaign.
The Old Trafford victory lifted United into the Premier League s top four, albeit having played four games more than fifth-placed Arsenal, a…
Former Leeds defender Gaetano Berardi has announced his retirement aged 34.
Berardi, who made over 150 appearances for Leeds in all competitions during a seven-year spell with the club until his departure in 2021, posted his farewell message on Instagram.
He said: “A word can contain many emotions, many feelings, many memories and most of all many people. I choose one to close the chapter: THANK YOU!”
Berardi’s committed playing style made him a fans’ favourite at Elland Road, where he was a key member of the side which won promotion to the Premier League under Marcelo Bielsa in 2020.
The Swiss right-back, who made one senior appearance for his country, joined Leeds from Sampdoria in 2014 and recovered from a serious knee injury to make two top-fl…
David de Gea never considered retirement despite spending over 12 months out of football between his Manchester United exit and his arrival at Fiorentina.
De Gea left Manchester United as a free agent in 2023 after being heavily criticised throughout Erik ten Hag s first season at Old Trafford, with Andre Onana replacing him with a view towards implementing a more possession-based approach.
The Spaniard won one Premier League title, one FA Cup, two EFL Cups and the Europa League throughout his 12-year stay with United, while Petr Cech (162) is the only goalkeeper to ever better his 147 Premier League clean sheets.
However, he found it difficult to find another club and spent the entire 2023-24 campaign out of the game amid rumours linking him with a move to Saudi…
Sarina Wiegman has told England s silky-skilled Lionesses to be on their guard for a physical battle from Germany in the Euro 2022 final.
The England boss has won all 11 of her European Championship matches as a manager, including her run to glory in charge of the Netherlands five years ago.
Arguably the ultimate test awaits on Sunday at Wembley, though, as England tackle eight-time champions Germany.
The fearsome Alexandra Popp leads the Germany attack, having grabbed two brilliant poacher s finishes against France in the semi-final to match Beth Mead s tournament-leading six-goal haul.
Both Popp goals came from crosses, and Wiegman suspects Germany will often look to take a direct route to the heart of England s defence, where Millie Bright and Leah Wi…
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VfL Bochum are set to play host to Borussia Dortmund at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion, some 10 miles west of Dortmund s Signal Iduna Park, on Friday evening in the opening match of the 30th round of the 2022/23 season in the Bundesliga.
Both teams have everything to play for points are vital for them, at different parts of the table though they are.
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It s the final stretch of the race and Bochum must do the best they can to avoid relegation. At the moment, they re just above the danger zone with 27 points, five more than Hertha Berlin in last place, three more than Schalke 04 in 17th, and two more than VfB Stuttgart in 16th which leads into relegation play-offs. They re also two points behind Hoffenheim in 14th, and three…