Southgate to England stars: Place extra focus on penalty practice
Gareth Southgate has told his England stars to place extra focus on penalty practice as he sets his sights on winning the World Cup.
Gareth Southgate has told his England stars to place extra focus on penalty practice as he sets his sights on winning the World Cup.
The North Macedonia players have “90 minutes to fulfil” the “dream of a whole country”, says key midfielder Elif Elmas ahead of Tuesday’s 2022 World Cup playoff against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal.
Manchester City remain confident of signing Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland this summer despite the Norwegian rejecting a "massive" opening offer from the Premier League champions.
Italy is once again reeling after failing to reach a second straight World Cup, throwing away automatic qualification before falling to a devastating defeat in the playoffs by North Macedonia.
Portugal have been well and truly warned not to take the threat of North Macedonia lightly as they face Italy's conquerors in a decisive World Cup qualifying play-off on Tuesday.
Christian Eriksen said his goal on his return to the Denmark national side was "just a warmup" for the game at the same Copenhagen stadium where he suffered a cardiac arrest last year.
Italy coach Roberto Mancini did not discuss his own future but told distraught fans on Saturday that "accepting even defeats in life is part of a healthy path of human and sports growth".
Gareth Southgate says Harry Kane deserves to be ranked among England's all-time greats after he moved closer to becoming the Three Lions' record goalscorer with the decisive penalty in Saturday's 2-1 friendly against Switzerland.
Catch up with highlights from the international friendly as Christian Eriksen scored within two minutes of his return to international football in Denmark's 4-2 defeat to the Netherlands.
Denmark's Christian Eriksen made an emotional goal-scoring return to international football on Saturday as England, Germany and Spain carved out friendly victories.