MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 16: Players of Italy sing the national anthem prior to the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between Italy and Norway at San Siro Stadium on November 16, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) There is now less than a week to go before Gennaro Gattuso announced

Juventus will have to do without Dusan Vlahovic for another week as Luciano Spalletti and his team prepare to take on Udinese away from home in Serie A on Saturday evening. The Bianconeri have bounced back after a dismal run of results in February and have since recorded a 3-3 comeback draw away against Roma

The World Baseball Classic quarterfinals continue on Saturday with one of the feel-good matchups of the tournament — Italy against Puerto Rico. The semifinals will be played on Sunday and Monday, but first, the matchups must be finalized. Let’s break down the first of two Saturday games. Puerto Rico vs. Italy  When: Saturday,  3 p.m.

György Nemes Nemes arrived in Madrid in 1950 after standing out at Racing Santander, but once in white, an operated stomach ulcer and a broken leg clipped the wings of this Hungarian international forward. Emilio Morollón Morollón played one match, scored one goal, and that was that. He would go on to become the all‑time

The 37-year-old Polish centre-forward’s contract with Barcelona is due to expire in June. Thirty-seven years old (he turns 38 on 21 August) and still going strong. Robert Lewandowski remains a hot property on the transfer market: with his contract at Barcelona due to expire in June, the Polish striker is reportedly being targeted by Juventus

2 Mainz 05 trainer Urs Fischer has praised and appears ready to back Bayern Munich loanee Armindo Sieb after horrible injury news involving Congolese attacker Silas was confirmed. On Friday, Mainz announced that Silas suffered a double whammy in last night’s Conference League draw against Sigma Olomouc. A broken fibula and fibula will see the

The Premier League makes a sheepish return to action after a chastening midweek on the continent. Of the nine English clubs competing in UEFA’s club competitions, just one claimed victory in the first leg of their respective round of 16 tie. Four were beaten, three by at least a three-goal margin. The torrid week thrust

Chelsea have suffered plenty of defeats in recent seasons, many of them quite frustrating, painful, infuriating. But it’s hard to remember another like Wednesday night’s debacle in Paris, where a decent, possibly even good effort through 75 minutes was so spectacularly scuppered thanks to our own mistakes. We didn’t just lose, we collapsed in every

The decline on the pitch has been gradual, but this season was supposed to be about solidity, rebuilding and new hope after winning their first trophy in nearly two decades. Now it’s all about survival. What has gone wrong this season? Their two most creative players, James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski, have been missing for

Pep Guardiola has said the Premier League title race will be “over” if his Manchester City side drop points at West Ham on Saturday. City visit the relegation-threatened Hammers a few hours after Arsenal’s home game with Everton, live on Sky Sports. The Gunners can move 10 points clear for a few hours at least

The race to qualification for next season’s Champions League is heating up across Europe and the battle in the Premier League appears set to be fiercely fought. Arsenal and Manchester City are all but guaranteed places in Europe’s premier competition for 2026–27, but those below the top two are less certain of their places. Manchester

Barcelona decided some time ago that they want to keep Marcus Rashford for the long term. However, to make that happen they must negotiate with Manchester United, who expect to receive a considerable fee for the forward. Now Joan Laporta has provided details about a possible alternative to reach an agreement between all parties. “We

Chelsea will look to collect three valuable points to keep the pace in the Premier League top-five race when Newcastle United visit Stamford Bridge at the weekend, but they’ll have to do so without star winger Pedro Neto, who’ll miss his second straight game through suspension. Neto served a one-game suspension against Aston Villa after

The dust has finally settled after what proved to be a dramatic round of Champions League action. Surprises, goalfests and blowouts and just two couple of draws marked the first-leg games in the round of 16 of Europe’s top club competition. There’s plenty of intrigue ahead of next weeks second legs, with teams still dreaming

TURIN, ITALY – MARCH 01: Giovanni Simeone of Torino FC celebrates scoring the opening goal during the Serie A match between Torino FC and SS Lazio at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on March 01, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Images) Torino host Parma at the Stadio Olimpico Grande

1 After narrowly losing out on the bragging rights of the Derby della Madonnina to Milan, Inter aim to return to winning ways when they meet Atalanta this weekend at San Siro.  Inter’s 10-point lead at the top of the Serie A table was cut to seven following the Rossoneri’s 1-0 victory in their previous