Toni Kroos does not pity out-of-favour Real Madrid winger Eden Hazard, insisting: I don t feel sorry for anyone in football .
Hazard s Madrid career has been blighted by injuries, and the former Chelsea man has only started one game in LaLiga this season.
The 32-year-old, who has only played 98 minutes in the Spanish top flight all campaign, revealed earlier this week that he and Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti don t talk to each other .
While Hazard is keen to see out the remainder of the five-year contract he signed when joining Madrid in 2019, the chances of him forcing his way into Los Blancos plans appear remote. But Kroos has little sympathy for his team-mate.
Compassion is out of place in football. I don t think Eden has a bad life, he told Belgian br…
Chloe Kelly believes it s still all to play for in the Women s Super League title race, warning Manchester City s rivals: It s not how you start the season, it s how you end it.
City went into the mid-season winter break three points adrift of reigning champions Chelsea, ahead of third-placed Arsenal by virtue of their superior goal difference.
Gareth Taylor s team suffered back-to-back defeats at the start of November as they went down to Arsenal and Brighton, but they have since responded with a four-game winning streak, which includes a 7-0 rout of Tottenham.
Though Chelsea and Arsenal both boast experience of getting over the line, winning the last six WSL titles between them since City last triumphed in 2016, Kelly fancies their chances.
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Harry Kane scored and assisted for Bayern Munich on his Bundesliga debut against Werder Bremen in a 4-0 victory.
Bayern’s record signing shone under the lights at Weserstadion as Thomas Tuchel’s men claimed all three points in their opening league game of the 2023-24 campaign.
Leroy Sane was sent through by Kane before neatly finishing with his right foot after four minutes to give the champions a 1-0 lead.
Harry Kane s on my mind and he s Bayern s number nine
— FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayernEN)
And a burst down the left channel by Alphonso Davies resulted in the left-back picking out Kane, who timed his run into the box perfectly before finding the bottom corner after 74 minutes to give his new side a 2-0 advantage.
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Aston Villa boss Unai Emery is “optimistic” his side’s charge for European football next season will prove successful.
Villa’s 2-1 win against Tottenham last week lifted them level with the Londoners, who sit seventh in the Europa Conference League play-off place, and to within a point of Brighton, who occupy the last Europa League spot.
Emery, whose side play at Liverpool on Saturday, told a press conference: “After the match against Tottenham, I am optimistic. It’s not in our hands, but we are going to play and try to win.”
Villa responded to recent back-to-back league defeats with victory against struggling Tottenham, their 14th top-flight win in 23 games since Emery took charge last October.
That run has seen the former Arsenal boss nomi…
Serie A is on hiatus until at least April 3 amid the coronavirus pandemic, and authorities expect the suspension to continue long after the initially scheduled resumption date.
Only China – where the virus was discovered – has been hit harder by COVID-19 than Italy, where, as of Monday, there have been 24,747 confirmed cases and 1,809 deaths, according to the World Health Organization.
Prior to the disruption, free-scoring Atalanta and title-chasing Lazio had been the stories of the season, with Simone Inzaghi s men pushing defending champions Juventus hard for the Scudetto.
Inter showed signs they were heading back towards their former heights before losing ground in the title race, though the same cannot be said for Milan, who sit seventh.
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Looking to make an immediate return to winning ways in the early hours of Wednesday, CRB will welcome Atletico GO to the Rei Pele.
Starting with the hosts, eventually slumping to what was a routine 2-0 loss away at runaway leaders Sport Recife last weekend, CRB find themselves in the midst of an extended rut over the past few weeks. Despite claiming a gritty 1-0 win against Ponte Preta earlier in the month, the Galo have lost each of their other three Serie B appearances and they almost sit in second-tier limbo. However, still hoping to make up some ground in the top-half chase, Umberto Louzer s men should be excited by their continued success on home soil. Including a 2-1 victory against Londrina back on July 1st, the Reds have won…
Wayne Rooney is leaving DC United after their hopes of making the Major League Soccer play-offs ended.
The former England captain had been in charge at the Washington club since last summer but a 2-0 victory over New York City FC proved to be his final match.
CEO and co-chairman Jason Levien said on dcunited.com: “We have spoken with Wayne and agreed it is best for us to part ways at this time.
D.C. United and Head Coach Wayne Rooney have mutually agreed to part ways.
— D.C. United (@dcunited)
“This decision creates the avenue for our next general manager to have the full opportunity to impart a new philosophy and structure onto our sporting operations, which begins with the critical identification of a head coach who will best align with t…
Danny Drinkwater has revealed his relief at leaving Chelsea but says he is still burning away with the frustration of how his Stamford Bridge career panned out.
The former England international felt he was unfairly treated by the Blues, having made only 23 appearances in five years.
Drinkwater joined Chelsea in a reported £35million transfer in 2017, moving on from Leicester City 12 months after winning the Premier League title.
The midfielder was reunited with former Leicester team-mate N Golo Kante but did not enjoy anything like the same success in London.
I m relieved, firstly, because it s not hard to see that it definitely wasn t ideal for me, Drinkwater told Sky Sports. It didn t benefit the club.
I m angry because of how it s gone, ho…
Inter Milan are interested in signing Teun Koopmeiners from Serie A rivals Atalanta in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that former Serie A and UEFA Champions League winners Inter will make an offer to Atalanta in the coming weeks for Koopmeiners.
Fichajes has added that Juventus and AS Roma are also interested in signing Koopmeiners, who is one of the best defensive midfielders in Serie A. The Netherlands international has been on the books of Atalanta since 2021 and has gone from strength to strength.
Koopmeiners has made 18 starts and one substitute appearance in Serie A for Atalanta so far this season. He has scored five goals and provided three assists in those games. The Netherlands international defensive midfielder has given one …
Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea are all interested in signing Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna this summer, according to the .
Bologna are apparently ready to hear offers for the services of the 22-year-old defender, whose fine exploits for Italy at Euro 2024 have come to an end after a disappointing team performance against Switzerland in the round of 16. Arsenal have already made contact to ask about his availability, but they face strong competition from Liverpool and Chelsea. Juventus are interested as well, but Bologna would prefer to sell elsewhere after the Bianconeri took coach Thiago Motta from their dugout.
Calafiori is a product of the academy at AS Roma, and he spent six months on loan at Genoa before joining Basel on a permanent deal in the summer of 2022. La…