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Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness threatens drastic action if Germany replace keeper Manuel Neuer with Marc-Andre Ter Stegen FIFA president Gianni Infantino has called on Iran to allow female fans to attend the country’s first home game of the 2022

Arsene Wenger learned the hard way that even the most admired and respected manager can stay in a job too long. In fact, the more admiration and respect they earn, the more likely they are to stay when they should depart with honour. For Wenger and h

The Club World Cup only has another 14 months to run – December this year and December next year – before it heads the way of the Confederations Cup. It will, however, be succeeded in time by Gianni Infantino’s revamp. With 24 teams. Then 32. Then 36

Gustavo Matosas on resigning as boss of Costa Rica The holder of the world record for coaching more teams than anyone else – although even he himself could not decide on whether it was 54 or 55 teams – in 32 countries across five continents, Gutendor

Peter Beardsley has been properly and all too belatedly punished for his misdemeanours. But what of Newcastle United, his club? A seven-month suspension for abusing black players will presumably mean a total future absence from the game, but Newcastl

The repercussions from the match-fixing epidemic that Wilson Perumal instigated across Africa continue to deliver sanctions, with the former Nigeria player and coach the latest – and by far the most high profile – of those to be punished. The 52-year

Until a few weeks ago, not many people in Spain had heard of Ansu Fati, the 16-year-old winger from Guinea-Bissau who has enjoyed an extraordinary rise since making his Barcelona debut in August. In September, aged 16 years and 321 days, he became th

Newly arrived in Serie A, Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku must be wondering to himself about the mindset of some Italian fans, and indeed commentators. In only his second game since joining inter from Manchester United, the 26-year-old was subjected to

You were Mykhaylo Formenko’s assistant at Euro 2016. How did you approach that first coaching assignment? It was my first experience. I joined his technical staff just before the tournament. It was a good experience, being on the staff and learning f

It is early days in the Primeira Liga but already the story of the Portuguese season is shaping up to be Famalicao, the newly promoted club whose victory away to Sporting in Lisbon confirmed their position at the top of the table after six matches. T

With Europe’s joint-tightest defence – like Belgium, they have conceded just one goal so far – Ukraine are unbeaten in five games and have only failed to score once: in their opening game when they held European champions Portugal to a goalless draw.

World Cup runners-up in 2018, Croatia made a stuttering start to their Euro campaign, edging past Azerbaijan 2-1 in their opening game and then going down in Hungary by the same scoreline. Wins over Wales and Slovakia restored some belief before they

Spain, with six wins out of six, are on course to qualify comfortably under new boss Robert Moreno, the former assistant to Luis Enrique who stepped down in March to spend time with his terminally-ill daughter, Xana. Moreno took charge on a permanent

Poland made a winning start to their campaign, bagging four straight victories – over Austria, Latvia, North Macedonia and Israel – without conceding a goal before a series of setbacks in September, when they lost in Slovenia and were held 0-0 in War

The outstanding team of the qualifying campaign, Belgium have recorded six straight victories, are top scorers with 19 goals and have conceded just once. And although Roberto Martinez’s side face a potentially tricky game away to second-placed Russia

Throughout Claude Puel’s coaching career, caution has normally been the star by which he navigates. But there’s an exception to every rule – and Puel was certainly bold when handing Eden Hazard his debut for northern French outfit Lille at the tender

The UK attendance record for a domestic league match was shattered when 31,213 mostly paying spectators attended the first Manchester derby of the professional era held at the Etihad. City beat United 1-0 to open the new FA WSL season. The following

For a team reliant on players from a disrupted domestic league that has barely begun, Maldives coach Petar Segrt was pretty pleased with his side’s start to the World Cup qualifying campaign. Segrt’s squad travelled the 8,000km to Guam for their open

BOSNIA: Former international captain Emir Spahic is reported to be in a serious but stable condition following a car crash the previous evening near the town of Gacko in the south of the country. FRANCE: Metz lose 2-0 at home to Paris Saint-Germain i