Barcelona are interested in signing Lautaro Martínez from Inter Milan in the summer of 2025, according to . The report has claimed that Barcelona are on the hunt for a long-term successor to Robert Lewandowski, and that Martinez is a player on the radar of the Spanish club.
Lewandowski is one of the best strikers in the world and is a key player for Barcelona. The Polish star has scored seven goals and given two assists in seven La Liga matches for Barca this campaign. The striker scored 19 goals and provided eight assists in La Liga last season and scored 23 goals and gave seven assists in the league in 2022-23.
However, Lewandowski is 36 now, and Barcelona needs to find a suitable successor to the former Bayern Munich striker. Lautaro Martínez is one of the best str…
The Premier League plays out its penultimate round before the mid-season break for the Qatar 2022 World Cup comes into view this weekend.
League leaders Arsenal will head to Chelsea for a London derby, with the Blues hoping to buck a three-game winless run against Mikel Arteta s men.
Champions Manchester City meanwhile will welcome Fulham, as Pep Guardiola s side look to keep the heat up on the Gunners at the summit. The Cottagers last won at the Etihad Stadium in 2009.
Liverpool will hope they can take a positive turn in a wildly inconsistent campaign against Tottenham, with Spurs hoping to notch a first victory over the Reds since 2017, while Manchester United travel to Aston Villa and Leeds United welcome Bournemouth.
Ahead of the weekend s big games, …
Inter suffered only their second defeat in Serie A this season as a first-half goal by Armand Lauriente gave relegation-threatened Sassuolo a crucial 1-0 victory.
Sassuolo have a unique hold over Simone Inzaghi s side this season, as the only team to beat Inter in the league, having secured a 2-1 victory in the reverse fixture in September.
The result was a big boost in Sassuolo s battle against relegation, as they sit second from bottom on 29 points, with only three points between them and Cagliari in 14th place.
Lauriente got the only goal of the match after 20 minutes when Josh Doig managed to wrestle the ball back from Denzel Dumfries near the corner flag and pulled it back, with Sassuolo s matchwinner on hand to slot into the net from close range.
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MetLife Stadium in New Jersey will host the 2026 World Cup final and the 39-day tournament will kick off at Mexico City’s Aztec Stadium.
Governing body FIFA confirmed the match schedule on Sunday for the showpiece event, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, will involve 48 teams for the first time.
The MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford is home for NFL teams the New York Giants and New York Jets and has a capacity of around 82,500.
The trophy will be raised in New York New Jersey!
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup)
It was opened in 2010 and replaced Giants Stadium, which was one of the host venues for the 1994 World Cup held solely by the United States.
Mexico hosted the finals alone in both 1970, when Bra…
City make more Premier League history
While might have relinquished their maiden European crown last month, Pep Guardiola’s men have only embarked on another domestic romp this season.
Claiming a at home against West Ham on the final weekend and officially getting their hands on a fourth consecutive Premier League title, the Sky Blues have achieved something no other men’s side has managed since the English league was formed in 1888.
Eventually holding off Arsenal’s charge, Man City have only further cemented their spot as the greatest club side in the Premier League era.
Flying out of the traps after opening the New Year and not suffering a single Premier League defeat since the start of December, the former Barcelona boss still has a famous double-win…
Real Madrid have announced full-back Dani Carvajal is the latest player to sign a new deal with the Liga champions.
The contract will see the right-back remain at the Santiago Bernabeu until the end of the 2021-22 season.
A product of the club s academy, Carvajal re-joined Madrid for a reported €6.5 million at the beginning of the 2013-14 campaign after impressing in a lone season at Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen.
The 25-year-old has been a regular presence under Zinedine Zidane and has gone on to win 13 caps for Spain since debuting in 2014.
Carvajal follows fellow full-back Marcelo and star midfielder Isco in inking a new deal with Los Blancos.
and have agreed an extension to the player s contract until 30/06/2022.
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It’s become a tradition of sort. Whether it’s a European Championship, World Cup or any other major international competition, every year there’s a team that surprises us all.
What do we mean by surprise?
Competitions such as EUROs or World Cups can be a fairly predictable events with large, heavily fancied sides such as Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, Argentina almost by default going quite far and ultimately winning the crown.
Every time, however, there is that one team which beats the odds heavily stacked against them to rise to the occasion and show the world its true potential and all of its glory.
We had Costa Rica four years ago but who are your potential surprise packages for the World Cup?
Here’s a list of our five choices:
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Slovakia and Ukraine will lock horns with each other in the UEFA Euro 2024 this week. Francesco Calzona’s side and Serhiy Rebrov’s team will face each other in Group E. The game will be held at the Düsseldorf Arena in Düsseldorf and is scheduled to kick off at 2 pm UK time on Friday.
Slovakia
Not many expect Slovakia to do much of note at UEFA Euro 2024, but they could end up being the surprise package of the tournament. Francesco Calzona’s side caused the upset of the competition so far when they got the better of Belgium 1-0 on Monday.
Belgium are a major European force and have big-name players such as Romelu Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku. Yet, the Belgians slumped…
Argentina picked up where they left off in the Copa America, with the holders kick-starting their title defence with a strong 2-0 victory over Canada.
The world champions are expected to progress with ease from Group A, and they made an ideal start in Atlanta on Thursday.
Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez got the goals, but it was of course Lionel Messi who was the main focus.
Messi became the record appearance maker in the 108-year history of the Copa America, overtaking Chile great Sergio Livingstone by featuring in his 35th match at the tournament.
The 36-year-old s superb tournament record stands at 22 wins, 10 draws and three losses. And he has one Copa title – a total he hopes will increase with another trophy on July 14.
And while he co…
Claudio Ranieri had a 2016 to remember, with Leicester City winning the Premier League to shock the world.
The Italian has different goals in mind for 2017, with the need to secure top-flight safety his main priority, while overcoming Sevilla in the last 16 of the Champions League would be a dream .
Ranieri is in no doubt of the LaLiga side s strength, though, after they won three consecutive Europa League crowns since 2014.
For the Champions League, a lot of people say, Oh, Sevilla. That s a good draw why do they say this? the Foxes boss told Sky Sports.
They won three titles in a row. Is not easy for us, but it is okay. It is a little dream.
For the Premier League, you know me 40 points. We must be safe and I hope the game against Stoke …