Sergio Ramos did not play on Tuesday against Sweden, but already picked up a milestone during the current international break. By playing against Norway during the Euro 2020 Qualifiers, the Spain captain won his 168th cap for La Roja. With that in mind, he became Spain’s most capped player in history.
Ramos had already equalled Iker Casillas’ previous record of 167 back in September against the Faroe Islands. But Ramos is not planning on stopping there. He already said he wants to become the first player in football history to reach 200 caps with his country.
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The 33-year-old defender, who has represented Spain in two Euro Championship titles (2008 and 2012) and one World Cup title (2010), is on a go…
Ryan Giggs is back in football as director of football at Salford – a post he has held for much of the season, the PA news agency understands.
The former Manchester United star is one of the Sky Bet League Two club’s co-owners, with March 27 marking the 10th anniversary of the Class of 92’s high-profile takeover.
Nicky Butt replaced fellow co-owner Gary Neville as Salford’s chief executive in October and PA has learned Giggs has this season stepped up to the position of director of football.
It is the 50-year-old’s first job back in football since standing down as Wales manager in June 2022 in the run up to the World Cup in Qatar due to a then upcoming trial.
Giggs was cleared of domestic violence allegations made by his ex-girlfriend last July …
Liverpool returned from facing Newcaslte at St. James Park with new three points on Saturday, courtesy of early goals from Darwin Nunez (10 ) and Cody Gakpo (17 ). Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope earned a straight red card five minutes after the second goal, making his team s task of getting back into the contest extremely difficult and ultimately unachievable.
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Plenty has been said about Nunez and his wastefulness in front of goal. The former Benfica striker, who joined Liverpool last summer for €100m (providing all the add-ons are triggered), has been displaying smart movement and a tendency to get into goalscoring positions quite frequently, but his finishing left a lot to be desired. It should be said that his return of 10 go…
Harry Kane stretched to further record-breaking ground by surpassing Wayne Rooney for the most goals by an English player in Champions League history.
Bayern Munich forward Kane opened the scoring against Dinamo Zagreb with a penalty at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday.
That moved the England captain level with former Manchester United star Rooney on 30 Champions League strikes, the joint-most by any player from their country.
Kane later eased past Rooney s mark in the second half, powering home his 31st strike in the competition to take the outright English record.
Kane netted eight times in UEFA s top club competition last season, his most in a single edition, and has got off to a blistering start in the revamped 2024-25 format.
His second finish of…
Aleksei Miranchuk s stunning late goal salvaged a 2-2 draw for Atlanta United, ending Inter Miami s winning streak.
The visitors brought Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez off the bench in the second half but were unable to make it six wins on the bounce.
Miami had the better of the first half, with Julian Gressel forcing Brad Guzan into an acrobatic save before David Ruiz snuck in behind the hosts defence to slot a lovely low shot into the bottom-right corner.
In the 56th minute, Saba Lobjanidze met Pedro Amador s whipped cross with a thumping header, nodding it through Drake Callender s legs, and the keeper arguably should have done better.
But just three minutes later, Miami were back in front – Leonardo Campana s free-kick from just outside the box took a…
Luis Suarez was the hero as LaLiga leaders Atletico Madrid overcame Eibar 2-1 thanks to the Uruguay striker s late penalty.
Suarez had struck his 10th league goal of the season in the 40th minute of Thursday s contest, restoring parity after Eibar had taken an early lead through an unlikely source.
With Yannick Carrasco penalised for bundling into Yoshinori Muto, it was Eibar goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic who confidently converted the resultant spot-kick.
Yet Dmitrovic could not save a penalty at the other end, Suarez chipping home to secure a somewhat undeserved victory after he was felled needlessly by Anaitz Arbilla.
For a player who had never previously scored a senior goal, Dmitrovic showed little hesitation in grabbing the ball after Carrasco was…
Romelu Lukaku has power like NBA great Shaquille O Neal, according to his Inter team-mate Nicolo Barella.
Inter are just three points adrift of city rivals Milan at the top of Serie A ahead of a key week that sees them face Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia and champions Juventus in the league.
Lukaku has made an impressive impact at San Siro since joining from Manchester United in 2019.
He scored 34 times in all competitions last season and has already racked up 16 goals in 2020-21.
The Belgium international s 12 league strikes this season are second only to another former United star, Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo (15).
Barella has relished the chance to play alongside Lukaku with Inter.
He has physical power like Shaquil…
Serious reflection is needed at Bayern Munich after Niko Kovac was sacked as head coach, says Joshua Kimmich.
Bayern parted company with Kovac, who led the club to a Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double in 2018-19, following a 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, their heaviest top-flight defeat since April 2009.
Hansi Flick will take the reins for Wednesday s Champions League home meeting with Olympiacos and the visit of Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, with president Uli Hoeness hoping to have a clear idea on how the team will proceed by the end of the international break.
Bayern sit fourth in the Bundesliga, four points adrift of leaders Borussia Monchengladbach, but can book a place in the last 16 of the Champions League by defeating Olympi…
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Marcus Rashford can reach the level of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
Rashford continued his excellent form to start the season with another goal in United s stunning 2-1 derby win at Premier League champions Manchester City on Saturday.
The 22-year-old United and England star has scored 13 goals this term – 10 of those coming in the Premier League.
And Solskjaer backed Rashford to emulate five-time Ballon d Or winner Ronaldo, who claimed three Premier League titles and the Champions League with United before leaving for Real Madrid in 2009.
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It s very easy to compare the two of them, yeah, said United boss Solskjaer. Both with skills, bo…
After knocking Ajax out of the Champions League, Benfica’s Alex Grimaldo revealed Rui Costa provided timely pre-match motivation.
Tuesday’s hard-fought 1-0 win in Amsterdam put Benfica through 3-2 on aggregate, and the majority of the match saw Benfica defensively scrambling and scrapping.
It was only the club’s second win in the last 15 away matches in the Champions League, the other being a 3-2 win over AEK Athens in the 2018-19 group stage.
The influential Grimaldo embodied the team’s determination on an individual level, playing a full 90 minutes and seeing the result through despite multiple medical treatments.
The 26-year-old revealed the team received ample motivation beforehand from Rui Costa, the legendary former Benfica player and sporti…