Croatia are the latest nation to release their EURO 2016 kit, and as always - they have produced with this classic design. Continue
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Tony Pulis ordered to pay Crystal Palace back £2m bonus
The West Bromwich Albion manager did an extraordinary job in his brief spell at Selhurst Park, taking over a team that had taken just four points from their first 11 games and guiding them to 11th in the table by the end of the season — thanks to a closing eight-game spell that saw Palace win five in succession and lose just once. Continue
Premier League secure four Champions League spots for 2017-2018
The Premier League will definitely retain their four qualification places for Europe's top club competition for the 2017-18 season.
Juventus' last-16 exit at the hands of Bayern Munich make it mathematically impossible for Italy to usurp England in the UEFA coefficient rankings. Continue
Jaap Stam: 'I would love to manage United'
Stam coaches Ajax's Under 21s but will leave Amsterdam and is prioritising a return to England.
That news will interest a host of Football League clubs but the former Holland star admits a return to Old Trafford, once he's cut his teeth as manager, would be a dream come true. Continue
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
TEAM NEWS: Barcelona vs Arsenal
Bayern: Neuer, Benatia, Ribéry, Lewandowski, Costa, Alonso, Lahm, Vidal, Müller, Alaba, Kimmich. #UCL
Juventus: Buffon, Alex Sandro, Barzagli, Bonucci, Lichtsteiner, Evra, Khedira, Pogba, Hernanes, Morata, Cuadrado. #UCL
TEAM NEWS: Bayern vs Juventus
Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Alba, Mathieu, Mascherano, Alves, Busquets, Iniesta, Rakitic, Messi, Suarez, Neymar. #UCL
Arsenal: Ospina; Bellerin, Koscielny, Gabriel, Monreal; Elneny, Flamini; Iwobi, Ozil, Sanchez; Welbeck. #UCL
King of Morocco asked to spy on CR7 by Florentino Perez after forwards latest trip
Ronaldo, 31, made no attempt to hide his latest trip to North Africa, posting two pictures on Instagram from his travels. Continue
Harry Redknapp hired as Jordan's manager in bid to reach 2018 World Cup
Jordan has handed former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp his first international coaching job, hoping his "magic" will help the country qualify for the World Cup for the first time.
The 69-year-old Englishman is taking charge initially for the remaining games in Asian qualifying Group B later this month against Bangladesh and Australia. Continue
Max Kruse told to fix his addiction to Nutella by head coach
Wolfsburg striker Max Kruse has received a ticking off from his manager - over his unhealthy addiction for chocolate spread Nutella. Continue
Nicklas Bendtner in trouble again
Bendtner clearly has no future at Wolfsburg and hasn't even been in the matchday squad and he's clearly using that to mess about a lot. 'The Lord' was recently fined for turning up training in a Mercedes. At most clubs this wouldn't be a problem but Wolfsburg are owned by VW and have strict rules about turning up to training and matches in their cars.
The Danish striker has taken his 'to hell with it' attitude further by turning up for training 45 minutes on Monday and picking up a 2250 fine, that's 50 for every minute late. Speaking about the fine Bendtner wasn't exactly apologetic saying:
"I just slept in and didn't hear my alarm. It's my mistake."
Who fines The Lord though?
Photos: France EURO 2016 away kit leaked
Its the season of leaked kits, so lets take a look at France EURO 2016 away kit below
Clause in Claudio Ranieri's contract 'worries' Leicester City
Having narrowly avoided relegation after a late charge last season and sacking their confrontational manager Nigel Pearson it didn't look good for the Foxes when they brought in Ranieri, someone who hadn't managed in England for 11 years and whose previous job as Greece manager saw him finish Euro 2016 qualifying below the Faroe Islands.
And it's these factors that may have factored in Ranieri's contract having a one year break clause in his two year-deal. It means that the former Chelsea boss could buy himself out of his contract for a 'modest sum' and his performance this season has alerted a number of Italian clubs as well as the Italian FA who will lose Antonio Conte after Euro 2016. Continue
France drop subtle hint over Benzema's participation in EURO 2016
Benzema was left out of the last France squad for the games in November because of the ongoing investigation into a sex tape, Mathieu Valbuena and the Real Madrid striker allegedly blackmailing his fellow Frenchman.
Whilst his suspension has been lifted an announcement of France's squad for the Panini sticker book, and that's the real squad anyway, showed that the 28 year-old isn't picked to have himself immortalised in sticker form for kids to swap for shiny national badges. Continue
Diego Simeone insists practicing penalties are a waste of time
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone insists his team spend no time practicing penalties after they stepped up in the shoot-out to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.
Juanfran struck the decisive spot-kick as Atletico claimed an 8-7 penalty shoot-out win over PSV after their last-16 tie finished locked at 0-0 following a goalless draw at the Vicente Calderon.
Simeone said Atletico wasted no time no penalties in training as they finished with a perfect eight from eight on Tuesday. Continue
Ronaldo to sue businessman over Rio favela purchase claims
Cristiano Ronaldo is suing a businessman who claims the Real Madrid player has bought a favela in Rio de Janeiro and given it to the residents.
(A favela is a slum in Brazil, within urban areas.)
It was reported by several media outlets in Germany that Ronaldo had purchased the favela, in the north of the Rio, for around 2m Euros.
The stories claimed that, according to a property agency, Ronaldo had then given the favela back to its residents on a rent-free basis.
But Ronaldo has strenuously denied the story and issued a statement confirming he will take the matter to court. Continue
Zabaleta concerned about Kompany and Otamendi
Pablo Zabaleta conceded Manchester City's celebrations over reaching the Champions League quarter-finals were subdued after centre-backs Vincent Kompany and Nicolas Otamendi suffered first-half injuries in the goalless draw against Dynamo Kiev.
City were grateful for the 3-1 lead they carried over from the first leg of the last-16 clash in Kiev after influential captain Kompany suffered a recurrence of his troublesome calf injury in the seventh minute.
Otamendi sustained a dead leg in a challenge with Oleg Gusev to depart after 24 minutes of a listless first half, with Kiev unable to sufficiently test City's hastily thrown together defensive duo of Eliaquim Mangala and Martin Demichelis.
Afterwards, City boss Manuel Pellegrini said Kompany would miss a "minimum of a month", while Otamendi remains hopeful he can feature in Sunday's crunch Manchester derby. Continue
Mertesacker: We just pass until opposition scores
Per Mertesacker says Arsenal “play and play and play until the opposing team scores”. Yes, yes they do.
The Gunners succumbed to a 2-1 defeat against Watford in the FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday, missing out on the opportunity to win a third consecutive trophy.
This leaves Arsenal’s season in disarray, with an eight-point gap separating them from Premier League leaders Leicester, while Arsene Wenger’s side must overcome a 2-0 deficit against Barcelona at the Nou Camp to progress in the Champions League.
Discussing the defeat to Watford, Mertesacker opted to shift the blame onto the club’s struggling strikers, not their flagging defence. Continue
UEFA Youth League: Holders Chelsea join Madrid,Anderlecht and PSG in semi's
Holders Chelsea joined Anderlecht, Real Madrid and Paris in booking their place in April's UEFA Youth League final tournament in Nyon by defeating Ajax 1-0.
The fourth and last place in the UEFA Youth League final tournament, to be held in Nyon between 15 and 18 April, has been filled by Chelsea after the holders overcame Ajax. Continue
'I built Arsenal', Arsene Wenger claims
Arsene Wenger may be in the midst of one of his darkest times as Arsenal boss but the Frenchman insists he is even more motivated that he was on the day he walked into the club.
The 66-year-old is approaching two decades at the helm of the Gunners but is not in a position to start planning for celebrations when the anniversary arrives.
His side are on a dismal run which has seen them drop from top of the Barclays Premier League at the turn of the year to 11 points adrift of leaders Leicester – while the prospect of becoming the first team in living memory to win three successive FA Cups ended when they were beaten at home by Watford in Sunday’s quarter-final meeting.
Now Arsenal face the daunting task of trying to overturn a 2-0 deficit to reigning European champions Barcelona when they pair clash in the Nou Camp on Wednesday night. Continue
Portugal's EURO 2016 kit leaked
It's not that we want the domestic season to be over, far from it in fact, we're just excited by the fact that there is a Euros to look forward to when it sadly comes to an end. And international tournaments always bring some good looking kits.
For Portugal they obviously have to make sure that their kit looks good because they wouldn't want to annoy Cristiano Ronaldo, after all he does pretty much carry their whole team.
Portugal have a very winnable group with as they face Austria, Hungary and Iceland in Group F so we can expect to see a lot more of it than just three matches, especially as the top three will qualify in four of the six groups: see it after the cut
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Photos: Many hairstyles of Paul Pogba as he turns 23
Happy Birthday to Paul Labile Pogba who turns 23 today! The hugely talented and sought after midfielder is a fan of very weird hairstyles, and in celebration of his birthday we take look at some of them after the cut
Liverpool and United fans won't be happy with the referee chosen for their UEL clash
The Europa League match between Manchester United and Liverpool on Thursday was always going to be a nervy event for fans of both clubs, but it could be a lot worse than first feared after the referee for the fixture was announced.
The man in charge is none other than Milorad Mažić of Serbia, who may not ring any bells at first but you may remember him if you watched any of the 2014 World Cup. Continue
TEAM NEWS: Athletico Madrid vs PSV
Here's how the teams line up for tonight's Champions League round of 16 game at the Vicente Calderon.
Atlético: Oblak, Juanfran, Giménez, Godín, Filipe Luis, Gabi, Augusto, Koke, Saúl, Carrasco, Griezmann. #UCL
PSV: Zoet, Isimat-Mirin, Moreno, Arias, Bruma, Willems, Pröpper, Guardado, van Ginkel, de Jong, Locadia. #UCL
TEAM NEWS: Manchester City vs Dynamo Kiev
Here's how the teams line up for tonights Champions League round of 16 game at the Etihad.
City XI: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Otamendi, Clichy, Fernando, Toure, Fernandinho, Navas, Silva, Aguero #cityvkyiv #mcfc
Subs: Caballero, Kolarov, Mangala, Demichelis, M.Garcia, Sterling, Bony #cityvkyiv #mcfc
Dynamo Kyiv XI: Shovkovskiy, Antunes, Dragovic, Vida, Khacheridi, Miguel Veloso, Garmash, Gusev, Buyalskiy, Yarmolenko, Teodorczyk #mcfc
Subs: Rudko, Danilo Silva, Makarenko, Yakovenko, Sydorchuk, Korzun, González.#cityvkyiv #mcfc
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Maxwell, football's greatest bromance?
Brad and Jennifer, Justin and Britney, Puffy and J-Lo. Back in 2001, the world was enthralled by some of the great celebrity romances. Alas, none were to survive the test of time.
But in that same year, a relationship began that is still going strong today. It started when a cocky street kid from Malmo realised he was flat broke and bored after moving away from home for the first time, so called up another new arrival in Amsterdam, a shy teenager from southern Brazil.
They met up and got on so well that they didn’t leave each other’s company for the next month. When Zlatan met Maxwell, football’s greatest bromance was born. Continue
Piers Morgan calls David Beckham an 'attention seeker' after he shows support for Wenger
An Arsenal fan sports page posted this picture on Instagram calling for Arsene Wenger to resign, David Beckham apparently found it disrespectful and made his feelings known in the comment section with the comment "Disgraceful. No respect, attention seekers."
Piers Morgan (an Arsenal fan) was having none of it and called Beckham an 'attention seeker'.
Barcelona sold player after he failed to pass toilet paper to President
Barcelona sold club legend Johan Neeskens because he refused to pass the then-club president toilet paper at a moment of need, a new book has claimed.
Apparently Neeskens, who was capped 49 times by Holland and won the Cup Winner's Cup at Barca, was sold by Jose Luis Nuñez after refusing to pass him toilet paper under a cubicle door at the Estadio Jose Rico Perez stadium in Alicante. Continue
Harry Kane loving Vardy golden boot battle
Tottenham star Harry Kane is enjoying the race for the Premier League golden boot and hopes to edge Jamie Vardy to the award.
Kane and Leicester City forward Vardy are locked on 19 goals apiece after the former's brace against Aston Villa on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Kane said the battle was enjoyable, although Claudio Ranieri's men hold bragging rights with their five-point lead atop the Premier League. Continue
Hilarious! Read old Bebo profiles of these famous football stars
TheSportsBible stumbled upon the Bebo profiles of Jordan Henderson, Aaron Ramsey and Andy Carroll. Its really hilarious. Continue
Max Kruse receives very weird fine from club Wolfsburg
The German forward had a decent night at the poker table but on the way home managed to leave €75,000 (£60,000) in the back of the taxi on the way home.
Wolfsburg 's reaction to finding this out? They FINED HIM €25,000 for the trouble, according to German newspaper Bild.
Talk about kicking a man when he's down!
That's about £20,000 by the way. Continue
Eiffel Tower responds to Zlatan
If Zlatan Ibrahimovic wants a statue of himself to replace the Eiffel Tower to ensure he remains at Paris Saint-Germain, he should think again after the iconic French landmark cheekily responded on social media. Continue
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