Philippe Coutinho is determined to make his spell at Barcelona a success after returning from a trophy-laden loan stint with Bayern Munich.
The midfielder had been a long-time target for Barca when at Liverpool and the LaLiga giants finally got their man in January 2018 for a deal worth €120million up front.
However, Coutinho was initially unable to live up to the hefty price tag and last season he spent the campaign with Bayern, who won the treble under Hansi Flick.
Coutinho played 38 times in all competitions, scoring 11 times, though he was often used off the bench, including in the 8-2 Champions League quarter-final win over Barca when he scored twice against his parent club.
With Ronald Koeman now in charge at Camp Nou, Coutinho has started all th…
England boss Sarina Wiegman believes simply nullifying the threat posed by Australia striker Sam Kerr will not be enough to see the Lionesses through to a first-ever World Cup final.
The European champions take on the Matildas in their semi-final tonight at 11 am BST at Sydney’s sold-out Stadium Australia, where the majority of the 75,000 in attendance will be backing the co-hosts.
Captain Kerr is her country’s leading goal-scorer of either gender, but has not yet started a match in the global showpiece after injuring her calf pre-tournament, making her much-anticipated return as a substitute in Australia’s 2-0 last-16 victory over Denmark.
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Feyenoord have announced that Giovanni van Bronckhorst will step down as head coach at the end of the season.
The 43-year-old former Barcelona and Netherlands star is eager to pursue a new challenge after a hugely successful spell in charge, which began in 2015.
Van Bronckhorst, who started and finished his playing career in Rotterdam, won two KNVB Bekers, two Johan Cruyff Shields and the 2016-17 Eredivisie title, Feyenoord s first since 1999.
There is still a lot to fight for this season. We have to secure European football through the league or the cup. I m looking forward to that, he told the club s official website.
At the same time, I ve been thinking a lot about whether I want to stay for one or more years as head coach of Feyenoord after this sea…
According to a recent report from Tuttosport, Chelsea midfielder Jorginho’s agent has revealed that he is open to a reunion with Maurizio Sarri at Italian giants Juventus during the upcoming summer transfer window.
Jorginho has been a strong presence in the starting XI at Stamford Bridge so far this season, but that hasn’t stopped the rumour mill from throwing out a variety of theories regarding where he might end up going next.
The 28 year old has been with Chelsea since back in 2018 when he made the move over from Napoli. With the aforementioned Sarri now being in charge at Juventus, it almost seems obvious to suggest that he will join him sooner rather than later.
Chelsea got off to a great start this season but over the course of the la…
Fulham ended Newcastle United’s unbeaten start to the Premier League season and recorded their second victory of the campaign, winning 3-1 at Craven Cottage.
Raul Jimenez scored the opening goal after five minutes, chesting down Adama Traore’s cross and firing a shot low into the net.
Smith Rowe nearly doubled the lead just moments later when he struck an effort onto the top of the crossbar, but later found the net from close-range on 22 minutes.
Newcastle responded inside 28 seconds of the second half, with Harvey Barnes producing a fine finish to halve the deficit.
The hosts nearly gifted Newcastle an equaliser shortly after as Bernd Leno presented Fabian Schar with the ball from a goal-kick but the defender failed to punish the goalkeeper.
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Midfielder Paul Arriola says FC Dallas need to start paying their supporters back in Saturday s Texas derby against the Houston Dynamo, having failed to impress in the early stages of the season.
Dallas sit 13th in the Western Conference standings with just five points from eight matches in 2024, their only victory coming against the San Jose Earthquakes in their season opener.
They have only taken two points from seven matches since then, putting head coach Nico Estevez under pressure.
However, Arriola says a clash with their biggest rivals at Toyota Stadium represents a chance to put things right.
Our fans have been great all season, we haven t shown up for them. It is motivation for us to go and beat Houston on Saturday and obtain three points, he sa…
After 50 games, 114 goals and 10 different host cities, Euro 2024 comes to an end on Sunday evening.
England, featuring in back-to-back European Championship finals, aim to end their 58-year wait for an international honour.
But standing in their way are a Spain side yet to taste defeat in Germany, with the potential of claiming a record fourth title.
Here, we round up the best Euro 2024 social media posts ahead of this evening s final in Berlin.
I ve done my job
Sunday could prove to be a famous sporting day for Spain, and they are already guaranteed one champion, after Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic to retain the Wimbledon title.
Asked for his thoughts on the match after his triumph on Centre Court, Alcaraz much to chagrin of th…