Mary Earps will seek answers from Manchester United regarding the club s direction before making a decision on her future, saying she has felt like a punching bag this season.
Earps contract with the Women s FA Cup winners is set to expire in June, and there have been few signs of progress concerning a new deal.
Last year, United rejected a world-record bid for Earps, who starred as England won Euro 2022 and finished as runners-up at the 2023 World Cup.
Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain and other clubs have been linked with Earps, and she is biding her time after enduring a difficult campaign in which her commitment to United was called into question.
The honest reality is that conversations are still ongoing, Earps told Sky Sports on Tuesday. I ve been clear…
Cristiano Ronaldo was nursing an ankle problem and could not continue as Juventus were denied victory by a last-gasp Felipe Caicedo goal in a 1-1 draw at Lazio, Andrea Pirlo said.
Portugal star Ronaldo opened the scoring after 15 minutes at Stadio Olimpico to net in his first four league games of a season for just the third time, having also done so in the 2009-10 and 2014-15 seasons.
With 27 goals to his name in 2020, no player in the top-five European leagues has more in the calendar year, but his withdrawal with 14 minutes of Sunday s clash ultimately proved a pivotal moment.
Explaining why Ronaldo, who did appear to hobble as he sat on the bench, was taken off, Juve coach Pirlo told DAZN: Ronaldo is a key player not only for us but for all the teams where he …
Cristiano Ronaldo made European Championship history on two fronts as Portugal staged a late show to begin their campaign with a 3-0 win over Hungary.
Also pitted against world champions France and Germany in the toughest group of the tournament, hitting the ground was viewed as key for Fernando Santos side.
It looked as if they would fail to do that in front of over 60,000 fans in Budapest, but Raphael Guerreiro s deflected strike finally gave them the lead six minutes from time.
And then Ronaldo – who became the first man to play in five different Euros – took centre stage as he broke the tournament goalscoring record with his 10th goal in the competition proper, emphatically dispatching a penalty after Willi Orban had brought down Rafa Silva.
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According to Fabrizio Romano, Genoa have contacted Tottenham Hotspur and opened the talks regarding a possible permanent transfer of Djed Spence.
Having represented Fulham and Middlesbrough at youth levels, Spence joined Spurs in 2022 and later had loan spells with Stade Rennais and Leeds United. He was sent to Genoa for another temporary spell in January this year, and he has obviously impressed enough as his team became the most successful among the newly promoted sides in Europe s top five leagues in 2023/24, finishing 11th in the Serie A rankings.
Playing primarily on the right defensive flank, the 23-year-old can also do a job on the left. He represented Genoa in 16 Serie A games.
The talks between Genoa and Spurs over his transfer are ongoing at this point…
Oscar Tabarez has been sacked as Uruguay coach, ending his 15-year reign at the helm of the national team.
The 74-year-old returned for his second spell in charge of Uruguay in 2006 – having also been in the role between 1988-1990 – after La Celeste s failure to reach the World Cup that year.
He led them to fourth place at the 2010 World Cup and presided over success in the 2011 Copa America.
However, after losing their past four games in World Cup 2022 qualifying, including a 3-0 defeat in Bolivia on Tuesday, Tabarez has been dismissed with Uruguay sitting in seventh place with four wins from their 14 games (D4 L6).
With four games remaining, they are just one point off Colombia in the fourth and final automatic qualification spot, but the Uruguayan…
Milan struck twice in extra time as they came from behind to defeat Genoa 3-1 and advance to the Coppa Italia quarter-finals.
Leo Ostigard s first-half header gave the visitors the lead on Andriy Shevchenko s return to San Siro.
However, Milan s persistence after the break paid dividends as Oliver Giroud nodded home an equaliser with 16 minutes remaining, and substitutes Rafael Leao and Alexis Saelemaekers completed the turnaround in the additional half-hour to send Stefano Pioli s side through.
Genoa had lost each of their 13 previous matches at this stage of the Coppa Italia, last reaching the quarter-finals in 1991-92.
Nevertheless, the visitors took the lead in the 17th minute as Ostigard rose to head home Manolo Portanova s corner.
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Milan are confident of concluding a deal to sign promising Club Brugge forward Charles de Ketelaere, according to technical director Paolo Maldini.
Stefano Pioli s men are in the market for attacking reinforcements after winning their first Serie A title since 2010-11 last season, with Brugge duo Noa Lang and De Ketelaere both reported targets.
De Ketelaere, who scored 18 goals in all competitions last season and has won eight senior caps for Belgium since his 2020 debut, has been strongly linked to both the Rossoneri and Premier League side Leeds United.
Earlier this month, Brugge head coach Carl Hoefkens insisted the forward would only be allowed to leave at the right time .
But Milan appear to be closing in on the 21-year-old s signature after Maldini …
Sonia Bompastor says she likes the pressure that comes from succeeding Emma Hayes at Chelsea.
Hayes, who won Olympic gold earlier this month with the United States, left the Blues at the end of last season after a glittering 12-year spell in charge that saw her win seven Women s Super League titles, including each of the last five in a row.
She also led them to five Women s FA Cups and two Women s League Cups to bring her tally to 14 major trophies.
Bompastor, who spent three years in charge of Lyon, winning three consecutive league titles and a Champions League, is now hoping to build on Hayes success.
I just feel a lucky manager to have this opportunity to build from Emma and have this opportunity to show who I am as a manager but also as a person, Bom…
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In the penultimate round of Premier League fixtures on Monday evening, fourth-place Aston Villa will host third-place Liverpool at Villa Park on Monday evening.
Although Liverpool have already secured Champions League football for next season, this match marks Jurgen Klopp s final away game. Meanwhile, Aston Villa have the opportunity to secure a spot at Europe s top competition too, but in order to do it with a game to spare, they ll need to beat the six-time European champions.
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Unai Emery s track record of success in continental competitions didn t lead to Aston Villa securing a spot in the Europa Conference League final this season. The Lions were defeated by Greek giants Olympiacos, who claimed a commanding 4-2 …
Aleksandar Mitrovic produced a last-gasp winner for Al-Hilal as the Saudi Pro League champions signed off with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Al-Wedha on Monday.
Jorge Jesus side finished the league campaign unbeaten across the 34-game season, though needed late heroics from top scorer Mitrovic to snatch all three points.
Mohamed Kanno opened the scoring for the visiting champions in the first half but Yahya Naji s second-half leveller pegged Al-Hilal back at King Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium.
Yet Mitrovic provided the decisive moment in the 92nd minute, converting a Mohammed Al Burayk assist for his 28th league goal of the season.
The Serbia international ranks only behind Cristiano Ronaldo in this campaign s scoring charts, after the Al-Nassr forward clai…