Sep 29, 2026
Spain have gone 39 games unbeaten, and Croatia go to Seville without three players
Slaven Bilic says England showed Spain can be got at. Croatia test that theory at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan on Tuesday night, with Luka Modric still p...
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Sep 29, 2026
Zidane made nine changes in Brussels, and two of his substitutes won it for France
Michael Olise came off the bench and ran from his own half to beat Belgium 1-0, and Zinedine Zidane’s France have won both Nations League games so far...
Sep 29, 2026
Italy were booed off in Rome on Friday, and they led Turkey 3-0 inside 27 minutes on Monday
Roberto Mancini has his first win back in charge of Italy. Debutant Michael Kayode scored and the Esposito brothers started together in a 4-1 win in t...
Sep 28, 2026
England lost on their last trip to Prague, and Tuchel says resting players this time would be madness
After the 3-2 defeat to Spain, Thomas Tuchel says he takes no calls from Premier League managers and will keep his core together for Czechia on Tuesda...
Sep 28, 2026
Gakpo went off after 17 minutes, and Meerdink scored twice on his first start to give Xavi his first Netherlands win
With Brobbey injured and Gakpo gone early, the 23-year-old AZ striker scored a penalty and a sliding winner as the Dutch beat Serbia 2-1 in Belgrade.
Sep 28, 2026
Ronaldo stayed on the bench and Haaland scored his 65th, and Nyland’s pass gave Portugal a 2-1 win in Oslo
João Félix and Gonçalo Ramos scored as Portugal beat Norway in the Nations League, with Diogo Costa keeping Erling Haaland to one goal.
Sep 28, 2026
Greece had never beaten Germany in ten games, and one shot on target in Augsburg was enough to hand Klopp his first defeat
Dimitris Kourbelis scored with a deflected 74th-minute shot as Greece won 1-0 on Jürgen Klopp’s home debut and went top of Nations League Group A2.
Sep 27, 2026
Turkey have never beaten Italy, and both go to Bursa on Monday without a point
Mancini’s Italy were booed off in Rome after losing 2-0 to Belgium, and Montella’s Turkey lost to France with their goalkeeper sent off. One of them g...
Sep 27, 2026
Serbia have lost three in a row under Paunović, and Xavi’s Netherlands go to Belgrade without their striker
Serbia host the Netherlands in the Nations League on Sunday evening, with both sides still looking for a first win in Group A2.
Sep 27, 2026
Modric became Croatia’s oldest scorer at 41, and Bilic’s return began with a win in Prague
Croatia beat Czechia 2-1 in their Nations League opener with goals from Modric and the substitute Pasalic, and no Croatia fans were allowed in to see...
Sep 27, 2026
Greece have never beaten Germany, and they go to Augsburg top of Klopp’s group
Klopp is still looking for his first win as Germany coach, and Greece arrive in Augsburg on Sunday after a late winner in Belgrade.
Sep 27, 2026
Kane hit the bar from the spot at 2-1, and Spain came back to beat England at Wembley
Spain’s unbeaten run reached 39 games with a 3-2 Nations League win at Wembley, after England’s captain slipped taking a penalty with his side in fron...
Sep 26, 2026
China beat Thailand 3-0 for bronze in 1998, and they have beaten them 3-0 again to reach the Asian Games semi-finals
China are in the last four of the Asian Games men’s football for the first time in 28 years, and hosts Japan joined them with a 1-0 win over North Kor...
Sep 26, 2026
Mbappe scored and went off four minutes later, and his left knee is a problem again
France confirm a tendon injury to their captain’s left knee after the 1-0 win in Turkiye, and he misses Belgium, Italy and Belgium again.
Sep 26, 2026
Ryan Williams scored at his club ground, and India held World Cup side Panama 1-1 in Bengaluru
Ryan Williams put India ahead in the 41st minute at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium before Omar Valencia equalised from long range. Brazil and Uruguay com...
Sep 26, 2026
Manchester City were charged 1,327 days ago, and the verdict that leaked on Friday is guilty
An independent commission has found Manchester City guilty on the majority of the Premier League’s 115 financial charges. The club are expected to app...
Sep 26, 2026
Haaland and Ronaldo have never played against each other, and Norway meet Portugal in Oslo on Sunday
Haaland scored twice against Denmark while Ronaldo had a goal ruled out against Wales, and the Nations League now puts them on the same pitch at Ullev...
Sep 25, 2026
Zidane turned down every club offer after Real Madrid, and his first France game is in Izmit tonight
France start their Nations League campaign against Turkey with three uncapped defenders in the squad and Zidane on the bench for the first time since...
Sep 25, 2026
Premier League clubs spent €4.6bn this summer, and Uefa says the market now runs at two speeds
Uefa’s latest transfer report puts English spending above the next eight European countries combined, and its finance chief calls the model fragile.
Sep 25, 2026
Vietnam beat South Korea on penalties in January, and the two meet again in the Asian Games quarter-finals
South Korea are chasing a fourth straight Asian Games men’s football gold, and Vietnam stand in the way in Nagoya at 4pm IST.
Sep 24, 2026
Panama did not score at the World Cup, and India have not won in four before they meet in Bengaluru
India play Panama for the first time on Friday at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, with Ryan Williams back from injury at his club ground.
Sep 24, 2026
Eriksen has not played since he collapsed in June, and Wolfsburg have let him go home to Denmark
Christian Eriksen has left Wolfsburg by mutual consent, three and a half months after he collapsed playing for Denmark against Ukraine.
Sep 24, 2026
Maresca had been in charge for seven weeks when Reijnders left City, and he says the role was already the problem
Tijjani Reijnders has told NOS he left Manchester City for Al Qadsiah because he was being played out of position, and because the money was too good...
Sep 24, 2026
Klopp says he knows more of the Dutch players than Xavi does, and both men start their new jobs in Amsterdam
Netherlands host Germany in the Nations League at 12.15am IST on Friday, with Jürgen Klopp and Xavi both taking charge for the first time after early...