West Bromwich Albion defender Craig Dawson has signed a new three-year deal with the club, .
The 24 year old, who signed from Rochdale in 2011, has formed a solid defensive partnership with new signing Joleon Lescott in the last two games which has helped the club keep back to back clean sheets in the league for the first time since April 2012.
Prior to this season, the former England U21 international had made just twenty-one league appearances for the Baggies, though he has been an ever-present so far under Alan Irvine and scored his first goal for the club with the opener in Sunday’s 4-0 thrashing of bottom-of-the-table Burnley.
That result saw the Midland club climb to tenth place in the Premier League, though they face a tough trip to Anfield next time…
While all eyes will be on the England v Italy match on day 3 of the 2014 World Cup, Uruguay and Costa Rica will square off in Fortaleza, with both sides hoping to keep their qualifying chances alive before they face the two European powerhouses.
Having arrived in Brazil with virtually the same squad that reached the 2010 World Cup semi-final and won the 2011 Copa America, Uruguay are regarded as hot favourites to defeat Costa Rica and put extra pressure on their rivals for the top two positions.
Seeing as how boss Oscar Tabarez doesn t want to risk crocked Luis Suarez in the opening match, Edinson Cavani and Diego Forlan are set to start up front, and it is important to note . The 35-year-old has so far scored 6 goals in 8 World Cup matches.
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Former Everton captain Phil Neville believes Romelu Lukaku has what it takes to improve Manchester United following the departure of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Everton star Lukaku is believed to be on the verge of reuniting with United manager Jose Mourinho following widespread reports of a £75million bid for the 24-year-old Belgium international striker.
Antonio Conte and Chelsea were reportedly frontrunners for Lukaku – who scored 25 goals in the league last season as he finished behind Golden Boot winner Harry Kane – but United appear to have hijacked the Premier League champions in their move.
A switch to Old Trafford would see Lukaku team up with Mourinho again after he was sold by the then-Chelsea boss to Everton in 2014, while uniting him with close friend P…
Roma have added to their goalkeeping stocks after announcing the signing of Brazil international Alisson.
Alisson joins from Brazilian outfit Internacional on a five-year deal for a fee of €8million.
He made a total of 83 appearances in all competitions for Internacional, winning the Campeonato Gaucho with the club four times in a row between 2013 and 2016.
The 23-year-old has also established himself as Brazil s first-choice goalkeeper since making his international debut last October.
He played all three games of the recent Copa America Centenario in the United States as Brazil crashed out in the group stages.
Alisson is expected to fight for the number-one goalkeeper spot with Wojciech Szczesny, who is tipped to rejoin the club after s…
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has dismissed the reports that some tabloids have put forth regarding Kepa Arrizabalaga and the Spaniard leaving the club in the summer.
Having arrived to Stamford Bridge in 2018 as the world s most expensive goalkeeper, Kepa has lost his place between the posts to veteran Willy Caballero. The 38-year-old is likely to continue his starting spell when Chelsea face Bournemouth today (Saturday), but speaking to the press ahead of the game, Lampard was adamant that Kepa s future is still some way from being decided.
The former England midfielder made it clear that Kepa still has a chance of regaining his place in the team, and pointed out that the situation is the same with any player though one individual cannot be expected to influence the colle…
Paris Saint-Germain have become another option for Philippe Coutinho s destination, according to Sport.
Coutinho left Liverpool to join Barcelona in January 2018. But before that happened, PSG star Neymar apparently bombarded his international teammate to ignore Barcelona s summons and to join him at the Parc des Princes instead. In the end, Coutinho chose to follow his dream and sign for the Catalans, but now his time at Camp Nou is up.
This season he has been loaned to Bayern Munich, but with the Bavarians unwilling to make the deal permanent, Barcelona are trying to find another solution and part ways with the 27-year-old attacking midfielder. They are apparently discussing a loan deal with Chelsea, but the report claims PSG could make a move too if they are unable t…
Arsenal forward Alessia Russo is convinced Stina Blackstenius winning strike was written in the stars after the Sweden international’s best mate Frida Maanum had collapsed during the 1-0 League Cup final victory over Chelsea.
Blackstenius broke the deadlock in extra time, in front of a competition final record 21,462 at Molineux, after Maanum, who was off the ball, had fallen to the ground in second-half stoppage time. She was quickly treated by paramedics and removed from the pitch on a stretcher, replaced by Russo.
Arsenal issued an update early in the first 15-minute period of extra-time, confirming Maanum was conscious, talking and in a stable condition and will be closely monitored by the club’s medical team.
Russo, speaking to the BBC after Arsenal won …
Wifried Zaha insists he’s focused on doing well for Crystal Palace amid transfer speculation (Video)
There s plenty of speculation going around when it comes to Wilfried Zaha and his future. The 29-year-old will be out of contract with Crystal Palace at the end of this season and having wanted to leave in the past, it s believed he will not be at Selhurst Park in 2023/24.
However, Zaha insists that at the moment, he is fully focused on doing well for Patrick Vieira s team.
“I’m a Crystal Palace player and the only thing I’m focused on is doing well for the club.”
Wilfried Zaha says he’s devoted to his club despite transfer links.
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Leeds United have lost patience with manager Simon Grayson, sacking him after three years in charge at Elland Road.
The former Blackpool boss led Leeds to promotion from League One in his first full season before securing a seventh-placed finish in the Championship last term.
But the board dismissed the 42-year-old on Wednesday in the wake of Tuesday s 4-1 home defeat to promotion rivals Birmingham, which saw them slump to 10th in the table.
Youth team boss Neil Redfearn will take over the first team on an interim basis.
Grayson left his post at Blackpool to take over the role at Leeds in December 2008 following the sacking of Gary McAllister.
Under his tenure Leeds won 84 of 169 games, with 40 draws and 45 losses.
However, the latest los…
Bayern Munich suffered another Bundesliga defeat as they let a two-goal lead slip in a 3-2 loss to Heidenheim.
Bayern took a 2-0 advantage into half-time after goals from Harry Kane and Serge Gnabry, but Kevin Sessa and Tim Kleindienst both struck for the hosts early in the second period.
Kleindienst grabbed the winner with 11 minutes to play, putting another dent in Bayern’s already slim Bundesliga title hopes as Thomas Tuchel’s side fell 16 points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen with six games to go.
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The defeat means Bayern head into Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg with Arsenal on the back of successive defeats.
Bayern had an early effort when Gnabry found Leon Gore…