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Very few football fans outside Italy had heard the name Giacomo Raspadori before his surprising call-up to Gli Azzurri's Euro 2020 squad, but he is now one of the hottest names in the tournament. The 21-year-old enjoyed a breakthrough season with Sassuolo during the 2020/21 campaign, and his outstanding achievements have led him to be tipped for a major summer transfer, as well as gaining international recognition. Raspadori made his debut in Italy in the friendly match before Euro 2020 against the Czech Republic and then…

USWNT stars Tobin Heath and Christen Press have left Manchester United after just one season in the WSL, and the pair are now expected to reunite with clubs at home in the NWSL.WSL gave a number of USWNT players the opportunity to get playing time during the 2020/21 campaign due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on NWSL, which forced the regular 2020 season to be interrupted and replaced with two mini-tournaments.Not only did Heath and Press move to England in 2020, so did world champions in winners Sam Mewis, Rose…

Xiddiga reer Masar Mohamed Salah ayaa seegi doona ciyaaraha Olambikada Adduunka ee ka dhici doona Tokyo, kuwaas oo la filayay inuu kaga maqnaado kooxdiisa Liverpool qaybta hore ee xilli ciyaareedka.Ciyaaraha Olambikada ee lagu qabanayo Tokyo ayaa bilaabmi doona July 21 waxaanay socon doonaan illaa August 7, waxaanu xulka qaranka Masar rajaynayay in ay tartankan heli doonaan xiddigooda Mohamed Salah oo uu kala qaybgeli doono.Laakiin horyaalka Premier League oo bilaabmaya August 14 ayaa saamayn ku yeeshan laacibkan, waxaanay…

Kooxaha reer London ee Arsenal, Chelsea Iyo Tottenham ayaa isku haleeli doona kulamo saaxiibtinimo oo ay iskugu diyaarinayaan xilli ciyaareedka cusub, laakiin xambaarsan ujeeddo kale oo ah taakulaynta dadka baahan.Chelsea, Arsenal iyo Tottenham ayaa ku heshiisyey in laba kastaaba ay dhinacooda u yeeshaan ciyaar saaxiibtinimo oo lagu ururinayo qaadhaan, balse ay noqonayaan kuwo taxane oo isku xiga, kuwaas oo lacagta kasoo xeroota loogu deeqayo dadka  dhimirka ka xanuunsanaya ee gudaha UK.Arsenal iyo Chelsea ayaa ku wada…

Manchester United have been calling for a pace that dictates, ball-playing defensive midfielder for a painfully long time.They've tried everything from "Schmidfield" by Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin - terrifying dark memories for fans - and even resorted to the idea that Wayne Rooney could be romantically turned into the six everyone wanted. But of course he could not - he was cracked.After the dark, cumbersome inducing midfield experiments, Paul Pogba and his mission was to unlock him. An assignment that…

England fans of a certain vintage will get dirty just about Euro 96.Football finally came home (sort of) and while the Three Lions finally failed in their quest for great international tournament honesty, the competition helped unite the nation and restored the pride of a team that had flattered to cheat for the majority of the 90's.One thing that England fans will conveniently overlook when they recall the aforementioned European Championships is how instrumental the competition turned out to be for Germany as well.After…

Being a lifelong cynic is better than people think. You get used to being disappointed, so you practice expecting the absolute minimum from organizations - and when that's exactly what you get, it just drops you off for hello! You had already mentally processed it! Sometimes, though, things break through. Organizations - let's use UEFA as an example, because ... yes, because this is about them - rent some industrial digging equipment and a tunnel under the bar that is already on the floor.If you have not read UEFA's…

For a country that has just qualified as the top of its group with seven points from a possible nine and three clean sheets, we are a miserable bunch, right?It is safe to say that the good feelings we embraced during a wonderful month in the summer of 2018 have been replaced by the frostiest cold shoulders just three years later.England only scored two goals in three games with players like Sancho, Kane, Mount, Foden, Rashford as strikers are not talked about enough. Southgate must be fired. pic.twitter.com/z3iSgs7lL3- ⭐⭐…

Laga bilaabo maalinta Arbacada ee toddobaadka soo socda, Lionel Messi ayaa xor ka noqon doona Barcelona, waxaana sidaas ku dhamaanaya heshiiskiisii soo socday tan iyo 2003 oo ahayd waqtigii isagoo carruur ah uu yimid kulliyadda La Masia ee Barcelona.33 jirkan reer Argentina ayaa ka maqan Spain, waxaanu ku sugan yahay waddanka Brazil oo uu kaga qayb-gelayo ciyaaraha Copa America oo uu dulkiisu u gudbay wareegga siddeedda.Barca ayaa kulamo iyo wada-hadallo joogto ah la lahayd wakiilka Messi ee Jorge Messi oo sidoo kalena ah…

No football match sums up the glorious failing trope in English history better than the Three Lions' defeat to Germany in the semi-finals of Euro 1996. Breakthrough in symbolism and filled to the brim with iconic heart-weakening moments, the match was one of the most important turning points in transforming the English game into the global box office as it is today. Before the semi-final, the whole nation had gone down with a serious football fever, but the fans' relationship with the team was unpleasant when it entered Euro…