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ROTTERDAM: Nathan Ake scored twice as the Netherlands beat Gibraltar in Euro 2024 qualifying for the first win of Ronald Koeman’s second spell in charge. The Dutch were totally dominant against the minnows in Feyenoord, having all 51 shots in the game and 86pc possession. […]

NERAZZURRI BRAND BACK IN THE STATES — An Inter delegation led by club legend Marco Materazzi is to visit America for a series of events which include meeting with local Inter Clubs, visiting Nike’s House of Innovation and taking in the NBA game Knicks vs […]

GENEVA/ZURICH: FIFA President Gianni Infantino and European Club Association (ECA) Chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi have today signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between FIFA and ECA at the 29th ECA General Assembly in Budapest, Hungary. The long-term agreement, until 31 December 2030, reinforces the relationship between FIFA […]

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ST PETERSBURG: Russia defeated Iraq 2-0 on Sunday in St Petersburg in their first home game since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 13 months ago. Coach Valeri Karpin’s team had not played on Russian territory since they crushed Cyprus 6-0 in November […]

KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTING —- Finally, Tottenham and Antonio Conte have gone their separate ways just over a week after the Italian’s furious tirade signalled an irredeemable rift between management, coach and players. A statement from chairman Daniel Levy said: “We have 10 Premier League games […]

KEIR RADNEDGE at WEMBLEY: England fans have rarely come in for praise down the years but that was the case after the 2-0 victory over Ukraine at Wembley in the 202 European Championship qualifiers. The players of both teams paraded behind a ‘Peace’ banner before […]