Ada Hegerberg revelled in making an incredibly beautiful return to Norway duty by scoring a hat-trick in a 5-1 win over Kosovo.
Inaugural Women s Ballon d Or winner Hegerberg opted against playing for her country in 2017 due to a perceived lack of respect for female players from the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF).
The 26-year-old reversed her decision following the appointment of a new NFF president, returning with the European Championship just three months away.
And she made an emphatic comeback, nodding in Caroline Graham Hansen s cross for the first of two goals in the space of two first-half minutes.
Hegerberg completed her hat-trick on the hour mark to help keep Norway three points clear of Belgium in World Cup qualifying Group F. Frid…
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With all eyes turning to Wembley on Sunday night, England and Italy with face-off with the chance to be crowned European champions this weekend.
England
Starting with the hosts, while their 2-1 victory against Denmark in midweek might have been filled with controversy, it is hard to doubt that The Three Lions were not a worthy winner at Wembley. Eventually coming past extra-time drama in the capital, Gareth Southgate s side have only continued to break records at this summer s delayed European Championships. Reaching their first international final since their World Cup-winning exploits in 1966, The Whites have also managed to build off of that famous 2-0 victory against arch-rivals Germany on June 29th. With the mood in their camp l…
Tottenham Hotspur hope to sell Paulo Gazzaniga in the January transfer window, according to . The Argentina international is now essential the third-choice goalkeeper at Spurs following the arrival of Joe Hart on a free transfer this summer, with Hugo Lloris the number one player between the posts.
Both Everton and Liverpool were linked with the former Southampton goalkeeper in the summer transfer window. According to , the two Merseyside rivals wanted to sign the 28-year-old on summer transfer deadline day on Monday, but nothing materialised.
Gazzaniga failed to break into the Valencia first team and switch to Gillingham in 2011 before earning the move to Southampton. The 28-year-old was a back-up at Southampton, and he has been a squad player at Spurs as well, althoug…
Christian Pulisic has expressed sympathy for Gregg Berhalter amid what he considers a childish saga involving Giovanni Reyna s family and the erstwhile United States head coach.
Berhalter s contract with US Soccer expired at the end of December, with the governing body putting any decision on his future on hold amid an investigation into claims he kicked his wife in a 1992 altercation.
The allegation – which Berhalter has admitted to – was brought to US Soccer s attention by Reyna s mother Danielle, who was angered by Berhalter s treatment of her son at last year s World Cup.
Reyna had limited playing time at the tournament, after which Berhalter suggested the Borussia Dortmund youngster was almost exiled from his squad due to poor behaviour.
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Paulo Dybala and Federico Chiesa will start Juventus Serie A clash with Sassuolo after Massimiliano Allegri accepted he made a mistake with his team selection against Inter.
Allegri introduced Dybala and Chiesa from the substitutes bench with Juve trailing in Sunday s match at San Siro, and the former netted a late penalty to rescue a 1-1 draw.
Despite only being brought on in the 65th minute, Dybala led the way among Juventus players for shots (four), shots on target (two) and big chances created (two).
The Argentina international, who was returning from a four-game injury lay-off, has been directly involved in more goals (six) than any team-mate in all competitions this term.
Chiesa s 12 chances created this term, meanwhile, has been bettered by only Al…
Al Sadd have addressed rumours linking manager Xavi with the vacant head coach role at Barcelona by reiterating the former Spain international remains tied to a two-year contract.
Ronald Koeman was sacked by Barcelona after the club s dismal start to the 2021-22 campaign continued with a shock defeat to Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday.
That left them ninth in LaLiga and six points off the top – that gap has since been stretched to nine.
Sergi Barjuan was placed in temporary charge until a permanent successor to Koeman is found, and Blaugrana great Xavi is the hot favourite.
The 41-year-old has long been seen as a potential future head coach at Barca, and he is even reported to have turned down two approaches in the past: before Quique Setien was hired to re…
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In one of the Euro 2024 playoff Path C semifinals on Thursday, Greece, former continental champions, will face off against Kazakhstan, a team still aiming for their first major tournament appearance.
The winner of this clash in Athens will advance to the final next week, where they will meet the winner of the other semi-final between Georgia and Luxembourg. The victor of the final will earn a spot in Euro 2024 Group F, joining Portugal, Turkey, and the Czech Republic.
Greece
Twenty years after their triumph in Europe, Greece find themselves just two wins away from ending their European Championships absence, having missed out on qualification for the last three editions of the tournament.
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Premier League clubs can begin shaping their squads for the 2023-24 season when the transfer window opens on Wednesday.
Here, the PA news agency picks out some high-profile players who could make summer moves.
Harry Kane
England captain Kane is entering the final year of his contract with Tottenham and has been repeatedly linked with Manchester United while Real Madrid have also been touted as a possible destination. However, Spurs are thought to be reluctant to sell their record goalscorer, particularly to a top-flight rival.
Declan Rice
West Ham skipper Rice marked potentially his final match for his current club by leading them to Europa Conference League glory. According to reports, London rivals Arsenal are closing in on the 24-year-old England midfielder …
Danny Ings continued his hot streak with a brilliant individual winner as Southampton earned a 1-0 Premier League victory at home to a lacklustre Tottenham, who lost Harry Kane to injury.
Ings, behind only Jamie Vardy in the league s scoring charts, hit the only goal as Southampton moved up to 11th in the table by virtue of a third win in four games over the festive period.
Tottenham trailed at half-time for the fourth straight league game and could not find a fightback, with Jose Mourinho s men unable to capitalise on Chelsea s draw at Brighton and Hove Albion in the race for Champions League qualification.
Their New Year s Day misery was compounded by star striker Kane limping off having appeared to hurt his left hamstring in the process of scoring an equalise…