Road to Qatar: how Denmark qualified for World Cup 2022 - in pictures
With just two group games to go, it looked very much like Denmark might complete the perfect World Cup qualification campaign.
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Van Gaal goes in search of 'penalty killer' for World Cup
AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands will be testing their goalkeepers in a special penalty shootout training session this week with an eye on the World Cup later this year, coach Louis van Gaal said on Monday (Sep 19).
Waerenskjold wins Norway's second gold medal at world road cycling championships
WOLLONGONG, Australia: Soren Waerenskjold has repeated Norway’s gold medal success at the world road cycling championships a day after Tobias Foss finished first in the elite men’s time trial.
Nations League Games Offer Last Chance To Prepare For FIFA World Cup
A hectic schedule of club football ahead of the World Cup is interrupted this week as national teams get a last chance to finetune their preparations before travelling to Qatar for the start of the tournament on November 20. Holding the World Cup in the middle of the European season is having major consequences for clubs but also for coaches of national teams.
After missing Euros, Ward-Prowse targets World Cup place
James Ward-Prowse said missing out on last year's European Championship was hard to swallow but the Southampton midfielder is using that disappointment as motivation to win a place in England's World Cup squad.
US keeper Matt Turner unfazed by lack of Arsenal game time
Turner, 28, who started eight of the USA's 14 World Cup qualifiers, joined the Gunners in June on a long-term deal from the New England Revolution after being named Major League Soccer's goalkeeper of the year in 2021. However Turner has failed to dislodge first-choice goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale since moving to London, and has not featured in any of the Gunners' seven Premier League fixtures to date. Turner, though, does not believe a lack of minutes will hamper his match sharpness as the USA prepare for friendlies against Japan and Saudi Arabia -- the team's final games before heading to the World Cup in Qatar.
Nations League games offer last chance to prepare for World Cup
Holding the World Cup in the middle of the European season is having major consequences for clubs but also for coaches of national teams. While domestic competitions bear the brunt of the upheaval to the calendar as they are forced to halt a week before the opening game in Qatar, that also means there will be next to no time for squads to work together before beginning their World Cup campaigns.
John Barnes: No one thought 'model pro' Gareth Southgate would become a manager
For a time in his playing days, he was known as “Model”, as in “model professional”.