Jones says 'difficult' to coach another team at World Cup
Sacked England coach Eddie Jones said on Friday the last three years had taken a toll and it would be "difficult" to bounce back and coach another team at next year's World Cup.
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1966 World Cup winner George Cohen dies
George Cohen, the right-back in England's World Cup-winning team of 1966, has died aged 83, his former club Fulham have announced.
FIFA World Cup: French minister calls Argentina ‘inelegant winners’
PARIS: French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera on Friday accused Argentine players of being “inelegant winners” and “vulgar” for mocking her country’s star Kylian Mbappe after winning the World Cup final.“As much as our French team knew how to lose with panache, so the manner in which this Argentine team acted after this victory was not worthy of the match we saw,” the minister told French radio station RTL.Oudea-Castera singled out goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, who was seen in the victory parade in Buenos Aires holding a baby doll its face covered with a photo of French star Mbappe.Immediately after the match had been heard in the Argentina changing room demanding: “A minute of silence... for Mbappe.”Mbappe scored a hat-trick as France twice fought back to take the game to a shootout and then beat Martinez with the opening kick.“I find it pitiful,” said Oudea-Castera.“It’s just vulgar, inappropriate, really not up to the occasion,” she said“This Emiliano Martinez is not distinguishing himself.
Man City edge out Liverpool in League Cup thriller
MANCHESTER: Manchester City beat League Cup holders Liverpool 3-2 in a cracking game on Thursday (Dec 22), taking the lead three times before holding on to reach the quarter-finals.
Caemroon's Onana announces retirement after World Cup fallout
Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana has announced his retirement from international football a month after a fallout with national team coach Rigobert Song at the World Cup in Qatar.
Man City to face Southampton in League Cup last eight
Manchester City will continue their bid for a seventh English League Cup in 10 years with a quarter-final away to Premier League rivals Southampton.
Guardiola: Phillips is not fit to train after World Cup
Unhappy Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola claims England midfielder Kalvin Phillips returned from the World Cup "not in the right condition to train".
France may contact Argentina sports minister over fans' World Cup taunts
PARIS : French sports minister Amelie Oudea-Castera said she may contact her Argentine counterpart over the "vulgar" taunting of France forward Kylian Mbappe by some Argentina fans in Buenos Aires as they celebrated the return of the World Cup winners.