Man City suffer Rodri and Jack Grealish blow ahead of Aston Villa clash
Manchester City will be without Rodri and Jack Grealish for Wednesday's trip to Aston Villa after the pair picked up their fifth bookings of the season against Tottenham.
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Man City discover FA Cup third round opponents as draw made
Manchester City will play Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup third round after the draw was made.
Manchester United discover FA Cup third round opponents following draw
Manchester United will face nearby Wigan Athletic in the third round of the FA Cup at the DW Stadium.
FA Cup third round draw live as Manchester United and Man City to discover opponents
Manchester United and Manchester City will discover their FA Cup third opponents this afternoon when the draw takes place.
Crowded schedule ‘not good for the game’, says Bayern’s Tuchel
BERLIN: Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel on Thursday hit out at the crowded fixture list, saying it was “not for the good of the game and not for the good of the players.” Bayern play at Cologne in the Bundesliga on Friday, just 24 hours after some of their first XI, including Canada’s Alphonso Davies and South Korea’s Kim Min-jae, returned to Munich following the international break. While confirming injured players Jamal Musiala and Matthijs de Ligt would be missing on Friday, Tuchel said members of his squad were “tired mentally and exhausted physically.” “It’s about television rights and the TV stations can choose their teams. We were talking about it, it’s the second time we play Friday away,” he said. “Alphonso and Min-Jae are returning today from very long journeys and it’s obviously very unfortunate scheduling. “It will be spoken of as an excuse but if you’ve heard Jurgen Klopp, they’re playing on Saturday at 12:30 against Man City, we are playing tomorrow (Friday) away. “It’s borderline, or maybe even over the line already.” Bayern also faced league leaders Bayer Leverkusen on a Friday immediately after an international break in September, drawing 2-2 — one of only two occasions in the league this season where the German champions have dropped points. Bayern and Borussia Dortmund both had five players in the Germany squad for the recent round of friendlies, the most of any clubs. Besides tiredness, Bayern’s Germany contingent return having lost both friendlies, 3-2 to Turkiye in Berlin and 2-0 to Austria in Vienna. Bayern midfielder Leroy Sane was given a straight red card for pushing an opponent to the ground in Tuesday’s loss to Austria and Tuchel said: “I could see it coming. “That’s what I told Leroy.
South American coaches lead Albania to Euro 2024 spot.
TIRANA, Albania: Albania qualified for just their second European Championship in style, atop a group that included the Czech Republic and Poland.
Brazil end year in poor shape under interim coach as they wait for word from Carlo Ancelotti
RIO DE JANEIRO: Until this year, Brazil’s national soccer team had never lost three games in a row. The Selecao had never lost a World Cup qualifying match at home.
Venezuela accuses Peru of ‘kidnapping’ football team in post-match spat
CARACAS: Venezuela on Wednesday accused the Peruvian government of “kidnapping” its national football team, accusing Lima of refusing to allow the team’s aircraft to refuel after a 1-1 draw between the two teams in a 2026 World Cup qualifier. The diplomatic spat began after the match, when Venezuelan players accused Peruvian police of beating them when they went to greet fans on Tuesday night. It was a tumultuous night for the South American qualifiers, after a match between Brazil and Argentina in Rio de Janeiro led to ugly clashes between fans. “The Peruvian government has carried out another arbitrary act against the Venezuelans by preventing the plane bringing the team back from refueling,” Foreign Minister Yvan Gil wrote on social media. “This is kidnapping as vengeance against our team which played an extraordinary match” in Lima, he added. The Peruvian government said that it “has not ordered any measure that prohibits the refueling” of the aircraft” and that “it is taking steps to resolve this situation as soon as possible.” “The aforementioned aircraft has been experiencing private commercial supply restrictions beyond the control of the Peruvian State,” he added. Hours earlier, Venezuelan footballer Nahuel Ferraresi showed bandages on his right hand, saying Peruvian police “beat me.” “These are things which should not happen. The match was over and we went to thank our Venezuelan supporters,” he said. Ferraresi said another player had handed his jersey over to fans, and he was about to throw his to the crowd when the police blocked him. “Then others got angry, I don’t know what happened, and (the police) took out their batons to hit us.