I worked with Hugo Viana and Ruben Amorim at Sporting CP - it's clear what Man City and Man United will get
Filipe Celikkaya had just won the league title in Ukraine when he got an offer to come home that he felt he couldn't refuse.
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Bundesliga strugglers Bochum appoint ex-Wolfsburg boss Hecking as head coach
Bundesliga strugglers VfL Bochum have named former VfL Wolfsburg manager Dieter Hecking as their new head coach on a contract until the end of the season, the club said on Monday.
Gillingham midfielder Euan Williams impresses in FA Cup defeat to Blackpool after Ethan Coleman was injured at Swindon Town
Euan Williams took his chance to impress at the heart of the Gillingham midfield on Saturday.
Deal Town manager Steve King on two-goal Ife Oni’s performance in 3-0 win against Hythe Town and three tough matches in seven days
Ife Oni took his chance for a depleted Deal team in their weekend win.
Australian Rules Football Umpire Dresses Up As Osama Bin Laden, Gets Suspended
An Australian Rules umpire has been suspended for dressing up as Osama bin Laden at an end-of-season function, the sport's governing body said Monday. Leigh Haussen will not be allowed to officiate during round one of the 2025 season as punishment after attending a restaurant as the mastermind of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The theme of the function, in a private room at the venue in September, was "characters from the 2000s".
With Kylian Mbappe Gone, Misfiring PSG Are Under Pressure In Champions League
Kylian Mbappe was always going to leave an enormous void when he left Paris Saint-Germain, and the French side are struggling in this season's Champions League without the goals of their former star. While Mbappe is now at Real Madrid after scoring a club-record 256 goals in seven seasons in Paris, his old club entertain Atletico Madrid on Wednesday in a crucial game in their European campaign. PSG are misfiring in this new-look Champions League, with just four points from three games, despite starting with kind home fixtures against Girona and PSV Eindhoven either side of a trip to Arsenal.
'Manchester City Will Struggle To Overcome Injury Crisis', Says Pep Guardiola
Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City will struggle to overcome a mounting injury crisis but encouraged the English champions to bounce back in Tuesday's Champions League trip to Sporting Lisbon. City travel to Portugal after consecutive defeats to Tottenham in the League Cup and Bournemouth on Saturday, which ended an 11-month unbeaten run in the Premier League. Ballon d'Or winner Rodri, who is out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury, leads a stellar cast of absentees in Guardiola's squad that also includes Oscar Bobb, Ruben Dias, Jack Grealish and John Stones.
Lazio Eye Italy's Top Four After Seeing Off Nine-Man Cagliari
Lazio continued their bid to crack Serie A's top four with a 2-1 win on Monday over struggling Cagliari, who finished the match in Rome with nine men. Mattia Zaccagni struck the decisive goal from the penalty spot in the 76th minute at the Stadio Olimpico to put Lazio fifth, Marco Baroni's team separated from the Champions League positions by goal difference. Lazio are level on 22 points with third-placed Atalanta and Fiorentina after an eighth win in nine matches in all competitions which also put them within three points of league leaders Napoli.