Man City not commenting on fresh report Pep Guardiola will leave in the summer
Manchester City are not commenting on a fresh report that manager Pep Guardiola is to stand down at the end of the season.
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Rochester United name Greenways boss Andy Pierce as their new manager after Michael Betts steps down for personal reasons
Rochester United have appointed the manager of tenants Greenways as their new boss.
Ramsgate manager Ady Pennock is delighted to sign former Chelmsford City, Ebbsfleet United and Hornchurch defender Dave Winfield
Ramsgate boss Ady Pennock was delighted to make defender Dave Winfield his first new signing at the club.
Iran focused on fitness in Turkiye after war-enforced furlough
Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei said he and his staff would have their work cut out getting their squad ready for the World Cup at their training camp in Turkiye with most of the players having been out of action for the last seven weeks. The domestic Arabian Gulf Pro League season was suspended after the United States and Israel launched air strikes on Iran in late February and will not resume until after the World Cup. Of the 30-man squad Ghalenoei named on Saturday, 22 play for Iranian clubs and have been restricted to a Tehran national team training camp since friendlies against Costa Rica and Nigeria in Antalya in late March. “Naturally, I am not fully satisfied with the players’ level of readiness,” Ghalenoei told the Iranian FA (FFIR) magazine before the departure for Turkiye on Monday. “But with a training camp that is approximately two and a half to three weeks long, we can make up about 20 to 25 percent of this shortfall. “We need to raise our domestic-based players to the level required by the modern game,” he added.
North Korean club says focused only on football during rare South Korea visit
SUWON, South Korea: North Korea’s Naegohyang FC will focus only on football during their rare visit to South Korea, their coach said on Tuesday when asked about a 3,000-strong cheering squad organized by activist groups for their game against Suwon FC Women. Naegohyang face the South Korean club in the Asian Women’s Champions League semifinals in Suwon on Wednesday, marking the first visit by North Korean athletes to the South in eight years. More than 200 South Korean civic groups have formed a squad to cheer on both teams, saying they support fair play and peace, according to Yonhap news agency. “We came here strictly to play the match … We are focused solely on tomorrow’s match and the matches ahead,” Naegohyang Women’s FC Coach Ri Yu Il told a press conference. “The issue of the cheering squad is not something I, as coach, or our players are thinking about.
'We're here solely to play football,' insists North Korean coach before Asian Champions League semi-final
SUWON: The coach of the first North Korean sports team to visit the South in eight years batted away questions Tuesday (May 19) about the prospect of South Koreans cheering his side, saying: "We are here solely to play football."
Whitstable Town appoint former Ramsgate and Welling United boss Lee Martin as new manager ahead of club’s Isthmian South East return after controversial exits of Margate-bound duo Jamie Coyle and Matt Longhurst
Whitstable Town have wasted little time in naming a new boss.
Italian Maldera appointed Ukraine coach
May 18 : Italian Andrea Maldera has been appointed Ukraine's head coach, Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) President Andriy Shevchenko said on Monday.