Euro 2024 qualifiers: England goal hungry, France and Mbappe roll on, Swiss stumble
June 20 – England and France made it four straight wins in European Championship qualifying on Monday while Switzerland dropped its first points.
World Football
US player agency CRD Sport buys Bulgaria’s Beroe promising €5, and Ronaldinho
June 20 – American player agency CRD Sport is the new owner of Bulgarian top tier club Beroe Stara Zagora. CRD has acquired 100% of the club’s shares from the ‘Football Support Association – Beroe’.
US stun region with Gold Cup roster that sees bulk of Nations League winning squad dropped
June 20 – The USA have dropped 18 of the 23-man squad that won the second edition of the Nations League in Las Vegas on Sunday night.
Courtois denies he walked out of Belgian camp over not being given captaincy
June 20 – Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (pictured) has denied claims by national team coach Domenico Tedesco that he walked out on the team training camp after being passed over for the captaincy against Austria. Real Madrid’s number one says he has a knee problem.
James Dostoyevsky: Straight talking, misleading reporting
Sometimes you say something and it turns out that the something you’ve said is something you never said … But then this something that you’ve never said finds itself (re-)published in an “independent Indian medium”, as is the case here, in India’s ‘Morning Express’.
Luis de la Fuente says Nations League is the start of new era
June 19 – Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has said his team’s Nations League victory, the first international title in a decade, could prompt more Spain triumphs in the future.
Euro 2024 qualifiers: Scots stun Norway, Belgium draw, England and Portugal roll on
June 19 – Manchester City star Erling Haaland scored on his return to the Norwegian national team but it wasn’t enough as Scotland came back to win 2-1 on Saturday and keep a perfect record in qualifying for next year’s European Championship.
Ceferin tells Saudis that developing domestic players is best route to sustainability
June 19 – UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin has warned Saudi Arabia that splashing out eye-watering sums of money on ageing superstar players is a mistake in terms of developing the game.
USA’s starlets put on the style to shatter the Canadian dream
By Paul Nicholson in Las Vegas
June 18 – The US continued where they left off against Mexico with a comfortable 2-0 win over Canada to retain their Nations League title.
Spain return to top of Europe with penalty shoot out win over Croatia
By Samindra Kunti in Rotterdam
June 19 – Spain won the Nations League for the first time, 5-4 on penalties, to add to their trophy cabinet and break Croatian hearts.
Mexico grabs third place but fail to convince
June 18 – Mexico, with a goal by Jesus Gallardo, ended their five game no-win streak to take third place in the Concacaf Nations League with a 1-0 win over Panama.
Italians cruise past Dutch for Nations League third place
June 18 – The Netherlands are no match for the European elite. After shipping four goals against Croatia in the last four, the Nations League hosts also lost the third-place match 3-2 against Italy.
Mediapro and IMG renew Concacaf media rights deal for outside the Americas
June 17 – Concacaf have renewed their deal with Mediapro and IMG for international broadcast sales representation for their national team tournaments and their rebranded Champions League, from 2024 to be called the Champions Cup.
Croatia eye-up first major title, Spain hunt return to winning elite
By Samindra Kunti in Rotterdam
June 17 – On Sunday, the third edition of the Nations League will reach its climax with both finalists Spain and Croatia seeking the win the tournament for the first time.