Spain’s coach, Luis de la Fuente, hailed his team of history-makers after they became the first nation to clinch the European Championships four times with a dramatic 2-1 victory over England in Sunday’s final at Berlin’s Olympiastadion. Mikel Oyarzabal delivered the decisive blow with an 86th-minute winner, following a stunning equalizer from Cole Palmer that […]
Italy
Ahead of the 2024 Euro’s this summer, Italy boss Luciano Spalletti is bringing the Azzurri to the US for two friendlies where Italians will play Venezuela in Fort Lauderdale on March 21st and then three days later they will meet Ecuador at Red Bull arena in New Jersey. The Azzurri will face Venezuela for the […]
In a groundbreaking announcement, FIFA has set the stage for the 2026 World Cup, revealing a schedule that spans three countries and promises an unprecedented football extravaganza. The tournament will kick off in Mexico City and reach its climax at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The U.S. men’s national team (USMNT) will find their […]
The qualifying draw for Euro 2020 has been made and with any draw, some nations are much happier with their opponents than others. The likes of Italy and England will be pleased with the draw but and Holland have been left cursing their luck. Winners Italy After failing to qualify for World Cup, the Azzurri […]
FIFPro, the worldwide players’ union, and FIFA have announced the 55 names in contention for the FIFA FIFPro World11 2018. The FIFA FIFPro World11 is decided by the players, for the players and involves votes from almost 25,000 professional footballers from 65 different countries. During voting, they each select one goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders […]
Well that did not take long. Just minutes after seeing his team lose to to Uruguay on Tuesday and fail to qualify for the knockout stage of the World Cup, Italian coach Cesare Prandelli resigned. Prandelli stepped down in his post-match news conference. “Above and beyond, at the end of the match, I spoke to […]
The draw for next summer’s Confederations Cup was made in Sao Paulo today and it set up some interesting matches. The Confederations Cup takes place in Brazil on 15-30 June 2013 when hosts Brazil line up in Group A with Japan, Mexico and Italy. While Spain, Uruguay and Tahiti will be joined in Group B […]
A wonderful strike from substitute Jermain Defoe has given England a 2-1 victory over Italy in their friendly international in Berne. England are still unbeaten in 90 minutes under Roh Hodgson and he was happy with his sides performance tonight, especially coming back from Daniele De Rossi’s 15th minute header. “I don’t think there was […]
Former Italy striker Giuseppe Signori was among 16 people arrested for in the latest match-fixing scandal to rock Italian football. in a co-ordinated sting by Italian police on Wednesday. The current scandal is focused on ex Serie A players and current players from both Serie B and Serie C as well as club directors from […]