Afcon 2022 updates from Group F, kick-off at 1pm GMTPlayers to watch at the Africa Cup of NationsAnd you can email Paul or tweet @Paul_Doyle8 min: Noss Traoré curls in a corner from the right that Tunisia head away.6 min: Mejbri has seen plenty of the …
Leicester out of Europa League after Elif Elmas double gives Napoli thrilling win
Leicester’s European campaign will go on but not in the way they wanted and, perhaps even more distressingly, there is no end in sight to their defensive problems. Brendan Rodgers’ team contributed embarrassingly to their own defeat to an under-strengt…
Callum Robinson responds to recent flak with Ireland double in Azerbaijan
Just what the doctor ordered? Maybe not, given that Callum Robinson drew scorn before this match by revealing he has turned down the Covid-19 vaccination, but in strictly football terms the West Brom forward gave the Republic of Ireland the tonic they …
Theo Hernandez caps France’s fightback to stun Belgium in semi-final thriller
At least this time Belgium can say that they provoked a genuinely brilliant response from France. The last meeting between these countries begat rancour, with Belgium grumbling about the negativity of Didier Deschamps’s team after losing 1-0 in the 201…
Leicester on the ropes in Europa League after feeble defeat at Legia Warsaw
Leicester are out of sorts and will soon be out of the Europa League if they do not get back their mojo. Mahir Emreli’s winning goal for Legia Warsaw leaves Brendan Rodgers’ side with one point from their first two matches in Group C and plenty more qu…
Ireland and Stephen Kenny’s World Cup hopes still alive after Serbia own goal
At last Stephen Kenny’s luck turned. Another dispiriting defeat loomed for the Republic of Ireland– along with the definitive end of their remote World Cup qualification hopes – until a freakish late own goal by Nikola Milenkovic. The defender could do…
Qualifier clockwatch: Lithuania v Northern Ireland, Sweden v Spain and more – live!
Live World Cup qualifying updates from 6.45pm BSTRonaldo’s late goals for Portugal break Ireland’s heartsAnd you can email Paul or tweet @Paul_Doyle 6.46pm BST So to Europe. Something’s got to give in Group B, where second-place Sweden – who’ve won bo…
Harry Kane double clinches triumph for Tottenham over Paços de Ferreira
Tottenham 3-0 Paços de Ferreira (3-1 on aggregate) Kane makes first start of season after agreeing to stayHarry Kane showed his renewed commitment to his club’s cause by scoring twice on his first start of the season. Passage to the group stages of the…
Football transfer rumours: Arsenal to sell Aubameyang? Richarlison to PSG?
Today’s gossip is back in the grooveYou know the sound a star makes when it explodes deep in space? Well that’s the same sound that was made here on Earth when Arsenal let it be known they would listen to offers for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. That’s ri…
Raúl Jiménez: ‘The doctors told me it was a miracle to still be there’ | Paul Doyle
The Wolves forward has completed a remarkable recovery from a head injury that threatened his life, not just his careerRaúl Jiménez has revealed that doctors told him it was a miracle he survived the skull fracture he sustained against Arsenal last Nov…