Mexico manager Javier Aguirre established a hardline stance: The national team is not a place to recover from an injury.
Aguirre then admitted that he was concerned by the number of first-team regulars who were nursing injuries, including starting goalkeeper Luis Malagón.
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🚨 Tottenham Hotspur are actively working on options to replace Igor Tudor as head coach if they decide another change is needed in the dugout.
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Chelsea winger Pedro Neto has been handed an additional one game ban by the Football Association (FA) for his conduct after being sent off at Arsenal earlier this month.
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Tottenham Hotspur are set to be without captain Cristian Romero and midfielder Joao Palhinha for Sunday’s visit to Liverpool after the pair clashed heads towards the end of Tuesday’s defeat to Atletico Madrid.
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Reece James has committed his future to Chelsea by signing a new six-year contract.
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Liverpool: champions again, profitable again. Record revenue, record wages, scene-setting for their biggest summer.
FSG's sustainable focus remains but, like many in the elite, UCL is key.
Deep dive into their 2024-25 financials here:
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The Iran men’s soccer team says “no one” can exclude them from the 2026 World Cup after United States President Donald Trump warned their participation may be a risk for “their own life and safety.”
Aston Villa are the only English team to have won their game in Europe this week.
This evening, Nottingham Forest lost to Midtjylland, while Crystal Palace drew with AEK Larnaca.
It follows six English teams in action in the Champions League, with four teams losing and two drawing.
It's been a great night for Ferencvaros & Robbie Keane.
The Hungarians will take a 2-0 lead into their second leg with Braga next week in Portugal.
Advantage Shakhtar Donetsk after 90 minutes.
The Ukrainian team will take a 3-1 lead into next week's second leg against Lech Poznan in the Conference League.
Their goals came from Marlon Gomes, Newerton & Isaque Silva — with Silva scoring an overhead kick.
FT: Lille 0-1 #AVFC
Much-needed win. Performance was lacking, particularly in possession and in the final third. A better, more cohesive Villa may have killed off the tie, but to win the first leg away from home is always a big achievement. Hopefully starts to restore confidence
A Troy Parrott brace has given AZ the advantage after the first leg of their Conference League tie with Sparta Prague.
The Irish striker now has 26 goals for the Dutch club this season.
My word, out of nowhere. It messes with my head, the nature of it so unexpected. A pretty hopeful ball by Konsa is somehow won, in the air, by Buendia, who outjumps Lille's centre-backs.
It finds Watkins who brilliantly powers another header, looping over Ozer. 1-0 #AVFC
HT: Lille 0-0 #AVFC
Lille not the same team they were two years ago and currently neither are Villa. Both sides struggling to attack, dulling things. Emery doesn't tend to mind this type of contest away in Europe, but Villa should be doing better or could sleepwalk into trouble.
Gotham FC has completed the signing of Norway international Guro Reiten from Chelsea.
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Chelsea striker Mayra Ramirez may not play this season after picking up another injury during her rehabilitation, head coach Sonia Bompastor says.
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Is there a player more important to West Ham United's Premier League survival hopes than Mateus Fernandes?
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United States President Donald Trump has said that he does not believe it is “appropriate” for Iran’s men’s football team to participate in the World Cup, warning that it may be a risk for “their own life and safety.”
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Tottenham Hotspur have extended the window for supporters to renew their season tickets for the 2026-27 campaign until June 7, due to the increasing threat of relegation to the Championship.
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Liam Rosenior insists Chelsea are “very close to being an outstanding team.”
But there remains a glaring deficiency — a goalkeeper capable of playing the way BlueCo demands.
Until that is fixed, it feels they will continue to fall short against the very best.
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Last night a somewhat unfancied Real Madrid beat Manchester City 3-0 after Pep Guardiola ripped up his plans from recent weeks, and arguably a foundation of his entire approach as manager.
It could prove to be one of his biggest ever mistakes.
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Nearly 70 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to FIFA imploring the governing body to do more to alleviate World Cup stressors, with one underlying theme: "Everyone is pissed."
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Chelsea forward Pedro Neto has apologised for his role in an altercation with the Paris Saint-Germain ballboy at the Parc des Princes.
The Portuguese fronted up to the cameras after his side's 5-2 defeat in the French capital.
West Bromwich Albion were denied a vital win against Southampton after Cyle Larin's stoppage time equaliser meant it is now 13 games without a win for the strugglers from the West Midlands.
Oxford United's win against Blackburn Rovers means they move within just a point of Michael O'Neill's side.
Federico Valverde scored a hat-trick for Real Madrid as they beat Manchester City 3-0 in the Champions League — and Trent Alexander-Arnold believes his teammate doesn't get the praise he deserves.
It's been a productive few days for Frank Lampard's Coventry City.
A 3-0 win against Preston North End is their sixth consecutive win in the league.
Middlesbrough's defeat to Charlton means they are just one point above Millwall, with Ipswich Town, in fourth, also having a game in hand.
Pedro Neto was involved in an altercation with the Paris Saint-Germain ballboy, prompting flashbacks to Eden Hazard against Swansea City in 2013.
VAR checked for a red card as Neto attempted to restart play, but took no further action.
Much was made of England having six clubs in the last 16 of the Champions League.
But none of the teams will go into their second leg with the advantage.
Four of them lost; two of them drew.
