Manchester City defender John Stones has been forced to pull out of the England squad for this month's 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers due to injury, Afrosport reports. The 31-year-old was included in the initial 24-man squad by head coach Thomas Tuchel, but has withdrawn from their matches against Andorra and Serbia due to a “muscular issue”. “Unfortunately, John Stones just left,” Tuchel said at a...
Manchester City extended their Premier League unbeaten run to a club-record 31 matches after defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 at the Molineux, Afrosport reports. Wolves took a surprise early lead through Jorgen Strand Larsen with an assist from Nelson Semedo just seven minutes into the match. City defender Josko Gvardiol leveled the game in 33rd-minute after picking up the ball in a space and curled a beautiful...
England coach Gareth Southgate has confirmed that Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka will miss the Three Lions' friendly with Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday. He was part of the 26 players that trained on Sunday but Southgate said the 22-year-old will be rested. The 22-year-old is expected to make a return to the squad when England take on Iceland on Friday in their final warm up game...
Arsenal midfielder Bukayo Saka found the back of the net three times as England thrashed North Macedonia 7-0 in their Euro 2024 qualifiers at Old Trafford on Monday night. The Anglo-Nigerian forward scored the Three Lions' second, fourth, and fifth goals of the match to claim his first-ever career hat-trick and take his international tally to eleven goals. He became the youngest player and the first...
Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior and Manchester City forward Erling Haaland lead the star-studded team of the season in the just concluded 2023–23 UEFA Champions League campaign, as announced by the organisers on Sunday. The full eleven which was selected by UEFA’s Technical Observer Panel and was released on their official Twitter handle includes seven players from the newly-crowned champions, City, and two players each from...
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