Victor Lindelof and Mason Greenwood were recalled to Manchester United s starting line-up for Saturday s Premier League showdown with Manchester City.
Centre-back Lindelof missed Tuesday s 2-2 Champions League draw with Atalanta with a knock sustained in training and was considered doubtful for the Manchester derby.
However, the Sweden international returned for the clash at Old Trafford in place of Raphael Varane, who was injured in that midweek European match and faces a month out.
Lindelof started in a back three alongside Eric Bailly – making just a third start of the season – and Harry Maguire, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sticking to a 3-5-2 system employed in his side s last two games.
Unlike those previous two matches, there was a place in the …
Lukas Nmecha scored the trophy-winning goal as Germany beat Portugal 1-0 in the European Under-21 Championship final.
The Manchester City striker, who spent the 2020-21 campaign on loan at Belgian side Anderlecht, scored early in the second half to ensure Germany claimed the trophy for the third time, following 2009 and 2017 triumphs.
It made Nmecha the outright top scorer in the tournament with four goals.
Portugal, who carved out just one shot on target in Ljubljana, have now finished as runners-up in the competition on three occasions.
THAT S IT!!!!
GERMANY ARE 2021 EUROPEAN U21 CHAMPIONS! 1-0
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Tiago Tomas flashed an effort wide early on, while Manchester United defender Diogo Dalot twice went cl…
Arsenal must not take anything for granted in their bid to qualify for the Champions League, according to Mikel Arteta.
The Gunners face Watford this weekend and sit sixth in the table, but with three games in hand over both Manchester United and West Ham.
Coupled with a more favourable run-in, on paper at least, Arsenal are arguably the favourites to seal a top-four berth come the end of the season.
However, Arteta has stressed his team will take it step-by-step.
I think it s positive because that s where we want to be playing, Arteta told his pre-match press conference on Friday. The reality is we are not fourth but sixth still.
We have to win those games. We know what we have to do. There s a long way to go and the only aim is to win agai…
Germany coach Joachim Low says his world champions do not fear any of their potential opponents at Euro 2016 ahead of Saturday s draw in Paris.
Hosts France and 23 qualifiers will find out their group rivals for the competition this weekend, with Germany among those heavily fancied to be as frontrunners.
Semi-finalists at Euro 2012, Germany won the World Cup in Brazil last year and are among the top seeds along with France, European champions Spain, England, Portugal and Belgium.
Germany s team manager Oliver Bierhoff will help conduct the draw, alongside the likes of Ruud Gullit, Bixente Lizarazu, Vicente del Bosque, Antonin Panenka and David Trezeguet. And Low says he has no special requests for Bierhoff in terms of who they draw.
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England passed up the chance to progress to the knockout stage of Euro 2024 with a game to spare as they were pegged back to a 1-1 draw by Denmark in Frankfurt.
Harry Kane s goal in the 18th minute had eased the early Three Lions nerves, only for Morten Hjulmand to take aim from distance and fire beyond Jordan Pickford.
Yet bar the move for Kane s opener, England s performance was deeply lacklustre, and Gareth Southgate may well face scrutiny, even though the Three Lions remain in pole position in Group C.
Denmark, who looked the more likely to win it in the second half, sit second, ahead of Slovenia and Serbia, who drew in Thursday s earlier match.
There were calls for concern early on in the contest as Kyle Walker was the first to succumb to a choppy …
Derek McInnes was thrilled after his Kilmarnock side edged closer to securing European football with a confident victory over St Johnstone.
Killie deservedly took the lead midway through the first half when Joe Wright turned home Liam Polworth’s pin-point delivery – and the visitors were denied on multiple occasions to extend their advantage by the heroics of Dimitar Mitov.
The game was settled with nine minutes remaining after Marley Watkins tapped home his 13th goal of the season.
Kilmarnock have extended their advantage in fourth place to eight points, with just five games remaining.
“I thought first half we were very good,” McInnes said.
“Coming away from home, we tried to impose ourselves. We spoke throughout the week about the impo…
This might be the perfect time to play Paris Saint-Germain, or it could be the worst possible time to face them.
It s been a chaotic week for the Ligue 1 champions, with rumours of in-fighting, betrayal, and possible walkouts.
Kylian Mbappe apparently wants out, and that in turn led to speculation about the possibility of football consultant Luis Campos and head coach Christophe Galtier departing as well.
Everyone remains for the time being and they must all now turn their attention to Sunday s game, Le Classique.
Victory for Marseille will move them level on 26 points with PSG – victory for the Parisians at the Parc des Princes will likely have many already declaring them champions again even after just 11 games.
A rival emerging?
Throu…
Lucy Bronze says England have youngsters in their Women’s World Cup squad that are “exciting and fearless”.
The starting line-up for Saturday’s 0-0 warm-up draw with Portugal at Stadium MK included Manchester City 22-year-old Esme Morgan in a central defence missing regular captain Leah Williamson, ruled out of the tournament by an ACL injury, and stand-in skipper Millie Bright as she continues to build her fitness.
There was also a start in attack for Chelsea’s Lauren James, 21, while 20-year-old Brighton forward Katie Robinson came off the bench for the European champions in the second half.
Right-back Bronze said: “The younger players who are the least experienced, Robbo, LJ and Esme, I thought all of them did really well.
“They grew into…
Asked about the contribution of a man whose future at one point looked to lie away from St James’ Park, Howe said: “He’s someone who is the ultimate professional. He’s reliable, plays multiple positions and has never let me down.
“For me, it’s all about consistency. What you’re looking for from the players’ perspective is that they turn up every day and give their best.
“Now, you’re going to have some good days and you’re going to have some bad days. I always say that the key response is how you handle the bad days.
“Before I came here, Jacob had some difficult moments, but you have to keep coming back.
“You have to be really resilient, you have to keep turning up, and I believe that if you do the right things off the pitch, then…
Atletico Madrid failed to make up any significant ground on LaLiga s top three as their struggles continued with a 1-1 draw at Almeria.
Diego Simeone s side have often struggled in this part of Andalusia and so that proved again on Sunday, despite Angel Correa s 18th-minute opener.
Atleti would have been two in front if not for Geoffrey Kondogbia, who got a touch to Marcos Llorente s goal-bound effort for the strike to be ruled out for offside.
El Bilal Toure headed in soon after and Almeria saw out a draw that leaves fourth-placed Atleti, who had Sergio Reguilon sent off late on, 13 points adrift of leaders Barcelona.
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Atleti took the lead after Antoine Griezmann dummied Kondogbia s pass for Correa to …