Wolves head coach Gary O Neil has signed a new four-year contract with the club following an impressive first season at the helm.
O Neil joined Wolves on the eve of the 2023-24 season after Julen Lopetegui resigned over the club s transfer policy, having been sacked by Bournemouth despite leading them to Premier League safety in 2022-23.
Following a slow start, O Neil won plaudits for keeping Wolves away from a relegation battle, masterminding a memorable victory over Manchester City as well as league doubles over Chelsea and Tottenham.
Wolves were in contention for a European place in March, only for injuries to key attackers Matheus Cunha, Pedro Neto and Hwang Hee-chan to cost them as they faded to a 13th-place finish in the Premier League.
O Neil s wo…
Ryan Porteous admits Scotland have to tighten up after the 4-0 defeat by Netherlands on Friday made it 18 goals conceded in six winless games.
Steve Clarke’s side started well in the first half of the friendly at the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam until the Dutch took the lead against the run of play five minutes from the break with a powerful Tijjani Reijnders drive.
Scotland striker Lawrence Shankland missed a glorious chance in the 62nd minute when he was through against Dutch goalkeeper Mark Flekken with the Hearts captain clipping the crossbar with his shot.
It started to go really downwards for the Scots 10 minutes later when Georginio Wijnaldum headed in a second before substitutes Wout Weghorst and Donyell Malen added late goals.
Scotland have…
Belgium boss Domenico Tedesco has opted to stick with a 25-man squad for Euro 2024, despite having the option to include an additional player.
Tedesco initially named a 25-player party, notably excluding Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, while inviting Arne Engels and Mandela Keita to train with the team ahead of their final warm-up matches against Montenegro and Luxembourg.
The head coach was expected to maximise his squad to the allowed capacity of 26 players before the deadline by including one of the young midfielders, but he has chosen to remain with his provisional selection.
Nevertheless, Belgium have plenty of quality and experience throughout the squad, including the likes of skipper Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, Leandro Trossard and Youri Tiele…
Brendan Rodgers knows no Scottish Premiership title is secured after the first game, but says Celtic managed a critical step after thrashing Kilmarnock on Sunday.
Reo Hatate, Liam Scales, Nicolas Kuhn and Anthony Ralston were all on target as the Scottish champions hammered their visitors 4-0 at Celtic Park.
Celtic have won their league opener in 16 of the last 17 seasons, losing the other 2-1 away to Hearts in 2021, though Rodgers acknowledged this is just the start for the Hoops.
I thought we were very connected, some of our passing and the speed of our game was very good, the Celtic manager told BBC Scotland.
Defensively we were very strong, the first goal came from that counter press. I have to be so pleased for the first game of the season.
France striker Antoine Griezmann has been the star of Euro 2016
This summer’s European Championships was built up as a star-filled festival of football.
The stars of the European game such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller are key players for their club sides and have been their country’s heroes in the past.
However, one man has outshone the quartet. A diminutive striker who’s grown in reputation in recent years, that man is France and Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann.
Griezmann heading for the Golden Boot in France
The 25-year-olds scoring record for Atletico Madrid over the past few years has been highly-impressive and the forward has now transferred his club form to the international stage. His…
Brendan Rodgers has announced Wesley Fofana will not play again until 2022 after sustaining a medial ligament injury in a pre-season friendly against Villarreal.
Fofana was carried off on a stretcher on Wednesday after a tackle from Fer Nino injured his left leg, with the centre-back later revealing on Instagram he had fractured his fibula.
The France Under-21 international is expected to undergo surgery on Monday, though the extent of the damage is worse than initially feared.
Following Leicester City s 1-0 Community Shield triumph against Manchester City at Wembley Stadium, Rodgers provided a further update on Fofana.
He has his operation on Monday and he won t play until 2022, the Leicester boss said in his post-match news conference. At what point th…
Pep Guardiola s Manchester City are favourites to retain their Premier League crown this season after storming to glory with a record-breaking 100-point haul last time around.
It has been a close-season of quiet consolidation at the Etihad Stadium, with record-signing Riyad Mahrez coming in to bolster an already formidable side, which looked in fine order during Sunday s comfortable 2-0 win over Chelsea in the Community Shield.
But such a position of apparent strength has proved cruelly deceptive for reigning champions in England over the past decade.
Manchester United were the last club to win back-to-back league titles when they made it three in a row in 2008-09. Since then it has been a story of near-misses at best to outright implosions at worst.
The …
Ademola Lookman will be the toast of Bergamo after his hat-trick inspired Atalanta to Europa League glory, ending Bayer Leverkusen s 51-game unbeaten run after a 3-0 defeat in Dublin.
Nigeria winger Lookman is just the second player to score a treble for an Italian side in the final of a major European competition, after Pierino Prati for Milan against Ajax in the 1969 European Cup.
His single-handed match-winning heroics secured Atalanta s first-ever major European trophy as they became the 10th different Italian side to do so, second only to teams from England (13).
The records continued to tumble for Lookman, whose hat-trick was the sixth in a major UEFA final and the first since Jupp Heynckes’ for Borussia Mönchengladbach against Twente in 1975.
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Manchester City became the first team to retain the Premier League title in a decade, backing up their 100-point season last time around with a similarly remarkable haul of 98.
They were pushed all the way by an irrepressible Liverpool side this time around, however, pipping Jurgen Klopp s men by a point thanks to Sunday s 4-1 win at Brighton and Hove Albion.
While a sense of exasperation has been easy to find at Anfield what more could Liverpool have done? – City still appear to have room for improvement after passing a challenging campaign with flying colours domestically, an unprecedented treble two-thirds complete.
However, Europe remains the final frontier for Guardiola s City and a captivating recasting of English football s traditional Manchester-Mer…
Spain s Sergio Busquets said their re-match of the 2010 World Cup final with the Netherlands is a new challenge for the champions.
Since Spain triumphed 1-0 in Soccer City, Johannesburg, the Dutch outfit has seen several changes to their on-field artillery and also the notable switch in coach from Bert van Marwijk to Louis van Gaal.
Van Gaal will lead the Dutch into battle on Friday against the World Cup holders, for their Group B curtain-raiser in Salvador.
No matter the outcome of their fortunes in Brazil, the Netherlands will again have a new coach for their bid to make the finals in 2018 with Van Gaal bound for Manchester United after their Brazil campaign.
Busquets said while the crux of Spain s side had largely remained from four years back, including boss …