Deschamps is one of only three people to win the World Cup as a player and manager – alongside Brazil’s Mario Zagallo and West Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer. His longevity as manager is also rare in the current era, having led the national team for 14 years. He won 20 of his 26 World Cup games…
Bukayo Saka was the only player not involved in group training as England continued preparations for their second match of the World Cup against Ghana. The Arsenal winger spent Saturday’s session indoors working on an individual programme as he continues to deal with an Achilles issue he has been managing since March. England meet Ghana…
Bobby Prince, the renowned video game composer who scored titles like Doom and Wolfenstein 3D, has died at the age of 81. Prince’s family confirmed the composer’s death, adding that he “passed peacefully into Heaven’s Musical Gates on June 16, 2026.” No cause of death was provided. “His innovative work helped define an era of…
Assessments that Ukraine has reached a turning point in the conflict with Russia may well prove premature. But the towering dome of black smoke that hung over Moscow this week after a Ukrainian drone onslaught showed that Kyiv still has plenty of cards to play, no matter President Trump’s earlier appraisal of its prospects in…
Tunisia sacked manager Henryk Kasperczak after a poor start during their 1998 World Cup campaign, when the side failed to win either of their first two matches. Cha Bum-kun was dismissed by South Korea during the same tournament after defeats in their first two matches, while Julen Lopetegui was sacked by Spain two days before…
Football fans gathered at a FIFA World Cup watch party at Niagara Falls for the Canadian and USA teams’ opening matches. The setup included a big screen and seats for the football fans from around the world, with a stunning backdrop of the falls, which fittingly straddles the border of the US and Canada. Canadian…
E-40 is always repping the Bay Area, and he’ll be hyping the crowd up during a halftime show performance for Stanford University’s game against the University of Miami on Sept. 4. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “Performing at halftime to kick off Stanford’s football season and celebrate My Ghetto Report Card’s anniversary is…
Denmark captain Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, also an ex-Tottenham midfieder, told Danish broadcaster TV2: “There’s a throw-in, and then I go out to the side. I turn around a bit, and I see Christian on his way to the floor, and we know a little about how he reacts, what that means. “[Everyone] reacted super-fast and with…
Tuchel has to take his own share of responsibility for this situation, having made some experimental selections leading up to these final preparations, including in the friendlies against Uruguay and Japan at Wembley in March. Manchester City’s Phil Foden played up front against Japan. In the Uruguay game, Tuchel fielded Foden, Everton’s James Garner and…
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